Robertsdale High School - Robala Yearbook (Robertsdale, AL)

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Summer ' s Best Dawn Davis is pictured here holding a brochure of the biology course she attended at Dauphin Island. John Corbin accomplishes something not many people do; his short story Fantasia was published in the Quarterly magazine Chart out Course. Boys State and Girls State winners were Leigh Chil- dress and Ted Haynes. The Alternates were Jim Taylor and Allison Richardson. The beginning of June had RHS students in school for two more days. Graduation was held June the second and summer vacation had finally ar- rived. Students scattered into many different ac- tivities. For some, it was working at Water World, the pool, potato sheds, and a variety of other jobs. Others had to attend summer school which was held in R ' dale this past year. Still others went on vacation or just goofed off the whole summer. On the world scene, John Hinkley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the shooting of President Reagan and three others in March of 1 98 1 . The Los Angeles Lakers captured the Na- tional Basketball Association series, defeat- ing the Philedelphia 76ers four games to two. The E.M.C. contest winners were Pam Hinton and Ted Haynes. The Girls State and Boys State winners were Leigh Chil- dress and Ted Haynes. Popular songs were Bobby Sue by the Oakridge Boys and Close Enough to Perfect by Alabama. Popular movies were E.T. and Rocky III.

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The biggest event in July was the birth of Prin- cess Diana ' s baby — Wil- liam. Another big event was the seven day trip of the Space Shuttle which landed at Edwards Air Force Base safely. A Pan American World Airway jet crashed in a residential area killing 154 persons. The Reagan Administration lifted the economic sanctions imposed against Argentina during the Falkland War. On the 1 1th of this month. Italy won the World Cup soccer championship, defeating West Germany three to one. July the 13th the U.S. environment Protection Agency is- sued regulations for the dumping of hazzar- dous wastes on land sites. This month also, Willie Nelson received the song of the year with Always on My Mind. Dawn Davis spent a month at Dauphin Island Sea Lab studying marine biology. Popular songs were Rosanna by Toto and Fantasy by Aldo Nova. Top movies were E.T. , Pol- tergeist and Star Trek II. The television series, The Dukes of Hazzard , suffered a big blow when its two top stars, Tom Wopat and John Schneider, quit. The show continued, however, with two new starts, Byron Cherry and Christopher Mayer. Actor Henry Fonda died at the age of77onthe 12th of this month. On the 17th of August, the New York Stock Exchange averaged its best one day gain. U.S. Secre- tary of Agriculture John Blick announced that the Soviet Union has accepted Presi- dent Reagan ' s offer to a one year extension of the grain sales agreement. Football prac- tice and band camp started in the beginning of August. Students started back to school with mixed feelings about getting back to the classroom. Robertsdale s football team kicked off the season with a loss to Foley. Some of the top selling records were Eye of the Tiger ' by Survivor and The Other Woman by Ray Parker Jr. Popular movies included Tron and Bladcrunner.