Minnechaug Regional High School - Falcon Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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Jane Fonda speaks against nuclear energy • Carter greets Pope John Paul II trip to America • Commerce Secretary Krq Before a class can work together, they first must be organized. That was the job of the senior class officers and advisor. Whitney Carter, class president, started organizing our activities with Ms. Bansla- ben since the start of senior year. He with vice president Keith Birkhaeuser, secre- tary Meg Fraser, and treasurer Heather Karlson worked closely together to make sure our senior year went smoothly. We certainly can ' t forget the hard work of our officers in past years. Mike Balise was the president when we started school, along with Anne Piecuch as treasurer and Miss Overgaard (our advisor). The candy bars and magazine sales in our sophomore and junior years were on the shoulders of president Chris Cantalini. During those years, Mrs. Browne was our class advisor. But together, they all worked to make our class succeed. Thank you all for your time and efforts. Time, May 1983

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I sit here basking in my seniorism, my mind is flooded with bittersweet memories of the times spent at Minnechaug — Freshman: Orientation day . . . lettered hallways for freshman conveniences . . . posted bus schedules ... 4 x 6 map of school grounds . . . rotating blocks . . . upperclassmen . . . school lunches . . . crowded hallways . . . Red Sox . . . snack break-it comes and it goes . . . sharing lockers . . . nemotoads . . . Mr. L . . . anxiety . . . freshman pool . . . murky water . . . winter band concert: The Sound of Music . . . lowing cows . . . B-hall locks mysteriously disap- pear . . . hostage crisis . . . Ms. Overguard . . . Freshman I.D. ' s . . . naive . . . football games . . . food fights . . . earth science . . . Mork Mindy . . . Mike Balise-class president . . . suspenders . . . chew- ing gum . . . chocolate chip cookies . . . Falcon Fol- lies . . . carwash . . . pep rally . . . May arena . . . gymnastics . . . Bob Dillan . . . Freshman skip day . . . Romeo and Juliet . . . REO Speedwagon . . . Guiding Light . . . N.E. Patriots . . . Sophomore: Dissecting rats . . . lifesaving . . . Reagan elected President, later to be shot . . . Her- shey sales . . . jeans and sweatshirts ... 20 ' trees to climb in Project Adventure . . . beginning of co-ed p.e. classes . . . preppy . . . football and field hockey teams battle for Western Mass. championship . . . Annie . . . Pirates of Penzance production . . varsi- ty gymnastics-again undefeated . . . Ms. Overguard leaves to get married-welcome Ms. Browne . . . smelling Mother Earth . . . (x -x ).- (y,-y 2 ) . ■ ■ cool, sophisticated . . . class rings ordered, turned . . . trust . . . bomb scare-postponement of Battle of the Classes dance-Justin . . . Men ' s ski team wins West- ern Mass. championship . . . punk . . . Fair-Isle Sweaters . . . Izod . . . new wave . . . Christmas semi- formal . . . folk festival . . . Chris Cantalini-class president . . . graffitti on the walls . . . singing Valen- tines . . . DRAB . . . Time for Me to Fly . . . perms . . . Rosington Collins . . . ZZZ Top . . . girl ' s track team-league champions . . . computer programming . . . salad bar . . . death of John Lennon . . . Junior: A September arena . . . gym leaders . . . whale watch . . . Provincetown . . . giving blood . . . Project Blueberry . . . magazine sale sets school re- cord . . . winning stuffed Smurfs, one lb. Sugar Dad- dy ' s, class mugs . . . green carnations . . . calypso . . . (P)SAT . . . hockey team suspended . . . Outrageous Garb Dance . . . Punk Rock Dance . . . Grecian fes- tival . . . April snowstorm . . . Journey-Escape . . . International Club STE with Bronxville students . . . licenses . . . first jobs . . . late buses . . . parking stickers . . . band trip to Mexico . . . Sadie Hawkins dance . . . General Hospital . . . the Heiney troop voyages a Paris London . . . J.C.L. again wins state Catapult Contest ... J. Geils Go-Go ' s concert . . . selling popcorn, soda, candy at basketball games . . . A Christmas Carol produced by the Theatre Arts class . . . Rolling Stones concert . . . party at Erik- sons . . . Pac-Man . . . baseball strike . . . John Belu- shi O.D. . . . Pat Benatar . . . Rush . . . sport acade- mic evenings of recognition . . . Ms. Jones, Ms. Nan- cy Jaunhunan passed away . . . Le Shake T-Shirts . . . Lake Marc . . . Moral Majority . . . McDonald ' s . . . square dancing . . . soccer tea ' m advances to league playoffs . . . p-orbitals . . . On Golden Pond . . . Connecticut raises drinking age to 19 ... Jim- my ' s World, a fabricated story, wins Pulitzer Prize . . . Softball team repeats Division B first place finish Senior: Pep rally outside on the football field-Mr. Tipaldi M.C. . . . brave, new class advisor-Ms. Bans- laben . . . senior kick-off dance-Victim . . . Whit Carter-class president . . . Senior Halloween . . . Schenck Logan or Havican Guthrie . . . balloons in the courtyard, spray painted windows and toilet-pa- pered trees . . . Tylenol poisonings . . . turkey raffle . . . Beep! . . . bob -dancing in gym . . . J.C.L. Bat- tle of the Classes dance with Fat . . . commandoes . . . Greg the Barber is Santa Claus at the Christmas Semi-Formal . . . measurements taken for caps and gowns . . . human phys . . . football team under Coach Bennett makes it to Suburban League Cham- pionship . . . college applications . . . E.T. . . . Dante ' s Inferno . . . Billy Joel: Nylon Curtain . . . Rod Sterling ' s Twilight Zone . . . Eddie Murphy . . . Faculty lounge . . . psych . . . vectors . . . Wild Bill ... An Officer and a Gentleman . . . Medeiros ' s party . . . Newton ' s Laws of Motion . . . Rocky Hor- ror ... Senior Skip Day . . . 50 ' s Day Dance . . . Umbrella Day . . . transvestite day . . . hippie day . . . protest day . . . graduation rehearsal . . . senior banquet . . . Prom-Down East . . . Graduation-June 10, 1983 . . . Watch out world-here I come . . . Christine Boyajian Suzanne Desautelle Mark Trombley Gayle Sherman Time, May 1983

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Panama Canal assumed by Panamanians • combat troops occupy land off Japan ' s north-eastern shore • Apocalypse Now • Salt II treaty approved ' The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change — and we all instinctively avoid it. E. B. White Lauren Noelle Ablondi Mac-cer 685 Main St., Wilb. tennis (1,2,3.4), soccer (1,2,3,4), stdnt. govt. (1,2,3,4), sec. (4), theatre arts stage mgr. (3), J.C.L. (1), basketball (1), rec. ski. (1,2,3,4), choir (1), jazz dancing, skiing, living it up, Antics, Micky D ' s, Don ' t ever let life bring you down, just be yourself and share your smile with the world. Terri B. Allen Uncle 8 East Colonial Rd., Wilb. partying, REO, Lopner Mobile, Chumley, Rain Graphics,: Whatever spins your wheels. At Minnechaug, we were each given the chance to decide our own courses. By the process of arena, we were able to choose the specific blocks and teachers we want- ed. Some of us have been involved in sports, clubs, school work, other activities or work. But as a class, our class of 1983, we have learned to handle ourselves in try- ing situations. We ' ve learned to make de- cisions, to trust others, to respect the opin- ion of others. Many of us now know a second language. Those who chose to take art, cooking, choir, sewing, or industrial The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. Win- ston Churchill Judith A. Anti Judy Lou 5 Evangeline Dr., Wilb. synchro. (1,2), sleeping, Ponderosa, Kenneth A. Armstrong Jr. 9 Mohawk Dr., Hamp. N.H.S. (3,4), P.A.V.A.S. (4), ski club (1,2,4), SCSAB (4), stdnt. tutor (3,4), lab asst. (3), comp. consult. (4), stdnt. host (3). arts as electives have broadened their minds by becoming interested in non-aca- demic subjects. By opening and filling our minds with bits of knowledge, we are growing as individuals. We ' ve been together for what seems like an eternity. Now is the time to reinforce our memories so they can remain with us forever. Our yearbooks must be signed. High school will be preserved at all costs. High school helps prepare us for the world ahead. Many of our ideas formed and knowledge obtained at Minnechaug will aid us in reacting to any problems we might encounter in the future. All of us, from A to Z, will be working together through the labyrinth called life; yet each in a separate direction. Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish. Michelangelo Laurie A. Artioli 140 Springfield St., Wilb. P.A.V.A.S. (3,4), athl. off. aide (4), Modeling, danc- ing, Peter Harris Clothes, Did the bell ring yet? Karl Askins Skins 384 Stony Hill Rd., Wilb. track (4), mgr. football (4), Uniforce Security Time, May 1983