Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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a new wave? According to Rolling Stone magazine, disco record sales have declined during the past few months. This surprising- ly quick bust of the disco boom may have been caused by the emergence of such New Wave bands as the B-52's, Ton Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Ramones, The Clash, and M. Also, many discos are phasing out their disco tunes and re- placing them with New Wave music that is just as dance- able as disco. Many disco radio stations have also be- gun abandoning their disco format in favor of Top 0 or harder Rock. This pat- tern has been repeated on radio stations in such di- verse locations as New York, Detroit, Miami, Indi- anapolis, and New Orleans. Hr 25 Although Mr. Svoronos and Mrs. Leslie teach a disco club at SHS on Fridays, their efforts have not im- proved the dancing tech- nique of Homeroom 25. When these people were asked to disco for their homeroom picture, they either wouldn't, or could not, or threatened to kill the photographer. These future Fred Astaires, Ginger Rodgers, and John Travoltas include Darryl Messinger, Craig Scheffler, Debbie Masteller, Tricia Martin, Lewis Rauch, Deb Reitz, An y Niemkiewicz, John Ortiz Glynis Miller, Dennis Pe- ters, Tim Roland, Paula Noakes, Roxann Pfrom, Brenda Rex, Vikki Marlatt, Angela Scarselletti, Trace Millward, Dave Marth, Deb Ritter, and Janine Rau.

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DISCO DECLINES These people from Homeroom 20, who obviously get into music, will watch as music makes the transition from the 70's to the 80's. Disco and Heavy Metal sounds are fading, while interest in the musical trends of the early 60's seems to have revived. These soph- omores from Homeroom 20 include Jeff Bailey, Paul Bretz, Kevin Byler, Dawn iefenderfer, Dean Dieter, Angela Fritzinger, Charles Hahn, Eugene Jones, Pat Kern, Kevin Krum, Mike Krupa, Richard Kuehner, Scott Kuntz, Brenda Nierer, Alan Rex, Glenn Sauerwine, Jeff Schmick, Brian Schweitzer, Anita Verba, Janice Wieand, Denise Allesch, Deb Arndt, Sherry Arndt, Danean Auman, Robin Balliet, Kelly Baum, Scott Bechtel, Keen Beltz, Sheryl Bennyhoff, Donna Berger, John Bolton, and Rich Bosco. 20

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Left to right, first row: Karen Saas, Laree Miller, Nancy Minnich, Sue Cunfer, Liz Edman. Second row: Mrs. Roeder, Angela Leaver, Kathy Kuntz, Suzette Nanovic, Lennie Bechtel, Liz Williams, and Kurt Bellhom. Progressing under the ex- cellent guidance of Mrs. Roeder, the SLATE staff produced a fine school paper this year, which more closely resembled a real newspaper. This year, the hard-working journalists added new twists to the old SLATE to create a completely new newspaper, conplete with professional-type printing, headlines, and realistic pictures. Lo- cal advertising was also used extensively. According to the adviser, in the first half of the year Suzette Nanovic was absolutely marvelous as the editor of the SLATE. Richard Shollen- berger, Kurt Bellhorn, and Lennie Bechtel took over the editorship in the mid- dle of the year and added some new columns, such as Bellhom1 s Brain-bogglers and Editor's Express to the SLATE. Hie seven per- iod day created some pro- blems for the staff, limit- ing the amount of time for gathering news during the school day. However, the entire SLATE staff should be commended for producing a paper SHS is proud of. 1) Second-half editor Bellhom examines this month's issue. 2) Mrs. Roeder listens during an interview. 22