Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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,Letting the Gold Shine Through 'Vhe word 'gold' was everywhere at Home stead lt was first the walls, then the clothing uolors ol Fridays and eventually a shining spir it Maybe it was rust a reflection of the nations awakening to a new decade Gold seemed to fill the air for show business slandouts, as actress Goldie Hawn made her big fiomebarszk m motion pictures Who would have ever thought the bubbly blond klutz from the old TV show l'Laugh ln would have made her way upto the golden glitter of Hollywood? But even more astonishing is tht- tarpl that a pig. appropriately named Miss Piggy, rzapturf-d the hearts ot many by absolutely hogging the snroen in all of her appoarannes Un tho television screen, the producers of Dallas struck gold by placing the rnterna' tional question, Who Shot .l H V on all of its fans' minds The episode which answered the mind bogglrng question had the highest televr sion ratings in history and the most expensive rzornmercial time, setting a reoord of 5500.000 per minute What a gold mine! This power of gold seemed to be held throughout rnuoh of the year by women Sherry Lansing was appointed president of Twentieth Century Fox As the first woman in such a pres tigious position, she was paving the way for others as well Former actor Ronald Reagan rode on this newly paved path by winning a landslide victory in the Presidential election On his Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20, Washington, D C Flag Core finale! Perlorrmng with per leri lion the flag Lore steps lo the beat with the Marrslung Spartans during a football halftime slrow was decorated with banners, streamers and loud Cheers as the president rode down Penn- sylvania Avenue Another elaborate decoration glowed on the same day, but it wasn't in honor of the new presldent The Christmas tree on the Whrte l-louse lawn finally glistened at the order of former President Carter Over the holiday season of 1979, Carter vowed the lights on the tree would not go on until our 52 American hos tages were set free from Iran and they were. after 444 terrifying days of captivity A sigh of relief fell over Arnerioa after hearing the news Soon, plans of WGlC1OlTllllQ celebrations were on their way and yellow rlbhons donned streets, buildings and houses because, 'Uur Amer: cans were coming home l' The return of the hostages wrll definitely be placed as a golden moment in our history books The year's shiny path of gold made its way to the halls of Homestead too When we re turned to class in August the building had a new look, bright colored walls, lockers and room numbers had been painted throughout the school New equipment for classroom use was starting to roll in, but even more improvements were yet to come with the advancement ofthe schools face lift lt didn't take us long to realize that Southe west Allen County Schools had a brighter out- look on the future, and that during the school year, one thousand plus Homestead students would be Letting the Gold Shine Through.

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