Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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WATCHING his opponent's from, junior Kurt Stahler prepares to move to the 7th hole in a home match against Logan. PLAYING leap frog across the field was a crowd pleaser for the Powder Puff cheerleaders. ATTENDING the Spanish field trip in October, Kevin Dennis boards the bus for the performance at the Palace Theatre in Columbus. PEP BAND members Crystal Patrick and Melissa Dixon perform a rendition of Birdland. August • Air controllers (PATCO) strike; U.S. Navy fighters down two Libyian jets; Voyager 2 gathers new information of Saturn's rings; Strikes plaque Poland; Trouble brews in Belfast, Ireland and in El Salvador; Carol Burnett wins libel case and 5800,000 against a major tabloid publication; Senior Mike Maple competed as one of 115 finalists in the Mr. Teenage America competition in Minnesota; School lunch prices increased to 75c; and Mr. Richard Craumer distributed the first books of the school year on the day after school opened. September • Senator Howard Metzenbaum spoke at the Vern Riffe Vocational School; Waverly Baptist Church Christian Heritiage School opened on State Route Waste Heat Project Contract co-signed for Department of Energy by Robert Masoner and Vern Riffe; Reigning Miss South Central Ohio, Holly Mayer, performed with the Waverly band at the Logan-Waverly home game; Randy Heath named Sports Editor for News-Watchman; Sandra Day O'Connor, confirmed as first lady Supreme Court Justice; CBS Evening News anchorman Walter Cronkite retires and is succeeded by Dan Rather; Yankees win World Series; REO Speedwagon listed as Super-stars on a list that also included Kim Karnes, Foreigner and Pat Benatar; Superchicken II, a hot operators drove to country, lake or city homes, to work or leave them parked until after practices or extracurricular activities. Students and some faculty members worked after school to keep up with skyrocketing inflation. Other faculty members advised or coached, while a few attended classes at colleges. ENJOYING a day s reprieve from study hall. Peggy Cuckler Teresa Cutler ana Brenda Harris flip through old yearbooks and magazines while in the library. WITH A PASS from study hall Roger Williams and Ron Tate listen to the stereo in the library. AT THE WELLSTON basketball game. Donna Thacker wears the fashionable “preppy look sweater and blouse combination. FORMING A CHORUS line, varsity cheerleaders provide entertainment for halftime of the Athens game. Introduction 5

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HOLDING her trumpet, junior Melissa Dixon stands at attention at the end of the band's halftime show. SPORTING A varsity basketball sweater. Kurt Stahler finds the correct change for Athletic Booster, Mrs. Betty Mulhair. PAUSING before returning to class, Trudy Klinker checks the quality of her senior pictures. SHOWING off the latest styles, Kim Montgomery, Andre Pursell and Penny Burnett display the variety of fashions that can be made from corduroy. School began in august amid worsening economic con- Fashion conscious students did not go unnoticed in ditions, stabilized gasoline prices and increasing unem- knickers, preppie shirts and sweaters, skirts, boots, stripes, ployment. and ruffles. Familarity came in the plaid flannel and prin- But in a few days, student awareness focused on the fate ted tee shirts, the stylish, comfortable tennis shoes and the of fall team sports. In the hot August days, what to wear ever popular blue jeans. more often than not was conditioned by weather rather In the front parking lot, converted from a once grassy than fashion. lot, student cars stood angle parked. At 3:20 p.m.

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PERCUSSIONIST Rebecca Wilson reads her music for the proper time to play the bells in a concert band performance. IN FIRST period home economics class Kathy West watches Allison Hicks measure the ingredients for a cooking project. ON THE day the graphics class passed Power up for Piketon spirit signs. Cheryl Harris displays her spirit. SECOND place magazine sales winner Jinny Church ioins first place winner Lynne Rooerts and third place salesperson Brenda Reed to wait for a more formal picture. For everything that changed, countless things didn't. time underclassmen, as well as seniors, experienced open Buses, since the early 1930's, transported students. Oc exams. Change had come to the principal's office for the casionally students drove cars to school before the 50's. first time in January. Secretary Mrs. Candy Perry left to Bicycles were less common, motorbikes more so. The run her flower shop. Mrs. Sandy Monroe transferred from original evergreen shrubbery had been replaced by flowering North Elementary to fill the vacancy. New work study shrubs on the landscaped front lawn. coordinator Ms. Louise Mayer came from West Elementary Change had come for semester exam policy. For the first to formulate a new program. Introduction