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

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on Q They roared Their way Through The year. They were Tough and mighTy. And yeT They were genTle and kind. They cared abouT oThers and helped one anoTher. They showed Their enThusiasm and spiriT. They reioiced over The vicTories and showed good sporTsmanship over The losses. They were proud oT The school They called Carroll. They were Tigers. n que anne nam s 3 U OI Pl U T oonaMA 'zsmsfzmsw 'mine vin- vammwxsx 'ZSQR 'Some sTudenTs, To relax, enjoyed aying games. To play TooTball, you ieded a park, To Throw horseshoes, a pclcyard TiT The bill. BUT, To play pinball, well, There sT wasn'T any way To replace The nique Gameroom. The Theme There was all-To-wall pinball, Toosball, people id Tun. fNlphabeT - 69

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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

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The culminaTion OT years oT saving, hard work and searching was no longer The CorveTTe STingray buT a boxy. beaT-up old Dodge Van. All ThaT money, hard work and Time Tinally TransTormed ThaT old clunker inTo a useTul, well-TiTTed, well- equipped insTrumenT used To draw Ohs and Ahs Trom any crowd. Many Carroll sTudenTs TelT ThaT The Time and eTTorT were well worTh iT and goT Themselves a Van oT Their own. lv1osT were elaboraTely decoraTed wiTh such addiTions as carpeT, Take Tur, sTereos, TV's, eTc. The lisT goes on, buT ends aT The mosT imporTanT piece oT arTwork, The one Thing ThaT makes a Van a Van. The mural. C238 Besides being a good source oT summer iobs, WhaTaburger provided The subiecT oT sTudenTs ' dreams: The cusTom, made-To-order, IOO percenT pure beef hamburger. AlThough The campus was oTTicially closed, a large porTion of The sTudenTs made Their way every day during lunch To The nearby TasT-Tood emporiums. They were more Than willing To pay exTra Tor a hoT, TasTy WhaTaburger made To Theil specs. In TacT, The mosT imporTanT qualiTy of WhaTaburger was The TacT ThaT you could choose wiTh or wiThouT cheese, caTsup, musTard, pickles, double meaT or onions. Besides, Corpus ChrisTi was known as The Home OT The WhaTaburq 'X YI f' rn 70 AcTiviTies seas BURGER swf' ,wwe ., s.5,:3.s. , .T 6 islwfiii .flggiax Q51 e is