Archbishop Kennedy High School - Kencensus Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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In order to take advantage of Genuardi's school donation policy. Sister Helen totals the receipts that have been brought into school by the students. The money is used to buy needed equipment for the school. Continued from page 7. Detroit were startled to hear the moans of Cecilia Cichon, four, coming from beneath a seat. The child was the only survivor of the August 16 crash of Northwest Airlines flight 255. Baby Jessica McClure, after being trapped in a well in Texas for fifty- eight hours, was rescued by paramedics and volunteer workers. Jessica, after recuperating in the hospital, is now doing well. Jessica escaped from this potential grave with a damaged foot and a wound on her forehead. The AIDS epidemic continued to rage out of control in all parts of the world including the United States. Research for the AIDS virus has been unsuccessful in finding a cure, but a second type of the AIDS virus, HIV-2, has been detected in the United States. New drugs for AIDS patients have been developed and zidovudine (AZT) is the first F.D.A. approved drug on the market in the treatment of this disease. When the dust settled. Conshohocken was without its link to the other side of the river. Archbishop John Cardinal Krol retired on February 4th as the religious leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Archbishop An- thony Bevaloqua, formerly of the diocese of Pittsburgh, replaced Cardinal Krol on February Nth. Cardinal Krol retired because he had reached the age of seventy-five. A new student teacher. Kathleen D. Nace, joined Kennedy in the second semester. Ms. Nace will graduate from Chestnut Hill College. She is working in our school to qualify herself for Penn- sylvanian certification as a teacher. She joins Patrick Okwuosa, science, as a new addition to our staff. Kennedy saw growth during the year and the need for more room became evident. This need was satisfied with the addition of three new modular classrooms to match the growth of Kennedy. Kennedy went under con- struction in early February when doors were added to block the first floor corridor from the cafeteria in order to decrease the noise level. Small miracles do come true. The new Matsonford bridge was finally completed. In just sixteen short months the old bridge was blown up and a new modern one put in its place. Conshohocken and West Conshohocken are once again linked together by this life line. The new addition to Conshohocken is a welcomed one. Hopefully this bridge will serve the needs of the Community as well as the former bridge had in the past. The Olympic year. This year the winter Olympics were held in Calgary. Alberta. The heartbreak of the U.S. was speedskater and gold medal hopeful Dan Janson. Janson, after hearing the news of his sister’s death, due to leukemia, fell in both the 500 meter and 1000 meter race. This disqualified him for any medals. Team member, Eric Flaim, through a blistering performance was able to come through with a silver medal of which he dedicated to Dan and his family. The Washington Redskins cap- tured a 42-10 victory over the Den- ver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII. Accredited with the victory is Red- skin’s Doug Williams, the first black quarterback to ever play in a Super Bowl. There is no denying that the hot- Student Life

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named to the Supreme Court in late January. Kennedy filled a vacancy left when justice Lewis Powell stepped down from the bench in July. There was some warfare on the evangelical front this year. Revelations of a 1980 sexual en- counter with a church secretary and church money paid to buy her silence, proved the corruption of television Evangelist Jim Bakker, founder of PTL. Wall Street was rocked on Mon- day October 19 by an abrupt col- lapse in stock prices. The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 22.6%, exceeding the losses on Oc- tober 28 of 1929. Rescuers searching through the smoking debris of an airline crash in Continued on page 8. In the six years since Americans first heard of a mysterious immunity-robbing disease from which no one recovers. AIDS has killed nearly 25.000 Americans, millions of dollars have poured into medical research and President Reagan has proclaimed the plague Public Health Enemy No. I. A beautiful show. The lighting of the Ben Franklin bridge captivated the attention of most Philadelphians during the celebration of the anniversary of the Constitution. The Dow Jones industrial stock average dropped 508 points, the largest in history, on Monday. October 19. Some called it a crash. others called it a meltdown and others called it Black Monday Whatever it was. it stripped $500 billion from the market value of U.S. securities. Cheese fries are among the most popular foods at Kennedy’s lunch periods. Jeff Obrimiski can hardly wait to munch down on a mouth watering treat. Student Life 7

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‘■LIFE COA '! Of ■J SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA Where there is faith, there is love. Where there is love, there is peace. Where there is peace, there is God. Where there is God, there is no need. In Memory Of Sister Victoria. SSJ test thing to hit Philadelphia was U2’s “Joshua Tree” tour. U2’s band members, Bono. Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge, and Adam Clayton had the Spectrum andJ.F.K. packed. Everyone in the stadium went wild as one lucky person from the crowd played the guitar with U2. After an encore appearance U2 ended one of the largest concerts of the year with “40”. The T.V. ad featuring clay raisins singing “I Heard It Through The Grapevine,” not only boosted California raisin sales, but also the fortune of its forty year old creator, Will Vinton. The world bid adieu to numerous actors, singers and entertainers. Jackie Gleason (70), Fred Astaire (88), Danny Kaye (74), “Where’s the beef” lady, Clara Peller (86), Rita Hayworth (68). and Liberace (67) just to name a few, have past from the world. Susan Maloney and Suzanne Conner During the parade to honor our Con- stitution. the Pro-Life Coalition was well represented among the marchers. 18 months later a new bridge stood where the old one used to be. Marine Lt. Col. Oliver L. North, was a key official in the plan to finance anti- government rebels in Nicaragua with money from arms sales to Iran. In testimony before the Iran-Contra hearings in Washington. North became somewhat of a celebrity Students make a mad dash to the soda machines at lunch time Chris Wosczyna makes sure no thirst will be unsatisfied. Student Life □»