New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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ESP J When students get the munchies, the golden arches become very attractive. Most of the employees at McDonald ' s are New Haven students. Streaks of red and white lights from the numerous cars that sped by during this time exposure cause the interesting effect. The Pizza Hut in New Haven opened in the fall and it was a popular place for stu- dents to go after games or a movie. Sen- iors Suzanne Claus, Jamie Mann, and Michele Simon get the munchies after performing with the Highlights at a home basketball game. 1 — D GEORGETOWN gTAedZu Georgetown Theatre ' s showing of Sat- jmggay Night Fever and Star Wars ' attracts many NHHS students. 16 Weekends

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Indiana tackles numerous weather problems in 78 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. The person who wrote those famous words must not have been in Indiana during January of ' 78. Snow was the last thing that anyone needed or wanted. Until last winter when one talked about blizzards, the Hoosiers usually thought of Vermont or somewhere far away, Indi- ana is not usually known for blizzards. But a blizzard it was and it kept life at a standstill for 3 or 4 days. People were lit- erally trapped in their homes, at their jobs or on the road. Within 6 miles on a highway, 1,400 cars and trucks were stranded. Heart attack victims were at an all time high. East Allen, along with all other schools, were closed. At first, the news of this added vacation was greatly welcomed. But later, as many found out, being cooped up for a long time wasn ' t as relaxing and enjoyable as we had expected. Being around the same people with nothing to do but play cards, or watch TV can be very nerve racking. Some people were stranded for 3 days or more and when it got to the point where the exciting part of your day was racing to the window just to watch the snow plow go by, you knew it was time for a change of scene! Some people were daring and tried their luck at walking, rather wading, their way through the snow. Many found that they didn ' t have much choice in the mat- ter, as they were low on food and had to make a grueling trek to one of the local grocery stores. For those people with snowmobiles the blizzard was a blessing. Instead of going up north to snowmobile they could stay right here and ride their machines and could help people get places. After the initial excitement of the bliz- zard wore off, many people became very edgy. The slightest thing could set off the bomb of hostility that had built up inside of us all. A lot of people got a different outlook on things during the blizzard. We learned that the grumpy lady next door wasn ' t so bad after all. We learned that some of the TV shows weren ' t as great as we thought and that maybe we didn ' t hate school as much as we thought we did. Just when we started to get settled back down to normal we were subject of two problems that had a definite effect on us all once again. Yes, the coal strike which led to the energy shortage and the snow melting to become a flood. Many things were changed at New Haven High School for energy cut backs. Since the building was built to save energy it was tough for us to cut back without freezing. The school suddenly became darker as the janitors came into classrooms and took out some of the light bulbs. The flood made usage of some streets impos- sible and many people had to be evacu- ated from their homes. Looks like the king has a rather large mountain to rule over. Some of us did take the blizzard in stride and made the best of it. 18 Blizzard