Iver C Ranum High School - Raider Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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Jima ' ee, 1.974 In 1974 we were near or ending our time in elemen,taLy. We vu-ie mam Q,f.r.h.e unconcerned. Our biggest worry seemed to be who was going steady with who or how experienced we could get in trying new things. We looked forward to growing up and junior high was the next step. Watergate. Richard Nixon was the first president to resign. Ford gave him a Presidential pardon. Hank Aaron ' ' ' ' . ried'to jump the Snake River with his motorcycle but failed. Gold sales became legal in U.S. for the first time since 1933. Streaking became a big fad and could be s ' . All in the Family began its season and was a,sm,ash. The ' . actress went to Ellen Burstyn in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and best actor to Art Carney in Harry and Tonto . The theatrical world lost many favorites such as Bud Abbot 1781, lack Benny l80D,-Duke Ellington C75'JT'loe Flynn l7l'9'fEEl'Sullivan C731 and'Agnes Moorehead i68J. ' ' ' as the lite lim Croce, who peaked with albums like 'His Greatest Hits and Croce Love Songs . jackson Brown was going strong with his album Late for the Sky and Fleetwood,,Ma,cQs ' . 74 was a year of changes at Ranum High. Homecomi ' ' ' Kueal. Mr. Haller gave up his position of Dean of boys to Mr. Schumaeher, a new and ambitious man. Former principal Mr. Fred jargigese became principal of Westy, placing Mr. Rhoda in command. He was assisted bv Mr. Logsdon and'K7lr. Bassett with Mr. Moderhak as Activities Director. Ranum held their first speech meet, coached by Bernie Ellsworth. Loren Blaser, Head Football Coach for thirteen years, resigned his position to M-r. ' . e student'from japan - Kenji Flirano. Ranum athletes were outstanding in 74. The top swimmers were: Dave Saunders, Frank Vigil, Doug Davis, and Neil Martinez. The Davis being the only Skyline League wrestler to win over a japanese All Star Wrestler that season in the 119 lb. division. Ciold placed seco ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' , ' , first in the Skyline League meet, first in the Skyline League relays, first in the Districts and second in State. Seventeen girls participated in State that year. Also, Baseball took State with a 17-3 season and was rated second out of't'he top thirteen teams in the Four - Corners States iColo., Ariz., Utah, and New Mexicoi. Coach jenkins received the award of Coach of the Year of Colo. To top things off, the Raider football team beat

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In 1973 we awaited the recess bell to ring. Tetherball and Four Square Tournaments were being held and seemed more important than spelling tests and vocabulary. The '73 world, national wise, was tippsy turvey. Secretariat won the triple crown. He was the first horse to accomplish this in a quarter of a century. Chile's President, Salvador Allende, was assassinated. Former President Lyndon B. johnson I64I died. US involvement in the Vietnamese war was ended by a treaty signed in Paris, war broke out in the middle east and brought concern to the American people. Arabs began oil embargos which started the gas shortage. Vice President, Spiro Agnew, resigned after pleading not guilty to a charge of income tax evasion. Gerald Ford took over his position. The Supreme Court legalized abortion. The White House Tapes were brought out. The Broncos recorded their first winning season and went onto the playoffs as Division Winners. '73 took its toll on many famous people. Lon Chaney Ir. f67J, jim Croce 1301, Betty Grable 1571, 1.R.R. Talkien f81J, and Walt Kelly 4603. All in the Family still remained a favorite of t.v. watchers. The Oscars were awarded to: jack Lemmon for Best Actor in his performance in I t. Save the.Tiger. , Glenda jackson for Best Actressin A Touch of Class , and Best Picture went to The Sting . The Exorcist premiered stunning many audiences. Another big movie was American Graffitti . The first Beatles' best-of-albums released two double LP sets en best albums for the year were: jackson Browne's For Everyman , Paul SimNon's There Goes Rhymin' Simon , Art Garfunkel's Angle Clare , Elton Iohn's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road , and Neil Diamonds jonathan Livingston Seagull . Ranum led an exciting year in '73, Homecoming Royalty was Patty Roth and Fred Roberts. Miss Raider was Patty Craft and Mr. Raider was Gordon Nishimoto. Miss Middleton became Mrs. Ray. Football had an undefeated season which ended Northglenns regime by winning a State playoff game. The team was coached by Loren Blaser. Steve Blair earned the title of All Skyline League and All Metro player award. The Baseball team was Skyline League champs again. The Thousand Mile club consisted of Chuck McMillan, jim Beaver and Steve Nelson. These three earned this award by being in track and CC for three years and by running 1000 miles during that time. The ROTC held their second annual Military Ball at the Westminster Elks. Gymnastics went to State along with the Wrestling team. Home Economics was opened to the guys. P.E. wasn't a required class. A kiln was built for Ceramics. Mr. Bassett came back to RHS. The Yearbook was dedicated to the Alumni of Ranum 110 years of servicel. Alumni: Dick Roush, Ellamae Rutherford, Mary Sexton, Frances Morris, Lee Lindecrantz, Fred larigese, Wayne Humphrey, Loren Blaser, Margaret wfbllilw,-LW1 YQ CK I 7' YXOLUN. Idwre oe Q, cet Q mul nig t as it outside Brewer and Mary jo Brooks. thinking to mysef what iI,.w0uld be like to be a frog ' ZJLD ' I looked up into the sky 'R U-A A - 0 and I noticed that someone had been up there clipping fingernails 0 yyggqg wg UU they had left one up there by mistake QT, M or maybe not by mistake., L . . ' 7 1 I It looked strange to me, that single fingernail in the sky. But then I thought it seemed even stranger that men would want to spend billions of dollars building rocket machines with which to fly to that single fingernail in the sky ' They could have saved their billions of dollars and come and seen me I have ten I would have given them readily. By: Dave Griffin --440' X ,aa X

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fofhwf Hecadw L975 In '75 we began junior high - ranking low on the totem pole. Life was beginning as recesses were ending. 1975 led a year of bitter happenings. American troops finally pulled out of Vietnam after cease fire agreements were made in 73. This war brol?e Presidents, reshaped governments, and-bitterly divided Americans as no conflict had for more than a hundred years. Ex-teamster boss james R. Hoffa went out to lunch permanenfly. FB1 agents arrested'Patricia Flearst andThree tugitives offhe Symbionese Liberation Army. Attempts were made on President Fords life by Lynette Squeaky Fromme 1273 and Sara lane' terminal blew up killing eleven and injuring seventy-five. Employment ranked very low with 7.8 million 9 ' u A ' - v .. u v 1 ull III llall 1 Assembly reclassified pot from narcotic to 'dangerous drug' and reduced penalties for small quantities. Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Mitchell were convicted in the Watergate Trials. All in the Family continued to rank top in T.V. show ratings. One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest snaFEhedThe Oscar for best pictureflack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher for their great performance in this movie received best actor and actress. Famous people that died were Actor Ozzie Nelson C781 and Aurther Treachers 1811. It was a tough year but at Ranum they just kept on enjoying the good times. Royalty was: King - Mike Turzanski and Queen - Annette Bates. Ranum Lost Mrs. Frye, the first teacher to retire at RHS. She worked eighteen years as an English teacher. The art students made Channel 4 Newsreel and Kris Noblet, Gary Filosa and Ron Ogawa starred in lT'S ACADEMlC sponsored by Mr. Easley, Mr. Haller and Mr. Peckman. C-ary Flarftilked about national problems with Ranum students when he was running for Senator. The library with the help of Mr. Pinello and Mr. Melhouse sponsored the Denver Civic Ballets' performance the rock fans. The wrestlers took first in Districts and fifth in State. Wrestler Mark Schwettman took first in State 155 lb. Ranum received fourteen simulator cars and two motorcycle units valued at 535,000 in order to improve the Drivers Ed Class. Amahl and the Night Visitors, The Prime of Miss lean Brodie and The Wizard of Oz were three popular plays that year.