Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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Entertainment this YEAR T he locations of video games in supermarkets, game centers and arcades attests to their popularity. Pac Man, Gorf Space Invaders and Centipede are some of locally installed games. A hit song, Pac Man Fever expressed the electronic fever epidemic. An inventor named Rubic invented a puzzle that astounded millions of puzzle fanatics. This puzzle did not come in a box with thousands of pieces to assemble, but came in the form of a cube. In a contest on That's Incredible' the puzzle was solved in just 26 seconds. Controversy sprung up over two weddings. Which was the most highly watched? Both the wedding of Luke and Laura Spencer and that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana were highly viewed. In September over 14 million viewers attended the wedding of Luke and Laura. In July over seven million early risers and romanticists watched the Royal Wedding. Electronic game fanatics installed Atari, Odyssey and Intellivision systems in their homes. After all why would one go to the arcade when you can enjoy a good video game on TV? Garfield shirts, mugs, posters and bookmarks popped up in stores across the nation. Everyone was in love with Garfield! GARFIELD posters, shirts, mugs ana notebooks represent some Garfield products marketed. People all over the nation have fallen in love with the mischievous feline. Sophomore Steve Shockey studies by another of the Garfield's antic posters. WATCHING the wedding of Luke and Laura Spencer of General Hospital , Karen Shaver, Brenda Reed, Patricia Stewart and Jonna Depugh become four of the over 14 million addicts who watched the November aired event. GENIUSES and scholars tried to figure the solution to Rubies cube. The lowest recorded time for deciphering this frustrating puzzle is 26 seconds. Junior Rhonda Copeland attempts to beat this record. She did not. PRINCE CHARLES and Lady Diana's wedding happened to be the 3rd most viewed wedding in history. The wedding was second to Luke and Laura Spencer's wedding on the highly watched soap General Hospital. VIDEO MANIA strikes at the Language Fair on April 3. Kendall Case concentrates as Mike Cobb and Wayne Hacker watch. Pac Man and Phoenix games were donated by B M F Enterprises for Fair participants. Location of the Fair was the new gym. Album of year Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits Annual Music Awards Oscar for Best Picture ' Chariots of Fire Best Theme Song Christopher Cross Arthur's Theme Best Actress Actor Kathryn Hepburn Henry Fonda for On Golden Pond performances

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WITH jaw stuffed to the limit, Erin Hoskins competes in the marshmallow stuffing contest for Student Council Week. AFTER losing to Greenfield McClain in the second sectional tournament game, senior cheerleaders Carol Dyke and Cindy Butterbaugh mourn the defeat. ON PRESIDENT'S DAY, Todd Ramey and John Carcutt forego studying for an English Literature semester to clean up yearbook hall. The flood was created by a frozen waterline in Mrs. Helen Soale's room. MESMERIZED. John Stubbs plays a video game at the Vault Fun Center. Additional change occured when daytime custodian Mr. Robert Campbell resigned. Mr. Dick Downing filled the vacancy. Later, Mr. Donald Brown was hired to fill evening custodian duties. Juniors felt a change when 68 classmates enrolled at the Vocational School. Others experienced a sense of loneliness OUTWITTING opponent Eric Browder, freshman Scott Hatcher makes his move in the library. AS freshmen wait to pay for picture packets, they are instructed to form a single line for Rylander Studios. AFTER THE Art I oil painting show, freshman Bobby Steele returns when friends moved. However, new friendships blossomed. Con’t.pag?368 air balloon, traveled from California to Georgia; Solar powered plane crossed English Channel. October • Athletic Booster's Club erects Tiger schedule board on corner of school grounds; Stone Straw Plant ceases manufacturing on October 30. It had operated in Waverly since 1962, Allen Smith chosen new Welfare Chief; Thomas Lockard selected as new administrator of Pike County Hospital; Oswalds body exhumed to determine whether or not the body buried was his. It was!; Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat assassinated. Former presidents Carter, Ford and Nixon boarded the same jet for the funeral; Omar N. Bradley, last 5 star general, died at age 88; Israel's Moshe Dyan, friend foe died at age 66; Bill Haley of the Rock Around the Clock television program of the 1950 s died. November • Space shuttle Columbia laun ched on Thursday and made a perfect landing on Saturday. This was the first space craft to be used twice. Before refurbishing it would be used four times;Wedding of Luke and Laura Spencer was watched by 14 million soap opera fans; Buckingham Palace announces the pregnancy of Princess Diana wife of heir to British throne Prince Charles; Postage stamp rates increase from 18c to 20c. paintings to the art room. The show was on display for A and B lunch students. WATCHING as the host band plays, band members Tim Phillips, Jamie Streitenberger. Erin Hoskins and Chris Hoffman wait to return to the bleachers for third quarter play. Introduction 7

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CUBES, cubes and more cubes. Tina Montgomery takes time after class to decipher one of the tantalizing rubic puzzles. TO KEEP UP with today's music, students buy albums or tapes at the discount or record store. NOT DISTRACTED by the beeps and chirps of other video games around them Lisa Dunham. Mindy Clark and Jack Dunham enjoy their video fun at home. PINBALL has not been put out by the video craze. Chuck Estep plays his favorite pinball game at the Vault. OVER 71 countries with 300 million viewers watched the 54th Academv Awards show. Chariots Of Fire' won the le Oscar for the best picture of the year. It also won awards for best theme music and best costume design. Kathryn Hepburn and Henry Fonda won Oscars for best actress and best actor for their performance in On Golden Pond. Raiders of the Lost Ark won two awards. BATTLEZONE is one of the hundreds of new video games sweeping the nation. Pool halls, game centers and even supermarkets have installed these machines. Senior John Stubbs tests his skill at the vault. SPACE INVADERS was one of the video games that started the video game fever. Here Space Invaders has taken on the form of a pinball machine. Entertainment c