If this article has caught your eye, you may be asking yourself, “40 years? How can that be?” But if you graduated from Montour High School in 1985, the following may take you back.
Senior Class favorites:
- TV show: “Cheers”
- Hangout: Burger King
- Actor: Clint Eastwood
- Actress: Shelley Long
- Movie: “Ghostbusters”
- Comedian: Eddie Murphy
- Album: “Purple Rain”
- Single: “Hard Habit to Break”
- Male Singer: Bruce Springsteen
- Female Singer: Cindi Lauper
- Most families attended church regularly
- Girls liked big hair, mood rings and shoulder pads
- Boys were into boom boxes, Walkmans and video arcades
- Video rental stores were ubiquitous
- Ronald Reagan was president
- The average income was $23,000
- Minimum wage was $3.35
- Microsoft released Windows 1.0
- Seat belts were becoming mandatory by law
- The cost of an average new home was $75,000
- Gasoline was $1.25 per gallon
- A new Ford Escort was $6,000
- A first-class stamp was 22 cents
The Montour Spartans football record was 6-4.
The boys basketball team competed in the WPIAL playoffs, defeating three teams before being eliminated by Latrobe.
The girls gymnastics team had an undefeated season and won the M.A.C. tournament for the third year in a row.
Seniors Jim Helwick and Corey Marko were voted Most Likely to Succeed,
Not many of the 1985 yearbook sponsors — Auto House, Chiodo’s Floral Shoppe, NAPA Auto Parts, Duke of Bubbles Car Wash, Elias Amoco, Kossler Pharmacy and Instant Replay Video, to name a few — remain in business today.
The times are always changing, but memories are forever.
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