Northeast High School - Charger Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

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Gaucho gal - Sophomore Carolyn Larry wears popular combination of boots and gauchos. Gauchos came in a variety of fabrics, colors, and designs. Boot styles were also numerous and cost anywhere from S40 to 3100. Itls a hold-up! - Senior Becky Vestal shows off down-home styled suspenders, a popular fad in 1976-77. Sitting down on -the job - Senior Mary Lynn Hollowell finds it easier to sit in painters pants than to paint in them. Painters pants provided cheap, comfortable wear for many students. if - Fads And Fashionsfli

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Prime Time Teens blend fashions with comfort Rugby anyone? - Sophomore Dennis Whitclock sports a rugby shirt. Rugby shirts were popular with both sexes in the warm weather that started and ended school. jumping inlo fashion - Iunior Darilyn Dodson's denim jumpsuit is complimented by colorful silk scarf. on't be surprised if the next time you see a house being painted the painter has no pants. Most likely his teenage son or daughter has borrowed them. . Painters pants were the latest fad. Nearly every boutique sold those baggy looking, loose fitting, white painters pants. To top those painters pants one usually wore a boldly striped but- toned front rugby shirt. Colored stripes ranged from flashy red and orange to the mighty blue and gold. For the bottom half of the female sex gaucho pants were the craze. Gauchos were those half pants, half dress that everyone had their own opinion about. Equal partners with the gauchos were those sleek looking, tight fitting boots that made the outfit complete. Over everything went overalls, another favorite, especially on dreary days when nothing else could get you in the mood for school. Kim Bowman

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UIC ll IITO 'III Summer made fade but the memories stay he summer of 76 faded along with that golden tan you natural- ly got after so many hours in the sun. Shivering and pale, you may think back on all the things that made that sun-filled time one of the greatest. Many students got a late start into their summer vacation because of dreaded summer school. Sophomore Bill Lea said, that one session of summer school was enough for him. It was a drag wasting some of my summer away making up for goofing off in -school. he said. Students also indulged in water sports such as swimming, water skiing, boating and for one brave junior, skinny dipping. According to Iunior Vicki Hitt, summer was a time for relaxation and taking it easy. For others it was a time for hard work. Spirit groups such as cheerleaders and drill team members had early morning practices. Then of course the football team was busy with practice too. They practiced two shifts a day, two days a week. Senior Scott Mize recalled the hot and sweaty ordeal. It was the hardest practice I'd ever had in my life, he said. Other energetic students made good use of their spare time by acquiring summer jobs. Vickie Lively Sudden shower-Iunior Kebby McCluskey gets a quick rinse-off from Senior Iulie Peoples and lunior Darilyn Dodson at he Drill Team summer carwash. 12 Prime Time Looking Good - Seniors Paula Capps and Keri Hibbard find time to munch at the summer golf tournament. Three In A Row - lunior Rhonda Harget and Seniors Dee Russell and Mike Marlow, stack up for fun with a human totem-pole.