New Milford High School - Schaghticoke Yearbook (New Milford, CT)

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Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and fomcr governor of Georgia, is elected president. Carter is the first man from the deep South to become president in 125 years. He defeats President Ford in a close election. He credits his victory to his showing in the televised debates between the two candidates. Jaws is a thriller! Saturday Night Fever hits the disco scene by storm. Star Wars and the Force are a box office smash. Superman becomes every boys hero and every girls dream Rocky mukes its debut and paves the way for others to come. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a favorite for all ages. Other favorite movies are The Godfather Part II, One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest, All the President’s Men, and The Enforcer. In television, “Waltons” and “Happy Days” made their debut, as TV networks try to reduce violence on TV. Roots draws 80 million view ers, the largest audience ever. The Dallas saga starts, and Wonderwoman captures the heurts of children and men alike, 1978 Ford is introducing the Pinto Pony, but Volkswagon Is phasing the Bug out of the United States market. People are living alone—and liking it! Kids are wearing T-shirts with writing on it. Zoologists observer World Whale Day. First protest staged at a nuclear plant. Carter offers farm aid after protest. Families begin to leave'Love Canal. The gasoline shortage becomes worse than ever. In New York, more than half of the gas stations were closed down due to a lack of gas. Open stations have lines up to six miles long and w'ere limiting sales up for three dollars per visit. Nadia Comanici stuns the w'orld wdth her gymnastics ability. Hank Aaron hits 750 homeruns, beating Babe Ruth’s record. Dorothy Hamill skates her wfay to the top. Nine hundred nine people die in a mass suicide. Followers of a fanatical Californian commit suicide in the jungle of South America. Survivors say Temple members took part in a mass suicide rite by swallowing a concoction of Kool-Aid and cyanide. Mr. Bourdeau 1960 Mr. Bourdeau was the first Vice Principal of the new high school in 1963. A man known for his strict cn-forccment of the dress code, it was not uncommon to find him checking for unbuttoned collars or measuring hemlines. In the early 70’s when the Schaght-icokc Middle School was built. Mr. Bourdeau left the High School as Vice Principal to become Principal there. He Is now a math teacher at Schaghti-cokc. When asked whut difference Mr. Bourdeau would like to have made in the school system over the past 26 years, he replied, “to preserve those values and characteristics of the school which instills pride, dedication and responsibility. ’ 25

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The United States celebrates its bicentennial in 1976 with fireworks, parades and commemorative coins. The celebration starts when the sun is seen on Mars Hill in Maine. New York hosts the most extensive celebration. Fifteen large ships and 200 small ones sail through Upper Bay and up the Hudson as hundreds of thousands watch from the shores. A sixty foot cherry pie is baked in Washington, while in Boston a six foot pancake and a sixty nine thousand pound cake arc baked. Ford warned the country “not to be content with its past and to look to the future to increase its freedom and improve its quality of life.” - 86 million Hospital expansion started at New Milford Hospital - Cantebury builds the first local indoor skating rink - In April 1976, Mr. Bayers takes NMHS Band to Disney World - In April 1978, Alton Wheeler of XM files suit against President Carter and Senators Ribicoff and Weickcr, charging them with illegal conspiring to give away the Panama Canal. Dr. Tripp Dr. Tripp, the Mathematics Coord I nator, has a deep commitment to our school and community. The biggest change in the school over the years is the growth in size of the student body and faculty. According to Dr. Tripp our school has improved the ’arts’ area of instruction — Industrial and Fine Arts. Dr. Tripp is known for his high standards and for his stressing that the faculty and students should strive to reach their potential. Dr. Tripp sees the school as a place of continuing change and that the school must be ready to meet these demands. 1. Class of '88 begins kindergarten. 2. First test tube baby born in London. 3. Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet star, defects to US. Bruce Sprinsteen becomes the biggest hit since the Beatles in the late Seventies, while the Grateful Dead is making their world debut. Elvis Presley, the King of Rock, dies after 28 gold records and 106 hits in the Top 40. Gerald Ford assumes the presidency when Nixon is named a co-conspirator in the Watergate scandal. Ford issues a pardon to Nixon. Two assassinations are made on Ford' life; he escapes both attempts alive. 1974 American and Soviet astronauts meet in space for a two day international mission. During these two days, the six crew members shared meals and cooperated on scientific experiments as they moved from one craft to the other. The commanders shook hands through the hatches of their spacecraft and then traded gifts as the Americans entered the Soviet ship. The interaction occurred 140 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. 24

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During the morning of July 29, 1981 everyone sits glued to their television sets as Prince Charles and Lady Di exchange their wedding vows. Lady Di starts the trend of long formal wedding gowns. 1. Voyager I detects a faint ring of rocky debris around Jupiter. 2. Barney Clark receives the first permanent artifical heart. 3. Bill Rodger wins the Boston Marathon with the record breaking time of 2:09.27. The Iranian’s seize the United States Am bassy and hold fourty-ninc Americans hostage. United States citizens band together as a united front to support the return of the hostages. The rescue attempt headed by President Carter is a fiasco. The country anxiously awaits their safe and speedy return. After four hundred and fourty-four grueling days for the hostages as w’cll as the Americans back home, the captives arc finally freed. Three major assassination attempts were made during this time period. The only successful attempt was on December 8, 1980, when John Lennon is killed by a fanatic’s bullet. This was certainly the most shocking event in rock music’s history. The other assassination attempts were on President Reagan and Pope John Paul II. These attempts were not successful and the victims were only wounded. Mr. Devin 1952 Mr. Devin has been with ub for 36 years, unci has held all positions at New Milford, from teaching to principal. He now coaches boys cross country and last year was given the honor of being inducted into the ( T Qinches Hall of Fame. Mr. Devin feels that the ability of the high school athletes has remained the same but their dedication has increased over the years. His dedlcaUon as a coach has brought numerous teams to the championship level, too numerous to mention. Everyone who has been coached by Mr. Devin has the greatest respect for him and claim “he Is the best coach they've ever had.” Mt. St. Helens, for years an inactive volcano suddenly errupts spewing ashes and molten lava over the state of Washington. Eight people are killed and many other peoples lives are disrupted. 1979 The 1980 Winter Olympics is a great success. Eric Heiden wins his fifth gold medal in speed skating and the U.S. hockey team amazes the world by defeating the Russians and the Finns to capture the gold for the second time in the history of the United States. The Summer Olympics in Moscow has the lowest attendance ever. The United States, West Germany and .Japan do not attend. 26