Altavista High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Altavista, VA)

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Everybody wants Calvin Kleins? Designer jeans were a popular item in the teenage wardrobe. Maybe not Kleins, but Jordache, Vanderbilt, or Sasson. Both girls and boys find it fashionable. Hair styles have made quite a turn since the bouf- fant. Now girls wear French braids. Beth Rogers, Andrea Glidewell, and Laurel Shreve were among the underclassmen who showed their interest in this style. Now that Altavista has A.J. Skatew orld, skating has become a favorite past time. Students not only skated on weekends but during their spare time on week- days. Atari at school? It can’t be! Rather it is Mr. Smith’s computer games. Terek Farmer, Greg Bell, and Stacy Mitchell try their skill at outsmarting the elec- tronic wiz. Fads And Fashion 17

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‘50’s = °80’s? Bobby socks, penny loafers, and button- down oxford shirts, crew neck sweaters and knickers the '50’s? No, the °80’s. These fashions have shown up once again. Like fine wines and cheeses these styles have not grown old, just better. We added our own bit of pizzazz with monograms, curly perms, and the overall “preppy” look. The famous blue jeans NEVER wore out; they moved into high fashion. Levis have always been on top, but now they have to compete with Klein, Jordache, and Vanderbilt. In Colonial Times men wore knickers. Now in the twentieth century women have taken over the fash- ion. Marie Martin and Tina Tucker show off their fashionable knickers which were popular female at- tire for cold winter months Can he do it? Paul Simmons attempts to solve the well-known puzzler Rubik's cube. This cube is seen every where, on key chains and tee-shirts. While the world record for solving the puzzle is a quick 23 seconds, there are others who are still trying! To make the puzzle more interesting people began to create designs of their own, for example the checker- board

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World Events Local Concern Being tucked away in a small central Virginia town didn’t stop us from being interested in world affairs. Each night when our paper came we settled down to read the news with anticipation and ... Who could forget the royal wedding of the century? Surely not those of us who awakened to the sound of trumpets at 4:00 a.m. Or the words, “I, Ronald Wilson Reagan, ...” as a new president rose to power. For at least a few days of 1982, it was possible to believe that the world could once again be peaceful. But history pro- vides a series of random accidents and un- expected turns that brought an assassina- tion attempt on our president and Pope John Paul II, the untimely death of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat, and the return of the American hostages from Iran. The events shocked and dismayed us as we flipped on the T.V. to see for ourselves that it was so. 1982 marked changes in state politics. Virginia’s first Democratic governor in sixteen years was elected. Many students worked during the guber- natorial election making calls and passing out leaflets at the polls. Phyllis Mason, a volunteer for Chuck Robb’s winning team, received a coveted invitation to his Inau- guration and Ball. In our district, Alta- vista area attorney Bill Beeton was elected to the House of Delegates. We had no trouble getting our views on issues relayed to the state legislature. But the trials and tribulations of inter- national terrorism and local politics didn’t overshawdow the lighter side of life. We still rehashed the slam-dunks of Ralph Sampson and marveled at the success of basketball at U.Va. following each of their games. And at 3:00 p.m. Monday through Friday we raced home for the start of day- time's 1 drama - General Hospital. Anwar Sadat, one of the most powerful Middle East rulers, was gunned down while reviewing troops. Sa- dat was an important ally of the United States. Stunned by this act of terrorism, students and faculty checked T.V.s to see the replay, hoping the news wasn lt so Mayor Donald Holland and Governor Elect Chuck Robb talk during a compaign stop in Alta- vista 18 Current Events