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
Mike Richardson football
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]
Steve getting a ride in Eugene's car
Email us with some of your favorite haunts and hang-outs. We'll make sure they get posted!
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
Bill Morgan & Eugene Prospero on Senior Slave Day
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
Classmate states
'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.
Sue President
Eileen Hillyerd, VP
Eileen VP
Soccer Seniors
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