Stafford Senior High School - Indian Legend Yearbook (Falmouth, VA)

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ralhpsport. RALLY RACE. Bobby Jo Newton and Keith Matherly stop to socialize in the school’s parking lot before heading home after school. FREE WHEEL. Senior Steve Perkins shows off his skills as he maneuvers his motorcross bike through some rough terrain. EASY RIDER. Freshman Bun Weaver uses her ten speed to take her from Clearview Heights to a nearby High’s store. OPEN AIR. Senior Scott Garrison takes advantage of the cheaper gas expense of riding a motorcycle to reach his home in Woodlawn. LEISURELY STROLL. Freshman Sandy Embrey, left without a license to drive, walks to a nearby friend's house. Transportation 17

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Subdivision after subdivision, farm after farm — Stafford is a rural county. So how did one get from Ferry Farms to Clearview Heights, from Woodlawn to Spring Valley? How did one get from one’s doorstep to school, restaurants, or the mall? The an- swer is plain and simple. One needs a car. Without a car, one is socially handicapped. Stafford being a rural community, students found their own means of trans- portation. Public transportation, such as buses and subways, wasn't available. Sophomores and freshmen who weren't old enough to drive had to rely on parents or older friends to get around. As sopho- more Julie Harold said, “not having a car doesn’t allow the freedom that your older friends have, such as going out after football games and on weekends.” Dances after football games provided underclassmen with a chance to socialize; still, trans- i 16 Transportation portation was needed to get stu- dents home or to weekend hangouts. Most juniors and seniors who drove said that they spent an av- erage of fifteen to twenty dollars a week on gas, with driving to school and getting around on weekends. But suppose the price of gas was raised to five dollars a gallon? ‘I wouldn't drive as much,” said junior Har- vey Wilson. “But I'd die if they raised the driving age to 18!” People who drove often found that they had more friends than they could fit in their car. Stu- dents found themselves carting numerous classmates to and from school. This took up a ma- jor part of a student’s driving, but on weekends, “cruising” was a favorite pastime. Other forms of transportation such as skateboarding, roller- skating, bicycling and jogging were more often used as recre- ation or fun. A car was still often needed to get to a track or to a roller rink. ye iii HEADED HOME. Students wait to move into the line of afternoon traffic leaving school. ROLLING ALONG. Dan Duncan spends some of his free time skateboarding about his driveway.

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é WHERE THE BOYS ARE. Freshmen Mark Lenzi and Danny Beverly stroll the Spotsylvania Mall’s corridor looking for familar faces. 18 Transportation Weekends were made for ... Students watched the clocks anxiously as their teachers lec- tured endlessly. It was the last period of the day; one of those favorite sixth periods; cause ... it was Friday! RRRing! Teachers hid behind their desks as students stam- peded into the hall and sighed as the last one scampered out. It was the beginning of another weekend and everyone was ready for it. “The thing | enjoy most about the weekend is there’s no school,” muttered se- nior Doreen Ferree. The lobby was a mass of con- fusion as ‘the anxious” scurried to their lockers and out the doors. Showers needed to be taken, plans made, drivers found and early curfews protested. As the sun set, cars filled with teenagers began to appear. No certain place seemed to be the hangout, students were dis- pursed throughout the area. Senior Charlie Brown wasn’t certain where the “in” place was, “| guess everyone usually goes to Gatti’s.” The former McDon- ald’s hangout was losing it’s customers. Plain clothes cops had been stationed in the restau- rant to stop loitering. Senior Dave Rizzo had been kicked out several times, “I’m banned for life now, ‘cause | called a girl a ... ” Students were then going to Carrol’s, Pizza Hut and other fast food restaurants. The Spotsylvania Mall attracted everyone. Guys could take their dates to one of the four cinemas. Video fanatics could spend their quarters in the mall’s arcade, Aladin’s Castle, while (continued) OVER AND OUT. Freshman Michael Duncan bounces and flips on his backyard trampoline. PICK UP GAME. At an afternoon basketball game held at Brooke's Park, senior Joe Akins guards freshman Mike Coleman.