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

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Outside Action Whether partying at a friend’s house or cruising by Mr. Gattis on Saturday nights, students had their own special hangouts away from school. Most students preferred to start the weekend with a Big Mac at McDonald's. Afterwards, they’d all leave in small groups for a keg party or simply a night on the town. They could pump five dollars worth of tokens into the video games at Aladdin’s Castle or they could try to pick up dates at Kell’s Arcade. When a new face walked in the door, all the regu- lars turned to stare at the intrusion into their video territory. They could get to their hangouts only by a couple of different ways. Either their par- ents dropped them off, a fate to be avoided, or they'd drive themselves. About a third of the student body drove to school every day in everything from barely run- ning wrecks to freshly waxed and polished hot rods. Even more students had access to cars at home. Every single student who drove a car felt that if was his own car even if it legally wasn't theirs. A few spared no expense fo give their cars the best paint job, a powerful stereo tape player, and sporty, shiny wheels. Someone else's touching the car was a personal violation. The cars and the hangouts were like a home away from home to be protected from strangers. OU SNOWBALLS went flying as students were dismissed from school early after a snowstorm struck the area. ROSS HENDERSON scrapes snow from the back of his brother's car. Student Life Divider 7

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JUNIORS JOHNNY WILCOX AND ERIC TRUSLOW prepare for the tradi- tional July Fourth celebration at Old Mill Park in Fredericksburg. UNDER THE PENETRATING Nags Head sun, sophomore Margaret Rooney slathers on sunscreen while on a week long vacation. 8 Summer Anxious students had been looking forward to June 9 since April. They conjured up visions of sleeping late, glorious days by the pool, and vast ex- panses of time with absolutely nothing to do! The awaited day arrived. School bells rang for the last time. Students poured out from the school and piled onto buses. Home again, each had a chance to catch his breath before filling up empty suit- cases with bathing suits and suntan lotion, and becoming SUMMERTIME beach bound for Nags Head, Myrtle, or more locally, Fair- view Beach. A sophomore, Sara Munson, remarked that her major goal for the summer was to acquire the “perfect tan ’. While leisure-filled stu- dents were busy cultivating a tan, others were back at school. Summer classes kept them in the routine of home- work and tardy bells. As junior Terry McCloud stated, “It was a drag ... It made the day seem to go on forever.” Industrious students tumed to- ward the money-making Oppor- tunities summer provided. Full time jobs and social activities had to balance out in the course of summer. Summer jobs ranged from cutting the next door neigh- bor’s grass in 95° heat, to dipping ice cream cones from freezers at the local Carvel Store. As sopho- more Beth Hall explained, “Some of the work was hard, but if was a great way to eam money on the side.” Midsummer brought about the traditional celebrating of the July Fourth weekend. De- spite the heat, students Continued