Golden Valley High School - Viking Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

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Millions of Americans, with annual periodicity, drop their brooms and brief cases to celebrate a holiday. In like manner, youthful GV spirits are given a chance to depart from daily routine by events like Sadie Hawkins and the Prom. John Glenn's space flight probably had a greater impact than any other event of the year. Thousands watched the historic trip in New York's Grand Central Station; Valley teachers discarded lesson plans to join their pupils before the idiot boxes. Requiring the energy, if not the precision, of a rocket takeoff were the contortions and cavort-ings of the Twist. The 88 inches of precipitation that fell caused many a sagging roof, and impassable driveway, but juniors made use of it as a class play advertisement—a gargantuan snowman. As White House audiences harkened to sweet strains of cellist Pablo Casals and lithe movements of a modern dance group, GV was visited by a Rodgers and Hammerstein Quartet. VoMpjjttpj, Put Aside, Books fro Qf tfcJl Bvfijds Twism s 1AKE- BV storm Crisis and Chaos was the world's favorite tune, but GV's international relations were cemented mere firmly with student-parent sponsorship of an AFS International Fair. There are also events which only the individual remembers— the receiving of a first athletic award or a quiet tiptoe to the kitchen to put the first withering gardenia corsage in the icebox. These events will still be special when trips to the moon are commonplace. HER FIRST CORSAGE—Demure Cheryl Lesch finds a gardenia with pink rose buds to accent her white brocade gown. The special event was the Valentine Dance. LILAC PRINCESS Dana Steiner was one of six Valley seniors who vied with nine others for a Lilac title. Dahlberg Company sponsored Dana. LET'S TWIST! Leslie Korsh and Bob Larson gyrate to the music of Steve Peer and his band at the Christmas Dance, Winterland by Night.

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QUEENLY REACTIONS, displayed Peg Lindberg fashion, took effect after her announcement as Homecoming Queen at the October 5 pep fest. A congratulatory hug was offered by Cathie Finch. VIKING WRESTLERS, Jon Lang and Brian Croteau, meet U of M grappling coach Wally Johnson at the fifth Athletic Banquet. Jon won the Conference 95 pound title. While sports fans around the state followed the fortunes of the Minnesota football Vikings, people in the valley found that another band of Vikings, Golden Valley style, were making a strong bid for the MVC pennant. At about the same time the Minnesota Gophers accepted an invitation to play in the Rose Bowl, Tom Benepe's GV team cinched a tie for the league title with a 30-0 victory over Waconia. Meanwhile, back at the Bowl, the Gophers bombed UCLA 2-3. Valley senior Jay Martin trekked to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and soared to the National Junior Ski-Jumping Championship with leaps of 179 and 181 feet. GV wrestlers jelled in the Conference meet for a hard-earned championship. Whitey Johnson's bucketmen rolled to second in the MVC— highest finish in school's annals. While the United States figure skating team made a comeback in Poland after last year's disastrous plane crash, the pride of Golden Valley rinks, Sophomore John Kulenkamp, placed fourth in the Regional figure-skating championships in Denver. Rookie Rich Rollins and Bernie Allen sparked the Minnesota baseball Twins to the rarified atmosphere of the American League's first division in early season, while Valley's baseball team made a dash for the crown and fell one game short. As the Twins had Camilc Pas-cual, the Valley Vikings had Rick Carlson. The senior righthander posted the top earned run average in the League, winning seven of eight games. 12