Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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' Sieve Keller and alumni Tables are sel up for The Weslem Dinner Dance lhal con cluded The day's activities. Chuck Hendsch in- lenlly walches The b o y s ' s o c c e r malch. Division winners of the road races: Back row: Sieve Sheller, George Jacobson, Dave Gaskell Second row: Therese LoBue, JoAnne Arnold, and Rose- mary McCarthy. rom Fien to Communit Parents, students and staff gather for fun

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ove and divorce is no rest for the social. While events wound exorably to their the rich, the famous and the moved to different drummers. Humming the Wedding March, singers and Paul Simon tied their knots. English-bom john mar- German-bred Renata Blauel while of Simon Sz Garfunkel married Wars' Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher. Further along in her marriage, Princess announced a second royal import, Britons offered odds of 10 to 11 on a and even odds on a boy. And even along in his marriage, Johnny arson found himself the recipient of ivorce papers from wife Joanna. Though e claimed she needed 3250,000 a month maintain her lifestyle, she settled for a m considerably, though undisclosed, ss. And Miss America altered her image ' Vanessa Williams, 20, became first black woman to win the title. Marines police the globe Theodore Roosevelt's big stick was re- placed by President Reagan's Rangers and Marines as the United States involved Reporters were excluded from first-hand coverage. Finally, the failings itself deeper in world affairs. Supplanting an international peace force, U.S. Marines moved into Lebanon last year but failed to attract widespread public response until more than 230 sol- diers were killed at headquarters when a dynamite-laden truck rammed the main gate. More than 80 others were wounded in the blast. The September incident was followed by the invasion of Grenada in November. Marines and Rangers flooded the Carib- bean island on an early Tuesday moming and removed American students matricu- lating at an island medical school. of the Gemayel govemment in Lebanon in February resulted in the withdrawal of Marines, a task accomplished by the end of the month. As Marines with drew, battle ship U.S.S. New jersey continued to shell the countryside that surrounds Beirut. Farewell to auld acquaintances Golden lads and gzrls all must Lzhe chimney sweepers come to dust - Wzlliam Shakespeare- The year was not without its losses. A few, famous and otherwise, left legacies. Supermen and powers Time picked President Ronald and Soviet Premier Yuri Andro- as its men of the year indicated the the superpowers played this year. The downing of Korean Air Lines Flight chilled an already frozen 269 passengers were lost in plane claimed violated their air Konstantin Chernenko succeeded An- ropov following the latter's death in ebruary. Meanwhile, he Soviet efforts in Poland proved nettle- ome again when former Solidarity leader h Walesa was awarded the Nobel eace Prize. Entertainment said goodbye to a few mainstays and rock music lost a beach boy. Broadway belter Ethel Merman achieved fame through her vocal deliveries of such standards as You re The Top, Theres No Business Like Show Business, and Every- thingis Coming Up Roses. One-time pink panther David Niven passed away late last year. And in December, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, long plagued by alcoholism, drowned in a swimming inci- dent in southem California. The newcasting industry lost three on- air personalities. A veteran of tv's early years, john Cameron Swasey died in mid-1983. ABC News anchor Frank Re- ynolds died of cancer last fall. And up-and-coming newcaster Jessica Savitch died suddenly in a car accident. Golden arches entrepreneur Ray Kroc died in january. Kroc's expansion of a southern Califomia hamburger stand run by two brothers named McDonald revolu- tionized the fast-food industry in the 60's. 3I

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G of Brother Fien, a man com- to Mitty Athletics. Regardless of name given to the series of events, the Mitty Community Day in building a sense of both and community. day is becoming an excellent and I think we need a lot more to get the whole Mitty communi- ,which is rare, remarked Phil , as he waited in the cold for his in the tennis round robin. This view widely supported by parents in at- While most believed the Parents Club, -e primary organizers of the events, did satisfactory job of publicity, others Dinted to studentsastheonesresponsible r getting their peers and parents to Ttend such activities. Kids don't really feel comfortable for instructions. Phil Sumner ffar Ieftj shows off his backhand during the Mitty Community Day tennis toumey. Booster Club members Judy George and Micki Souter lbelowj prepare food for hungry spectators. Dedicated fans fleftj sit in the rain thru through a drizzling, dismal day of activities. Karin Kelley fleftj tosses a play-starting ball during the girls match. Shay Shimizu lbelowj listens while her group huddles having their parents around at school, suggested Emily Tenerelli, Mitty parent. lt lpublicityj has to be a joint effort. Students did not seem con- cemed with the publicity or the dismal weather conditions. Most were out to just have fun. lf I get to play ltennisj, it has been a success, explained Jim Cleciorka, senior. The day's strenuous activities culmi- nated with a westem theme dinner and dance. This, along with a raffle, the only part of the day designed as a fundrais- er, sold one-hundred and sixty-five tick- ets and raised a gross of S7433. During the evening event, June Hanl- ger became the sixth recipient of the brother Herman Fien Award for her ser- vice to the Mitty community. Along with award presentations, raf- fle winners were announced. Rudy and Loretta Venegas captured the top prize of S2,000 while Mark P. Mark won the second award of S1,000. Frank Macha- do collected the S500 third prize. ln addition to the major prize winners, students and the homeroom modera- tors whose homerooms raised the most money were awarded prizes, Ron Nicoletti and Kristina Specht captured the top spot in their respective divisions. 'Despite the weather, the day was a success, reflected George Reilly, De- velopment Director, because the par- ents, alumni, faculty, and staff of Mitty came together, and that was its pur- pose. - Mark Scully -