Our School
Maple Heights Senior High School
5500 Clement Ave
Maple Heights, Oh 44137
Our School Teams: The Mustangs
School Colors: Maroon & White
Best Wrestlers in the Country
Class Valedictorians
Rosemary Basiewicz, Ray Rozman, Keith Siebert, and Patty Zock.
Class Officers
President - Thomas KrausVice-President - Beth Friedel
Recording Secretary - Diane Dapsis
Corresponding Secretary - MaryAnn Krishan
Treasurer - Leslie Sabo
Class Advisors - Mrs. Mary Jo Shultz, Mr. Robert Geiser
Class Motto
"I shall pass through this world but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do, let me do it now - for I shall not pass this way again."Class Song
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
School Alma Mater
Maple Hts., our praise to thee,May we ever faithful be.
Let thy glories now be sung,
And thy name on every tongue.
We thy fame and banner bear
May we do so now and e'er;
Every loyal student fights,
For our dear old Maple Heights!
After Prom Theme
Gone With The Wind
Billboard's Top 5 Hits of 1976
1. SILLY LOVE SONGS - Wings
2. DON'T GO BREAKING MY HEART - Elton John & Kiki Dee
3. DISCO LADY - Johnnie Taylor
4. DECEMBER 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT) - Four Seasons
5. PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - Wild Cherry
Top 5 Television Shows - Oct. 1975 to April 1976
(We didn't have 500 TV channels)
1. ALL IN THE FAMILY
2. RICH MAN POOR MAN
3. LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY
4. MAUDE
5. THE BIONIC WOMAN
This is what we called a "Video Game"
History We Witnessed
Kindergarten (1963-64 School Year)
November 22, 1963 - President John F. Kennedy AssassinatedFebruary 11, 1964 - Beatles invade U.S.
February 25, 1964 - Cassius Clay TKO's Sonny Liston in 7 rounds
March 6, 1964 - Cassius Clay is renamed Muhammad Ali
March 10, 1964 - U.S. Spy Plane Shot Down over East Germany
First Grade (1964-65 School Year)
September 1964 - Bewitched, Man from U.N.C.L.E., Munsters premiereSeptember 27, 1964 - Warren Commission releases Kennedy Assassination Report
October 14, 1964 - Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize
December 1964 - Pink Panther cartoon series premiers
January 4, 1965 - President Johnson's "Great Society" State of Union Address
February 1965 - Righteous Bros. "You've Lost that Lovin Feelin" becomes #1 hit
May 16, 1965 - 1st Spaghetti-O's sold
June 8, 1965 - U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
July 10, 1965 - Rolling Stones "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" hits #1
Second Grade (1965-66 School Year)
September 1965 - F Troop, Get Smart, and Lost in Space premiereNovember 1965 - U.S. sends 90,000 troops to Vietnam
November 1965 - 15,000 protest Vietnam war in Washington, DC
December 1965 - Gemini 6 & 7 make 1st rendezvous in space
January 1st, 1966 - All cigarette packs must carry government warnings
January 1966 - Batman premieres on TV
March 2, 1966 - 215,000 troops in Vietnam
March 15, 1966 - Racial Riots erupt in Watts section in Los Angeles
May 1966 - Mama & Papas release "Monday Monday"
Third Grade (1966-67 School Year)
September 1966 - Star Trek, That Girl, Monkees premiereDecember 1966 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1st airing
December 1966 - Monkees "I'm a believer" hits #1
January 1967 - Newlywed Game premiers
January 1967 - Draft board refuses exemption for Muhammad Ali
January 1967 - Sonny & Cher release "The Beat Goes On"
January 1967 - Apollo 1 fire kills all 3 astronauts
February 1967 - Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour premieres
April 1967 - U.S. unmanned Surveyor III lands softly on moon
April 28, 1967 - Mohammed Ali refuses Army induction, loses title
May 1, 1967 - Elvis Presley marries Priscilla
May 1967 - 100,000,000th U.S. phone connected
June 1967 - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album goes gold
June 1967 - Muhammad Ali sentenced to 5 years for draft evasion
July 1967 - Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
July 1967 - Race riots in Cairo, Illinois
Fourth Grade (1967-68 School Year)
September 1967 - Mission Impossible premiersOctober 1967 - Hair premieres on Broadway
December 1967 - SST prototype "Concorde" first shown in France
January 1968 - Postal stamps price raises from 5 to 6 cents
January 1968 - Bobby Goldsboro releases "Honey"
April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated
April 11, 1968 - President Johnson signs "Civil Rights Act"
May 1968 - Richard Harris releases "McArthur Park"
June 5, 1968 - Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies next day
Fifth Grade (1968-69 School Year)
September 16, 1968 - Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-In"September 1968 - 60 Minutes, That's Life premiere
September 1968 - Movie "Night of the Living Dead" premieres in Pittsburgh
November 1968 - Richard Nixon elected President of U.S.
January 1969 - "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas hits #5
February 1969 - "This is Tom Jones" debuts on TV
April 9, 1969 - First Flight of Concorde
June 1969 - Tommy James and the Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion"
June 1969 - "Hee Haw" premieres
July 21, 1969 - Neil Armstrong steps onto the Moon
Sixth Grade (1969-70 School Year)
September 1969 - Sale of the Century, Love American Style, Name Droppers premiere on TVJanuary 1970 - Movie "M*A*S*H" premieres
April 1970 - Apollo 13 launched, nearly ends up fatal, and returns safely
May 4, 1970 - 4 students shot by National Guard troops at Kent State University
Seventh Grade (1970-71 School Year)
September 1970 - Mary Taylor Moore Show and Monday Night Football premiereOctober 1970 - PBS forms network
October 1970 - "Doonesbury" debuts in 28 newspapers
November 1970 - President Nixon promises gradual troop removal from Vietnam
December 1970 - Paul McCartney files lawsuit to dissolve the Beatles
February 1971 - Allan Sheppard first golfer on the moon
February 1971 - Movie "Ben Hur" debuts on TV
March 1, 1971 - Powerful Bomb explodes in U.S. Capitol Building by Weather Underground
March 1971 - Tom Jones "She's a Lady" goes gold
March 31, 1971 - Lt. William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
April 7, 1971 - President Nixon orders Lt. Calley be freed
July 1971 - First Electric Car ride on the Moon (Apollo 15)
July 1971 - Constitutional Amendment ratified making 18 the voting age
August 15, 1971 - President Nixon orders freeze on wages, rents, and prices
Eighth Grade (1971-72 School Year)
September 1971 - 1st broadcast of "Columbo"September 1971 - "McMillan & Wife" premieres
September 1971 - "Jesus Christ Superstar" rock opera premieres
October 1971 - John Lennon releases megahit "Imagine"
January 5, 1972 - Nixon signs bill creating NASA's manned shuttle program
January 7, 1972 - William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
January 1972 - "Sanford and Son", "Emergency" premiere
February 1972 - Nixon becomes first sitting U.S. President in China
May 1972 - Jimmy Castor Bunch's" Troglodyte" (Cave Man) hits #6
June 1972 - Looking Glass releases "Brandy"
Ninth Grade (1972-73 School Year)
September 1972 - "M*A*S*H" and "The Waltons" premiere on TVNovember 1972 - U.S. ends 22 year ban on travel to China
January 27, 1973 - US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war
January 1973 - Roe vs Wade: U.S. Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
January 30, 1973 - 1st KISS concert (Queens, New York)
January 30, 1973 - Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy and McCord guilty on all counts
February 1973 - Dr Hook's "Cover of the Rolling Stone" peaks at #6
February 1973 - President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
February 27, 1973 - American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota
April 30, 1973 - Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
May 22, 1973 - President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up
June 27, 1973 - John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"
Tenth Grade (1973-74 School Year)
September 23, 1973 - 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown after 59 daysSeptember 24, 1973 - Concorde flies from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3h 33m
September 29, 1973 - "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1
October 9, 1973 - Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
October 12, 1973 - Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
November 16, 1973 - President Nixon authorizes construction of Alaskan pipeline
November 25, 1973 - Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
February 1974 - Patty Hearst kidnapped
May 18, 1974 - "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
June 30, 1974 - Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west
July 27, 1974 - House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
August 9, 1974 - Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th president
Junior Year (1974-75 School Year)
September 28, 1974 - "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1October 25, 1974 - Air Force fires 1st ICBM
January 6, 1975 - "Wheel Of Fortune," debuts on NBC-TV
January 23, 1975 - "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
April 3, 1975 - Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it
May 14, 1975 - U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship
May 16, 1975 - Wings release "Listen to What the Man Said"
May 17, 1975 - 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love"
Senior Year (1975-76 School Year)
September 28, 1975 - Bill authorizes admission of women to military academiesOctober 11, 1975 - "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin
December 11, 1975 - 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents
January 9, 1976 - CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts
January 27, 1976 - "Laverne and Shirley" spinoff from "Happy Days" premieres on ABC TV
April 30, 1976 - Wings release "Silly Love Songs"
June 3, 1976 - Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes gold