Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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 Zoom, whoosh, honk, honk! The sounds of o Fridoy or Sorurdoy nighr when 99% of rhe Bulldogs ore making rhe drag. The four mile (round rrip) srrerch from rhe renown Sonic ro rhe 1100 block of easr Broadway (colled Shasro's) enrices rhe srudenrs ro drive a way all rheir gos When rhe fuel is gone, one may pork in rhe parking lor of o closed business and warch friends go by If a person enrers rhe drag from norrh Main heading sourh, immediorely afrer passing Sonic he con glance ro rhe righr and view Ken's, where rhe junior high kids hong our and rhe high school people ear Nexr on rhe rrip, we see on old rorn down cor wash ro rhe lefr; people ore parked oH along rhe srreer — jusr rolking, worching, and waving Firsr sroplighr — rhe person nexr ro you revs his engine, asking for a race If you drive a Z-28, rev your moror and ease up o lirrle. If you drive a '68 Volkswagon, look or him like he's bold! Green lighr! Ar firsr, floorboard ir, rhen drop down ro 35 m.p.h. As you pass rhe Merhodisr church parking lor, rhe limir goes down ro 30 m.p.h. Don'r ger caughr! Enrering rhe 100 block of norrh Main, a person comes ro rhe big rurn. This is rhe place where you con ger rhe besr possible look ar who is riding around wirh whom, if you are chasing someone, or are jusr roo imparienr for rhe arrow in rhe Turning lane ro change, you may speed on down one more block, conrinue around rhe block of 100 sourh Main and come our on rhe 100 block of easr Broadway Take a righr rurn, and you're bock in rhe saddle again Hungry? Now jusr ro rhe righr, rhere's rhe famed golden arches. Across rhe srreer rhere’re more people, who shour your name as you pass Almosr ar rhe end of our voyage is rhe Unired parking lor Usually crowded and inreresring, rhis is onorher spor where one is allowed ro srop and congregare wirh his friends When rhe dock srrikes 10 30, our go rhe lighrs, bur rhe crowd srill lingers. We are or rhe bsr lighr before making rhe rerurn rrip When and if rhe lighr chonges, rravel four more blocks and rurn righr onro Forresr, known now as Shasro's, bur colled Clydes ro rhe generorions pasr Ar rhe end of rhe block, be careful ro srop or rhe sign, rhere may be a camouflaged person wearing a bodge expecring you ro peel your rires, or nor ro srop Travel rhose four bkxks on Uveook, rhen moke onorher righr rurn onro Navojoe Make rhis circle from Sonic ro Shasro's an infinire number of rimes rhar nighr, rhen rurn off and go home Expecr a porenral reprimand, Did you hove fun wasring gas ronighr? — yer, ro you, ir's all worrh while Jusr rry and remember rhar when your kids make rhe drag. Drog 19

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Pooling Together Don't Be Fuelish Times - they ore o'chonging. From 33 9 cents per gallon toW9 cents per galon to ??? THIS HOSE THIS PUMP '0 '0 GALLONS B B y As rhe new decode approached, many people realized rhar rhe ‘rockin’ 70's were over Something else went over rhar summer roo. Gasoline prices wenr over a dollar a gallon in mosr oreas The U S. experienced a fuel shortage rhar became an immediate concern of rhe whole country. Many people waired in line or rhe gas pumps for one ro two hours The siruarion become ridiculous when killings occurred in rhese lines because of hor tempers flaring in rhe summer sun. The lock of gasoline wosn’r quire as bad in Alrus. Gasoline was easily arrained yer rhe fuel cringe was felt in rhe pockerbooks of all Instead of gas-guzzling Trans-Ams and Z2 s, Toyoras and Subarus appeared on rhe campus parking lor Another gas saving idea rhar emerged was rhe mo- ped. Many reens liked rhe idea of riding around rown on a miniarure cyde Car pooling also became a favorire. Ir saved gas and you could enjoy rhe company of your friends Energy Cnsft 21