Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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Football Team Wins Final Copper ingot Game Fond memories of summertime freedom faded as the school routine began. New teachers settled down to different surroundings and freshmen to the unique high school schedule. The student council initiated the freshmen teachers by having them sing the alma mater at a pep assembly, showing they were true Wildcats A guarded watch by policemen and principals of Morenci and Clifton High Schools kept trouble from arising before and after the rival football game. Afterwards a sock hop was held in honor of the freshmen. A bonfire, hat day, 50's day, crazy sock day, dress up day and Red and Black da were part of Spirit Week Y during which SRA tests were given. Copper Cat members were kept busy with subscription sales and also helped with pictures taken of underclassmen, seniors, football and volleyball teams and newly formed clubs. The Science Club visited the Sonora Desert Museum. Fair projects were worked on and entered through the Art Department. Headlines included the death of John Paul I, the second Pope to die in one month. Charlie McCartney, the nationally known puppet was donated to the Smithsonian just before Edgar Bergan died. The Ali -Spinks fight was a knockout with Ali regaining the heavy-weight title. Peace in the East seemed to be in the makings at the Camp David Summit meetings. Battlestar Galactica, Mork and Mindy, and Paper Chase, were some of the new television series. Morenci theater movies included The Cheap Detective, Convoy, Jaws ll and Coma. .5,u.-1-0- '

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Wear elf? Q Q5 9 Cheerleaders and musicians also change their beat. Pride screams through scrappy Wildcat teams and fans charged with the winning spirit. Reaching towards a star or being a star seems possible to small town dreamers who are ready to challenge any outsiders who ask, Where is Morenci?! Inflation, unrest, floods, crises, maintaining peace and the promise of a new high school brings uncertainty and hope. The mysterious aura of a cat hints of what's to come, yet has an independence of its own. Ready to pounce and meet the challenges, 1979 is THE YEAR OF THE CAT! Cat Cat Paws U ...98 Pnde ., ..13O

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Ai 'Vs Nt di is S N N, It X' 1 YOU WANT TO CHANGE what? Mr. Pow- ers assists Jerry Burkett with class registra- tion. 2. IS THIS HOW YOU DO IT? Nellie Casillas attempts the uneven bars at the EAC gymnasium. 3. AMERICAN PROBLEMS STU- DENT Alicia Settle interviews Steve Jenkins, candidate for Superintendant of Public ln- struction. 4. SMILE! Seniors Mark Martinez and Arlene Mena demonstrate the appropri- ate dress for portraits. 5. DOWN WITH THE OLD and up with the new, workmen replace scoreboard. 6. GREASE IS THE WORD! Leslie White, Jim Cook, and Steve Chacon partici- pate in 50's day.