Grain Valley High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Grain Valley, MO)

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What Was In... Brand name clothes became a fashionable trend. From top to toes were fashion clothes. lzod shirts and socks sporting the alligator as their emblem be- came very preppie. Calvin's, lordache, Gloria Vanderbilt's and Brittania tags showed up on back pockets of these forty dollar designer jeans. Nike shoes, which were usually priced between thirty and forty dollars, became popular and instigated the production of Nike shirts and shorts. Concert tee-shirts appeared around school from several concerts. Shirts could be purchased at all concerts in town for S10 to 514. Styx, Foreigner 4 and Queen tees were worn often throughout the year. Women's skirt hemlines raised to just below the knee. Knickers came back into fashion often worn with colored tights and ballerina shoes. Country clothes became fashion- able. Wide flounced skirts made of denim and lacy frilly tops with calf boots came in style. Pop singer Olivia Newton-lohn's album, Physical, started a trend toward physical fitness sports clothes, and headbands. The album included the hit pop song, llLet's Get Physical . Mind ticklers were brought onto the market with the Rubik's Cube that was worked by getting 36 squares, 9 of each color to make a solid face of one color. Arcades opened with such games as Pacman and Space Invaders among other video machines. For a quarter, a per- son could fill his mind with electronic lights flashing across the screen to represent missiles attacking and munchkins munching dots. Although there were many changes in the last year, old jeans and t-shirts were still the most comfortable wear of students everywhere. Top songs of 1981 were such smashes as, 'lBetty Davis Eyes , sung by new-comer Kim Carnes. Theme song from the movie, llEndless Love , played a part on the public as Lionel Richie and Diana Ross hit the charts. 'Arthur's Theme , sung by Christopher Cross, from the movie llAr- thur starring Dudley Moore was a No. 1 smash. Punk rock was a hit across the country as groups such as the Go-Gos, Wendy O. Williams, Adam and the Ants, and Devo took a stand in the music world. Part of the punk rock, craze was the image that it left. Streaked hair, leather jackets, 'lbasic black clothes, trash bags,' mohawks and funky glasses played up the punk scene. Such moves as the jerk, pony, and watusi were popular in the llpunkers dance. The movie l'On Golden Pond , starring lane Fonda, Hen- ry Fonda, and Kathryn Hepburn, was nominated for five academy awards. Other popular movies were 'Reds and 'lRaiders of the Lost Ark . l 6fFAsHioN AND PADS

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1982- Year of Firsts Nineteen eighty-two was a year of tragedy and tri- umphs. President Ronald Reagan began his first year as the oldest leader of our country serving his first term. In March, john Hinckley pulled a gun and fired at the presi- dent as he was coming out of the Washington Hilton Hotel. Also injured were a policeman and Press Secretary james Brady. The president recovered well and was soon released from the hospital. However, james Brady received a gunshot wound to the head, making his re- covery long and slow. On the foreign scene, Prince Charles chose a bride. Lady Diana Spencer and the Prince were wed in St. Paul's Cathedral on july 29. The press was allowed into the cathedral to cover the momentous occasion. Twen- ty-one television cameras brought the wedding to a worldwide audience of an estimated 750 million people. After the wedding the royal couple spent most of their honeymoon on a two week cruise aboard the Britannia. On May 20, 1981, Pope john Paul ll circled the square around St. Peter's Basillica greeting those worshippers who had gathered to greet the pontiff. Suddenly two shots rang out and the Pope collapsed. One shot grazed his arm but the other passed completely through his ab- domen. The gunman ran, but was soon caught by a plain-clothesman. Breaking a long tradition of only men serving as Su- A preme Court judge, Sandra O'Connor was appointed toi- a position vacated by Supreme Court justice Potter. Re- j tiring justice Potter commented after learning of the ap- pointment, 'You are one of nine people. You aren't subservient to anyone. On October 6, 1981, Anwar Sadat, Leader of Egypt, was assasinated. Anger was turned on Sadat after the 2 1977 signing of the Camp David agreements. Many wor- g shipped Sadat, reported to be one of the last great lead- ers. But there were those who were overjoyed upon an- f nouncement of his death. Throngs of people could be 1 found rejoicing by waving flags and rifles in the air. ' A space shuttle designed and built by the U.S. was brought into the homes of millions as they viewed the Q shuttle making its first landing. Plans for the shuttle in the near future are placing and repairing sattelites. It will also .5 be used for detection of nuclear devices. Long range 3 terms for the shuttle are to carry workers into space t l help build space stations. Astronaut Robert Crippen, - - l pilot on the space shuttle Columbia's maiden flight e- marked, llAin't no way you can describe it. l The future for the hostages that were released a e ago january 20 from Iran is looking brighter. The hos Q tages have rejoined society and are settling dow to a ' POLANU l is l I i,f'C-'7 'xx l if j' i