Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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1981.” The class of 1981 selected Tangie Turner as the 1981 Basketball Homecoming Queen. The rest of the court consisted of Sharon Wilmington, junior, Debra McCoy, sophomore, and Natalie Nash, freshman. There were many other activities during the month of January. To commemorate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Student Council presented a special program in the band room. Richard Buchanan, junior, commented, “The program was good, especially when the preacher began talking about being yourself and nobody will like you unless you like yourself.” At the end of the month, the first semester ended and seniors were halfway through their final year. Events such as cap and gown fittings and Prom preparations helped pass the month of January. Anthony Brown, senior, remarked, “We are halfway up the mountain and we just have to summit to conquer.” Reverend Robert Lowery speaks to the audience at the Martin Luther King convocation. The program was sponsored by the Student Council. Hostages free on day 445 January 20, 1981 will be remembered as day one of freedom for 52 Americans that were hostages in Iran. Their ordeal began on November 4, 1979 and ended 444 days later. With the help of Algerian diplomats, prolonged negotia¬ tions over the hostages were finally settled on January 18, 1981. It was two days later when the hostages finally left Iran bound for freedom. The former hostages were flown to Algiers, Algeria where Deputy Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, met the hostages. Then the former hostages went to Frankfurt, West Germany and transported on to Weisbaden. “It will be an abominable experience that will never be forgotten. We must always find time to thank God for the release of our people. For without him, the release of our people would not have been possible,” said former President Jimmy Carter at the Rhein Mein Base, Frankfurt, West Germany. As graduation nears senior, Bill Komanecki is measured for his cap and gown by Mr. Clyde Smith a representative of Smith’s Student Center and Photo Studio. January-25

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LW comes alive for basketball Homecoming as seniors win spirit stick T he number “81” “81” was being heard in the halls as the class of 1981 won the basketball Homecoming Spirit stick again. Their float “Another Gladiator Bites the Dust” was also a winner. Kim Spiller, senior, said, “The senior class is, for the most part, a class that is united by spirit. When ther is a crisis, we stand together to overcome it. The spirit of our “Golden Class” was well displayed by the spirit stick competition in which we united to win. I’ll always have memories of the “Golden Class of JANUARY A group of freshmen display their spirit during the basketball Homecoming pep rally. The class of 1981 won the spirit stick. ( hosen for the 1981 Basketball Homecoming court were princesses Natalie Nash, freshman, Debra McCoy, sophomore, Sharon Wilmington, junior, and Queen Tangie Turner, senior. Anthony Woods and Linda Moore, sophomores, dance the night away at the basketball Homecoming disco on Jan. 15 in the surge. 24-January

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‘City of the Century’ looks to future Gary, the “City of the Century” and the “City on the Move”, is cele¬ brating its 75th anniversary this year. In 1905, United States Steel corporation began to work on plans for constructing new mills and a new city. In March, 1906, the steel plants and the harbor were started. Gary, was named after Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the United States Steel Corp. Richard G. Hatcher is serving his fourth term as mayor of Gary. Mayor Hatcher is president of the National Conference Of Black Mayors. The Conference held its seventh annual convention at the Downtown Sheraton Hotel, which was hosted by Mayor Hatcher. The topic of the conference was “Stimulating Local Growth Through Public and Private Spending” and President Reagan’s budget cuts were also discussed. Gary’s population, as reported by n u the United States Census Bureau dropped from 175,022 in 1970 to 151,953 in 1980, a 13.4% decline. Despite the decline, Gary remains to grow. Genesis Center, the new civic center, is being constructed. Mayor Hatcher is raising money to have a National Civil Rights Museur and a Hall of Fame built. The musei will be connected to the civic Center Gary is in the midst of revitaliz¬ ing its pride, “it’s more than a city, it’s an opportunity.” 26-‘City Of The Century’