Fouke High School - Panther Yearbook (Fouke, AR)

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Changing With The Times School And Community -u -- Because of improvements in transpor- tation our small community of Fouke, has actually grown smaller in businesses We now have better transportation which allows us to make more trips to Texarkana. Twenty years ago, busi- nesses in Fouke included grocery stores, a barber shop, a beauty shop, a doctor's office, and a funeral home. There was even a jail. Most people had farms and logged for a living. Now many residents work for Cooper Tire, Red River. Plcoma, North American, Globe Union, and many other businesses. Many people prefer to drive into Texarkana to work so they can still live in our small yet well populated community. Fouke offers the advantages of country life, while it is still convenient to major shopping centers. Fouke has several organizations which work and strive together to better the community’s environment. Such organ- izations are Miller County Farmers’ Assocation, PTA, Volunteer Fire Depart- ment, Wild Life Association, and many others. Another reason for such an increase in Fouke's population is its school system. The enrollment in Fouke schools in 1966 was only 480. During this time our school included five school buildings. Six buildings have been added. Our enroll- ment now is growing with leaps and bounds and we have reached an enrollment of over 785. We lead the state in requirements for graduation, by requiring by 1988 a projected 26 credits for graduation The school day now includes seven periods. Each year our area continues to grow and change for the betterment of our school and community.

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THEME 9 Entertainment Entertainment, perhaps one of the greatest influences on high school students. has tremendously changed just within the relatively short time the children of 1967 have grown to become the Seniors of 1985. Only eighteen years ago, the popular movies to see were The Sound of Music, True Grit, The Godfather, and The Way We Were Ask anyone around what the three main changes entertain- ment has made within the last twenty years, and 90% would say something like “more sex. violence, and the focus of typical teenage lifestyles . This seems to be the case if you compare the box-office hits of the '80's like An Officer and a Gentleman, Porky’s, Footloose. Flashdance, Hot Dog. Spring Break, and Police Academy. Ironically though, sex. violence, and teenage issues did not play a part in the biggest hit of the '80's and all time — E.T. In the mid and late '60's, the Beatles, one of the most well-known groups ever, were making rock a cultural as well as a musical event. The music of America was being revolutionized by songs like I Want to Hold Your Hand, A Hard Day's Night, and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds No popular music superstar in the '70's equaled to the Beatles in the '60’s or Elvis in the ‘50’s. Instead, popular music became fragmented into different types, each with its own brand of devotees Perhaps the most significant of the new forms of popular music was disco It was meant to be danced to, and it spawned the flashing lights and the emphasized beat of music in countless discotheques across the nation. Donna Summer with Bad Girls, and the BEE GEES with Stayin' Alive were among the most popular of the disco artists Movies like JAWS, Rocky. Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and the unforgettable Star Wars started lines of movie-goers that were astronomically long In television programming, the most significant development was the introduc tion of realistic sit-coms. They took current events as topics for their programs All In the Family was the most popular program of the '70's. Crime and police stories were also very popular, with the twist being that several featured women as the main characters. Charlie’s Angels happens to fit the description well with its three attractive female detec- tives Nostalgia found a place in TV with the series of Happy Days and The Walton ’». The greatest change in television of the '80’s was the viewing of popular prime-time soaps Dallas had America standing on end waiting to know to know Who Shot J. R.?” Other popular prime-time soaps were Falcon Crest, Dynasty, and Knott’s Landing Soaps were by no means the only popular shows though which proved to be true by the popular viewing of shows like The A Team, Magnum P. I., The Duke s of Hazzard, Knight Rider, The Bill Cosby Show, and Hill Street Blues. The 80's could definitely not be stereotyped by any one particular type of music. In only five years, the “in” music evolved from the rock of Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garrett to the country music of Alabama. The Oak Ridge Boys. Kenny Rogers, John Anderson, Barbara Mandrell. and Hank Williams Jr Songs like Lady, Old Flame. Bobby Sue, Elvira, Family Tradition. Swinging’, If Heaven Ain’t a Lot Like Dixie, and Sleeping Single in a Double Bed dominated the music charts everywhere. Along with the country music came the rock of REO Speed wagon. Cheap Trick, and Chicago. As things changed, both hard and punk rock became quite popular With this, you began to see groups like the the Go Go's. Joan Jet and The Blackhearts, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Duran Duran, The Police, and Twisted Sister Popular singers were Cyndi Lauper, Rick Springfield. Boy George. Prince, Sheena Easton, and of course, the biggest recording star of all time — Michael Jackson. Even though entertainment and music are constantly changing with the times, the beat goes on. Changing With The Times