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Thursday, September 8, 2016 – We May Never Pass This Way Again – The Original Eight First Graders.

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Thursday, September 8, 2016 – We May Never Pass This Way Again – The Original Eight First Graders.

Please take your seat on the Way Back Bus. Our trip today takes us to September 1955 when the individuals pictured here began the First Grade at Magnolia Elementary School in Magnolia, Texas.

Seated: Ted Dean Standing L-R – Lucille Carraway Glass, Karen Rickett, Delia Duffey, Wanda Day, Jeannette Wade, Dottie Lloyd.

These, plus Molly Harper (RIP), would continue together through junior high school and go on to graduate from Magnolia High School 12 years later in 1967. Eight students attending all twelve grades together is seldom seen in education today. We may never pass that way again.

We did not attend kindergarten because there was none in Magnolia. We had parents who read to us, taught us our ABC’s, taught us to count to 100 and taught us how to behave.

We are the only Magnolia High School graduating class whose present age is the same as the year we graduated from high school. We, the Magnolia High School Class of 1967 celebrate its 50th anniversary from high school this spring. Only one of the original eight is missing.

As Seals and Croft sing We May Never Pass This Way Again, listen to the words.

Life, so they say Is but a game and they’d let it slip away Love, like the autumn sun Should be dyin’ but it’s only just begun Like the twilight in the road up ahead They don’t see just where we’re goin’ And all the secrets in the universe Whisper in our ears All the years that come and go Take us up, always up

[Chorus:] We may never pass this way again [4X]

Dreams, so they say Are for the fools and they let ’em drift away Peace, like the silent dove Should be flyin’ but it’s only just begun Like Columbus in the olden days We must gather all our courage Sail our ships out on the open seas Cast away our fears and All the years that come and go Take us up, always up

[Chorus]

(So) I want to laugh while the laughin’ is easy I want to cry when it makes it worthwhile I may never pass this way again That’s why I want it with you (‘Cause) You make me feel like I’m more than a friend Like I’m the journey and you’re the journey’s end I may never pass this way again

To the classes of Magnolia High School and especially those of the 1960’s please join the MHS Class of 1967 in celebrating 50 years. Stay tuned for more info about celebrating this milestone because We May Never Pass This Way Again.

Now please watch your step as we return to the present.

Monday, March 9, 2015 – Another Place – Another Time – Quick Draw Champs Named At Magnolia Elementary School

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Monday, March 9, 2015 – Another Place – Another Time – Quick Draw Champs Named At Magnolia Elementary School

Let’s get in the Way Back Machine and see what was happening 57 years ago. In cleaning when I moved I found this newspaper clipping from the Tomball Tribune. It is so funny, yet tragic on so many levels. If you remember Freddie Bell, the thought of him with a gun is funny and frightening. It definitely marks a different time in education and the world. The year would have been 1959. No way would something like this happen today.

From The Tomball Tribune

Quick Draw Champs Named At Magnolia

A contest was held recently to name the quick-draw champion of the Magnolia Elementary School. The rules were that the pistol had to be drawn from a holster, belt or pocket, and the hand could not be touching it before the signal was given to draw. Judges for the contest were Leon Free and Buddy Nunn.

The winners of Group I were Freddie Bell from Special Education, Robert Earl Dennis from the First Grade, Joe Arellona from the Second Grade, and David Townsend from the Third Grade. In the draw for the championship, Robert Earl Dennis beat Freddie Bell to the draw and David Townsend eliminated Joe Arellona. For the championship of Group I, David Townsend won by a close decision over Robert Earl Dennis. His prize was a “Rick-O-Shay” pistol.

In Group II, the winners were Paul Green from the Fourth Grade, Molly Harper from the Fifth Grade and Tommy Duroy from the Sixth Grade. In the draw-off for the championship, Molly Harper outdrew Paul Green, and then Molly eliminated Tommy Duroy and became champion of Group II. Her prize was also a “Rick-O-Shay” pistol.

At the bottom of the clipping in my Mother’s handwriting “Molly Harper in Delia’s room – Delia entered, but was eliminated.” I was “eliminated” by Molly. Sounds as though Molly shot me. David Townsend must have shot Jo Arellona because I never heard of him again.

I guess the headline – Girl Wins Quick Draw Championship at Magnolia was way too ahead of its time, kinda like Molly. I wonder how much those Rick-O-Shay pistols are worth today. Check EBay.