Anderson High School - Afterthought Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Money makes the world go around and up, down, in and out. It used to be Brother, can you spare a dime but now it's Hey man, give me five. With the recession supposedly over, students found it hard to believe with the continual rise in price of gas and food. I don't think that the recession is over because prices are still high. It seems like they're trying to sweep the situation under the rug, commented junior Vicki Hanna. To scrounge together a few more dol- lars, numerous students resorted to part time jobs. Even then students found money had a way of burning a hole in the pocket. Mary Helen Hutchens, who worked 'at One-Hour Martinizing testified, 'tLast night I had S30 and now I only have SG. 18 priority possessions vii ,J More often than not students found it hard to save those precious greenbacks. junior Sandra Carothers explained, I have to put it in the bank or I'll spend it all. I get paid on Saturdays and Saturday afternoon it's in the bank. Others like junior Fred Reese wished he only had some to save. The thing that put a big crunch on the pocket was gas. Entertainment munched as much or more. Clothes and records took some more big bites while cos- metics, cigarettes and beverages depleted last resources. Sophomore Carrie Hiser's insistence, I need more, was the understatement of the year. Even though money wasn't necessary to have a good time, it was sure nice to have around. A I N ,tr s- f WAVM .q L r ww ,,.2l.H-'M- ' All in a Day's Work Rushing to beat the time clock and being polite to rude customers were some of the memories many students had of their part time jobs. With the tight fisted energyfmoney crunch over, numerous new businesses and jobs opened up for the partimer. Northcross Mall, The Village, fast-food restaurants along Burnet Road, Highland Mall, and Safeway were populated with students fwho worked like Trojansj that we lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Working meant giving up dates and losing spare time. It was sleeping in class the next day after having to work late the night before. It was also fun and gave a sense of personal accomplishment. Sure I like the money, but I also liked RX ,,

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'just bum around were things they looked forward to. while Chris and Frank found having time to work on cars and go on dates an incentive to make it through the week. The lake was a magic phrase for many. jerry Sousares verified this when he commented, We go to the lake a lot. It makes up for not getting to go on longer vacations. For those who did get to go on longer vacations these ranged from Six Flags or Padre Island to California and even Europe. Many visited relatives every summer. Len Weise travels to lndiana and Louisiana almost every summer and Ann Speller journeyed to Holland for the fourth time this past summer. Although visiting relatives was not the most excit- ing aspect of the trips. Len looked for- ward to the break of routine they pro- vided. From those whose free-time highlight was sleeping late to those like Preston Blomquist who liked to travel and see new places there was a broad range of vacation experiences which came back to haunt students as they kept their noses to the grindstone. Bound for the Snow With the ski slopes of Colorado and New Mexico only a ten hour drive away from Austin, snow hungry Andersonites rushed to the slopes on almost every winter vacation. The ten hour drive could be shortened even more by speeding. which was made possible with the CB radio. Besides family vacations, church groups also frequented the icy slopes. While a majority of future olympians used the highways to get to the snow. some fortunate ones took the quick way out, flying. A ten-hour trip could be shor- tened to three on an airplane. The airplane also eliminated the worries of being snowed in on the highway, as one church group was. On a November weekend the youth group from Hyde Park Baptist Church went sking in Buena Vista, Colorado. There was one slight problem, though: Colorado had ex- perienced the worst blizzard in many years. By the time the group reached Springfield, Colorado, the roads were snowed in. Two choices existed. turn back or sleep in the high school gym. Everyone was so tired by the time we got to Springfield, sleeping in the gym wasn't really that bad, commented Don- na Brooks. Maybe it was the thrill of the skiers rushing by which attracted students to the slopes. It could have been just the ex- perience of seeing snow, an uncommon sight in Austin. Although skiing was the main reason students made the trip, it seemed as though all the time was spent just getting there and back. I thought my legs would be bent forever, said Ellen Eubanks, I didn't think I'd ever get off the bus. It was hard to understand why so many students kept going back to the slopes, each time returning with some part of their body mangled, but whatever it was about skiing it was well worth it to take the risks. trips, weekends, holidays 17

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J SIIICB U10 M8 ll! TllIlE MBCIIIIIB CHIIIE lo AIISIIII ll Ioel l-'lesclrman prepare a salad from a red anll que car which serves as a unlque salad bar ll y has become qulle the place to go. lvy Bass and being around the little kids, said Dennis Stephens who spent his holidays working at Kiddie City. I don't particularly like to work, but it's better than sitting at home, remarked Safeway employee Mitch Drummond. For the not so lucky ones who couldn't find a job, reading the want ads and anx- iously awaiting calls to come to work became a daily ritual. While sacking groceries and hustling hamburgers until the early morning hours may not be everyone's idea of fun, for some it was simply all in a day's work. , Pigging Out With preferences in food ranging from hamburgers to snails, students found a wide variety of foods to tingle their tastebuds. Matt Prestridge said I enjoy pizza, but my favorites are enchiladas and tamalesf' Ed McLin added Ham- burgers are my favorite, and I really can't stand any kind of gourmet food. Lunchtime proved to be a favorite time to indulge as lack-in-the-Box, Holiday House, McDonaId's and Top Notch did a brisk business among Anderson stu- dents. Those without transportation jour- neyed to Stop-N-Go and Dairy Queen. Mike Burnett's tastes leaned towards the more exotic as he said I love pizza, snails and pepper steak. Ice cream and tacos were also popular as specialty stores lured unsuspecting students into the land of a thousand calories. Although gourmet restaurants abounded in the Austin area students seemed to continue to prefer to do their finest dining at the traditional hamburger or pizza place.