Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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I believe in pep assemblies!” Coach Rockie Natoli yelled to a cheering crowd at the first pep assembly. Eager to rekindle the excitement from last year, students jumped wholeheartedly into the rallies and revived last year’s surprise Rowdy Section. Natoli, one of the nine new teachers in the high school, shook up the football record with our first back-to-back home wins in ten years and our first Homecoming victory since 1973. “Just one thing—get fired up!” Mrs. Craumer told the pep club. Everyone got into the act. Cheerleaders brought cakes for coaches and cookies for players. For one cheering contest, representatives from each class had to sit on blocks of ice. Coach Smith praised the Rowdy Section as Waverly’s “sixth man.” □ Right: Junior Joe Spinning Opposite: Varsity starter Rick Teeters; senior Lori Wothen with parents on football Parents’ Night; cross country runners; Carol Nickell. Diane Lawson and Mrs. Margaret Smelser at BOE flower -bake sale. W Oprnmg

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August. The Waverly State Bank moved to new facilities on Emmilt Avenue ...Lake White was closed to swimmers and skiers until Hie Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Health could prove that the lake was not the source of five local viral illnesses. September. Congress approved the establishment of the Department of Education. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare was renamed the Department of Health and Human Services. September. The largest summit of the world's non-aligned nations opened and heads of state from neutral countries, mostly from the Third World, met to discuss U.S. “imperialism” and Soviet influence. October. Touring the United States. Pope John Paul II visited Boston. New York. Philadelphia. Des Moines. Chicago and Washington. D.C. He became the first pope to visit an American president at the White House. Opening 5

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October. Winners of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize included Mother Teresa, a nun working in the slums of India, who was awarded the prize for her work with children and the poor. October. The Pittsburg Pirates “family”—led by hard-hitting Willie “Pops” Stargell — defeated the Baltimore Orioles in the World Series. Fleetwood Mac released Tusk. rock’s first $ 15 double album. October. The First Baptist Church of Waverly on Third Street completed an addition, housing and auditorium and educational space. November. Iranian students, supported by Iran’s leader. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, seized the U.S. Embassy in Teheran and held the Americans hostage. The students demanded the return of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi for trial before the release of the hostages. Eventually, blacks and women were released, but for the fifty that remained. Americans wore wrist bands, rung bells at noon and. for Christmas, sent bushels of cards and gifts. November. Ohio’s “ban the can” ballot proposal, requiring a ten cent deposit on all beverage containers and outlawing snap tab cans, was defeated in elections. December. Despite a United Nations Security Council ruling that Iran release the fifty American hostages, no progress was made. Opentng