Stratford High School - Mnemosyne Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Valking and talking, Freshmen Craig tiller and Mark McGovern head home fter school. According to Craig, Rid- 1g the bus is just a hassle, and walking ome only takes 5 or 10 minutes. vorking on weekends and dur- ng the summer. I picked out a fuck because I have to haul lum- Lelr. You can't do that in a Volk- agen. I Senior Leigh Whelan, explain- g how she got her 1974 Delta 8 convertible, said, It was bout five days until my 16th iirthday when my mom and I aw this car. She had always vanted one when she was oung, so she really wanted me 3 have this one. I didn't know vhat to think. I had never even ireamed of having a convertible, specially a huge black one. tbout five hours later, it was in Iur garage, and it was mine. Students who rode the bus Iften missed the convenience of ieing able to leave school when- ver they wanted. Senior Meg Iealy remarked, l'm usually the It will said Linda. Students walking were particu- larly preoccupied with dodging cars, not stepping in mud and hoping that it wouIdn't rain. Mike Warthan, who walks to school, said, It makes you want to sleep in your first class. It makes you tired. I mean getting up, rolling out of bed and walk- ing is not my idea of the best way to start a day. Sitting on a Chevrolet Blazer, Senior Kenny Cloniger enjoys a talk with Laurie Robertson, senior. inly senior on the bus. In the worning it's almost always late. Ay french horn doesn't fit down he aisle either. When you're 6 and your friends are 16, then ou start getting rides to school. wfipwwea'-.mm.'v:t,fif Q I I ,gm-'2. . on the back, Sophomore Rob- Honda XL-350. However, according to gets a ride home from joe, when it rains, he has to get a ride Woodward, sophomore, on his too. le iii' EIL te sess xx -...Y ,J . V 1 Sitting in his new car, Senior Craig james, along with Greg Koch, senior, treats himself to a lack-in-the-Box snack. Lots of people are saying South- ern Methodist University fCraig's col- lege choicej bought it for me, but they didn't, remarked Craig. cars 39 in

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Q Cars-- whee s of Eortun - 'X 'vs F Q 3 Tfi. i I' -Q ' ,av . . :gf Wx.. Having missed her ride, Freshman Holli was the first-time I ever h.ad.Hl wasn't Swayze steps up to get on the bus. She Sven Sure WhlCh One WGS mme- commented, I never ride the bus. That 38 cars if Trans Ams, Dodge Van Monte Carlos, Toyotas, Porsche Chevy Pick-Ups, Spring Brant Independent School buse Honda motorcycles, Schwir ten-speeds, and Adidas tenn shoes all transported students and from school. Cars, vans and trucks we. probably undeniably the mo desired mode of transportatio The privilege of having a car take to school was left mostly juniors and seniors. Freshme and sophomores were often tc young to drive. The cars themselves differs greatly. Some were new, othe old. Some were cushiony ar plush, while others' had on what was needed to make it rur Linda Calhoun, junior, had Trans Am and totaled it. So sl got a new one - a 79 Silver Tra Am. Students received their ca from different sources. lt w my grandmother's first. Then n brother got it, and now I have i1 stated junior Donna Marf regarding her 1966 Mustang. Kyle Crow, sophomore, on tl other hand, got his 1976 Che' Silverado through his father. lx dad bought it for me, but I' paying him back, he explaine He added, I get the money fro

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Com au are!!! M. -,4b.,' k-Q-gi Wearing a jacket with a mid-calf length skirt, junior Suzanne Alwein completes the look with boots from the Go- Round. Suzanne's major complaint was that people wouldn't dare to be differ- ent. Everyone looked like carbon copies of each other. Wearing a tuxedo outfit, a ruffled but- tondown shirt, velvet vest and tux pants complete with a satin stripe down the side, Sophomore Nancy Deal laughs during her conversation with Mike Cul- len, sophomore. Nancy described it as being one of my favorite outfits. 40 fashion clthulfna XX 3' 1 5 .1 J Displaying his Rush- Tour of the Hem sphere's concert t-shirt, Lance Ni sophomore, commented, Nl made th one myself. I just painted the design 0 with a paint brush. He added, I like, shirts because they're more comfortab' than anything else. l