North Andover High School - Knight Yearbook (North Andover, MA)

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MEMORY LANE 1984 Marines are moved out of Lebanon. Protests for the Seabrook nuclear plant erupts. — Wendy’s comes out with “Where’s the beef?’’ commercials. — USSR boycotts Summer Olympics in L.A. — the first US woman Kathryn Sullivan walks in space; mini-skirts start up again. — Baby Fae receives a baboon heart; Doug Flutie receives Heisman Trophy; Bandaid releases “Do They Know It’s Christmas’’; The VCR hits the American public. 1986 Patriots lose Superbowl to Chicago Bears; Space Shuttle ex¬ plodes; cyanide laced Tylenol incidents.; Chernobyl nuclear disaster in USSR; Len Bias dies due to cocaine overdose one day after being drafted by the Celtics; Hands-Across America stretches from coast to coast; Celtics win 16th Championship; The Statue of Liberty turns 100; Harvard celebrates 350 years of higher education; Boston Red Sox lose the World Series in the seventh game. 1985 Tanning salons are all the rage; Madonna and Cindy Lauper debut as rock’s hottest women; Boston is rated second best metro area to live in in the US; Coke changes it’s formula; TWA flight 847 is hijacked; Live Aid; US senate joins in op¬ position against South Africa; Riots in Lawrence erupt when racial tension rises; US starts to try and ban certain rock music; Prince Charles and Lady Di visit New York; Halley’s Comet rides by. 1987 North Andover resumes using tap water. US wins back America’s Cup. Merrimack Valley falls victim to a flood. Jim and Tammy Bakker are dethroned from the PTL ministry in scandal; N.A.P.D. arrest 57 teens for a beer bash; Gary Hart and Donna Rice hit the scandal sheets; Reagan fails with his first two choices for the Supreme Court; Gorbachev visits the US for summit talks; the 1988 presidential Campaign heats up; Biden is out of the race for misquoting; Baby Jessica is safely rescued from her back yard well. The Persian Gulf begins to stand out as a testing ground for war in the Middle East. Gary Hart re-enters the presidential race.

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HALL TALK The four minutes between classes at N.A.H.S. are barely enough to gather books and get to class. However, we always seem to find some time to get in a little gossip — of course it’s not really gossip, in a school as intimate as North Andover, just about any news is old news. It’s amazing how much can be learned in such a short time. Last weekend’s events are always recounted on Mondays: who went to which party with whom, who got caught doing what, how much so-and-so drank, who cheated on whom, and other juicy encounters which are more quietly whispered. Flunked tests, fights with friends, incomplete homework assign¬ ments, and how it is increasingly difficult to get up each morning is all heard toward the middle of the week. Fridays are the days to catch it all! Football games, parties, dates, how much, when, where, who; the hallways are never quite as alive from lunchtime on on Fridays. Even the teachers seem to smile a bit more, though they exchange juicy stories in the confines of the teachers’ lounge. There’s no doubt about it, you learn more that is immediately applicable in four minutes in the hallway than you did all period in class.

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ADVISE AND CONSENT- Mrs. Meg Hibbard and friends. I t’s hard to believe that you went from lining us up in the gym to lining us up at the prom. In fact, you’ve helped us line up four outstanding years. Neither of you knew what you were getting into when you took on the job of advisors to the class of ’88, but it is now time to tell you just how we appreciate it and you. Our fundraisers, dances, and most of all our prom could never have succeeded without your guidance and advice. And for the students who worked with you closely, you played more than the role of our advisors — you were our friends. All the hard work seemed so easy when we had you to crack a joke or discuss a common problem. You have risen above the walls of the fieldhouse and touched each and every one of us with your talents and devo¬ tion — and for this we thank you from all our hearts. Thanks! 1