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1975 In Review
... or "What was it like in the old days?"
Robbie Lagrone announced plans for his new store to be built by Aug. 1975 • New Beckville Post Office was dedicated on May 18, 1975 • The Key Club's annual Jr.-Senior Prom was held on May 24, 1975--Tickets were $2.00 in advance & $2.50 at door • 12 beautiful young women vie for the crown of Miss Panola County on May 31, 1975, one of of whom was Ms. Missy Watson • Beall's Department store advertises ladies shoes for $5.88 per pair • Whirlpool clothes dryers were on sale at Western Auto for $188.00 • John Templin announces candidacy for Panola County Sheriff • Buddies Supermarket advertised picnic hams for .59¢ per lb and beef brisket for .98¢ per lb. while Perry Bros. advertises metal lawn chairs for $4.78 each • James Clayton Lagrone is guest speaker at the 1975 CHS graduation ceremonies held on May 29th.
Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company • Sister Golden Hair - America • Only Women Bleed - Alice Cooper • Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd • Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith • Best of My Love - The Eagles • Tush - ZZ Top • Bad Time - Grand Funk Railroad • That's the Way (I Like It) - KC and the Sunshine Band • Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell • You're No Good - Linda Ronstadt • Someone Saved My Life Tonight - Elton John • Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band • You're The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White • The Hustle - Van McCoy • Fight The Power - The Isley Brothers • One of These Nights - Eagles • Low Rider - War • Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan • Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd • Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen • Touch The Hand - Conway Twitty • Always Wanting You - Merle Haggard
Jaws • Rocky Horror Picture Show • Dog Day Afternoon • One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest • Tommy • Funny Lady • Three Days Of The Condor • Return Of The Pink Panther • Shampoo • The Other Side Of The Mountain • The Apple Dumpling Gang • Cleopatra Jones & The Casino Of Gold • Breakout • The Land That Time Forgot
Good Heavens • Laverne & Shirley • Maude • The Bionic Woman • Phyllis • Sanford and Son
Rhoda • The Six Million Dollar Man • Happy Days • All In The Family • M*A*S*H • Welcome Back Kotter • The ABC Sunday Night Movie • The Waltons • Starsky and Hutch • Kojak • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
North Vietnamese take Saigon ending Vietnam war • Microsoft founded • Altair introduces Altair MITS 8800, first personal computer • Apollo-Soyuz test flight (U.S. & Soviet spaceships dock) • Civil war begins in Lebanon • Khmer Rouge occupy the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penn, ending the Cambodian civil war • The Thriller in Manila: Boxers, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, fight in Manila, the Philippines • President Ford escapes assassination attempt • President Ford escapes 2nd assassination attempt in 17 days
Frisbees • Girls allowed to wear "pant suits" to school when we began 8th grade year • Skirts: Mini, Midi, or Maxi length • Hair--yes we had hair • Klackers • Turner High Malt Shop, Vick's Malt Shop, Brownie's Drive Inn, The Chick Inn • Harold's Pizza Parlor, The Chopping Block