Chicopee High School - Memini Yearbook (Chicopee, MA)

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A Reason to Celebrate Outside the walls of Chi- copee Comp, many exciting things were happening. Vanessa Williams became the first black woman to be- come Miss America in Sep- tember. By July, 1984, she was asked to give up her ti- tle. Suzette Charles then became the new Miss Amer- ica. In October, the E.P.A. warned us that the earth will heat up by the 1990 ' s. They called it The Green- house Effect . In riovem- ber, the dangers of nuclear war were brought to the at- tention of millions of Ameri- cans during The Day After. On January 1, 1984, The Great Bell System Divesti- ture took place and the space shuttle Challenger covered new frontiers on its fourth voyage. Scientists believed that they had found a virus that causes AIDS. On May 8, the Olym- pic Pageantry began. The torch began its 9000 mile journey across the country to Los Angeles. On July 29, the Games of the XXIII Olympiad began in Los An- geles, California. Specula- tion soon began as to possi- ble results of the Games if the fourteen Soviet bloc na- tions had competed instead of boycotting. Over in Holly- wood, a new rating was be- ing negotiated: the begin- ning of PG-13. On July 11, Hew York became the first state to have a mandatory seat belt law. This act was quickly considered by many other states.

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A Reason to Celebrate MEMORIES of Freshman Year 1983-1984 Do you remember Fresh- man year? For Seniors, that was September 1983. That year had several events that will live in our minds forever. In school, we were forced to develop ourselves socially and emotionally. We began to get involved in sports and activities. What was a rally? What was the sword ? The Class of 1987 was the second and last class to have officers Fresh- men year. This year was also the first year of The Mural Committee”. This commit- tee was created to cover up the dismal walls with color- ful scenes. Several questions were heard by the Freshmen. Who should 1 send a car- nation to? , Should I put a message in the Chroni- cle? , Where is the fifth floor? , What is a HER Dance?

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A Reason to Celebrate i Sophomore year seems to be more familiar to us. Many things from that year will remain in our minds. We will remember the 1984- 1985 school year as a year in which we could cele- brate. In school, we were disap- pointed to find out that our Foreign Language Club was in its final year. The School Committee was unwilling to pay advisors for the club. Even though the advisors seemed to be willing to guide the students without pay, the School Committee would not let the club exist unless the advisors were paid. Our spirits were uplift- ed because the long await- ed sword returned to Comp after its 11 year absence. We then realized the power of school spirit. We were fi- nally able to purchase our rings-the unifying element of the class. Selling M M ' s really got to be a drag. We were still Underclassmen, but we weren ' t Freshmen. Sophomore year, for Sen- iors, was the year for many reasons to celebrate, Tina Turner hit Top 40 again, coming on stronger than ev er. Eddie Murphy was known as The Beverly Hills Cop and Clara Feller was demanding to know where the beef was. The streets were covered with Madonna Wannabees. In September, nestle and Carnation companies merged causing the largest non-oil combination in fi- nancial history. The Space Shuttle Discovery ended its maiden voyage on Septem- ber 5. State agents in Florida were debating on possible outcomes of citrus trees be- lieved to carry the virulent disease of citrus canker. Over in the United King- dom, Prince Charles and Princess Diana had their second son. Prince Henry. The ' 84 Election Debates were set for the month of October. Reagan and Mon- dale were planning on meeting on October 7 and October 21. Bush and Fer- raro were planning on meeting on October 11. On October 5, the Space Shuttle Challenger began its 8 day mission. It carried a crew of 7 during this flight making it the largest crew in Shuttle history. This flight was the sixth flight taken by the Challenger, and the thirteenth taken In the space shuttle fleet. On October 7, the Major League Umpires ended their strike. Peter Ueber- roth, the new baseball com- missioner, agreed to arbi- trate their dispute over post season pay. Fifteen day old Baby Fae ' ' , who was the first re- cipient of a baboon heart, was reported doing fine after her transplant opera- tion on October 26. On Oc- tober 30, the medical sup- port systems were removed as the baby became the longest surviving human re- cipient of an animal heart. On riovember 15, Baby Fae died of complications ap- parently after her body re- jected the heart. On Hovember 7, Reagan was re-elected by an over- whelming marg in. Reagan carried 49 states, all but Minnesota which is Mon- dale ' s home state. He also had 525 electoral votes and 59% of the popular vote. On riovember 25, William J. Schroeder received the second artificial heart. With his operation, many ad- vancements occurred in the field of medicine. Many un- known facts were made clearer to doctors. In Bhopal, India on De- cember 3, a gas leak killed over 2,000 people. A toxic gas was said to have leaked from the Union Carbide in- secticide plant at Bhopal. At Christmastime, musi- cians got together for Band Aid for famine relief in Afri- ca. Band Aid was soon fol- lowed by USA for Africa, northern Lights, and many other groups to serve the same purpose.