Stone High School - Echo Yearbook (Wiggins, MS)

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Elections, Inflation and Sharks' Fireplug painting was the big thing in 1975. To create spirit for the Bicentennial, everyone took a paintbrush in hand and little people appeared on fiery street corner. The state elections captured our TV screens in the fall months. Political rallies were held at the fairgrounds and on Nov. 4th students in American History and American Government were ablefto cast votes for their can- didates. With inflation still a roblem 1 P everything continued to rise in I price. Hard hit students found themselves forking out 606 for a hamburger at the lVlug and gas hit 656 per gallon. Candy and gum couldn't be had for less than 15C and Uncle Sam deman- ded 13C for every letter he sent on its way. lVlusic did its best to keep things calm. Elton John and Barry Manilow were two very popular performers with a string of hits in 1975 and Neil Seda- ka's Love Will Keep Us To- gether done by the Captain and Tenille became the number one song in the nation. Unc e Sam greets all wwo o Stone High. He come t was painted by Connie Ying ing during the fire- plug oainting contest spon- sorec by City Hall. Bubb e gum blew up to 26. With the rise of sugar and ingredients, the student's favorite pastime of blowing bubbles became a bit more expensive. I

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The onger length skirt looks The latest in footwear inc udes eartw shoes, tennis attractive on Gail Jackson. shoes, and platforms witw patterned socks. Blue jeans, overalls, and ten- nis shoes are the order gf the After Christmas holidays, CB radios day for Danny Batgon and Tracy appeared in almost every car around Dale. town. 17 l V ,QQ X - av

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fl ffifli E? 'B 2 v l ,. .. in 2 l i, +P' Democratic candidate Cliff Finch used his lunch box as his symbol. He professes to be a representa- tive of the working man and through- out his campaign, he traveled lVliss- issippi doing various jobs. Finch vvon the election by a very narrow margin. Bumper stickers and posters pro- claimed the name of t1e Republi- can candidate, Gi Carmichael. He based '1is campaign on tue issues and spoke of c1ange for Mlississippi k . ..re r fy ,,,, f .,, trr '- :1 J f -.... reerre ...rr i t r rr i ' . lcll .t VM.. . ..', 'i' tt' A lfr . 'i'il tir f .., . ,, 1 I Z A' Y lll H . t,, t -AVVZ During the summer of 1975 the m0Vle, ..,,.. . ., Jaws Scared Swlmmers from 'Vlalfle to ,ggg California. Based on the book by Peter zgg Vt 4 Benchley, it was the story of a killer shark rr 2 t'1f ,. . that terrorized a small resort town. f:,..l,-Nw - ,,faw ,f ,. ...Ha-, .f.., any a uf , .ffm U , ,- J, .- 19