Lamar High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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..........Sl0-S20 Then there W Spending time with money Students feel the csqueezei from daily expenses There's one thing that nobody wants to be short of having. You guessed it, money! During the summer, most students worked to save every cent possible for their ideas ofthe necessities of life. These included that new car, that stereo which would blow anybody away or that trip during Spring Break to go skiing or to Padre. Well, as school started, it seemed the money they were saving began to disappear quickly. Prices of items needed for school included: Parking sticker ................................ S15 Gas ................. ...... S 1.10-31.15 Yearbook ........ ................. S 1 5 Club dues ...................................... S2-S7 Club T-shirts .............................. S6-S10 PSAT .............................. SAT ..... ......... ,.......... Homecoming mum ...... Boutonmere .,................... Student Directories .......,. There was also the c fun: Football tickets ........ Concert ticket ....... Movie ticket ............... Six Flags ticket .......... White Water ticket .... Albums ....................... Being in style had also: Polo shirts .................. Izod Shirts ......... Jeans ............. Mini skirts ........ Leg warmers ...... it 34.25 310.50 S25-S50 ............S5-S10 ost of having 51.50-S3 ....S3.75-54.50 312.50 58.95 ............S8-S12 s high prices, ..........S30-S50 S25 .......S20-S42 S30 S5-S10 Devo glasses .................................,.., S10 When it came to food, high prices didn't seem to bother most students: Hamburger ............. .365-32.50 S6-S15 Pizza ........................................... Sub sandwich .............S2-S5 Burrito ................................... 5.69-31.35 Cokes ............................................... .50ct as the quick stop at the store for candy: Gum ................... ..... . 35st Sucker ............ .... . l 54: Hershey bar .................................... .356 M8zM's ............................................ .3543 Most students relied on their parents' money, their allowance or their own paychecks to pay for expenses throughout the year. Others discovered that spending their dough would keep it from rising -.-........E..,.,,, Q... fl 3, it c Q f l ww...- ...W- 22 Prices Rfk, Working rapidly, Donna Baker, Pat Beaman Debbie Bailey take the PSAT test. It was Saturday moming on Oct. 23 at 8 a.m 34.25.

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Weekends are made for? Students take advantage of days to play, work As 3:25 p.m. finally rolled around after a 5-day,-40 hgur week of tests, homework and meaEhers, students were relieved because the next 48 hours were all theirs. While some students thought of weekends as strictly fun and recreation, Waiting in line, juniors Rachel Bright and Nancy Ruggiero get ready to buy movie tickets. Some ofthe more popular movies were Rocky III, Poltergist and E.T. I Q others considered it dull and aggravation. The topic is work, not homework, but employment. Many students took on weekend jobs or certain responsibilities around the house. On Friday nights, most showed up to support their favorite football team. After football season most liked to catch a movie, find a party or go out to dinner. Ah . . . Saturday, at last, the one day to sleep late, go shopping, or watch a little television in bed. But, then too, there were students who had to get up early for extra activities, such as sports. Then there was Sunday, and the traditional pro-football game on T.V., however, due to the NFL players strike which began on Sept. 20, students had to find other things to occupy their time. As sophomore Delisa Sullivan stated it, The weekend is just a time to get away from it all and enjoy. 1 as Q S Before the camping trip, Lance J ones and friend wait around for the rest of the group to arrive. Looking forward to ski trips, camping trips or just visiting with friends, made the school year seem to go faster. During a busy weekend, Anne Armstrong, stops for a bite to eat at a local fast food restaurant. In between shopping, studying and work, this was a common occurrence for students in the weekend rush. Making it shine, senior Karl Johnson, use a little elbow grease at Star Car Wash. Students could be found working all over Arlington in their spare time. Copy and layout by Cyndie Thompson 21

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IZ, 3 -1. '53 . -4l7iui1',wM .i 5 I 1 A Pg' 1 1 Q . H 1 Eltlaf 0 0 2. I , ., Important to many students. buying albums is one oftheir main pastime expenses. Albums varied from S8-512. Spending money, John Cottraux, Cheryl Clark and Stephen Stoycos, members ofthe Latin Club, pay for their meals at Pizza lnn. Pizzas ranged from about S6-S 15. l ,M ft, Pumping gas, Jana Petty fills the car to make it through another week. The cost of gasoline was about Sl.l5 which was l5 cents cheaper than the previous year. Holding a bear, Jean Chuang shows off her prize for selling the most magazines that day. Seniors raised about 813,000 which was used to finance the prom. I RVN L Copy and layout by Michele Howard 23 ,vm 1 i KX I