John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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Spirit's flight recalls history The replica of Charles Lindbergh's famous monoplane, The Spirit of St. -Louis, was brought to the Twin Cities as part of the Minnesota Historical Society's 130th anniversary. Other Metro events involved the seemingly final bond-selling move that should assure the construction of the S60 million domed stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Sportswise, the Vikings relinquished their division crown to Tampa Bay and the U. of Minn. hired a new coach, Joe Salem. The North Stars seemed to be coming on strong with the addition of several expansion players. Our own Girls' Volleyball Team captured the State crown, the first state trophy in sixteen years. J. Above Left: Disco dancers are photographed by Julie Hau at the Homecoming Dance. The disco fad continued strong inthe Metro area with the Saturday Night Fever disco style of entertainment. Right Panel: Loyal partisan fans followed three exciting volleyball games at Met Sports Center in Bloomington only to be rewarded on Saturday, November 17, when the Girls' Team captured the AA crown. 14 - Metropolitan scene Left: Thousands of people, Catholics and Protestants alike, from all over the Midwest, flocked to see Pope John Paul ll when he visited Des Moines, Iowa in October. Beth LeRoux and Marie Truso saw the Pontiff during a mass and purchased I Saw Pope John Paul T-shirts as a momento of their pilgrimage to the south.

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Save Energy Day captures area interest Save Energy Day was conceived by the Johnson environment classes of Mr. Gary Ales during the fall of '79. The national crisis prompted a movement that started to catch on locally and ended up being acknowledged nationally. November 21 was designated as the day people at Johnson were asked to walk, bike, car pool and take the bus. Mayor George Latimer, District 625 Superintendent, Dr. George Young and School Board President, Mr. Emery Barrett helped recognize the idea at City Hall before area media. Energy of a different sort was lavished by citizens of St. Paul in the annual Winter Carnival Jest Fest of 1980. Johnson students joined in the Grande Parade. Treasure Hunt and a whole host of winter fun activities. 16 - St. Paul scene