Bow Tie o’ the Day presents this yearbook photo from 1979—for the grand purpose of making people chuckle at my white bell-bottoms. Inducing laughter is about the best thing that bell-bottoms can do. They aren’t sexy. They effortlessly get caught in bike chains. They aren’t practical. But they consistently evoke laughter. I have no idea what made us think they looked spiffy back in the 70’s. Bad fashion trends can creep up on even the most stylish of us. Thank the heavens most of us wise up to crappy fashions sooner, rather than later. This photo is proof, however, that even someone as style-conscious as I am can be duped into attempting to wear clothing that is oh-so regrettable. Seriously, my white bell-bottom pant-legs are wide enough to be used as sails on a bigly sailboat.
BTW This photo of the Freshman class officers was taken on Delta’s infamous Main Street—in front of the long-gone movie theatre (across from Curley’s, to the south). I was the class president. The rest of the class officers: Tauna Louder, Brenda Lowder, and Janet Eliason.
Also housed in the theatre building was The Burger Box and The Spaghetti Place(?). I also seem to remember a gathering room where kids could play pool, air hockey, foosball, pinball, and similar games downstairs in the same building; but I can’t remember what that establishment was called. Note the marquee advertisement for the Desert Drive-In, which was located west of the overpass. All of the businesses I listed here were owned and run by the Jack and Irene Grayson family.
Unfortunately for all who saw me in those days, I probably often wore my white bell-bottoms when I patronized these places of business.🤡
