| 1978 Facts, Fads & Favorites |
| Somehow it's hard to believe us wearing plaid print pants or making only $2.65 an hour at the Dairy Queen, but those are the facts, Jack! |
| Prices |
| House Car Milk Gas Bread Postage Stamp Average Income Lunch at NWR |
| $64,370.00 $4,645.00 $1.44 $.65 $.33 $.15 $10,671.00 $.75 |
| Sports Superbowl XIII: Pittsburgh Steelers 35 - Dallas Cowboys 31 NBA Championship: Washington Bullets [nka Wizards, how very P.C.] over Seattle Supersonics, 4-3 World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers, 4-2 NWR Varsity Soccer: 10-4-2 NWR Boys' Varsity Basketball: 2-18 NWR Varsity Football: 0-9 NWR Varsity Girls' Basketball: 8-10 |
| President: Jimmy Carter Vice President: Walter Mondale |
| Here's ours... |
| Sue Porter, President |
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| Mike Richardson throwing a forward pass |
| Favorite Hang-outs Not that there were many, but we had to go SOMEWHERE after school! Course, this being Blairstown, we always had to drive there, so hopefully you had a car, no matter what shape it was in! Dominick's Route 80, talking on the C.B. Dublin House Rockaway Mall Dominick's Governor's Stroud Mall Eagle Valley Bowling Lanes Dominick's [see, I told you there weren't many] |
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| Fads Izod Dorothy Hamill haircuts Disco [OK, maybe for some of us] Pull tabs on your can of Tab Bellbottoms CB radios ABBA LARGE collars Earth shoes Frito Bandito Streaking Polyester shirts |
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| OK, so they weren't streaking, but they looked AWFUL close! |
| What a difference 25 years makes... - 1978 Long hair - 2003 Longing for hair - 1978 KEG - 2003 EKG - 1978 Being called into the principal's office - 2003 Calling the principal's office - 1978 Trying to look like Marlon Brando & Elizabeth Taylor - 2003 Trying NOT to look like Marlon Brando & Elizabeth Taylor - 1978 Growing pot - 2003 Growing pot belly - 1978 Our former president's struggle with Fidel - 2003 Our former president's struggle with fidelity - 1978 Parents begging you to get your hair cut - 2003 Children begging you to get their heads shaved - 1978 Seeds and stems - 2003 Roughage |
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| '78 Sightings - Here's where we all ended up |
| Alaska - 1; California - 1; Colorado - 2; Connecticut - 1; Delaware - 1; Florida - 8; Illinois - 1; Massachusetts - 1; Maine - 1; Michigan - 1; New Jersey - 44 (the big winner); New York - 2; Ohio - 2; Pennsylvania - 40 (strong runner-up); South Carolina - 1; Tennessee - 1; Texas - 1; Missing - 14 |
| Steve hitching a ride with Eugene after school. |
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| Eileen Hillyerd, VP |
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