Cortez High School - Cortesians Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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lv , 4 ggw 1 Q 1 I fb Leaving for the prom are Greg South and Stacy Pierson. Enjoying dinner are John Profiri Val- erie Browning Phil Kersey Cindy Moya Greg South and Stacy Pierson. Selecting the right tuxedo is Paul Hil- debrand. Looking for the right corsage are Phil Kersey and Cindy Moya. Dancing the night away are Valerie Browning, John Profiri, Cindy Moya, and Phil Kelsey. Q! gil

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Precious and Fowl, Hard work and a lot of planning went into the preparation and final completion of the Junior-Senior Prom. The theme for the prom was. Precious and Few, w hivh was chosen by the Junior Class prom committee headed hy Janet Gaynor. Junior Class president. The eomrnittee decided to haw someone write a song to fit the theme. The prom was held Saturday. May 9. from 8 p.m. to l2 a.m. at The Other Place. which was at Dobson Raneh. There was a live. fiw pieve band that played all types of inusiv: pop. country . and rovk. Some of the decorations were plants. trees and daisies. Yellow and white were the main Colors of the prom. Refreshments for the event were cake. puneh. peanuts and mints. Semi-formal and formal apparel was the dress eode for the partivi- pants. The seniors and guests got in free hy invitation. while the juniors and guests needed a tivket that was purehased for eight dollars. The juniors have worked very hard and saved enough money to put on the best prom ever, stated Suzi Frew. .lunior flame Q viiivi cur

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Welcome to the 80's International One of the most tragic things that happened during the 1980-81 school year was the sudden and shocking death of ex-Beatle, John Lennon, who helped rock the 60's. Lennon, who was shot outside his apartment building by Mark Chap- man, came after a recording session with his wife, Yoko Ono. Yoko Ono requested that he be cre- mated and have a ten minute meditation service for him everywhere. Millions of people watched time stand still to give the famous singer his final farewell. Another shock was the announcement of Prince Charles' engagement to Lady Diana Spencer. Prince Charles, 32, was the world's most eligible bachelor. Lady Diana, 19, was a kinder- garten teacher and an ancestor of King Charles II. The wedding was to be set for July, 1981. ln the area of astronomy, the planets Jupiter and Saturn conjunct for the first time in twenty years. However, the Christmas star was also in the picture. This star was the one that was seen when the Christ child was born in the stable at Bethle- hem. On Christmas Eve, the star was said to be seen passing over the earth. On July 7, 1980, many people were watching the beautiful girls of the world on T.V., seeing if what they thought was beautiful was the same as the judges. The Miss Universe pageant was won for the first time in many years by Miss USA, Shawn Weatherly. National The election of Ronald Reagan brought in a change in government and the new trend of jelly- beans. On January 20, the inauguration of the 40th President of the United States took place at the front lawn of the White House. Reagan was once govemor of California and was a Republi- can. Therefore, most of his cabinet was Republi- can. The former actor succeeded former Presi- dent Jimmy Carter of Georgia. At the time when Reagan was being swom in, the long awaited return of the American hostages was taking place. The hostages, which were held in Iran for 444- days, arrived in Germany with a greeting of yellow ribbons and welcome home signs all over. The embassy takeover, which was November 4, 1979, hailed the terrible misfortune of the rescue attempt. Eight men died trying to save the fifty-one hostages, two of them being women. Richard Queen, also a hostage, was released earlier than the others because of a believed brain tumor that was actually Multiple Sclerosis. On January 25, all were back in the United States. They met privately with their fami- lies at West Point. Many parades were held and being an American was something to be proud of. Disasters, such as the MGM Grand and Hilton fires in Las Vegas, also affected the country. Many people jumped out of windows only to die. No one knew about the fire and many claimed the sprinkler and alarm systems were not working. At the Hilton, a fire was started in four different places. The coincidence of all this was a busboy working at the MGM Grand left after the fire and was working at the Hilton during that fire. The people of Atlanta were in an uproar with the loss of twenty Negro children all ranging between the ages of eight to sixteen. A curfew was set for all children to be in their houses by 10 p.m. Many of the children found were dead by strangulation. No one knew why this was going on, but the search for an answer did continue. Two other deaths that stunned the country were those of the King of Chicken, Col. Sanders, and the rock around the clock star, Bill Haley. Col. Sanders, who headed Kentucky Fried Chicken died at the age of 87 of leukemia. He had been in the hospital for quite some time before his death. Bill Haley, who had the number one hit, Rock Around the Clock, died of a heart attack at his home in Texas. He lived a life of seclusion, away from the limelight.