Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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A penny saved is a penny earned. The newly erected bank is proof that Griffith is growing to accomodate new business and fill long vacant spots on Broad. Cement blocks, mortar, cranes and man power help to build the new mall. Two Cinemas, a department store and a restaurant are part of the Griffith Park Mall. Koehrin Detour, detour detour. All through the town signs are placed to warn the passerby that construction is underway. A new sewer system was established this summer. Dirt and gravel cluttered the unpaved streets of town during the summer construction months. Motorists and pedestrians alike found traveling difficult. 2 There Has to be a First

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GRIFFITH HIGH SCHOOL • GRIFFITH, INDIANA • VOLUME 38 THERE HAS TO BE A FIRST 2 • A LOT OF CLASS 12 • A TOUCH OF CLASS 26 • BE A SPORT 34 • HAVE IT YOUR WAY 70 • UNTOLD STORY 88 • FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE 100 • PERSONNFL 188 • STUDENT BODY 124 • ADVERTISEMENTS 124 • INDEX 190 Title page 1 T -1-ogetherness, endless hours spent with a group of people who understand and relate to one another. Togetherness, it made the football and swimming teams, the floats, the body pass races and it built the pyramids. It didn ' t matter whether you won or lost, you did it together. Togetherness, it was Turnabout, Prom and the workers that made it all happen. It was Homecoming, Senior Banquet, Honor’s Day and Christmas vacation. It was partying. The times remembered and the times cherished were the happy times spent together. Reflector ’79

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Community Always a first Remember When Santa Brought Your First Two Wheeler? You Could Not Wait Until Spring Arrived To Try It. Only too soon did you discover that at first it wasn ' t as easy as it looked. But, you mastered the skill of bicycling and finally rode on the nearest street instead of the nearest sidewalk, because the street contained fewer bumps which, of course, meant faster speeds. Your next big first was your want to drive. If you were one of the lucky ones, Dad had taught you to drive before your driver’s ed class. If not, you were forced to get in the car and start it up with the instructor and two classmates staring at you. After locking the door, buckling the seat belt and releasing the emergency break, you realized you were too short to reach the gas pedal. Thus you yanked up the seat, only as the seat belt cuts off your circulation did you discover that you had worked it in the wrong order. But, finally you were out on the road that had once been your bike path. The only difference was that the road was no longer smooth. Streets were ripped apart, potholes were inevitably hit and detour signs pointed everywhere except in the direction you wanted to go. On your bike, the sewer construction held little effect, but in the car it was quite different. Firsts. For the town, sewer construction was on the top of the list, followed by even more neonization along Ridge Road. Where you first went to see “Bambi at the Ridge Road Drive-In, you were now eating breakfast at Sambos. Everything will have to happen at least once, whether it was the first railroad track laid in Griffith or Armstrong ' s first step on the moon, that once” had to be a first. There Has to be a First 3