Hamilton High School - Agi H Eco Yearbook (Hamilton, AL)

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30 Student LifefWorld Perspective This is a composite of the images of the Saturnian system as taken from Voyager I spacecraft during November 1980. The horizontal photo shows Dione in forefront, Saturn rising behind, with Tethys and Mi- mas fading in distance to right. Enceladus and Rhea are off Saturn's right at left and Titan is in its distant orbit at top, Smoke pours from the casino area of the MGM Grant Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., as fire races through the lower levels of the casino and hotel, killing 84 persons and injuring hundreds in November, The charred helmet of a U.S. serviceman lies in the desert sands of eastern Iran at the spot where a daring attempt to res- cue the American hostages came to a tragic end in April. A burned-out helicop- ter used in the mission is in the back- ground. WIDE WORLD PHOTOS FORMER BEATLE SHOT TO DEATH-Former Beatle John Lennon speaking at a peace rally in New York in 1972 with wife Yoko Ono next to him, was shot to death out- side his apartment in New Vork Monday night. Lennon and his wife were deeply involved in the peace movement during the 70s. President Jimmy Carter concedes defeat in address to supporters in a Washington hotel Nov. A. His wife, Rosalynn, is at his side. President-elect Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, respond as they are cheered by supporters in a Los Angeles hotel, Nov, 4. . . at ' 1 ,f if 0 d e X s 93 X

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Bringing Home The Bacon l J i i i 2 O 1 l 4 1 T fi' IJ I fl gel. Cooper consults Sherry Gilliland abouf a wiTh The Compugraphic ll, a compufer- ype seffing machine aT The Hamilton Pro- lf a sTudenT aT HamilTon High School had been asked, WhaT are you doing This SaTurday'? , many would have replied, 'TWorking. A large number of The populaTion from The higher grades of The school held jobs during The summer ThaT held over info The school year or acquired a job afTer school had begun. There were jusT abouT as many differenf reasons for having a job as There were people who worked. For some, The parTicular Type of job They held was in some way preparing Them for Their chosen occupaTion or profession. For oThers, Their jobs were simply necessary for Them in order To keep up wiTh The rising cosT of every Thing from pencils To gasoline. The Types of jobs held by sTudenTs were various. One popular Type of work was found in deparTmenT sTores. Cashiers, sTock-keepers, and deparTmenT workers were all found in The school. Grocery sTores also had jobs for sackers, checkers, and sfocker- boys. Hamilfon saw The inflow of The fasf food service, which gave jobs To sTill more sTudenTs. STudenTs from Hamilfon High School were employed as carpenfers, as mechanics, as secrefaries, and as hospiTal aides. The school produced record keepers, paper sTaff members, sTore clerks, sewing machine operaTors, and recepfionisfs. Bank Tellers and service sTaTion affendenfs were also found in The halls of HHS along wiTh hospiTal lab assisTanTs and orderlies. Many sfudenfs found ThaT jobs noT only had Their good poinTs buT Thaf aT Times They had bad poinTs as well. STudying for a Tesf given on Thursday was difficuIT if The sTudenT worked unTil Ten o'clock in Wednesday nighf, ExTra- curricular acTiviTies had To be kepT under close waTch in order To mainfain The desired work schedule. The advanTages and The necessifies, however, oufweighed The disadvanfages and resTrainTs of The working sTudenT and for many, going To work was as naTural as going To school. Jeff Noblesis faced wiTh jobs ranging from shelv- ing ifems To feeding hamsfers aT his job aT TG 84 Y. Senior Pam Allison handles money and learns of- fice skills aT The FirsT Nafional Bank. STudenT Life f Jobs 29

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A lone man walks amid destroyed buildings in the village of Balvano in late November after souther Italy was struck by a devastating earthquake that killed 3,076 persons and left 200,000 homeless as winter approached. Ash, smoke Gnd millions of tons of Mount St. Helens are hurled skyward as the volcano erupted with atomic-bomb force on May 18, The blast in southwest Washington state, took 34 lives. Clouds of dense smoke billow from an Iranian refinery at Abadan after an attack by iraq forces shortly after the outbreak of war be- tween the Middle East countries in Septem- ber. Kansas City Royals batting star George Brett, watches his home run head for the right field fence in the World Series' fourth game. played in Kansas City. At one time during the season Brett was hitting over .AOO and threat- ening Joe DiMaggio's 39-year-old mark as the last player to finish the regular season hitting over AOO, James Craig of North Adams, Mass., holds his gooIie's stick and the United States flag mo- ments after the U.S. team defeated Finland A-2 to claim the hockey gold medal in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, N.Y., in Febru- ary.