Carroll High School - Anchor Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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'i . . fauna-Q. i ii The movie indusrry aliacked movie- goers wifh anofher form of enTer1'ainmen+,+he disasler movie. One of +he mosl no+able was +he movie, Jaws, which lerrified Corpus Chrislians for six monlhs. The whole counfry was swep+ wifh Jaws fever. Shark 'roofh necklaces, Jaws T- shirfs, Jaws books, Jaws cosfumes, Jaws posfers, Jaws dolls and even Jaws songs became The fad. The mania of Jaws was realis+ic fo Corpus Chrisfians since beaches are an ac+ive pa r+ of fhe ci+y. Some cilizens simply refused 'ro go To The beach. Bul' o'l'hers, lurned on by +he advenlure, 'Flocked fo +he beach in search of a live Jaws. Jaws Several imporfan+ new fashions appeared around people's necks and fingers. Puka shells, while circular shells from Hawaii, and liquid silver were popular necklaces. Turquoise and heishe beads also made a sfrong showing. Mood rings made of a special heal- sensifive quarlz crysfal became 'rhe new fad. The rings 'rurned blue on a happy hand and black on an angry hand. Acfually, 'rhey seemed 'ro rely on +he room remperafure. Bur whafever 'rhe mood, Jewelry was worn on fingers, necks and wrisfs and became an impor+an+ par+ of everyone's wardrobe. a-I GA Alphabef- 63

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While some sTudenTs showed oTT Their IiTerary TaIenTs by wriTing composiTions, oThers showed Their TaIenT by wriTing Gra'I:TiTi on The walls. Words and numbers made up GraTTiTi and iT ranged Trom such Things as iuniors are The besT To The more popular Jack and Jill Toreverf' GraTTiTi appeared in such places as desk Tops, windowsills, backs oT chairs and baThroom doors. Thanks To The spiriT of anoTher school, 6raTTiTi decoraTed The walls oT Carroll all year. Even The seniors goT inTo The acT when They displayed The mosT popular oT 6raTTiTi phrases on Their breezeway decoraTion: Tigers No. I. Besides a pair oT jeans, a T-shirT, some money and a purpose, a sTudenT needed IiTTIe To have a good Time. BuT an ID sure helped. LiTTIe more Than a piece oT pIasTic encased cardboard, The ID served a greaT purpose. IT Took you where you wanTed To go. You iusT couIdn'T walk inTo a bar or lounge wiThouT an ID unless you looked 80 years old, owned The place or had a uniTorm on. So, wiTh a IiTTIe imaginaTion and an ID, you could go Tar. O 62 AcTiviTies +-- IT was TasT. IT was Tun. IT was alluring and sexy. IT became The cenTer oT aTTracTion Tor many dances. And once iT had arrived, noThing could sTop iT. ' IT was called The I'IusTIe. And iT husTIed onTo SouTh Texas dance Tloors wiTh a vengeance. NOT many could do iT. Those who could showed off and Those who could sTared blankly aT The Tloor. NeverTheIess, iT sTayed. And The I'IusTIe became anoTher way oT life. as ld

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STudenTs laughed and sTudenTs cried. STudenTs Talked and whispered and sTared ouT OT windows during class. And Then, sTudenTs kissed and kissed and kissed . . . The locker room proved To be a TavoriTe place Tor experimenTaTion. OThers Tound ThaT an empTy place on The breezeway or a secluded sTairw served iusT as well. And Those who acTed ouT The Tamog love scene in Romeo and JulieT piTiedl Those who iusT saT in English class and read iT. 'il 'Ui Flying hair and chopping scissors. biTing lips and happy Taces creaTed The aTmosphere oT a new kind OT shop Tor cuTTing hair. ln order To geT more business, some hairshops oTTered Tree shampoos wiTh a cuT. OThers gave sTudenT discounTs. And some even wenT as Tar as giving The clienT a Tree icy Longneck wiTh a haircuT. A Longneck, ThaT elusive beverage. provided The exTra Touch needed To make The l-lead Shop compleTely diTTerenT Trom oTher hair cuTTeries. STudenTs lived Through Shakespeare and Algebra. Teachers lived Through rowdy classes and quarTer exams. BuT Longnecks kepT on living. 'Langneclgs i