McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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James Pytlinski Joe Pythnski Kathi Quinn Sue Rabbitt Michael! Rattery Phil Ragusky Denise Raiche Patty Ramsey Rochelle Rasnic Michael Ratlit jim Ray Randy Ray Rhonda Redman Christine Reed Chery! Reese Roberta Reeves David Reger Greg Rehme John Reinhardt Mike Reinhardt Robbie Reinhardt Brenda Reinkemeyer Pam Renshaw Meg Reuter Mary Reynolds Linda Riat Liza Rice Collin Rich Randy kichards Chery] Richie Karol Richter Ken Richter Lynn Riddick Catherine Ritter Alan Roberson Laura Robertson Keith Robinson Pat Roche Rena Rockwell Rick Rodell 160 Underclass Where'd all my money go? If you were to take the average amount of money you spend weekly elated eohbliaholbvantetolal oyandetomciablelcolan ore)elee lation at McCluer North, the total amount of money spent would be no small sum! But where does it all go? Here is a list of some of MN students more common expenses: — Weekend Expenses; this was the biggest category at MN. Included in this area were such things as movies, food, and beverages of one sort or an- other. — Gasoline; this was also another big one. Students agreed that much of their gas was burned because of driv- ing to and from school, and driving around on weekends. — Cigarettes also blew a lot of pay checks. The smoking area regulars found this habit could get very expen- sive. — Believe it or not, even the food at school drained quite a few wallets, but not just the cafeteria and snack bar food. All the candy bars, M Ms, lolli- pops, candy sticks, and Tootsie Pop Drops that were sold throughout the year were hard to resist for some stu- dents. — And finally, students agreed that things like class rings, yearbooks, sen- ior jerseys, underclass and senior pic- ture packets, as well as senior an- nouncements blew quite a lot of their money even though they were bought esalbane)eleren So, the next time you are wondering what happened to all your money, take a quick look down this list. If you are like other McCluer North students, it will probably have been spent on one of those categories. CLAN

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Peggy Port ichelle P Cars+Students = When you walked to the student parking lot after school, did you uneasi- ly wonder if your car was going to start? Or if it did start, did you hold your breath worrying whether you were going to be able to drive out, or was your car going to refuse to go into drive and leave you stranded? Maybe you only had to worry about replacing that 15 or so gallons of gas you put in yesterday, or so it seems. Worse yet, you might have been worrying about all these things as you gingerly inserted your key into the ignition. Well, you were not alone as many students experienced transmission and other maintenance problems, and with gasoline hitting $1.25 and up per gal- lon, most students wondered where their next tankful was going to come from. For example, Diane Eckert, Junior, had problems with her big 1970 Ford station wagon. She drove to school each day, but, she said, ‘It has to warm up for about 10 minutes before I can drive it anywhere. Once it warms up | have to switch the transmission back and forth to get the car into drive.” Besides all that, Diane said, ‘It seems like I have to put ten dollars into the car every other day for gas.”’ Even with all its problems, Diane liked her Ford be- cause ‘My car is so big, I can almost have a party in it.” John Francis, Senior, had similar problems with his ‘68 Ford Mustang. He said, ‘‘Gas was no problem because the Mustang gets good mileage for an automatic.”’ John did have a transmis- sion problem until it was repaired. It wouldn't go into third. He also had to replace the brake linings. John said, ‘Maintenance is definitely the biggest hassle.” The biggest problem for Vernon Townson, on the other hand, was gas. Vernon couldn't always afford to put gas into his 1972 Monte Carlo. For in- stance, ‘Once I wanted to go to a drive-in to see a movie, and | couldn't because I had no gas.” Besides gas though, Vernon didn't have too much trouble with his car. Teresa Moran said, ‘I put more into my car than it’s worth because every six months something goes wrong. But gas is no problem because all my friends chip in.” Teresa's 1962 Plym- outh Fury might not look pretty, but it runs better than some. On a more positive note, many stu- dents like Joe Fazio had few problems with their cars. Even with all the problems many stu- dents had with their cars, they still liked them because they could use their cars to go to school, go to work, pick up a date or just have fun driving around town. Underclass 159

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or any other store at Jamestown Mall is lace to go shopping, a real pocket drain- ents. a eae Kathleen kodgers Vickie Rodewald Gregory Rogger Ross Rosenberg © Kim Ross: Frank Roth Jean Roth Bill Runge Paul Runge Vicki Rzepka Robin Saffley Dave Salisbury Dave Sanders Dean Schacht jeff Scheibe Steve Scheig MaryBeth Scherbring Donna Scherick Greq Scheve Jim Scheve Meg Schewe ech Patrick Schoenholt John Schott Steve Schrameyer Dave Schucker Mary Schuler Gary Schulte Linda Schulte Stephen Schutte Tim Sciortino: Patty Scognamiglio Bernidene Serber Jane Shackieston Sue Shadrach Monica Shannon Rick Sheid Scott Shepard Mike Shipley Mark Shwartz Mark Sieving Underclass 161