Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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The stadium was built to serve the three high schools that were now in the district which are, Jersey Village, Cy-Fair and Cypress Creek. Penny Butler plays softball ignoring the can- struction going on to the side of her. With trucks and trailers all around the annex, P.E. and all other classes still went on as usual. BELOW: Hammering, drilling and sawing was a natural thing to hear during school hours. New Architecture The student population of the Cypress Fairbanks district seemed to be grow- ing so fast that it was hard for building and construc- tion to keep up with it. Within a five year period, the district had grown so much that it became necessary to build an annex to Jersey Village. The annex was built to extend the vocational area, including the boys' fieldhouse, auto mechanics and woodshop. With an addition of a third high school, a new centralized athletic sta- dium, which could serve all three high schools, had to be built. The stadium, the best engineered in the state, is located on Wind- fern. On May twenty-first Jer- sey Village, Cypress Creek and Cy-Fair played spring football games on the new field. Visitors came to see the teams play, and to initi- ate the new stadium. The stadium was ready for use at the begin- ning ofthe 1977-1978 school year.

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Our Community Jersey Village began transformation from a small subdivision to a growing community. A new convenience store Mr, M added to the community and to the weight problem of Jersey Village students. lt became a natural meeting place to cure after school mun- chies. New home construction along with road construction marred the landscape in Jersey Village. Almost every vacant lot in Jersey Vil- lage became a new homesight, and signs like Come on over to Charlie's house, invited people to sales offices. Along with the changes, something remained the same, such as the efficiency of the Jersey Village police department. School zones and speed limits were as is renown for the JV Police, stringently enforced. Many students became experts at explaining for not explainingl their way out of tickets. . t---- Jersey Village Baptist Church is located on one of the entrances to Jersey Village. It is one of the two churches in our little community. i 2 :T N1 , my .1 4, ,,,,..., 5 The drive-in called Mr. M was built this year beside West Belt at the entrance of Jersey Village. The kids can stop and get a snack or fill up their cars with gas. A familiar sight in Jersey Village, the man in the front seat has seized many a student, coming and going from school, for not obeying the 30 m.p.h. speed limit. On a hot day Julie Gleason washes her car with a lit- tle help from Robert Achgill. A trivial sight in our com- munity. Construction on Phillipine interrupted many students' route to and from school.

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Although school involved a major portion of students' time during the week, the weekends were open for dates and leisure time. Away from school students enjoyed things such as dancing, skating and eating. The Copper Dollar was a meeting place for the boys. The place offered an assortment of machines and games, such as pool, pinball, air hockey, and foosball. Roller skating became an obses- sion for many students. Many went skating at Northwest skateworld every night, while others went only once a week. Memorial City was a super place to go shopping. You could either take it easy and window shop or buy the stores out. If one place was singled out from all the rest of the hangouts it would be Tin Hall. Country music became very popular with the stu- dents, and the place to go dancing was Tin Hall, actually a tin building located on Huffmeister Road. After sports events and other activities Pizza Inn, Pizza Hut, Huck- leBerry, Clyde's, and Taco Bell were popular places for gathering. After School Tin Hall, Huffmeister Road, was the number one ing becameabig problem. hangout When a popular band was there, park- Clyde's Eatery, Northwest Freeway, was built at the end of the school year. This place became popular because of its unique interior. l8 - Student Lite LQ.--as - we-if His- Taco Bell, located on Gessner, become very popular with the stu- dents this year. Pizza lnn was a hangout after football games. The lnn is located on Gessner.