Emmerich Manual High School - Ivian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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It is appropriate that the Muppets were so popular in 1979, the designated Year of the Child. However, children were not the only ones watching Channel 1 3 on Saturday nights. Teenagers as well as adults fell in love with Jim Henson ' s Kermit the frog and Mtss Piggy. In the United States over the past year, inflation rose to its highest level ever, 18%. That made the value of the American dollar decrease alarmingly, and Redskin pupils, parents, and teachers had to make economic ad- justments in their habits and in their life styles.

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This Bridge located in Garfield Park is crossed by many Redskins on the way to Manual. It is a replica of one located there in Civil War times. Seniors Duke Timbs and Loren Hansford work at the Publications Wheel of Fortune as freshman Tracy McGarr spins her way to a possible free year- book. Manual ' s Pow Wow is an activity which is at- tended by not only Redskins but also people from all over the Southside of Indianapolis. Beautiful, new Clay Courts provide a source of en- tertainment for Manualites. Courts can be rented for $3.00 an hour by the public. They are also used to host tournaments for professional teams.

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page 7 National Shrinking dollar upsets Redskins Well, officer, you see, I was just trying to get my change back. I didn ' t mean to break the coke machine, but when I accidently put my Susan B. An- thony dollar in the machine, instead of just a quarter, the machine jammed. National changes affect everyone, and Redskins were no exception. Changes like the increasing gas prices took more than just one Susan B. Anthony dollar to get Redskins a gallon of gas. Also, inflation, which was the highest in American history, reached 18 percent, which drained Redskin pockets even more. School lunch specials went up to sixty cents, and book rental cost some Redskins over twelve dollars a semester. Certainly, however, 1980 was not all depressing. Redskins survived Skylab ' s reentry into the earth ' s atmosphere, the American buffalo got their revenge on passenger trains, with the disbandment of the cross country train trips, and Cuba remained 90 miles from the United States. Every national happening or change affected Redskins. The value of class rings rose with the record value of gold. The increase in the minimum wage to $3.10 gave many Redskins a boost on their paychecks. Our actions also were part of the 1979-1980 national picture. When we visited the new Garfield swimming pool, it meant new jobs for lifeguards, and a decrease in unemployment, thus our de- cisions effected the national unemploy- ment rate. When we frequented a cer- tain fast food franchise so much that the company opened another one within a few blocks of school, we again in- fluenced the American economy. In 1980, we Redskins adapted to our rapidly changing world, and the world was changed because of us and our de- cisions. From Kennedy ' s challenge to the Iranian crisis, 1980 was quite a year. Mayor William Hudnul launched an anti-pollution campaign over the 1979 summer. Both mayoralty candidates, Hudnut and Paul Cantwell, were fre- quently seen at Indianapolis public events. President lames Earl Carter, along with other Presi- dential hopefuls, toured the country as part of his election campaign. The election will be in 1980.