Millikan High School - Aries Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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FAR ABOVE: ON THE BOULEVARD — Milllkan students Kriss Paige, Ruth Berman, Tara Wallis, and Todd VanSooy cruise to Marina Pacifica for a relieving break on Veterans ' Day. ABOVE LEFT: ON A SUNNY DAY, junior Rick Gross applies a little elbow grease to his family ' s antique 1930 Model A Ford at El Dorado Park ABOVE RIGHT ART WORK, ROCK AND ROLL, AND OUCH sums up the loving detailing on Lonnie Sheperd ' s very- used school transportation VW, 24 Activities Cars

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Year for Gear Could there be such a thing as an urban punk- rocker? Millikan students seemed to think so. Uni- sex campus styles ranged from ten gallon hats like Dave Tex Robeson ' s, to the Devo shades sold by Key Club at Homecoming. More refined tastes were exhibited by Muppet-happy RAMS such as Laura Marsh, who admired Miss Piggy ' s fluffy feather boas. Another popular fad was displayed by students who wore Lacoste alligator shirts, belts, and socks. Stuffed alligators seeking sweet revenge were viewed in shop windows wearing T-shirts with human figures sewn on them. Females bedecked themselves in everything from high-buttoned, bow-tied and old-fashioned lace collars to kilty plaid skirts and topsider shoes. Flannel and wool were also popularfashion mate- rials, and hand-knit sweaters kept students warm on cool winter nights. Last year ' s French knots and Bo Derek braids returned to top it all off, as well as sexy, short punk haircuts, but often these were covered with cowboy hats to match the suede fringe jack- ets and calf-high western-style boots. It wasn ' t at all uncommon for a student like Dante Carag to picture himself riding off into the sunset in the midst of an algebra lesson. TOP LEFT DEVO-TED — Jelf Black and Richard Carnero disguise themselves as Devo band members to brighten up a slow November lunch TOP RIGHT: WATCH OUT TARZANI In the October heat, Stacey Hiland gets away from it all during (ourth lunch She reigns as queen o( the |ungle |el set in a pair of spony dolphin shorts LEFT: NEW SEX SYMBOL — Step- ping out of Groman ' s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Miss Piggy sets fashion trends in her leather boa in one of the sea- son ' s most po pular colors ABOVE CREATIVITY WITH A TWIST — Debbie Allred wields the latest lad — a Silly pen- cil as she recopies her featurette assignment lor Creative Writ- ing Silly pencils are flexible winding new writing instruments. Activities Fads and Fashions 23

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ABOVE: THE PARK WILL BE CLOSED IN . . . Seniors Pam Gerbasi and Elaine Correa end a fun-filled Saturday afternoon of picnicking at the closing of El Dorado Park. BELOW: TRUCKS ONLY — In the corner of the south parking lot, resides the vehicles of student mini- truckers. ABOVE; MAY I SEE YOUR DRIVER ' S LICENSE? Junior Mike latum begins an exciting October evening unsuccessfully, as he reaches for his Na e in his dad ' s $50,000 Porsche 930 Turbo for Exhibition of Speed. j PI X-Cars Will They Sell? The cost of everyone ' s favorite toy — a car — went up-up-up, while the size of the car went down-down-down. Students who wanted to move beyond hiking boots and bikes to the joys of the freeway had bleak prospects. Buy gas guzzling oldie cheapie which drank gasoline by just sitting in the garage, or work part- time as bank president and buy a new sardine can size E, J, or K car for around seven thousand dol- lars? Headlines in the Newspapers and cover sto- ries in news magazines about the car crisis in America only darkened the picture. Many won- dered, in fact, if the big three auto companies in America would survive. Chrysler lost two billion dollars and was saved for the time being by a 1 .5 billion loan from the government. Ford lost the same amount with GM not far behind. During 1980, 1643 American car dealerships went out of business. The facts were simple; thirty percent of the U.S. market was absorbed by foreign car makers. The Detroit 1981 cars, however, demonstrated that the industry had learned some hard lessons. Mileage and durability were the twin gods of the new little cars rolling off the assembly lines. To most students, the joy of owning one of Detroit ' s down-sized cars would have to wait until they hit the used car market. Those big old cars with those big old appetites would have to serve. The only consolation was that they were much more comfortable for triple dating and drive-in theaters. BELOW: EAT, SLEEP, STUDY . . . Senior Jerry Messer- schmitt completes his English notebook in the parking lot, just prior to class in his mobile living quarters, his 1 976 Dodge van. Activities Cars 25