Welcome

Welcome to the Paxon High School, Class  of 1971 website.  

Our "year" was a fine time in history.  Some say it "could" have been the beginning of the digital age because it was the time in which the microprocessor was invented!  At that time, we did not even care about the microprocessor!

A Few Facts:

•  The cost of living in 1971 was at a yearly rate of 4.3%
• The average cost of a house was only $25,000
• An average income was a mere $10,600
• It cost only $150.00 to rent a place
• A gallon of gas cost  $.40
• United States postage stamps cost $.08
• Going to the movies cost only $1.50!

What a day in which we survived high school!  Here are some events that you might remember:

• Walt Disney World opened in Florida in October!
• The Vietnam war was ongoing
• Greenpeace came into being
• Federal Express was started by Fred Smith( Not from Paxon!)
• The voting age was lowered to 18 when the 26th Amendment to the Consitution was ratified! We were only a year away from voting!
• No more cigarette ads on television

Our Movies were:

•  Love Story
• Summer of '42
• The French Connection

Popular Musicians and Music:

• James Taylor
• The Jackson 5
• The Osmonds
• John Lennon
• Marvin Gaye
• The Doors
• The Who
• Tony Orlando and Dawn
• The Mama and the Papas

Television Programs that We Loved:

•  Mary Tyler Moore
• The Odd Couple 
• The Partridge Family
• All My Children

Other Interesting Facts:

• It was the year of the first CAT scanner
• Apollo 14 landed on the moon
• The first soft contact lens become available
• The first microprocessor is invented
• Sharp invents a pocket calculator
• The floppy disk is invented by IBM
• The first email and ultimately "chat room" occurs

The President of the USA was Richard Nixon

(Appreciation to the people history-com for the above information).