East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Athletic Events Spark East High Pride On Fire The school year 1977-78 proved to be a winning year for East High. Our football team placed second in the Metro. The girls ' volleyball team came in fifth in the state, Basketball proved, too, that East is the greatest. The girls ' ended the season with a record of 24-1, losing only to Ankeny, who later became the state champions. East was rated third in the state all year long. The boys made the ratings several times. Our Student Government finally obtained permission to get the school emblem out of storage. Now the school has an emblem back in place and we are very proud of it. The fads at East High went way back to the fifties with bobby socks, spiked heels, and full skirts. RIGHT: Top, Debbie Domening, and bottom, Dave Head, show their balancing skills. BOT TOM: Passing the time away.

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Des Moines, in the state news, was chosen the All American City, the East Jazz Band performed, and their picture appeared in the Des Moines paper. President Jimmy Carter came to Des Moines, early in the year, to speak at a banquet for the Democratic party. Fifty-two East students ushered at the banquet and the East High Marching Scarlets greeted the Presi- dent at the airport. Des Moines was shocked by the triple slayings of 3 young boys. They were killed execution style while working at a construction site. At press time no one yet had been arrested for the slayings. The national news, T.V. shows were very exciting. Soap, a controversial serial, was aired. Soap, and Three ' s Company were said to be sex oriented and made marriage seem irrelevant. Soap was later discontinued. Cheryl Ladd became a new Angel on Charlie ' s Angels. Three ' s Company ' s Suzanne Somers became America ' s hottest sex symbol. In the movie scene, John Travolta started the United States on a disco dancing trend in his smash hit Satur- day Night Fever. Two new stars rose from the metal scraps — R2D2 and C3PO — and starred in the great box office hit Star Wars. UFO ' s, spacemen, and flying saucers seemed very real in the movie Close En- counters of the Third Kind. The year 1977-78 was a somewhat sad one for the silver screen stars. America lost many of her great per- formers: Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Charlie Chaplin, Groucho Marx, and Guy Lombardo. Many television specials, news articles, and memoran- dums were given to pay tribute to these great men. The coal strike crippled the nation, putting many people out of work in related industries. Anwar Sadat, president of Egypt, made national news by his un- precedented visit to Isreal. He later came to the United States to visit wi th President Carter on world wide peace. TOP: Seniors Roger Freerksen and Chris Funaro take their last walk down the hall. BOTTOM: President Jimmy Carter in Des Moines. OPENING 5

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LEFT: Chuck Detrick, Dan Hotchkiss, and Don Conklin make their way to school, through the snowy parking lot. TOP LEFT: Mark Davenport and Dianne Letze show off their Farmer Day outfits. TOP RIGHT: Randy Dunkin shows his trophy and his first place winner, a Chevy Nova. Randy won the trophy at a car show at Vets Auditorium. BOTTOM: Tom Sly, Courtney Heer, Chip Stimple, Chris Lathrop, Dawn Versteeg, Tim Johnson, Mike Siglin, and Kevin Cosner prove that foosball is still alive and doing just fine. OPENING 7