Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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Birthdays are an annual day-long, explosive bash! great because you get pre- sents, said junior Dave lossi. Pre- sents, partying, and decorating were a large part of celebrating birthdays. Birthdays are a time when you can either be sweet to your friends or get major revenge on them, stat- ed junior Amy Hughes. Getting revenge on friends on their birthdays usually took place by tee-peeing, embarrassing childhood pictures, or being tied to a tree in someone's front yard. Birthdays are always an interesting exper- ience, whether you're being tied to Harrison and W. Central Park or having your car barbecued. com- A time to celebrate, party, get revenge, embarrass friends, enjoy yourself mented senior Mary Howell. It was fun eating the cookie that my friends brought for me in the cafe, said junior Carrie Panther. It was not unusual to see birthday cakes in the cafe, and to hear “I declared my birthday a national holiday.” Maggie Feeney friends singing Happy Birthday. It was also customary to hear the birth date of someone over the an- nouncements, right after hearing what was for lunch that day. Mr. Dave Wolfe said. Birthdays are great. I get to eat all I want and it forces my wife to bake my favorite cake that no one else in the family likes. Opening presents was another fun thing to do on birthdays. For those people whose birthday fell on Christmas, they had nothing to look forward to the rest of the year. I like my birthday being on Christmas be- cause I get a lot more presents, but it's boring during the rest of the year, said Freshman Jenni Ar- guello. A big present that was opened on 16th birthdays was a set of keys. When my parents gave me my own set of car keys, I felt so old, said sophomore Dan Kelly.

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Even though her b-doy isn't until June, junior Sara Broderick's house gets tee-peed in October My decorated locker was fun and it meant a lot to me, says sophomore Chris McGumess about her birthday surprise Cake in the cafe adds flourish to a red-letter birthday for freshman guys birthdays

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Horrible heaps hobnob with hard-core hot-rods In hodgepodge parking lot, sleek Camaros share space with crumbling wrecks H ave I got a deal for you! Wel- come to the Assumption Used Car Lot, my name is Big Al. Just look at this beauty sitting over in the corner ... O.K., maybe the parking lot wasn't at the seedy used-car-lot- stage quite yet, but you have to ad- mit that we had some, well, rather unique cars. Take Senior Paul Martin's 1973 VW Thing for instance. The car, which resembles a German tank more than the family Ford, had a re- movable hard top, a feature espe- cially nice tor Summer cruising. It's really not a very practical car, con- sidering the weather in Iowa, but it's a lot of fun, explained Martin. The parking lot was graced with its share of nice cars, of course. Al- though it was definitely not the Yup- pie-BMW scene, a fair number of parents' Cadillacs and Lincolns man- aged to show up. But did teens want luxury? Not at the sake of perfor- mance, as Senior Steve Barnes “I only wash my car may- be once a year because the paint falls off when 1 do. The paint is all that’s holding it together.” Brad Verdon proved. His red 1978 Comoro Z28, with a 350 four-barrel V-8 engine, has reached a top speed of 120 m.p.h. It's fast and it gets me in a lot of trouble! , Barnes commented. Another performance class car found regularly at school was Senior Jeff Butch McCloskey's 1969 black Avanti II Known simply as The Avanti it drew looks with its low sleek sportscar shape. But lest you thought only upper class autos existed, there were plen- ty of junkers to be found in the lot outside school Juniors Steve and Chris Wolfe traded off driving their grandfather's 1976 Buick LeSabre. It's got to be the longest car ever made said Steve, who also com- mented that it used up around a tank of gas per week. Senior Brad Verdon bought his 1970 Chevy Ca- price when it was already 1 4V2 years old tor an even $100. It's been a good, reliable car, even though it's ready to fall apart, Verdon re- marked. 16 cars