Mentor High School - Cardinal Notes Yearbook (Mentor, OH)

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Lyndon B. Johnson, former U.S. President, dies at his Texas ranch of a heart attack . . . President Nixon announces the Vietnam ceasefire agreement. National and world reaction is positive, but not jubilant. Some are dubious that the peace will last. The agreement includes provisions that within sixty days all U.S. troops shall be withdrawn from South Vietnam and all American P.O.W.’s shall be returned . . . The Miami Dolphins beat the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl . . . The Supreme Court rules on abortions, stating that any performed within the first three months of pregnancy are legal . . . Ms. Ruth Gooding, an administrative assistant, is named as acting principal of Mentor High. February . . . The Student Coalition jam session is held with little organization and few musicians . . . American prisoners of war who had been imprisoned in North Vietnam are released in groups . . . The SNACC telephone and mail survey of local residents concerning views on the unsuccessful September school bond levy is taken . . . HEMLOCK, an alternative school newspaper written and published by a group of students, is distributed at the high school ... In an unseasonable warm spell, temperatures reach the 60’s and 70’s . . . Mentor High’s wrestlers finish first in the sectional and district meets . . . James Thurber’s play THE MALE ANIMAL is presented three nights in A-lecture. Mr. Robert Jay is the director, and Chuck Jones and Cindy Birchfield play the starring roles. 19 Wrestling is the most-followed winter sport.

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December . . . Great Britain enters the Common Market . . . The Junior Class, aided by Mr. Ron Rose, sponsors a “Brownsville Station” rock concert . . . Sophomores order their class rings . . . Seniors order their caps and gowns . . . Choirs hold their annual Christmas Concert . . . National Honor Society inducts 36 juniors and seniors . . . Sixteen survivors of a plane crash in the Andes are rescued after a 73-day ordeal during which they survived by the cannibalism of those who died in the crash . . . Apollo 17, the last Apollo, spends three days on the moon . . . The Senior Court’s Christmas tree is literally “ripped off” during the night . . . Harry S Truman, Former U.S. President, dies of heart complications . . . Huge snowstorm immobilizes area and causes a three-day postponement of the GAA Formal . . . Howard Wolfgram, MHS principal, dies of a sudden heart attack. The A Cappella choir sings at his funeral . . . Over 6,000 die in an earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua . . . President Nixon orders a two-week saturation bombing of North Vietnam. January . . . Ms. Helen (Sue) Osborn is elected School Board president . . . School Neighborhood Action Committee (SNACC) is reorganized to provide two-way communication between the schools and the community . . . Some seniors order graduation announcements . . . The annual PTA Circus is held in the high school gym. Proceeds from the event go to the Marching Band uniform fund . . . Instrumental music groups participate in the Wolfgram Memorial Concert, held to raise money for a memorial scholarship fund. School, community mourns Mr. Wolfgram's death. Brownsville Station singer Wolfgram Memorial performers. 18

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20 March . . . Some community members protest the use of filmstrips on abortion in marriage and family living classes, declaring the presen-tation pro-abortion. Classroom materials are presented to the public at a special PTA meeting. The school board defends the use of the filmstrips, citing board policy that both sides of a controversial issue should be presented to students . . . With “The Godfather” as “best picture”, Liza Minelli and Marlon Brando win Academy Awards as best actress and actor. Brando refuses his award, protesting the treatment of American Indians . . . School superintendent Dr. Hemberger resigns to become Rye, N.Y., superintendent. . . Top 25 goes on Washington, D.C., goodwill tour. April . . . Protesting the skyrocketing price of food, a week-long, nation-wide consumers’ meat boycott is held. Many buyers boycott, but prices generally remain stable ... Pablo Picasso, the renowned artist, dies in France at age 91 . . . In a day-long series of assemblies, Dr. Hemberger and Dr. Bodsen compare American and European modes of education. May . . . As a result of the Watergate incident, Presidential aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, and Attorney General Kleindienst resign. The President’s chief counsel, John Dean, is fired . . . The Watergate affair dominates the news. Hearings of the Senate select committee investigating the incident are televised. Top Administration officials are implicated as knowing about the bugging plans and or the cover-up. Vo-hort winners at State Horticulture Contest: Mike Sopko, Bob Tripepi, Mike Mathias, Karen Homitz. Not pictured are Rick Schick and Gary Woidtke. Songwriter and singer Michael Stanley.