Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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Off Duty One great thing about R.H.S. is that it has so many ideas and events going on that it is very hard to feel left out. There are clubs, organizations, and even stu- dents that make their own groups. Every year, a new club seems to start, and there are always people interested in a club in one way or another. With this atmosphere of friendliness and togetherness, every- one finds something to enjoy. Seniors find something to do rather than to eat lunch at lunch time as they roll away Mr. Sam Martin's V.W. i¥ David Bohon poses for the most eligible male award, given annually by RHS students. 20 Student Life dwiinge 4a rea

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Going Up While the direction of the lives of the students of RHS sometimes seems undetermined, the direction of one of the things in the world around them is definitely on the way up; namely, the cost of living. Food prices have been going up at a steady rate for quite some time now forcing the con- sumer to get a little uptight. Almost all items have been affected by short- ages of some kind which have forced prices even higher. One price increase in particular has struck home to the student of RHS. Gasoline prices have forced some stu- dents to quit driving to school. Dates are now becoming limited because of the expenses — not only of gasoline, but also of the movies, and the dinners. The cost of a pizza now used to buy a nice steak dinner. So the gasoline prices have not only caused a lot of people to trade in their Cadillacs for Volkswagens, but the social life of the RHS student has also suffered. The outcome of all this has been a lot of all-around belt-tightening. While this may be good for the figure, the economic future is still rather dismal looking for the American people. Sugar, one of the highly inflated items, took a jump from 13 cents a pound to 69 cents a pound. ee a rr Pe ROTH OE GAL SEP 3 Phe aan GEHTS MORIN AOD coment The dollar has been a constant worry of the Government. President Gerald Ford Inflation hit school supplies in 74-75 started an all out fight against inflation, the program is called “Whip Inflation Now!” by raising the price of materials used (WIN). by students. ve Student Life 19

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With all the school’s knowledge surrounding her, Libby Fisher finds time to read through Ps = the latest Seventeen Magazine. MI aki Ng it E asy This year classes were varied more than usual. Many new items were added to the curriculum. Pocket cal- culators were provided for math and science departments. Also color T.V. sets were given to the departments. These items had been ordered last year to prepare for this year. A new topic that didn’t bring about much enthusiasm was the textbook controversy. As of yet, the textbooks the school owns are accepted by ail. eee Mr. Sam Martin reads the instructions on opening his new history book to Gordon Dawson. Gary Dudley and Neil Coleman find that using a calculator eases many prob- lems. Student Life 21