Alton High School - Tatler Yearbook (Alton, IL)

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HAPPENINGS Top Right-Gene Wilder ond Rkhord Pryor teomed up for the smash movie. Stir Crazy. Center Left-In Poland, under rhe leadership of Lech Woleso. solidarity persisted ond the Poles went on trying to tilt the Soviet-controlled regime In Warsaw. Center Right-At Wimbledon. 22-year old John McEnroe defeated Bjorn Borg. 25. In what is probobly known os the greotest rivalry In tennis. McEnroe olso prevailed in rhe U.S. Open which was held loter in the year. Bottom Right-Roy Wilkins, head of NAACP. died this yeor. He is known for his work to end school segregation. 6 - Features

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Eoch year trends come and go. Some stay longer thon others ond sometimes lost for more thon o year. The ever-popular. yet challenging Rubik's Cube continues to boffle most of us even though o book with the solution to the puzzle come out. It has some 43.252,003.274.489.856.-000 possible combinations. Among other ongoing fods is whot is known os the preppie look. This conservative style of dress includes ottire such os knee socks, ploids. Oxford cloth button downs, ond of course the Locoste alligator. Perhaps the most omozing croze is that of the video gomes. Lost year on estimated 20 billion quorters (S5 billion) ond 75.000 mon-yeors were spent ploying orcode machines such os PocMon. Defender, ond Space Invaders. Top Left-leod vocalist. Mick Jogger excited his tons with his dromotic showmanship. Center Right-Rubik s Cube baffled mony students. like Donno Wohlfell. Bottom Left-lndian Jones, played by Harrison Ford, triumphed In Roiders of the Lost Ark. It wos the top box office hit of the yeor and continues to rise. Bottom Right-These models accurately represent the way of dress for a prep. Features - 5

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Top Lefr-Generol Hospital is o booming success among people of oil oges around the country. The show's big event this yeor wos the long awaited wedding of Luke Spencer (Anthony Geory) ond Louro Baldwin (Genie Fronds). Top Right-The Alton dom is o significant port of the community In this oreo. It not only provides mony jobs, but also odds to the scenic aspect of the city. Center Left-lt wos Sugar Roy Leonard ond Thomos Heorns fist to face for the Welterweight championship title. Leonard ended the fight in the 14th round ond os o result is now Sll million richer. Bottom-Dill Holey’s death wos o great loss to the musk world. Since 1954 mony fans hove been literolly Rockin round the dock to the hit single performed by Dill Holey ond the Comets. Features - 7