East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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FUND-RAISERS Each year there are activities to raise money for different groups and clubs around school. This year was no exception. Students sold everything from candle holders to sausage. Some items, like candy, were sold by more than one group. In order to keep different clubs from selling the same item at the same time, a sche- dule was followed by all groups and organizations involved in selling activities. Busy trying to raise money for National Honor Society is senior Kalina Reed. Her customers, seniors Jim Cline, Diane Eisenlauer and Scott Helverson, buy plenty. Selling candy to stu- dents was an easy task, because there were always starving students. Sophomores Amy Currie, Shari Rose, Kim Rey- at a fund-raising mixer after a basketball game, nolds, Linda Estes and Laura Steward have fun GOOD TIMES 23

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High, rising prices major subject in 1980-81 Inflation was a major subject of the year 1980-1. Prices rose faster in 1980 than they ever had in our history. There were a number of reasons why we hadn ' t been able to control infla- tion. One problem was oil. We were consuming oil products, like gas, fas- ter than they could be produced, making the demand high and the supply low. That caused the price to increase. This created a domino effect, rais- ing prices of other items that required oil for production. This went on until practically everything had increased in price. On October 24, 1978, President Carter made the following state- ment: Inflation has been a serious problem ever since I became presi- dent. We have tried to control it, but we have not been successful. If there is one thing I have learned beyond any doubt, it is that there is no single solution for inflation. We must face a time of national austerity. From 1978 on we suffered from inflation, but most economists said that the worst was yet to come. Our new President, Ronald Reagan, had some new ideas on how to stop infla- tion, but at press time we could only hope that the economy would improve. This chart shows a comparison of prices in 1975 to prices in 1980. Some things doubled in price because of the high inflation rate, and other items, like gas, were still rising at press time. 22 GOOD TIMES

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Just what were good times at East High? Supporting basketball, foot- ball, baseball and Softball games or any type of sport . . . the first day of school seeing new and old friends . . . the last day of school, looking for- ward to summer fun. Countless activities throughout the whole year created many of the good times for students to always remember in later years. For seniors, all good times will always be remembered. Senior Jodi Henderson ' s explanation of good times was Being able to be yourself because you ' re a senior and eve- ryone looks up to you. Not only supporting sports but tak- ing part in them constituted good times for many athletes. For senior Barry Dyer, Being a part of the foot- ball and baseball teams was very important. Jody Bell ' s definition of good times was getting together for group activities such as basketball games and the senior ski trip. Activities like these are really fun and they bring students closer together. Senior Jill Jefferson believed that good times was having released time and only three classes a day. Having good times was very impor- tant to many. Everyone had his own way and his own style of creating good times. Good Times are . . . standing around in the hallways during lunch hour for seniors Bart Baker, Alan Gustafson, Kevin Moore, Doug Hasstedt, Todd Roorda, Brian Wolfkill, Rick Lingren, Mike Lynch, Bob Little. 24 GOOD TIMES