James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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Now in James Monroe Between Rubic cubes, Pac Man Fe- ver, Brooke Shield’s Calvin Klein jeans, and Chicken McNuggets, 1981-1982 was as fast-paced as the adventures of Indiana Jones in ‘“‘Raiders of the Lost Ark.” 1981-1982 was a year of romance. From the music of Endless Love, one of the top songs of the year which Kathy Schlacter and Robert Colter sang at the Christmas assembly, to the delivery of Valentine carnations by the National Honor Society, James Monroe High School students got into the mood of the nation. It was the summer of the Royal Wedding of Shy Lady Di and Prince Charles; it was the fall of the marriage of Luke and Laura on ‘‘General Hospital.” The hot new man on T.V. was Magnum, PI. Romantic ruffles were “IN” for spring. Last year it was ‘Who shot J.R.?”; this year it was “Whose body was it in the pool?” in Dallas. Prime time soaps became rampant with “Dyn- asty,” “Flamingo Road,” and “'Fal- 4 Opening $ : i i con Crest.” Adventure and gossipy in- trigue was the name of the game. Joanie and Chachi move to their own show; Laverne and Shirley move to California; and James Monroe seniors “moved” to Florida for their senior trip, with no worries over the PATCO strike, but with the memories of the fatal crash of the Florida-bound plane which crashed on the 14th Street Bridge. It was the year of the Space- Shuttle Columbia’s third flight and Elizabeth Taylor’s eighth divorce. The news of Wolf T rap burning down spread as fast as the California fruit fly. The women were on the top this year. Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Jus- tice. At J.M. Girls’ sports such as Hockey, Tennis, and gymnastics were tops. Cincinnati in the Super Bowl battled San Francisco, and the J.M. team felt for Cincinnati. James Monroe's face got a lift, hopefully, with better construction than the one that caused the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas to collapse. Students walked halls with no ceil- ings, saw rooms with no windows, and passed “watch out for falling bricks” signs and welding while waiting for the unfinished business to come to an end.

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JUNIORS Marie Brown and Stephanie Holmes select their class rings. JOAN ESTES and Craig Edwards prepare an art project. SUSIE MATSON sketches a still life in art class. 6 Student Life