Madison Heights High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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Reserves Robin Melson, Less Poer, and Cindi Palmer take a moment to rest after cheering. Arlon Award winner Christy House portrays Princess Winifred In “Once Upon a Mattress.” Secretary of State Henry Kissinger serves mediator during the Mid-East oil crisis. Bolstered by success, speech team member Dan Winkle exuberantly rejoins team members. 5

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With a sob, Richard Nixon says a sad farewell to the nation as he resigns on August 9. The past year saw the end of many controversial issues and the beginning of several others. The Nixon regime ended with Watergate, and Gerald Ford took the Presidential Oath as Richard M. Nixon became the first U.S. president to resign his office. The U.S. reached a stalemate in the Mid-East with the end of the Arab oil embargo, and we as MH’ers, tried to reach out and understand all that was happening. We applauded as German-born Henry Kissinger traveled world wide for peace. We wanted to touch our world. We were on the Threshold of Reaching . . . Psyching up Pirate fans, mascot Paul Moran raises his fist defiantly to rival Anderson. Gerald Ford, the first appointed United States president, gives his inaugural address.

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MH drum majors and head majorette perform a dramatic ending to the State Fair routine. During Pirate Flashback, active sophs add final preparations to their Homecoming float. 6