Pontiac Northern High School - Avalanche Yearbook (Pontiac, MI)

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I Y I 1 5 '-Y Q'Y 59f'l' Hopes, Wishes, and Dreams. . . W vv 00 V 99 Oo V Q0 0 9 X QV ov Q 99 Q0 19 1 99 tv tv VV ov va 99 VV O! V 1 9 V 9 9 9 9 Super Bowl 16 comes to Pontiac. Television, being what it is, also took the opposite side. Sports were just as important. The place was chosen, the teams were narrowed, the bets were placed and the game was played. There were parties, practices, and populations that the T. V. crews from across the nation captured. Within hours, history was made in Pontiac as the San Francisco forty-niners defeated the Cincinnati Bengals, in the 16th national Super Bowl. The city, the people, even their spirit came alive, from Burbon Street North, the action place down town, to our very own Super Silver Dome . Pontiac, for a brief week, was widely talked about. It was quite an experience. The Super Bowl boosted the city's moral, and made it a bit prouder of what it Ls. Still it can't be forgotten that Pontiac has had its problems. Problems that will remain in the minds of many students, especially seniors. The year started with no sports, no activities, and no library. It was felt from grades K-12 as funds cut books, paper, and other necessary supplies. Teaching had taken a giant step backward. There were no projectors to be watched, and no tape recorders to be listened to. Teachers couldn't assign any type of research due to closed libraries. Still, school went on. Northern's students were in an uproar. With a top grade basketball team, and a super wrestling team, not to mention the six valedictorians just the year before, how could this happen? Well it did happen, but not without a fight!! Northern's faculty, student body, and a few coaches assembled at the board meeting with 900 signatures pleading for sports, and a library. Both were denied. To prove we were still strong, Northern held their annual Homecoming. There were no floats, no parties, not even a regular game. Still we had to show we were brave. We put on our Homecoming in a unique way. The clases challenged each other in various games including football. Spirit was at an all time high. Over 314 ofthe school participated in the traditional spirit week. Then came thatactual day when the King and Queen were crowned. For one short hour Northern was happy. Still the worst was still to come, Reality soon made its come back. In full force. v,, , it

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I r is The Rainbow Toda Still Northern lost some of its main dream makers. People like Dr. Dauw, Mrs. Swanson, Mr. Wilcox, Mr. Buller, and Dr. Boyce, they had all fought their last battle for Northern before they retired. This just didn't seem right, but like the brave rainbow we faded tomorrow and found it held new people like Mr. Duffy and Dr. Taylor. All and all, it wasn't such a bad year. In fact it had some good points. Northern opened up its library second semester, picked up another counselor, and was on its way to recovery. They planned a donkey basketball game, yet the hurt of no real games was present. But school had its free days. God dumped Michigan with 20 inches of white, fluffy, snow over a period of six days. This made one of our five day week into an extra three day vacation. Looking back, everything had its dreams, this year included. Everything was on the move, either up or down, but everything was moving. The year will be remembered by Northern as the year of the rainbow . After every storm cloud, after every hard time, the sun came through, giving us a dream. Making us a Rainbow. Q :NNI e ,yyl ,s 04-,, A l ,S fe, 'eff'e f 'rrr ' f 'sss o Q it fa 94 '39 . ' N' h:'l fl' : 'p'.v F E ii ' y y g 4 e e 1 ,. W lil o r 5 ilgli' f 2, 3 1 r le1f J . , I NX M-.SMX .4 A A 1 X f .N ,xxx ,-..,...J l IW, A Tfxixfr . . .....,.4..m.-.,'