Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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T - Top Page 10: Patty Brown and a friend take a ride on the octopus at the Soroptimist carnival. Middle Left Page 10: Students spent countless hours of free time watching the tube. Lower Left Page 10: Lonny Wehrer snags a frisbee before it reaches the ground. Lower Right Page 10: Cathy Micek boogies down at a tape dance in the cafeteria. Left: The theater was one of only a few sources of local entertainment available to students. Above: The Main Street ride is temporarily halted as vehicles wait for a green light. Top: The ride's not stopped long though, and during the night, students will make the circuit many times to become only blurs of light and action in the night's memory. Where Students Go 11

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1 hpre’s nothing to do! Columbus is a drag! Whaf a weekend. Couldn't find anybody! “t?ode around, got bored, went to Macs and SaCHSSsht°udents fill the halls with statements like these every Monday but once again they Thank God It’s Friday when the week’s over and they can go ‘out 3 Summer, spring and fall party grounds were closed this year due to abuse by some stu” dents Tailrace. Powerhouse and Lake North were closed off because Powerhouse was vandalized and a police car was vandalized at Lake North. Tailrace was closed because it is part of Loup Power’s property as is Powerhouse. MacDonald’s. Godfather’s. Pizza Hut and the new Burger King were some of the favorite eating places for CHS students. The theater and drive-in held interest only if their shows were good or in the drive-in’s case because it was an easy, convenient place to park. Football games, wrestling meets and basketball games were the big party nights during the fall and winter. Food places were crowded or a party was overflowing with people after these sports. Lose or not. CHS students were keyed for the after affects. (They were, that is, if they weren’t real avid spectators or the players.) Thursday nights start the Main Street ride. Sunday through Wednesday had few cars buzzing down it, but after Wednesday the street was filled. Hinky Dinky, Safeway and Equitable Savings and Loan would vow to that as their parking lots filled and the stores remained empty. UFOs filled the air down at Pawnee Park or Gerrard Park after school and on Saturdays and Sundays if the weather permitted. Fris-bees were flying, stereos were cranked or an amplifier was brought out while students got crazy. Home Box Office began this year so students did some begging and got channel five installed. It showed movies with no interruptions or cuts. It was a great way to spend a date or have friends over if ma and pa weren’t home. Dances at school or the Y attracted students but weren’t held every weekend so were just a change of pace for students with free time. 0 ✓ - ■ r 10 The Stars

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Below: Shoes came in a variety of styles but spikes and clogs seemed to be the most popular for girls. Bottom Right: T-shirts were very popular at CHS but only if they had a design on them. Designs ranged from sports to concerts to funny sayings to cartoon characters to movie emblems. A typical sample is worn by (standing) Tim Smith. Theresa Klein. Jeff Sohl. (kneeling) Rod Howerton and Mike Terry. Far Right: Marilyn Brent is pictured in one of the popular fall styles, a wool skirt and silk blouse. Right: Connie O’Kane and Rod Howerton display some of the 1979 Prom fashions — a tux and ruffled shirt for men and a silky, light colored, full length dress with shawl for ladies. ashion at Columbus High during 1979 held a large variety of styles. However, CHS students did seem to agree on one item-jeans. Walking down the halls it became very obvious that jeans held top priorty in almost everyone’s wardrobe. The jeans came in many styles, ranging from typical Levis for the guys, to the straight-legged, tailored look of the 40’s for the girls. Topping off the girls’ jeans were tailored vests, or long tunic blouses with belts. Menswear also appeared to influence the girls’ fashions, as they could be seen wearing small neck ties and bow ties. Topping it off for the guys seemed to be flannel shirts, T-shirts, and tight-fitting sweaters. Down-filled parkas and vests made up most of the coat scene, with suede jackets also becoming popular. High Low 12 Stars