Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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Senior Brent Coppock's heavy chevy 1969 Z28 Camero can o be seen sitting in the back row of the high school parking Students often park in the back row in order to avoid unnecces parking lot wear and tear. Junior Troy Yoke demonstrates his dancing skills along with his Michael Jackson threads. Video games are out, movie and music videos are in. The overwhelming demand for videos and video equipment has brought new businesses to town such as Popmgos afid-The Video Depot. ij... 4 Senior Lisa Haxton, employee of Katydid, one the fashion stores in Newton, models some of clothes that-were in style in 1984-85.

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I .... iwter statue of Railerman and belt buckle were sold by seniors r the Educational Endowment Fund. CGD MGT Theclass of 1985 was special because it was the 100th class to graduate since NHS first began. Asked how they felt about being apart of the Centennial class, this is how some seniors responded. Lori Hiebert said, lt's an honor to be part of the centennial. l wouldn't change being a part of it for anything. Kevin Penner had a different feeling, according to him, lt's no big deal. Aaron Anderson jested, lt's the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me. Mark Akin said, lt makes no difference to me. Dick Bevan said, lt just doesn't matter. lt's a lot of work for some peopIe. Some people took a different approach. Karla Ford said she was very proud. Kim Kaufman thought it was neat. lVlarie Baugh said, l think it's kind of neat, because it only hap- pens once and we were born that year. Briana Stark said, lt's neat because it's something special Newton is doing and it's for the community not just our class. Kim Pennington said, l think it's neat with all the events planned and the community getting invoIved. Lora Davis said, l'm glad l'm going to be a part of something that's as special as this even though l'm not actively a part of it yet. Joanne Juhnke feels it's an honor, but somewhat overrated. lVlarty Loane said, I think it's pretty gamongui lgreatl because the 100th year represents a lot of pride and dignity. Larry Thompson feels, lt's a devastating honor. l'm greatly sad that there can't be a 100th class for everyone. Janelle Gaeddert said, lt's totally awesome because we get so many privileges.

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During the past 100 years styles have changed, These styles range any, thing from clothes to hair to glasses. Shown below with the in style of hair are Heide Wentz, junior and Barb Rodgers, graduate of 1966. Shown with the in glasses are Nlike Goering, senior and Mike Schill, graduate of 1966. ,sf uit W 'Hmm' Y 0 0 H O t Through the years fads have brought people together as one. From the '5Os with poodle skirts and hulla-hoops, through the '7Os with bell bottoms and disco, to the '80s with parachute pants and break dancing, generations have been identified by their fads. ln the '80s fads have centered around individuality. Clothes have become less conser- vative, hairstyles have gone from the traditional cuts to new wave and colored styles, each showing individuality of the person and his environment. The conservative students chose the tailored preppie look, while more daring students created styles of their own with baggy shirts, bright colors, chains, gloves and spikey hair. Another fashion that came about during the '80s was girls piercing their ears more than once and guys having one ear pierced. A factor that influenced fashion in 1984-85 was rock videos and the new cable TV channel lVlTV. People were entertained by TV music videos, TV video games, and home Video Cas- sette Recorders which came with the electronic and computer era.