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

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--:rv-1 , 1,K.f,4-MM, E...---......,n 1 among Tears, smiles, angry iokes, paper, Tired Teachers and minds came one OT The worsT To hiT Carroll: udenTs Tried To iiggle classes eTTorT To geT educaTed and be Triends. Trying To Tind a Third od ThaT coincided wiTh The A h shiTTs oT Triends became The main resT in schedule decisions. he Terror oT having lasT choice rne real and The dream oT being To regisTer was shorT lived. me ThoughT RegisTraTion a wasTe me. OThers Tound RegisTraTion a ge oT pace. uT mosT all agreed ihaT isTraTion had iTs ups and downs. eqisTraTion blues conTinued To isTraTion became a maTTer oT liTe or ad qplxonic The beaT Throbbedl The sounds oT ZZ Top, Grand Funk and ElTon John echoed around The bedroom oT The Typical sTudenT. WheTher iT was Top TorTy, easy lisTening or hard rock, mosT everyone lisTened To music. In cars, aT home, aT work, The sounds ranged Trom monophonic To sTereo, all The way up To The granddaddy:4-channel. . . Quadraphonic. The idea oT quad was To make The lisTener Teel as if he or she was acTually in The middle oT a rock concerT. IT musT have worked, because The idea swepT The counTry, including Corpus ChrisTi, and you iusT weren'T wiTh iT if you didn'T have a S500 rig in your room. lgllllll lliu Q ,f c 5 EL! n . KY! i:aTe The lives oT S+Uden+S as S t ti Music lovers Tlocking To The RiTz noT only hard rock groups such as Rush, Sugar LoaT and Redbone, buT also Music l-lall early in The year enjoyed progressive counTry from Jerry JeTT Walker and Willie Nelson. The RiTz, a renovaTed movie TheaTer Tamous Tor iTs Free Beer nighTs, was closed in December Tor TurTher repairs, and reopened laTer in The spring. its AlphabeT - 67

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Round, hoT saucers inTilTraTed many sTomachs. The round saucers conTained such Things as cheese, black olives, ialapenos, pepperoni, sausage and beef. People aTe Them wiTh cold salads and Coke or Tea. The round saucers had many homes, ranging Trom an inTimaTe eaTing place To an ordinary lciTchen. And They had anoTher name: Pizza. Pizza proved To be a popular Tood Tor hungry habiTanTs of This world. WiTh cheese or wiThouT cheese, saucers also became The mode oT Travel Tor The imaginary world beyond and even The adminisTraTors Tound The Time To indulge in The hoT and chewy subsTance. 'il 66 - AcTiviTies Ufjice Tragedy, melodramaTic performances, comedy - no, iT wasn'T Tl Carroll Drama DeparTmenT, iT was iusT a rouTine day aT The Office. Running This mini-TheaTer was Mrs. Gerry Ray, aTTendance clerlc and chief inTerrogaTion oTTicer. Surrounding Mrs. Ray were a gaggle ' of assisTanTs, ready and waiTing Tor The nexT cusTomer To come in and reques' a pass To leave campus. lnTerspersed in The acTiviTies were The commonplace, The everyday, Th Trivial. For example, The sTudenT who had To call home and have his mom bring down his gym cloThes, or The girl who iusT broke up wiTh her boy Triend and , needed To go To The clinic or she would T Throw up on The Tloor. And Then, on occasion, someThing exciTing would come up, like The class clown who was senT To The Office Tor making The whole class Tile ouTside because They ThoughT There really was a Tire drill. BuT, ' like usual. The siTuaTion would reTurn , To normal. Red Tape and an abundance of Don'T ask me, ask her, commenTs prompTed a iunior To come up wiTh This i illuminaTion aTTer Trying To check ouT l of school Tor The day: I+'d be easier To slcipl 45,5 ,.

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ThirTy-nine cenTs and a case oT The munchies could be combined To mean one Thing: Taco Bell. Taco Bell became a TavoriTe place To go Tor lunch if one had wheels and was brave enough To risk a possible Tardy. ATTer games, iT was a TavoriTe place To go To if one could noT aTTord a hamburger and Tries. Taco Bell gave sTudenTs a chance my 4 To see Triends Trom King or Ray during ,ir' - lunch or To check ouT The sighTs on a ' SaTurday nighT. There were always The sTeakeTTes T in The caTeTeria, buT only aT Taco Bell I could one indulge in The pure ecsTasy oT biTing inTo a hoT burriTo. Skatebaarda Among oTher Things, T976 may be remembered as The year oT The GreaT SkaTeboard Revival. Fibreglass boards oT all colors and designs equipped wiTh The popular ureThane wheels replaced The wood, sTeel wheeled SkaTeboards OTT yesTerday. SurTers re-discovered Them TirsT, Taking To The Treeway embankmenTs. cemenT bike paThs and breezeways. The younger seT soon caughT on, and aTTer receiving boards Trom SanTa Claus or Their parenTs, were soon whizzing along The neighborhood sidewalks and driveways. ObservaTion showed ThaT women's lib had inTilTraTed The sporT, wiTh Temales oT all ages Taking To The boards in numbers. lvlosT sporTing goods sTores and surTshops carried Tamous name SkaTeboards, wiTh SkaTeboard specialTy shops popping up Prices ranged Trom around SI2 To upwards oT S60 Tor cusTomized boards wiTh special wheels and Trucks. 68 - AcTiviTies