Mcloughlin Union High School - Great White Eagle Yearbook (Milton Freewater, OR)

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Red M has busy year The girls letter club which is equal to the Order of M is the Red M. Red M is a club open to all girls who earned a letter in a girls varsity sport fgymnastics, tennis, track, and golfj. Activities that kept the girls busy throughout the year included the selling of pins and ribbons for football, basket- ball, and wrestling. This was their chief source of income. Other activities included acquiring sweaters and letters for the club, a Christmas party, a box social with the Order of M was postponed u.ntil a later ' date, and in the spring the girls got together and held their annual picnic. QC' ' if f f - W lr r 2 I ,, f Plane ers 41'-9 es'l'f2f-:IS-.L1e.:fu.-lg ' oh Red M members left to right, Kelly Edvalson, Hendricks, Linda Davis, Arleen Gaines, Sheila Q Deana Heidenrich, Kathy Perkins, Kelly Jones, Lori Parsons, and Loretta Wilson. Not e A Robertson, Marcia Richwine, Marie Humbert, pictured is Mimi Perkins, president. Ann McDevitt, Kathy Jones, Terri Heine, Joan Letter sweater revived after 7 years Bosffefbo fl SLLQJDJQ Woman's Lib may not have brought new sports to Mac-Hi in '75 but in November the Red M club decided to recog- nize the efforts of the established girls sports by reviving the letter. The girls' sports program had gradually and quietly come into its own over the last few years and few questioned the appropriateness of the decision. Under the skillful guidance of Elsie Williams, the gymnastic team had been a top team in the area as long as any Mac-Hi student could remeber. She also directed girls track to a position of respect among its competitors. In '71 Kay Hanson began the building of a Mac-Hi tennis team that sends girls to state as a matter of course now. '74 saw the first female entrant in the golf line up and by '75 the idea was taken as normal. Early suppo rters of the letter's revival feared that the boys' letter club would be upset at the infringing on their exclusive domain but that was not the case. In fact Order of M President Rick Rambo expressed the feeling that they should probably even be recognized as one club. By March it was only a matter of choosing the sweater to be accepted as the official attire. One consideration was a crimson sweater with a white letter, reversing, the white sweater discontinued about six years earlier. That sweater sported the crimson M which gave the club its name. The other choice was a blue sweater with a red and a white band running around the neck and down the button line with the white letter displayed on the pocket. The two-thirds club vote for the constitutional change passed with no resistance and girls competing in sports in the spring of '7 5 were the first to qualify for the award. The award was not retroactive to the fall gymnastics team.

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Order of M regains lost power The Order of M picked up where it left off the year before with lots of enthusiasm. The M sold coke after football practice, knocked out 8 ceilings for the school at S17 5 a ceiling, held a bowling party at Pioneer Bowl, and sponsored a faculty-Order of M basketball game that took in 560. A liability that hurt the club's bankbook was getting stuck with paying for the football scoreboard bought in the fall of 73 , a bill of 32200. The Booster Club was supposed to help a little but nothing happened. The coaches of all the sports agreed to help the football team sell coke to pay for the scoreboard but there were conflicts in finding times when the coaches could all get together and then get the football team together. What generally happened was one or two coaches and maybe ten players were together trying to sell the pop. ASB finally picked up the remaining tab of about 3350. Social activities scheduled for the year included the bowling party, the faculty basketball game, a donkey basketball game, a box social with the Red M, and a Barn Dance. These ideas were expressed by the advisors: Fall advisor Cliff Trout said, I would like to see the club have more pride in the school, like patrolling areas and keeping activities in order, like at football and basketball games and wrestling matches, keeping the kids off the field and off the floor. But, you have to have a feeling for the school to do things like that and you just can't go up and make someone do a job like that. That type of club was back when everyone respected the letter and I'm afraid that time is long gone. Brian Carter, the clubs winter advisor stated, The club has had a fine year but, I would like to see more athletes involved 'from tennis and golf in the organization. This, he feels would make a better club and more people to help or participate in the activities and projects. Carter also felt that the size of the school and the club compared to larger schools was a disadvantage to what could be done in the way of activities. Jerry Ewing, spring adviser said I think that in the last couple years the club has made some great jtunps in improvement, and has become more active and more important to the school. I have had more fun this year than any other year I have been with this club, they are a good bunch of guys. Ewing echoed the concern of Trout and Carter saying he would like to see more athletes involved in the Order of M. Order of M advisors and officers left to President, Rick Rambo, President, and rightg Cliff Trout, Brian Carter, Bob Les Wright, Secretary. Not pictured is Frost, Sgt at armsg Walter Barnes, Vice Advisor Jerry Ewing.

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Pictured at right are the GAA officers. Front row, left to right, Laurie Hirschberg, point secretaryg Robin Wheeler, social chairmang Jamie Reese, treasurer. Back row, Terri Heine, secretaryg Mimi Perkins, vice presidentg DeeDee Heidenrich, pres- identg Linda Hendricks, publicity. GAA walks for uscular Dystrophy drive, March of Dimes lunches, highlight FHA year One of the most active clubs during the past year, GAA participated i.n many money-making projects. These included a paperdrive, fruit cake sales Qwhich made over 34003, and the Sadie Hawkins Dance. They also participated in a walk-a-thon for the March of Dimes. It wasn't all work, though. The girls had an ice cream party where everyone gained a few pounds. One of the disappointments of the year was the cancelation of the intermural activities during the evening. This in- cluded girls basketball and co-ed volleyball. These activities were very popular last year. Conflicts with gym scheduling due to basketball practice was the cause of the cancelation. In the fall, the Future Homemakers of America attended the annual district convention. Representatives were elected there to attend the state convention held on the Oregon State campus in April. A new idea that the faculty enjoyed was the members prepared hot lunches for them. During the spring FHA sold smile stationary for charity to highlight the year. The money went to the drive against Muscular Dystrophy.