Morgan County R II Schools - Mirror Yearbook (Versailles, MO)

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Patricia Oorsey Tommy Drury John Dunham Andy Erb Terry Fields Mark Green Bobbi Grider Dana Halsey Steve Hanlon Anna Heitzman 1. Sean. Jenny. how do you turn this crazy thing on? 2. Kim. aren't you supposed to be doing your homework7” 3 Dawne. If I have to take role one more time ... “ Opposite page: 1. Terry. Kelly, all you do is talk. talk, talk. Donna Hess Ann Hester Jean Hull Sherry Hutchison Steve Johnston Danny Kumburg tock market dove and then sky-rocketed 22 sophomores

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Higher prices in many areas of day-to-day expenses caused many students to spend more conservatively. The decreased availabil- ity of jobs contributed to the shortage of spending money. It seems as though fewer students drove to school. The once crowded |unior-sophomore parking lot seemed almost empty. There even seemed to be fewer seniors driving to school. The spacious lots were largely due to the high cost of driving. Some of the outrageous expenses that the students of VHS encountered including: gas, at approximately $1.20 per gallon; cafeteria lunches $.80 per day; sandwiches sold at the snack bar by COE were also $.80. Jeans could rarely be found for less than $25.00. Movies were no longer the favorite form of entertainment as they were no longer inex- pensive. By the time one considered all of the expenses involved-gas for the car, tickets for the movie ($3.00), and often food after- wards-going to the movies no longer seemed as fun. Instead, many students opted for staying home and tolerating the re-runs and old mov- ies on T V. Other students would congregate at Pizza Hut to talk and sometimes even eat pizza. One advantage to the hard times” was that students discovered how important friends really were. Reagan goes to Versailles . . . Danforth relected as senator sophomores-21

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Sammi Lee Lee Marriott Robtue Marriott Dma Marshall lammy Massmgill Tina Miesner Vicki Napier Eric Newkirk tea Ann Nickels Russell Niermeyer Danny Oyler Alan Papen lisa Petty Tim Roberts Tom Salrman Brenda Schuster lenny Schwab Donnie Shewmaker In today's economy, with gas prices go- ing sky high, students found the price of having a car also went up. It seemed that fewer people were driving to school on a regular basis during the year. Through the year it seemed as though gas prices efimbed higher every day. A variety of cars were seen m the parking lots of VHS. Cars ranged from Reed Guenther's 4-wheel drive truck to Barry Clark's Corvette. Other students such as Davida Marsh and Mike Walsh were often seen in the luxury of their Cadillacs. There were also the more conservative cars, such as Chris Niermeyer Corvair. Students sometimes found it hard to keep up with all of the extra-curricular ac- tivities because of the money involved. A few students remained loyal to their cars no matter what the total cost. These students made a solemn vow to never set foot on a school bus again. For a variety, motorcycles were ridden tor both recreation and econo- my. One of the cheapest ways some stu- dents found to get to school was by using their feet. sophomoies 23