Moss Point High School - Growler Yearbook (Moss Point, MS)

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FHCULTY HND HDmINISTRHTION; NomwowmhhownMaEw eryone - no matter how Insig- nificant has an effect on some- one else, just as a stone sends out ripples when cast into stlll water. A person whose life doean touch anothe s k a person without a shadow . . . Paul Louney

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DATELINE 1982-1983 . . . State, local, and world affairs held our attention during the year, as we learned of the world beyond the text- books and lectures. Here is an attempt of an overview of the year that was . . . WHO WON: E.T. , Mary Decker Tabb set seven world distance records in one year; Meryl Streep and Ben Kingsley won Academy Awards; Gandhi Best Movie; Knoxville hosted the World's Fair; Lech Walesa the popu- lar leader of the Solidarity Union was released after 11 mos. of detention, Motown had a celebration for its 25th anniversary. What else happened to make us smile . . . Video games such as Donkey Kong, Defender and Pac Man along with home computers became popular, Prince Charles and Princess Diana's son arrived in July, while she continued to set the latest fashions; Fads: Valley Girls language, punk rock, The 60-605, 30 Movies, Garfield , Smurfs , Tuxedos for women, Fancy Shoelaces, punk hairdos, Nikes, Panama Jack shirts, stralght leg Levis . . . The Washington Redskins won the Super Bowl and the Philadelpha 76'ers came out on top to round off the sports year. THINGS WE LOST: Lou Grant was cancelled, MASH went off the air, Broadway's 71 year old Helen Hayes Theater was destroyed, Sugar Ray Leonard retired. Branlff Airlines declared bankruptcy, Tylenol capsules were recalled after seven deaths caused by someone tampering with the bottles, Willie Stargell retired after 475 homeruns, and The Doobie Brothers broke up after 13 successful years. We mourned many deaths during the year . . . FRIENDS WE LOST: John Belushi, Anna Freud, Harriet Adams - author of Nancy Drew novels, Leroy Satchel Page, Stanley Holloway, Archibald MacLeish, Bess Truman, Aynd Rand, Eleanor Powell, Thelon- ious Monk. Murray the K, Leonid Brezhnev, Henry Fonda, Lee Strasberg, Paul Lynde, Romy Schneider, Dave Garroway, Ingrid Bergman, John Cheever, Princess Grace of Monaco, Karen Carpenter, Muddy Waters, Buster Crabbe, Fatha Hines, Walter Slezak, Jack Dempsey, and many others in the Falklands Assault, In the war between Iraq and Iran and in the civil war in Lebanon that continues. Movies we went to see: ET, An Officer and a Gentleman, Porkey's, Return of the Jedi, Tootsie, Gandhi, The Verdict, Sprlng Break, Flashdance, Sophie's Choice, and The Toy. MU$IC we listened to: Alabama, Duran Duran, Journey, Styx, Dexle's Midnight Riders, Juice Newton, Prince, Lionel Ritchie. Dan Fogelberg, Michael Jackson, James Ingram, Glenn Frye, Michael McDonald, Marty Robbins, Willie Nelson, Janie Frickie, Ronnle Mllsap, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West, Frizell 8: West, Stevie Wonder, Donna Summer, Eric Clapton, The Police, and Men at Work.

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ADMINISTRATION . . . i 5, COACH RICHARD NILES. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT MR. CHARLES BROWN, MR. CHARLES JOHNSON, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL