Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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Fashion Above: The highest of fashion was displayed at Prom with tuxes, suits and long formals being worn. Miki Averett and Clark Grant were just one of the many couples dressed just right for the evening. Right: The latest in disco fashions were worn at Homecoming as exemplified by Theresa Klein and Tom Dion. D ressing up for school for the ladies meant calf-length wool skirts, topped off with silk shirts and vests or a simpler style of school-girl dress. Shoes were an added touch with high-heeled spikes and boots becoming the most popular. For guys, dress up school wear meant jean styled cords with sweaters. As for shoes, gaucho styled boots and hiking boots seemed to be their favorites. When stepping out on the town, CHS couples looked like they had stepped right out of a Boutique Disco had a lot of impact on high fashion as ladies’ dresses were silky and sexy with clingy fabrics and slits up the sides exposing the thigh. Men’s fashions included three-piece suits or silk shirts partially buttoned with tight dress slacks. High Low Fashion 13

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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

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ey. Forehead, where ya goin’?” “To the gym. You seen Toro?” “Naw. Hey, did ya hear ’bout Shoe?” “What happened?” “Ask Hot Dog. Gotta go.” Such a conversation heard across halls might shock a newcomer, but to any student at CHS it would only be natural. Hearing such nicknames as Atomic Bomb. I’ma, Spacey, and Scoop are so common you sometimes have to think to remember the person’s real name. It seems everyone, from The Comic to the jock, has had a nickname at some time. The nickname is usually a take off on a person’s real name, personality or some physical characteristic. Occasionally, it is a result of an incident the person may wish to forget. Even states and presidents have acquired nicknames. For instance, Nebraska started out as the Black Water State because of the color of its streams. Now it is more commonly known as the Cornhusker State after its famed football team. Some presidents sporting nicknames were George Washington known as “Old Fox”, Calvin Coolidge who went by “Red”, and William McKinnely who was called “Woobly Willy”. CHS had a large number of nicknames floating around campus. Here are a |few you can test your social knowledge on by seeing how many you can match with their owners. See the next page for answers. 1. Tobor 18. Chink 35. Spacey 2. Disco Jimmy 19. Hot Dog 36. Ziff 3. Beak 20. Pooch 37. Murph 4. Too Tall 21. Little One 38. Tuss 5. Spunky 22. Swift One 39. Thunderbird 6. Mush Mouth 23. Duckling 40. Ruffus 7. Jot 24. Orange Crush 41. A.C. 8. Forehead 25. T-E-D-D-Y 42. Wop 9. Sku-bub-by 26. Yankee Doodle 43. Strehler 10. Toro 27. Atomic Bomb 44. Fly 11. Saugie 28. Congo 45. Bunker 12. Stubbs 29. Birdman 46. Barney 13. Chevy 30. Gopher 47. Stoney 14. Bull 31. I’ma 48. Arbies 15. Scoop 32. Fish 49. Sunny Beach 16. Disco Doug 33. Shoe 17. Bunny 34. Dough Boy 14 Stars