Class Of 1970
Remember
July 21, 1969 - Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon - US Apollo 11. What were Armstrong's famous words?
August 15 to August 18, 1969 - The Woodstock Rock Festival took place on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, NY. Were you there?
October 15, 1969 - Vietnam Moratorium - An estimated 1 million Americans across the US participated in anti-war demonstrations, protest rallies and peace vigils. 50 members of the US Congress also participated.
November 19, 1969 - Congress gave the president the authority to institute the draft lottery system aimed at inducting 19-year-olds before older men. Nixon signed the bill into law 26 Nov 69. Under the new law the period of prime eligibility was reduced from 7 years to 1 year. Maximum eligibility would begin on a man's 19th birthday and end on his 20th birthday.
December 1, 1969 - The first draft lottery in 27 years was held at Selective Service Headquarters in Washington, DC.
December 1, 1969 - UDHS Dress Code Abolished for two week trial period.
We wore granny dressses, mini-skirts, wire rims, bell-bottoms, wide belts, leather headbands, tie-dye, beads, buckskin, and unisex clothing.
We watched Get Smart, Laugh In and Star Trek.- on TV and *M*A*S*H* and Easy Rider at the movies. Which theater did you frequent? The Waverly? The Tower? The Yeadon? The Family Drive-In????
Report Cards are computerized (feel old?)
February 13, 1970 - Senior trip to Camelback
February 25, 1970 - "The Boyfriend" debuts - the first All-School musical. Were you in the cast?
April 3, 1970 - "Alice's Un-Restaurant" dance with lightshow, body paint and go-go girls. Sponsored by the Biology Club.
April 10, 1970 - McCartney publicly announced the break-up of The Beatles.
Let It Be.....
(John and Yoko married March 20, 1969)
April 30, 1970 - Nixon announces that US Troops invaded Cambodia.
May 4, 1970 - Ohio National Guard open fire on protesting students at Kent State University. Four students are killed, nine are wounded. Which one of our classmates attended Kent State?
June 5, 1970 - Prom controversy Post-prom party held Drexelbrook and L&M Caterers. Protest of racial prejudice at Drexelbrook Country Club.
June 1970 - We GRADUATE!!!! from the Tower Theatre - (What was the date?)
Concert Choir goes to Europe in the summer of 1970. Did you go?
Phase I construction on UDHS finished. Last class to use the old building. Phase II, razing the old auditorium began the summer after graduation.
And so on.............
September 18, 1970 - Jimi Hendrix dies - Are you Experienced?
September 21, 1970 - Monday Night Football first airs on ABC - which teams played?
October 4, 1970 - Janis Joplin dies - Burried Alive In The Blues!