Woodlan Senior High School - Arrow Yearbook (Woodburn, IN)

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■ tATUKElNc iiicney...nc fun Today a person can hardly afford to live. Inflation has decreased the buying power of all Americans. Webster defines inflation as an increase in the amount of money in circulation, resulting in a rela- tively sharp and sudden fall in its value coupled with a rise in prices. All kinds of prices are rising rapidly such as gas prices which continue to rise ap- proaching $2.00 per gallon. We have been warned to slow down on the highways, drive conservatively and use car pools, yet Americans continue to drive single cars. Rising gas prices didn ' t stop people from travelling some distance for enter- tainment. Teenagers really couldn ' t do anything without spending the bucks. Going to movies, pizza parlors, rollerskating rinks, basketball games, football games, bowl- ing alleys and the arcades were the princi- ple forms of entertainment for teenagers. David Dingledork ' s plight typified the economic situation for teenagers in 1981 . Dingledork was an active member of his marching band at Dudley High School. Winning the band fund raising sale by sell- ing the most Cracker Jack, Dingledork ac- quired a $100.00 prize. Finally he had enough money to ask Suzie Stuckup for a date — something he dreamed about all year. The big night arrived and David was ready. He wore his brand new $30.00 Cal- vin Kleins and new $30.00 Izod sweater which left $40.00 for one single night of paradise. Suzie decided that a quiet din- ner for two at Mountain Jacks and then a quiet, romantic movie would be just splendid. David figured two movie tickets at $3.75 a piece would be $7.50, and two Mountain Jack dinners would cost be- tween $20.00 and $25.00 which he could easily cover. No . . . No! First he had to fill his gas tank up which cost $1 5.00 and left only $25.00 for the evening. How could he tell Suzie that he couldn ' t take her to a movie and dinner both? What a dilemma! Amazingly Miss Stuckup took the news very well telling Dingledor k that spending money wasn ' t the only way to have a good time, and she ' d rather see a movie than eat out anytime. The days of the night on the town had passed. People had to make choices about what form of entertainment to choose. BASKIN-ROBBINS IHNiilllliMi W ICE CREAM liNM 28 Feature

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Separately dancing and singing seem easy, but together it ' s a whole new story, as Jeff McKlnley shows how to master It. With Magic To Do, Kim Bearman, Mar- cla Rosene, and Steve Swing ask the audi- ence to join us. • P ' fe.i ' y . •f ' SS I I ' ' ' ' ytmf „; ' i B I Confusion is not the word for it, as Kathy Mull, Sheryl Engle, Tami VonGunten, and Janet Gevers concentrate on musical dyn- amics. - ■; i ; ' Mt - ' ' t: Swing Choir 27

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