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

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Q4 --l xml 7.4 l l lf I l JE H iw, ja wart? Homecoming Festivities Balloon with Spirit Week Events Play auditions were held for the March performance of E Importance of Being Ernest. Long lines in the hall signaled the return of senior proofs. AFS launched rockets at its first party. College Visitation Day enabled seniors to question college representatives on their own special needs. Spirit Week and balloon fever announced the homecoming game. f X Darrlyn McClellan and Herman Armijo were elected Homecoming Queen and King and hundreds of balloons were released for the halftime show finale. - The volleyball team, sent off with a fond farewell and good luck, returned State A Champs! Band members journeyed to the annual State Fair performance and caroused through the Fair- grounds. The Kojak look was seen as several football players shaved their heads to win a bet. An airline crash in San Diego and one in Tucson scared U of A students and prompted action to reroute airplane flights. The elections came to an end with Bruce Babbit remaining as Governor of Arizona. John Travolta and Olivia Newton- John were the stars of the popular movie, Grease. Heaven Can Wait. and Close Encounters of the Third Q1 were other Morenci Theater movies.

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1 DAZED HOMECOMING royalty Darrlyn Mc- Clellan and Herman Armijo accept corsage and boutonniere from Student Council advi- sor Ms. Collins during pre-game cere- mony. 2 WE'RE NUMBER 0NE! Jubilant volleyball team shows trophy captured at dis- trict. 3 OK, l'M sitting down, now what? Band member Terri Stinson enjoys one of the rides at the State Fair. 4 INVASION! Bal- loons add zest to the homecoming pep as- sembly. 5 HONORING HER mother and fa- ther on Senior Night is Machelle Forstrom. 6 DO WE GET T0 TAKE naps? Senior class president Larry Wonner participates in Little Kid's Day. I I 'bcrla ly 27 Nr O I: ld 0 ll fm bu Mmm:

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Holiday Seasons Spiced with Flood and Contes Championship dreams for foot- ball ended when the Wildcats were trounced by Coolidge in the playoffs. Seniors began planning for graduation as cap and gown measurements were taken and announcements and diplomas ordered. Thanksgiving and a snow break were a wel- come vacation. Mr. Galusky's birthday was celebrated in Chemistry ll with a cake decorated with a fisherman. Open- ing wins against Safford for boys and girls basketball teams began a successful season. A food drive, sponsored by the Student Council, was held for four needy families. Students got things rolling with a cream a teacher with a pie, contest. Christmas concerts brought Christmas concerts brought holiday spirit from the choir and jazz band. Floods brought destruction to Greenlee County and other part: of Arizona, as the normally dry San Francisco River became a torrent. Clifton streets were flooded, leaving Morenci isolated from highway transporta tion and some teachers and students with no way to get to school. The Guyana massacre topped national news. Nine-hundred ano fourteen People's Temple members committed suicide at 1 Reverend Jim Jones' orders. The Temple's home base, San Francisco, was just recoveri from the shock of the massacre when Mayor Moscone was assassinated. A hot debate ensu with Carter's announcement of the recognition of Red China. Heroes, Somebody Killed Her Husband, Frankenstein's Bride a Micky's 50th Birthday, were some Morenci theater movies.