Northeastern High School - Aerie Yearbook (Elizabeth City, NC)

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6—Opening

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Ferraro ran with Mondale on the Democratic ticket. As we celebrated the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America, we were abashed by her resignation for improper behavior, and her crown pass to Suzette Charles. Certainly, Miss Charles restored faith and trust back into the Miss America crown, and she, another Black woman, represented the American people well. But the ethical and moral questions did not stop with just a beauty pageant. With the scientific breakthrough of the implantation of a baboon’s heart into a human, more questions emerged. “Baby Fae” became a household word as everyone waited the outcome of this scientific wonder. Even movie theaters got in on the moral questions as a new rating of PG-13 donned the screen. The raising of the drinking age to 19 caused as much local controversy as the death of Velma Barfield in Raleigh, North Carolina —the first woman to be put to death in this nation in 22 years—caused nationally. Amid all of these upheavals and advantages in our society, Northeastern emerged intact. reflecting the positive moves of this country. The return to traditional atti- tudes of morality and patriotic pride rubbed off on the students at Northeastern High School. More social- ly aware and politically informed, the students took a look around them and realized that northeastern North Caroli- na was COMING OF AGE, and they were a part of it. They took their atti- tudes back into the school and with pride shouted, “Tell the whole darn world this is EAGLE TERRITORY. Far left: Northeastern High school was a school Coming of age” in 1985 as we found that our school was nominated as one of the outstanding high schools in the state of North Carolina. Bottom left: Changing the world of politics for the Black race. Jesse Jackson tried to run for the nomination for the Presidency in 1984. Although Walter Mondale received the Democratic nomination, Jackson showed that the world of politics was certainly “coming of age” in attitudes and in acceptance. Middle: During the Elizabeth City celebration, Walter Cronkite came to our fair city to wish us well as the Flotilla sailed to Manteo in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the landing of English settlers to the new world. Bottom left: One of the mcst popular figures. Pope John Paul II greeted the many people who came to see him. Above: Newly elected Presi- dent. Ronald Reagan and Vice-President. George Bush had a record victory over the democratic party in the 1984 election, as only the District of Columbia and Minneso- ta fell to the team of Mondale and Ferraro. Yet, just as Jackson changed the political scene, so did Geraldine Ferraro, as she was the first woman ever to run for the Vice- Presidency. The political scene was one that in 84-85 was truly changing and Coming of Age.” Opening—5

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With the popularity of MTV, students dressed themselves like rock stars. It seemed as if fashions and fads were COMING OF AGE at Northeastern reflecting some of the ever-changing styles of Europe and the down-home country look, or even the nostalgic look of old clothes, pins and granny shoes. Ranging from mid-calf to mid-thigh, the lengths of skirts were going up and down along with the hair styles. Start- ing with the look of the long bob styles and slowly cutting their way up the cropped look with rat tails, hair styles of the 80’s would be anything but dull. The colors of this season were not only soft and earthly but they were also bright and bold like purple, hot pink and the neon look, in clothes and on the hair. Certainly, the more things change the more they stay the same, as some styles have been worn by parents and grandparents. The “gran- ny” shoes with the button up look could be found in old pictures of grandparents. Long skirts, short skirts, V-neck sweaters, Mia shoes, twist-a- beads, and sunglasses were not really “new”. It is just a reawakening of styles that have been around. Coming of Age In EAGLE TERRITORY At left clockwise: After the halftime per- formance of the Cindy Lauper look alikes, everyone wanted to get in on the act. Bag- gy pants and Mia shoes made a score for Michaelle Herring at the cross country meet. “The more things change, the more they stay the same as Holly Luther wore the new look of crop pants and Bill Tadlock wore the familiar style of Ocean Pacific. Above clockwise: Sarah Weeks wore her hair in the new style of rat tails and multi-colors. Long coats, short skirts and hats made up the total “Boy-George” look of Glennette Clark and Stacey Digiovanni. Everyone gathered to watch Shawn Elliot do the new dance step, the Bubble”. Influenced by the movie, Revenge of the Nerds”. Wes Gaddy sported the “Nerd” look on celebrity day. Just hanging around after school. Freddie Thompson and William Overton wore the casual look with the exception of the popular colors of hot pink. Opening'