The class of 1957 was the first graduating class of West Jefferson High School.
West Jefferson was runner-up in the Class B Regional Track and Field Meet.
Top songs included Jailhouse Rock and All Shook Up by Elvis Presley, Love Letters in Sand by Pat Boone, That'll Be the Day by Buddy Holly, and Great Balls of Fire by Jerry Lee Lewis.
The USSR launches Sputnik 1, the worl's first artificial satellite. on inaugurating the Space Age and the Space Race..
American Bandstand made its national television debut.
The minimum hourly rate was $1.00.
The average monthly rent was $90.00, and the average cost of a new house was $12,220.00.
Gas cost $.24 per gallon, a dozen eggs cost $.28, and bacon was $.60 a pound.
Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella was telecast live on CBS, and Leave It To Beaver premiered.
Paul McCartney and John Lennon met for the first time in Liverpool, England.
