Urbandale High School - Echo Yearbook (Urbanville, IA)

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The single lorgest gothering in the history of lowo come to Ubondolet lt storted July 19, 1979. Former Joe Hoys wrote to Pope John Poul ll inviting him to lowo during his plonned visit to the U.S. On August 29, Bishop Dingmon confirmed the visit for October 4. Preporotions were frontic. Urbondoles Living History Forms wos chosen for the outdoor site of the historic Moss. All decototions were cteoted by locol ortists emphosizing the noturol beouty of the lond, Schools were dismissed for the doy. Troffic stopped in restricted oreos. Three types of cot sticlsers ollowed residents ond employees to poss through. lnterstotes 80 G 85 were bloclsed off ond used for bus porleing, Shuttles ron from porlsing lots to the Forms, Portoble toilets were set up olong well- morlsed pilgrimoge routes. People were encoutoged to wolls the lost three miles. Venders mode plons to sell Pope buttons, pennonts, pictures, mogozines, ond Tshirts. Jolses circuloted obout 'pope' corn ond 'pope' cicles. Wednesdoy Notionol Guordsmen orrived, Before sunrise Thursdoy, pilgrims ttooped west ogoinst o cold north windg ond the woiting begon. At 1147 pm. Pope John Poul Il londed. This wos the first time o Pope hod visited lowo ond only the second time for o visit to the U.S. For the vigorous 59-yeor-old, it wos the fourth doy of his US. pilgrimcige. After o greeting or the dirport, vio helicopter he spent port of on hour or the smoll rurol porish of Sr. Potricl4s in Cummings, Then on to Urbondole. With the sound of Shepherd l overheod, the crowd, some who hod woited i0 hours, livened ond united. Cheering siorted, flogs ond bonners woved. Welcomel shouted the crowd which hod donned plostic gorboge Dogs ond blonlsets for protection ogoinst the midf50 temperotures ond o short shower, ff Before this remotlsohly reverent throng of 300,000 dropped ocross the rolling green posture ond o television dudience, the Pope celebroted Moss, l-le spolse of lowo's greot gift of soil, the need to preserve the lond ond to shore the Midwest's bountiful hotvests with the world Shown Mtiiigon eff ' I i-:mi-.A 1 il x 'A 2,3 A 3 2 ,,, YP d ii'l go: , 1 an Qffvanfs -'fe 4 NWN A4 FYKA '-s, .. a Vi Q, Aff' .4 x f Y r 9- 84,52 .L 1 :M -sis' a vm, ' Q.. YN, J In ', -if. 'v iq Q A - l ,ii , . ' 5

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Ax-A GAMEBOARD Opening .......... . . . Student Life . . . People Freshmen . . Sophomores . Juniors .... Seniors . . . Academics . . . Orgonizotions . . Sports ,,.....4 Ads ....... Index ................ b

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. o lf r- M. ' , rg :Q-.0 4 74 ' J 5.-fi' fir ' 1 v 1 I I 9 Wh na, N A, I F I 3 '7 l P Pi. I bldg 71' I j 73+ sf 4 Historic E venr .in 1 Abour 300,000 people owolr rhe Pope or Urbohdoles Lnvlng Hisrory Forms 2 People while owoy 0 10 hour woir in cool remperorures 3 Agolhsr rhe boclsdrop of on ourdoor olror, rhe Pope celebrores Moss 4 Pope John Pool II 5 Bishop Dlhgmon, Bishop of rhe Diocese of Des Molnes, occompohies rhe Pope ro rhe olrer - Phoro by Lynne Wesrlund 6 The Pope blesses rhe crowd Pope's Visit ' 5