Bedford High School - Epic Yearbook (Bedford, OH)

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 A Delta Airlines jetliner crashed near Dallas in August, killing 137 people The plane was on a flight from Fort Lauder- dale, Florida to Los Angeles with an in- termediate stop at Dallas-Fort Worth Thirty-four people survived the crash but five died of injuries later A resident of Armero in the Co- lumbia mountains is helped by the Columbian Red Cross during digging out efforts. Many people were trapped in the mud. In the rescue, hundreds of volunteers helped. The explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, which killed all seven crew members, devastated the entire nation. The explosion was the first in- flight diaster in 56 manned U.S. space missions. Christa McAuliffe. a teacher from New Hamfsshire. was one of the crew members. World Events 5

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LIVES ON THE LINE An entire city block was destroyed in Philadelphia Police tried to evict members of the racial group MOVE from their fortified rowhouse by dropping a small bomb on the building A fire was started by the device and about 60 houses were destroyed Riots were an almost daily occurence in South America as blacks protested Apar theid In this photo, a white man runs from jeering group of stonethrowing blacks in downtown Johannesburg as widespread violence continued to breakout throughout the country The space program moved ahead. Space walker James Van Hoften stands tall on the end of the robot arm of the Space Shuttle Discovery after successfully launching the repaired Syncom satel lite in September A series of devastating earthquakes rumbled through Mexico City in September and the death toll was in the thousands. Few in the metropolitan area of 18 million escaped the effects of the first quake, which registered 8.1 on the Richter scale; or the second quake, which measured 7.5.

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HOMECOMING 1985 HOMECOMING PARADE AND PEP RALLY The music of the Bedford High School Marching Band danced through the raindrops on the night of October 10, heralding the arrival of the Homecoming parade. Behind our band came the candidates for Homecoming Queen-Beth Kucera, escort Alan Tullock; Becki Hughes, es- cort Todd McRitchie; Paula Dowling, es- cort Jason Hall; Polly Bowen, escort Greg Zaharewicz; and Kelli Masseria, es- cort Sean Smith. Then came the floats: Juniors, “Give’m A Boo-Boo; Sophomores, Pooh Says “We Will Winnie; Band. “Rise Above Mayfield;” and the Senior Float, “Pee-Wee Rides Over Mayfield. At the end of the parade came stu- dents representing the elementrary schools and Heskett Middle School. Spirits were high as the pep rally be- gan. There were students yelling for their class, their float, their favorite can- didate for queen; parents remembering their favorite Homecoming and children hoping for as much fun when their high school years arrive. Coach Hodakevic announced the var- sity football team and the fans got rowdier; then the cheerleaders took over. Joan Pracejus, captain of the cheer- leaders, had the seniors from the foot- ball team show off their “acting abili- ties. Finally, Mike Salvucci, Senior Class President, announced the winner of the float contest: the Band, “Rise Above Mayfield.” Then he answered the big question. Who was the 1985 Homecom- ing Queen? As Kelli Masseria was crowned, the tears fell and the hugs were tight. 1985 Homecoming Court: Beth Kucera. Escort Alan Tulloch Paula Dowling. Escort Jason Hall Queen Kelli Masseria, Escort Sean Smith Becki Hughes. Escort Todd McRitchie Polly Bowen. Escort Greg Zaharewicz Ekom Greg Zohereunc end Polly Bowen. Bed,, Hughe, ond fUcor, Todd McR.lchle 6 Homecoming