Mason City High School - Masonian Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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TIME-OUT - Taking a break from the day's studies, students congregate in the Com- mons to talk with friends. 1976 was a year for celebration, and along with every other high school in the nation, Mason City celebrated, too. But didn't you see something unique about our school? After all, it was 1976, the year of our nations 200th birthday And we are and always will be the River City of the U.S.A. Yes, River City. The one with 76 trombones leading the big parade. We marched through the year leading a big parade, just as those 76 trombones did. Look what we have done