Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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THE INDIVIDUAL Top left: Bruce Springsteen dominated the music scene With his Born In The U S A album and a 15 month tour which ended in October of 1985 only after at tracting 5 million fans Bruce was picked by readers and critics in the Rolling Stone Annual Poll as the top Entertainer of the Year for 1985 Top Right An adult who has gained attention on the Alton High School level is teacher Wilma Bncker. who sponsors the school's FBLA chapter She has been elected to the National Board of Directors for the FBLA This is one of the highest honors one can receive in the FBLA organization. Jean Lanham. senior, submitted the win mng design for the 1986 Alton Vehicle City Sticker. She was among 24 Voca tional Commercial Art students that presented Mayor Wuellner with the sticker design was of Robert Wadlow Mrs Rita Weiss. AHS English teacher, was given the teacher of Excellence Award by SIUE. Mrs Weiss was chosen as the top teacher in English from 20 schools from Madison County and the St. Louis Metropolitan area. She wrote several essays on the merits of teaching and improvements that could be made She received the Award at SIU on April 15. Christa McAuliffe was a popular, dedi cated educator who compared herself to one of the pioneering women of the west. To her. the Shuttle Challenger has a was a covered wagon; and outer space was her frontier It was the wonder of the that frontier that Christa wanted to share with millions of American school children! By reaching out into the ink-nown. of blazing new trails. Christa McAuliffe symbolized the American Dream Bottom Left On july 7, 1985, 17 year old Boris Becker of West Germany be came the youngest tennis player to win the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Champion ship. Bottom Right: Pete Rose, one of baseballs most dedicated players, broke Ty Cobbs careerhit total of 4.191 by hitting a single for the Cincinnati Reds on September 11, 1985. Larry Smith, the 6’3” senior guard on the Alton High basketball team was named to the class AA All-State Illinois High School basketball team. He was also picked to be a starter for the Post dispatch All Metro high school team. Larry helped the Redbirds gain a state rank of 9th this past season 4 — Spirit Of The Individual

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CURRENT EVENTS This school year saw the emergence of many new faces as well as the return of old faces. The new faces included William “The Refrigerator” Perry of the Chicago Bears and the “new” Coke (which became the old Coke when the original Coke was reintroduced. Rambo and Wrestlemania were the older faces that returned to popularity. Also, Michael J. Fox made his movie debut in “Back to the Future”, and the “Miami Vice” duo of Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas enjoyed great success. Along with the many great successes of the year came a great tragedy. On January 27, 1986 the Space Shuttle “Challenger” exploded in mid flight shortly after lift off. Seven astronauts including Christa McAu-liffe, a school teacher, were killed in the terrible disaster. Current Events — 3

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Top Left, is that a blackmail note I see there? Top Right: The Olympic sitting team. Middle Left: The four muskateers Candids — 5 Middle Right Now if your just wait your turn we swill get you all in. Bottom Left: Counting bars, dodging cars. Marching 100 is fun. Bottom Right: Don’t tell Mr Meyer that I just swallowed my reed