Memories | Class of 1974 | John H. Reagan High School, Austin, Texas

Memories:
R e m e m b e r

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\| 1974 \| - a nostalgic look back in time...
C o s t o f L i v i n g

◊ New House		$34,900.⁰⁰
◊ Average Income		$13,869.⁰⁰ per year
◊ Minimum Wage		$2.⁰⁰ an hour
◊ New Car		$3,756.⁰⁰
◊ Average Rent		$185.⁰⁰ per month
◊ Tuition to Harvard University		$3,200.⁰⁰ per year
◊ Movie Ticket		$1.⁷⁵
◊ Gasoline		55¢ per gallon
◊ United States Postage Stamp		10¢

F o o d

◊ Granulated Sugar		67¢ for 5 pounds
◊ Vitamin D Milk		$1.⁵⁶ per gallon
◊ Ground Coffee		$1.⁰⁰ per pound
◊ Bacon		89¢ per pound
◊ Eggs		47¢ per dozen
◊ Fresh Ground Hamburger		68¢ per pound
◊ Fresh Baked Bread		35¢ per loaf

M u s i c

◊ Saturday in the Park		Chicago
◊ Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)		Looking Glass
◊ Band on the Run		Paul McCartney & Wings
◊ Bennie and the Jets		Elton John
◊ Cat's in the Cradle		Harry Chapin
◊ I Shot the Sheriff		Eric Clapton
◊ Kung Fu Fighting		Carl Douglas
◊ Seasons in the Sun		Terry Jacks
◊ Country Bumpkin		Cal Smith
◊ I Love		Tom T. Hall
◊ Theme from Shaft		Isaac Hayes
◊ Joy to the World		Three Dog Night
◊ Lean on Me		Bill Withers

M o v i e s

◊ The Godfather Part II
◊ Blazing Saddles
◊ The Sting
◊ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
◊ The Towering Inferno

T h i n g s n o t a r o u n d i n 1 9 7 4

◊ Internet / E-mail
◊ Home Computers
◊ Cordless / Mobile Phones
◊ VHS / DVD / CD-ROM
◊ ATM / Debit Card
◊ Walmart - had not entered Texas
◊ Amazon
◊ Google
◊ Facebook / Twitter / TikTok

* 1974 Remember When... facts provided with permission of Seek Publishing.
To purchase a complete 1974 Kardlet, visit www.MemoryRoad.com.

Back in the Day:

local places of interests...

•	before HEB... Do you remember shopping at your local Handy Andy supermarket?
•	Alphie's Fish & Chips
•	Capital Plaza - Montgomery Wards - TG&Y - McDonald's (oldest location in Texas) - Bealls - Oshmand's Sporting Goods - Newberry's - Western Auto
•	Windsor Village Shopping Center - Lamar Savings - Rexall drug store, soda fountain in the back... - Winn's (five & dime) - Rylander's grocery store - Pet Ranch - Patton's barber shop - Shakey's Pizza
•	Bartholomew Park
•	Highland Mall
•	2-Js Hamburgers, Lamar Blvd.
•	Holiday House, Airport Blvd., great hamburgers!
•	The original Pit BAR-B-QUE #7, Burnet Rd.
•	Hancock Center

Reagan High School Songs
[ courtesy of unknown artists ]

Do you remember going to drive-in theaters just to watch movies. :-)

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' Life is a journey, not a destination. '
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Does anyone else remember saving S&H green stamps? or eating 'bell burgers' at Taco Bell on Guadalupe St.?

reagan football helmet

The Boys of Fall
by Kenny Chesney

For the first two decades of its existence, Austin Reagan hosted a highly successful football program. Under coaches Travis Raven, Carroll Lundin and Wally Freytag, the Reagan Raiders formed a dynasty in Texas high school football from 1967 to 1994. In 1967, 1968 and 1970 the Raiders won Texas state championships as well as being declared national champions by then-US President Richard M. Nixon in 1970. Since the mid-80's, however, the downturn in the economic levels of the neighborhoods that feed students into Reagan has resulted in a drop in athletic performance records in all sports. <Wikepedia>

Nelson Field is a multi-use stadium in Austin, Texas. It serves as home stadium for LBJ High School, Anderson High School, and John H. Reagan High School. The stadium's capacity is 8,800 spectators. <Wikepedia>

JOHN H. REAGAN

Class 4A - State Football Champions '67 / '68 / '70

Championship Finals:

1967	Austin Reagan	20
	Abilene Cooper	19

1968	Austin Reagan	16
	Odessa Permian	11

1970	Austin Reagan	21
	Odessa Permian	14

Our teachers who taught at Reagan High School 1971-1974. apple

Reagan High School Yearbook Covers:


1971	1972	1973	1974
[ click on photos above to enlarge ]
Note: If you have an unwanted copy of one or more of these yearbooks above, please contact Billy Gauthier.

School Photos:

John H. Reagan High School - Austin, TX	1	2	3	4
- photos courtesy of Debbie Southworth-Warren
Reagan High School	Low Res	Hi Res
Performing Arts Building	Low Res	Hi Res
Athletics Building	Low Res	Hi Res
- photos courtesy of Public Domain

Senior Class of '74 Honors:

President	- Bill Frost
Vice-President	- Johna Hill
Secretary	- Karen Preston
Valedictorian	- Bob Byrom
Salutatorian	- Karen Vavra

Mr & Miss Reagan	- Kent Tooley & Karen Preston
Homecoming Court	- Pam Collins [ Queen ] - Dana Latz - Karen Preston - Lillie Hardeman - Terri Foster
Class Favorites	- Noel Love & Karen Preston
Most Beautiful	- Tonia Cooke / Class of '75
Most Handsome	- Sidney Patterson / Class of '75