Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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Se rR. eX Now and Then 1989 Year’s Top Story—Bush’s Inauguration President—George Bush Vice President—Dan Quayle Super Bowl XXIIIl—San Francisco 20, Cincinnati 16 Favorite Movie—Rain Man Favorite Actor—Dustin Hoffman Favorite Actress—Bette Midler Tunes of the Time—Wild Thing, Sweet Child O’Mine, | Want Her, My Perogative, When I’m With You Life in the U.S.A. Population—248,900,000 3 Br. Home—$88,100 Avg. Income—$30,453 New Ford—$ll,398 Gas, | gallon—$1.09 Bread—$.89 Milk, | gal.—$1.69 McDonald’s Cheeseburger—$.7| Movie Ticket—$5.00 Fun Facts More Bellbottoms try to make a comeback, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated cartoon begins, Rappers boycott Grammys due to lack of recognition Mini-Mag 1969 Year’s Top Story—Neil Armstrong lands on the moon President—Richard M. Nixon Vice President—Spiro Agnew Super Bowl IlI—New York 16, Baltimore 7 Favorite Movie—Midnight Cowboy Favorite Actor—John Wayne Favorite Actress—Maggie Smith Tunes of the Times—Leaving on a Jet Plane, Good Morning Sunshine, Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Here Comes the Sun Life in the U.S.A. Population—202,677,000 3 Br. Home—$25,600 Avg. Income—$9,433 New Ford—$3.278 Gas, | gal.—$.35 Bread, | lb.—$.23 Milk, | gal.—$l.0l McDonald’s Cheeseburger—$.27 Movie ticket—$l.25 Fun Facts More Scooby Doo, Where Are You? animated cartoon began on TV, Sesame Street also began, Woodstock festival held in New York. Photostatic Follies s | entered the room A I noticed the line of people waiting their turn. Several staff members sipped coffee as they chatted with an office assistant. This was a familiar scene, | had entered... the copyroom. If | didn’t get a chance to copy my articles for a research paper | would have to write out page after page of notes. With this haunting thought in mind, | took my place at the end of the line. This room is not colorful, painted an off-white with tan floor tiles. Papers clutter the shelves that line either side of the room, and at the far end there sits a big blue coffee pot. Despite its drab appearance, the copyroom is undoubtedly one of the most important as well as frustrating places to be at GHS. “The copy machine jams, and it prints little black dots all over everything,’’ Mrs. Becky Blotkamp, extracurricular secre- tary said. “The problem is that the machine is overworked, therefore it doesn’t workl’’ Mrs. Susan Bergdall, assistant principal’s sec- retary, explained. While the copy machine breaks down, so do the people waiting in line. “It doesn’t bother me unless | have something pressing to get copied, then everybody is waiting in line, and you have to wait five people deep to make copies,” Mrs. Blotkamp said. “After a while it gets frustrat- ing, always trying to figure out the problem,” Mrs. Janet Getts, principal’s secretary, commented. Although the copy machine is a helpful invention, at times one has to wonder. Office assistant Florence Leland said, ‘Sometimes I think it can’t copy two sides. If there are other people waiting in x line, it can be embarrassing.” Moving slowly up in the line | looked from face to face. Frequently glancing at their watches, the others sighed impa- tiently. After a moment’s indecision | turned and left the copy room feeling familiarly frustrated. It was time to start writing out those notes. —Tina Carlin

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PAGEANT brings girls closer Moments before the 27th an- nual Miss Garrett pageant, Il nervous girls paced the floor of the dressing room reassuring one another. Months of preparation began in June when contestants learned a routine for the opening number. ‘Il enjoyed practicing every week. | made a lot of friends and got to know people better,’’ Beth Hixson commented. During Garrett Days contes- tants rode in decorated cars for the queen’s parade. “It was fun having my family help me deco- rate the car. | was nervous as | waved to everyone watching the parade,” Vicky Gamble said. As the curtain opened displaying a colorful stage deco- rated in a Mexican theme, con- testants performed “Rhythm Is Gonna Get Ya,” by Miami Sound Machine. Following introductions by emcee Bob Novy, everyone rushed back to the dressing room to prepare for swimsuit competition. Heather Marti, sponsored by Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority, received swimsuit a- ward. Props enhanced this portion of the pageant as each contestant presented a staged Returning to the stage in their swim- suits, Charity Porter, Jamie Witherspoon, Jennifer Binz and Julie Wolf give the judges a final look. photo session. Next came the talent compe- tition in which contestants per- formed a variety of acts ranging from song and dance to magic. Charity Porter, who performed a dance baton act to a medley of songs, said, “I was ready to faint when | had to perform in front of all those people.” Mi- chelle Anderson, sponsored by Chamber of Commerce, won the talent award for her tap dance to “Le Jazz Hot.” Evening gown competition completed the pageant as con- testants were escorted by little girls who meant something special to them. Tina Carlin, sponsored by Elks, received evening gown award. Jamie Witherspoon, spon- sored by Tri Kappa Sorority, was crowned Miss Garrett. “Being a part of the pageant was an en- joyable experience, which | would advise any girl to be in- volved in. Don’t worry about competing, just relax and get to know the other girls,” Jamie stated. Shari Thrush, sponsored by Business and Professional Women was named first runner- up. —Tina Carlin Miss Garrett

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A Year of Change s GHS students hit A the classrooms for the first day of the 1988-89 school year little did they know of the upheaval to come. After the hottest and driest summer since the Dust Bowl, Canada’s Ben Johnson was stripped of his Olympic gold medals in Seoul and fires charred 995,000 acres of Yellowstone Na- tional Park. Fires lasted the whole summer and just missed burning Old Faithful Inn. The rest of the year would seem to be a piece of cake. But things heated back up in November with Bush and Dukakis trading insults and innuendos as they went down to the wire in the Presidential election. And the winner is ... Bush coming out ahead to be inaugurated the 4lst President of the United States with Indiana’s own Dan Quayle as his Vice-President. Back in the Hoosier state Evan Bayh was elected the first Democratic Gov- ernor since the ’60’s. The year was also one of celeb- rity upheaval. The love affair and marriage of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and actress Robin Givens lasted only months and ended in a mudslinging divorce. Confessions of TV evangelists were in vogue as Jimmy Swaggart, following the lead of Jim and Tammy Bakker, tearfully confessed on TV his trysts with prostitutes. j TV talk shows were dubbed “trash TV” with Geraldo Rivera leading the pack. Running close SJOUIN} PUP S19LUOOg :UOSPag MON OU] No Winners, Only Losers Campaign ‘88 The Smear Campaign The Quayle Quagmire The BIS Dry ss Trash From the Lurid To the Loud, Anything Goes es Eastside Park fuels debate seconds were Oprah Winfrey, Phil Donahue and Morton Downey, Jr. These shows fea- tured visits to nudist colonies, and interviews with divorcee Mike Tyson, prostitutes, mud wrestlers, satan worshippers, child molesters and other dregs of society. Salman Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses denouncing Islamic religion caused an international uproar. The Ayatollah Khomeine issued a death threat against Rushdie. The Last Temptation of Christ brought some loud cries from the church. Pope John Paul Il issued letters denouncing the movie and asking people to boycott it. For the second straight year “The Cosby Show” earned 1 po- sition and spin-off “A Different World” came in second, placing NBC at the top of the Nielsen ratings. TV show newcomers that made the top. ten were “Roseanne” and “Empty Nest’. Not so “new” members were ‘60 Minutes”, “Cheers”, and “Golden Girls’. In the music department, Tracy Chapman took a “Fast Car” to Grammy Awards pop female art- ist, new artist and contemporary folk singer honors. Bobby McFerrin won song of the year and a writing award for “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” A new cate- gory was added this year, Best Rap Performance, which was won by D.J. Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, with “Parents Just Don't Understand.” —Teresa Wiant Mini-Mag