Braintree High School - Wampatuck Yearbook (Braintree, MA)

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Supplement to the 1987 Braintree High School Yearbook 128 Town St. Braintree, M A. 02184

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Summing Up T here was no doubt about it, the 1987 Braintree High yearbook was the best selling book in seven years. Sales to under- classmen pushed sales to- ward 550. But even a popu- lar book has omissions and corrections to redress. There were people who were missed in the underclass and faculty sections as well as editorial errors in other sections of the book. Our apologies are due to those who were incorrectly listed or omitted. They are pictured below. in addition apologies are owed to Kristen Walsh whose name was omitted on page 123. Kristen was the third person in the top row. Mark Doogue was incorrect- ly identified on the gymnas- tics pages as Mike. His name was also spelled incorrectly. Apologies also to Paula Cuc- curullo who kept showing up as Paul in photo ids. Of all people to omit, the back row of the yearbook staff was omitted from the photo on page 151. The students are: Claire Flaherty, Sandy McFaun, Leah DiNapoli and Alexandra Kyranis. We know that there were typos and other minor errors in the 1987 edition, but these are the worst of our omissions. To all who were wronged - we ' re sorry. The Yearbook Staff Looking back, the world made a few steps forward, as well as a few steps backward in 1987. It was a time bright- ened by a new Soviet open- ness or “glasnost” and the marvels of modern technol- ogy but also a time darkened by political scandals and the spectre of AIDS racing through the population. Although well in advance of the 1988 elections, no poli- tician with presidential aspi- rations was left unexamined and many were tainted by rumor and fact. For exam- ple, presidential candidate Gary Hart and his alleged trysts brought his campaign to an abrupt end. Many members of the Reagan ad- ministration were implicated in the unwinding truth of Irangate as the Congress in- vestigated the funding of the Contras in Nicaragua. The hearings, like those of Wa- tergate, made afternoon TV viewing almost as exciting as the soap operas they re- placed. Colonel Oliver North became a frequent name in the news as the truth of Iran- gate unfolded. One can imagine the Rus- sians being quite pleased by the scandals in Washington, especially with their new im- age under Chairman Gorba- chev still untarnished. Gor- bachev made possible the re- lease and exodus of many jailed patriots including An- drei Sakharov, and generally gave the Soviet people more freedom. Only the sex-for- secrets scandal at the Ameri- can embassy in Moscow and the trouble in the Persian Gulf reminded the world of the tensions between the two countries. Ample tension came from other parts of the world like Central American and Mid- dle East and Korea. Thirty seven American sailors died on the frigate USS Stark in the Gulf of Sidra when an Exocet missle fired by Iraq destroyed the crew quarters. Innocent men were kid- napped from the ravaged streets of Beirut. The mad- Amy Grugan Heidi Hackemer Kelli Hannon Stephen Mont Mark Moretti Ms. Kelly (Special Needs); Mr. Kendall fMath): Ms English (Special Services); Ms. Williams i Metco). Ms. Vail (Special Services); Mr. YVhilUker (Audio Visual Services). Ms. Chmiclinski (Special Services); Ms. Fla- herty (English); Mr O ' Rourke (Humanities American History); Mr. Chute (Physical Edu- cation); Mr. David (Spanish); Ms. Brown (Me- dia Center); 2 Additions and Corrections