Coronado High School - Legend Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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 « T-BIRDS ARE NUMBER ONE” and Beat El Paso High were common phrases written on car windows and banners. Homecoming week brought about the car decorating contest which showed the spirit of Coronadoans. FOR MANY, a driver's license means Camaros. Mustangs, Blazers and Jeeps but lor senior Debbie Ward itjTTeansjLbe amifTTitation wagon «THIS IS A TENSE MOMENT lor senior Dean Riley as he watches the Permian Panthers score a touch- down against the T-birds A SHADY TREE by the caleteria provides a nice spot tor underclassmen to enjoy their sack lunches. «A WEIRD SORT OF PARTY with props such as squirt guns. rice, newspaper and toast begins at the start ot the Rocky Horrot Picturo Show Coronado students all join in the tun ol a rainshower and a wedding opening co

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n opening Ever wonder why turning seventeen is so important to everyone? Being seventeen means a transition for those who received their driver’s license at sweet sixteen and for those who can legally vote and drink at magical eighteen. Seventeen is the age of complete frustration when the struggle for independence from parents increases as one supposedly becomes instantaneously mature. Yet this maturity brings on responsibilities that some care to forget. And. with responsibility come problems, like how to hold six classes and a part-time job. or how to take enough time off schoolwork to go party, or how to pass a trigonometry test without cheating. ? a AMUSED WITH THE STUDENTS debuting at the parade of stars hetd Homecoming week. Coach Don Brooks watches for his favorite. ► MONDAY BLUES hit senior Nina Carter as She wonders when the long day will end.

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However, being seventeen is not all painful. This is the time for enjoying life with close friends. A teen’s motto is “I’ll do anything no matter what the consequences (as long as I don’t get caught).’’ Some of the classic get- together activities for the westside seventeen-year-olds were cruising on Mesa or partying on the river. The old saying, slightly changed. ‘‘I found my thrill on Mesa Hill,” was fitting to the year because parking on Mesa Hills was often on the social schedule. Other all- time favorite dating activities were dining and movies. Entertainment for some included driving to the sand hills of Surfers for four wheeling or to the Charcoaler for a double lemon Dr. Pepper. For those who preferred to be more adventurous there was dancing at Curley's or Cosmo’s. ►THE HIGHEST POINT ol Homecoming week was the bonfire Thursday night that was 82 ties high, breaking all past records «CHARCOAL BROILED HAMBURGERS and lemon Dr. Pepper attracted many Coronado stu- dents to the Charcoaler Onve In. ►FIFTIES DAY brought couples closer together as they enjoyed the atmosphere ol nostalgia on the dance lloor.