Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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Hello, Mom? Telephone communication is a must between school and home. Keeping the lines open can be a problem for Mr. Steinkraus. Is James there? Finding that favorite someone at home can be a drag, but when Kelly Packer calls her favorite someone, he'd better be home!

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Let the games begin. After the football players were introduced and the candles were lit, Dan King and Ben Wright signaled the beginning of the homecoming pep assembly by lighted torch. Homecoming Court. Front row: Jennifer Bissell, princess; Chris Kindle; Julie Hartman, Shameil Fields. Back row: Karen King, Karen Bigelow, 1984 Queen Robin Woodard, Amy Keeler, and Amy Frost.

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1 ■ IScgaicsDn aondC ftooncgOn Short distance calls cost big bucks by Kerri Barr You're sitting in class, and halfway through the hour, you realize that today is going to be one of those days. Nothing is going to go right. You just realized that your parents are going to kill you. It's the day that you decide to move out before you get kicked out, the day you run straight for your closet to hide, the day your parents get that outrageous phone bill! As you walk through the door, and you see your parents with the phone bill in their hand, you say to yourself, Those are the meanest looks I have ever seen! As your par- ents are breaking into your piggy-bank, yell- ing and screaming at you, and hitting you with the telephone receiver, you're pleading with them and say, But, the television is al- ways telling me to 'reach out and touch some- one!' For the average stu- dent, reaching out and touching someone costs money. Only a few peo- ple are lucky enough to have all of their friends in the same toll-free calling area. For exam- ple, there were only 182 students who had a Ves- taburg phone number. So, Vestaburg was the only place they could call without paying long distance rates. There were some places, just a couple of miles away from Vestaburg that were long distance, like Edmore, Winn, Riverdale, and Crystal. People got discouraged when they Don't tell anyone. During one of his routine calls from Uncle Paul's, sophomore Brian Camp waits for the operator to ask for his number while a shadowy figure lurks in the background. Predictable. A sight seen almost everyday was that of Kim Beach talking on the pay phone during sec- ond lunch. Who is her contact with the outside world? needed to call someone, who lived just a cou- ple miles away, or even just next door, because it was long distance. Tim Beach had a Crystal phone number, and David Scott, who lived just across the road, had a Vestaburg exchange. It's stupid to call him. It costs money, said Tim. I usually run over there, but sometimes I call. It depends on how important it is! I usually call him to go someplace, said David, or he calls to come down or go hunt- ing. It's fun to run over there sometimes, but I call more often. Most students admitted to making a few long distance calls. Out of 152 people sur- veyed, the average range of time talked was from as low as 5 minutes to as high as 2 hours. About three-fourths of the students did not have to pay for their long distance calls. The 10th grade class led the school, with the most long distance calls, with the 11th and 12th grade not far be- hind. My highest bill was $60.00, because I was at camp in Indiana and Joe was in Pittsburgh. I hated camp, so I called all over the United States, my grandma in California, my mom and dad back home, and Joe every night, said Karen King. It looks as though reaching out and touch- ing someone had a big influence on the stu- dents. When you're feeling down, because you have to pay for an outrageous phone bill, just remember; you're not the only one who has these problems. Your friends have them, too. Vestaburg High School. Answering the phone is just one of the many jobs for Mrs. Tubbs. Keep- ing a smile through a hectic day can be a problem but she always manages. What's her secret? it This telephone system is for the birds! JJ Mrs. Tubbs Phone calls 11