Whitko High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Pierceton, IN)

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BELOW: Tom Moffitt drags out the agony for Mr. Tom Slack at a pep session. RIGHT: Ed Gebert and Brian Fox take advantage of Mr. Brad Walker's absence at the Variety Show. BELOW RIGHT: Lori Peters.

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Remember...? the Muppets ... smile buttons ... Slime... Indian trouble at Wounded Knee ... The . Billy Beer... Blizzard of '78 . Watergate ... three sectional wins ... toe socks ... the posting of the 55 m.p.h. speed limit ... oil shortages ... the Patty Hearst kidnapping ... Gay Rights ... blow dryers and curling irons ... the |.S.S room... the Jonestown suicides . the right to die campaign ... Nerf Balls ... the Concord Jet ... Whitko's National FFA judging team ... The Blues Brothers ... clones . test tube babies ... The Total Woman... the Man books controversy ... ankle bracelets . pet rocks ... the day the P.O.W.'s came home ... Idi Amin ... painting the trestle at Collamer ... soft contact lenses ... boy dolls . Pat Blain in the state tennis finals ... mood rings ... double-pierced ears ... switlies ... the Bicentennial ... cowl neck sweaters ... UFO's ... the New York blackouts ... Ouija Boards ... Panama Canal ... the coal strike ... the energy crisis ... when the Whitko Community schools first became one in 1970? PEOPLE Every little boy wanted to be like the Fonz, John Travolta or the Incredible Hulk. Every little girl hoped to be as beautiful as Farrah Fawcett Majors or The Bionic Woman. Jackie Onassis was in all the gossip magazines. Ford took over the presidency, pardoned Nixon and was known for his clumsiness. Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election and brought his entire family into the nation's lime-light: Billy and his antics, Miss Lillian and her humor, Ruth the evangalist and Amy, the White House brat. These people won the top billing in SEVENTEEN's survey: ''The Men and Women Teens Admire Most''. 1. Barbra Streisand 1. Bob Hope 2. Carol Burnett 2. John Travolta 3. Olivia Newton-John 3. Robert Redford 4. Kate Jackson 4, Burt Reynolds 5. Cheryl Tiegs 5. Bruce Jenner 6. Betty Ford 6. Steve Martin 7. Mary Tyler Moore 7. Barry Manilow 8. Shirley Temple Black 8. Kris Kristofferson 9. Linda Ronstadt 9. John Wayne 10. Jaclyn Smith 10. Alan Alda OM ato os z eZ fi ioe e4 els rf kyighahl soca | Tan TOP HITS OF THE 70'S 1970 — Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel 1971 — Joy to the World Three Dog Night 1972 — First Time | Saw Your Face Roberta Flack 1973 — Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree Tony Orlando and Dawn a 61974 — The Way We Were ; Barbra Streisand fm” 41975 — Love Will Keep Us Together j Captain and Tennille ij 1976 — Silly Love Songs Wings m 1977 — Theme From a Star is Born Barbra Streisand 1978 — Shadow Dancing Andy Gibb 2 whipped ... get rowdy ... ''You Pe, turkey!'' ... wild and crazy guy... Party WakdVeccesZitSie. .umUiakSes ral twerps ... foxes ... crude, rude and ) socially unacceptable ... try it, you'll Z ilike it... gross ... bad (meaning good) a . red neck ... ''What | want to say is not Hey!!! TELEVISION The big thing in T.V. programming was the spin-off. Happy Days gave birth to Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy. All in the Family produced The Jeffersons and Maude which in turn produced Good Times. Programming became more permissive with the appearances of Charlie's Angels, Three 's Company and Soap, but because of the pressure put on the broadcasters, ''orogramming inappropriate for viewing by a general family audience'' could not be aired from 7 to 9 p.m. If you didn't have time for reading, it wasn't surprising to find the best- seller that you'd heard about in the form of a ''mini-series''. Roots and Rich Man, Poor Man both gained popularity (and sequels) in this form.

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GOOD TIMES ABOVE LEFT: Barb Calpeter ABOVE: Julia Shepherd accompanies the Wayne Street Singers. LEFT: Carol Knarr is accused by Felicia DeLorme and Lolly Duggins for giving away ''fashion!' secrets.