East Haven High School - Pioneer Yearbook (East Haven, CT)

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Pioneet Poll No. 4 onev Ca cJoes When one considers how much money is earned by the student body at East Haven High School, the total at first glance is hard to believe. Our statistics reveal that the gross weekly earnings of our students totals $27,472.50!! Due to our 1:05 dismissal the majority of us who are old enough to work are employed in various capacities and earn an average of $49.50 a week. Since we spend over 40% of our salaries, we thought it would be fun to show “Where the Money Goes.” Every month we spend about $16.00 on food and over $18.00 on various forms of entertainment. Music, tickets, sports equipment, hobbies, and cigarettes largely account for the rest of our spending. The majority of our students are willing to spend over $10.00 for a ticket to a really good concert and over $3.00 to see an exceptional film. The poll indicated that an average night costs us $10.16 but a night as special as last year’s Junior Prom cost us over $60.00 each. This last statistic is especially interesting when one considers that cumulatively those attending the prom spent $13,200.00 for a single night out.

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On the average the East Haven High student who works earns $2,574.00 a year, working only four days a week. Approximately 60% of our student body who are eligible to work possess some type of income producing job. Our services range front a gas station attendent to a hostess at a society club. Some of us found our first jobs at one of the many fast food restaurants in our area. It isn’t surprising to hear some of our girls singing “have it your way” or “you deserve a break today.” We are hired by successful business people, many of whom are East Haven graduates, anxious to help East Haven High students. We will always be indebted to them for teaching us the responsibilities and committments that a steady job entails. While the majority of us spend an average of fifteen hours per week working after school our poll indicated that 13% of our more devoted laborers miss classes or entire school days to increase their income. Pioneet Poll No. 3

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Viet Nam were withdrawn and the last 67 American prisoners of war were released. The country had not yet recovered from the divisiveness of this foreign conflict before it found itself plunged into an equally divisive internal conflict. The Watergate affair, which began on June 17, 1972, as a “third rate burglary” grew to national proportions and caused political dissention at every level of government. To our sur- prise, President Nixon, on nationwide television, accepted personal responsibility for the Watergate case. On August 9, 1974, Richard Millhouse Nixon resigned as the 37th President of the United States. This ultimate end was reached due to the severe pressure placed on Nixon by Congressional quarters. Since Nixon’s elected Vice-President, Spiro Agnew, had been forced to resign earlier because of problems stemming from his tenure as a Maryland governor, his appointed replacement, Gerald R. Ford, became the first man to achieve the presidency without a national election. Male-chauvinist became a household word when Bobby Riggs challenged Billie Jean King to a $100,000 winner-take-all tennis match. Riggs received a bitter blow to his ego when Billie Jean won the match. Besides being a victory for Billie Jean it was a victory for Women’s Lib. The nostalgia of the 1950’s was brought back with the movie American Graffiti. We imitated the styles of that era when we wore saddle shoes and rolled up dungarees. In place of class dances we had sock hops. All this played a big part in our Junior High Years. In September of 1974, we, the East Haven High School Class of 1978, began our high school years. These are the times we will remember and reflect upon the most. Our freshman year found us still unable to escape the continuing Watergate saga. The cover-up trial commenced and President Ford surprised many by granting former President Nixon a full pardon for all offenses he may have committed. In Connecticut politics. Democrat Ella Grasso, aided in some observer’s viewpoint by a Watergate backlash, was swept in to the Governor’s office becoming the first women to acquire the office whose husband hadn’t preceeded her in the post. The casual look was adopted in 1974. Earth shoes were introduced and were immediately accepted as the current fashion. Puka shell necklaces, whether authentic or im-mitation, adorned both male and female necks. Evel Knievel, celebrated throughout the world for his death-defying motorcycle jumps, attempted one of his most daring stunts. He constructed a small rocket which he called a “skycycle”, and in it he Nixon President Nixon says goodbye to members of his staff outside the White House August 9, 1974 as he prepares to board a helicopter for a flight to nearby Andrews Air Force Base. Nixon addressed members of his staff in the East Room prior to his departure. (WIDE WORLD io PHOTOS BY ROBERT DAUGHERTY)