Class Officers: President: Steve Starr Vice-President: Teresa Williamson Secretary: Joy Hughes Treasurer: Donna Taylor Reporter: Denise Bean     Student Body President: Jason Cutbirth Valedictorian: Brenda Verrett Salutatorian: Russell Smariga Voted: Homecoming Queen: Suzan Riehl Class Favorites: Joy Hughes and Jason Cutbirth Class Wittiest: Donna Taylor and Nicky Snell Most Likely to Succeed: Mary Smith and David Upton Most Friendliest: Karen Davidson and Mark Knox Most Representative: Joy Hughes and Jason Cutbirth Most Handsome: Mike Naron Most Beautiful: Joy Hughes Mr. Deer Park: Mike Wheat Miss Deer Park: Joy Hughes Athletics: All District Football: Mark Kirchner, First Team   Allen Westmoreland, First Team   Bo Williams, First Team   Bill Ervin, Second Team Honorable Mention: Doug Battarbee   Tommy Hughes   Russell Wood     Girls Track: Glenda Walker, District, Regionals     Girls Volleyball: Donna Roberts, First Team   Terri Simkins, First Team   Cindy Howell, Second Team     Swimming: David Smith, Best Male   Peggy Payne, Best Female     Golf: Gary Ladd, MVP     Tennis: Mike Wheat, Regional Qualifier     Boys Basketball: David Simmons, First Team   Nicky Snell, First Team   Byron Moake, Second Team Honorable Mention: Greg Crawford     Girls Basketball: Dana Thiessen, First Team   Marilyn Stewart, Second Team Honorable Mention: Bonnie Mabry     Baseball: Billy Shock, Second Team Honorable Mention: Greg Crawford Memories: We were a graduating class of 439 436 received diplomas at our graduation ceremony We graduated on May 25, 1978 Senior Play was Cinderella with Gary Ladd as Prince Charming and Melissa Parker was Cinderella Prom - At the prom there was a "Disco Dancing Contest" and the winners were Jay Bullington and Pam Craig Prom - Frank Sessions and his date, Loreine Smith, built a tower of punch glasses Prom - Steak was served and that was a first for Deer Park proms Our class was formed by only two junior high schools, Deer Park Junior High and Deepwater Junior High. Students living in the Highlands attended DP Junior High starting in 6th grade. In junior high we competed against each other in football season complete with marching bands, twirlers and cheerleaders. The year we graduated we participated in over 48 clubs and activities extracurricular.  The band held a successful fundraiser and enjoyed a spring trip to Six Flags. The Deer Escorts flew to El Paso and performed two routines at the Sun Carnival Tournament.  It was the first time for a lot of us to fly in an airplane.  The Social Studies Club enjoyed a trip to the Texas Renaissance Festival. Places We Went Crosby Stomp Ferry Roadrunner Uncle Sams Drive-In Movie (Cheech and Chong) Charburger Astroworld Galveston Ken's Popular Musicians and 1978 album releases up to our date of graduation Bee Gees with "Night Fever and Stayin Alive" Paul McCartney and Wings John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John Rolling Stones - Some Girls Commodores with "Three Times a Lady" Genesis - And Then There Were Three REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish Atlanta Rhythm Section - Champagne Jam U.K. - U.K. Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Joe Walsh - But Seriously, Folks... David Gilmour - David Gilmour Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel The Moody Blues - Octave Foreigner - Double Vision Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food Billboard's Top 100 for 1978 1 Andy Gibb Shadow Dancing 2 Bee Gees Night Fever 3 Debby Boone You Light Up My Life 4 Bee Gees Stayin' Alive 5 Exile Kiss You All Over 6 Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love 7 Player Baby Come Back 8 Andy Gibb (Love Is) Thicker Than Water 9 A Taste Of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie 10 Commodores Three Times A Lady 11 Frankie Valli Grease 12 Paul Davis I Go Crazy 13 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John You're The One That I Want 14 Samantha Sang Emotion 15 Eric Clapton Lay Down Sally 16 Rolling Stones Miss You 17 Billy Joel Just The Way You Are 18 Wings With A Little Luck 19 Yvonne Elliman If I Can't Have You 20 Chic Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) 21 Chuck Mangione Feels So Good 22 Nick Gilder Hot Child In The City 23 Sweet Love Is Like Oxygen 24 Bonnie Tyler It's A Heartache 25 Queen We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions 26 Gerry Rafferty Baker Street 27 Barry Manilow Can't Smile Without You 28 Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams Too Much, Too Little, Too Late 29 Peter Brown Dance With Me 30 Meat Loaf Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad 31 Raydio Jack And Jill 32 ABBA Take A Chance On Me 33 Dan Hill Sometimes When We Touch 34 Donna Summer Last Dance 35 Olivia Newton-John Hopelessly Devoted To You 36 Foreigner Hot Blooded 37 Rod Stewart You're In My Heart 38 Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway The Closer I Get To You 39 Kansas Dust In The Wind 40 Walter Egan Magnet And Steel 41 Randy Newman Short People 42 O'Jays Use Ta Be My Girl 43 Natalie Cole Our Love 44 Pablo Cruise Love Will Find A Way 45 Andy Gibb An Everlasting Love 46 John Paul Young Love Is In The Air 47 David Gates Goodbye Girl 48 Paul Simon Slip Slidin' Away 49 Heatwave The Groove Line 50 Jay Ferguson Thunder Island 51 Atlanta Rhythm Section Imaginary Lover 52 Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band Still The Same 53 Toby Beau My Angel Baby 54 Trammps Disco Inferno 55 George Benson On Broadway 56 Styx Come Sail Away 57 L.T.D. Back In Love Again 58 Player This Time I'm In It For Love 59 Carly Simon You Belong To Me 60 Dolly Parton Here You Come Again 61 Linda Ronstadt Blue Bayou 62 Steely Dan Peg 63 Anne Murray You Needed Me 64 Evelyn "Champagne" King Shame 65 Little River Band Reminiscing 66 Jefferson Starship Count On Me 67 Eddie Money Baby Hold On 68 Shaun Cassidy Hey Deanie 69 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-john Summer Nights 70 Lynyrd Skynyrd What's Your Name 71 Crystal Gayle Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue 72 Patti Smith Because The Night 73 Robert Palmer Every Kinda People 74 Barry Manilow Copacabana 75 Heatwave Always And Forever 76 Rick James You And I 77 Earth, Wind and Fire Serpentine Fire 78 Bob Welch Sentimental Lady 79 LeBlanc and Carr Falling 80 Santa Esmeralda Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood 81 Michael Johnson Bluer Than Blue 82 Jackson Browne Running On Empty 83 Kenny Loggins Whenever I Call You "Friend" 84 Chris Rea Fool (If You Think It's Over) 85 Foxy Get Off 86 Electric Light Orchestra Sweet Talking Woman 87 Joe Walsh Life's Been Good 88 Alicia Bridges I Love The Night Life 89 High Inergy You Can't Turn Me Off (In The Middle Of Turning Me On) 90 Linda Ronstadt It's So Easy 91 Odyssey Native New Yorker 92 Parliament Flashlight 93 Boston Don't Look Back 94 Electric Light Orchestra Turn To Stone 95 Eruption I Can't Stand The Rain 96 Bob Welch Ebony Eyes 97 ABBA The Name Of The Game 98 Rita Coolidge We're All Alone 99 Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band Hollywood Nights 100 Steely Dan Deacon Blues (ed. Deacon Blues is last place? Debbie Boone's tune is better? :-O ) Movies Grease Saturday Night Fever Close Encounters of the Third Kind National Lampoon's Animal House Jaws 2 Heaven Can Wait Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope Revenge of the Pink Panther The Deer Hunter TV Programs Laverne & Shirley Three's Company Mork & Mindy Happy Days The Ropers What's Happening!! Alice M*A*S*H One Day at a Time Taxi 60 Minutes Charlie's Angels Angie Alice All in the Family WKRP in Cincinnati Soap Eight Is Enough Barney Miller CBS Sunday Night Movie Cost of Living Yearly Inflation Rate USA 7.62% Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 805 Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 11.75% Average Cost of new house $54,800.00 Average Income per year $15,000-$17,000.00 Average Monthly Rent $260.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 63 cents 1LB of Bacon $1.20 Dozen Eggs 48 Cents Technology Illinois Bell Company introduces first ever Cellular Mobile Phone System Space Invaders Launches Craze for Computer Video Games The first computer bulletin board system BBS is created 98% of all American homes have a television First Test Tube Baby is born in England a girl Louise Brown, from in vitro fertilization Cars Camero Mustang MACH 1 Vega Pinto Nova GTO Cobra Cutlass Chevelle Events Camp David Peace Treaty Egypt makes peace with Israel Public Service strikes in UK causes major disruption to all services After nearly 30 years The Volkswagen Beetle stops production having manufactured 20 million cars Worldwide Unemployment rises after several decades of near full employment Gold reaches an all time high of $200.00 per ounce The US Dollar plunges to record low against many European currencies The Japanese car Imports account for half the US import market following the energy crisis and increase in fuel prices that fuels demand for economy cars The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland Sweden becomes the first nation to ban aerosol sprays that are thought to damage earth's protective ozone layer. Rhodesia's prime minister Ian Smith and three black leaders agree on the transfer to black majority rule. The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz runs aground on the coast of Brittany, causing an ecological disaster with a slick 18 miles wide and 80 miles long covering about 200 miles (320 km) of Brittany coastline Serial killer David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam," is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison The US stops production of the Neutron Bomb (Kills People but leaves buildings and infrastructure standing) The first Susan B. Anthony Dollar is minted The Cult leader Jim Jones instructed 400 members of his church, "People's Temple", to commit suicide Israel attacks on southern Lebanon following bus hijacking in Tel Aviv A powerful magnitude 6.5 earthquake hits Thessaloniki, Greece Pope Paul VI dies at age of 80 John Paul I Becomes Pope from August 26, 1978 and dies just 33 days later on September 28, 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II Worlds Population Estimated at 4.4 billion Dominica Gains Independence From Great Britain Karl Wallenda, founder of the Flying Wallendas, dies after falling off a tight-rope Argentina Wins 1978 World Cup in Argentina Terry Kath, guitarist and founding member of rock band Chicago dies from an accidental gunshot wound to the head from a gun he thought was unloaded. He was 32 years old. Steve Martin performs the original "King Tut" on Saturday Night Live; also that night, The Blues Brothers make their first appearance on the show. Peter Frampton is nearly killed in a car accident in The Bahamas, suffering multiple broken bones, a concussion, and muscle damage. The first Texxas Jam is held over the July 4 long weekend at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. The first day features Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, Heart, Journey, Head East, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Eddie Money, Van Halen and Walter Egan. Sunday consists of Willie Nelson headlining his sixth annual Fourth of July picnic. The Who drummer Keith Moon dies in a central London flat after a prescription drug overdose at the age of 32.  Want to change something here? Add something? Just say the word - jimthecomputerguy@proton.me