Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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.lane Coombs served as vice-president, Della Barrett as historian, Sherry Bledsoe as secretary, and Bette Yant as president of the Spirit Club. Carolyn Huggins, Melissa Megarity, Pat Goldberg, Lee Lane and Linda Lassetter tied ribbons around packages of Rich- field stationery. Members of the Spirit Club sold streamers and bumper stickers. The new plastic streamers were a great improvement over crepe paper streamers. SPIRIT CL B Let's face it. Richfield is nothing-without spirit. Realizing this, the Spirit Club devoted its energy to kindlingl and maintaining that flame of spirit which is the life of Richfield. They held the door contest at it y I46 Homecoming and screamed themselves hoarse at pep rallies and ball games. Part of the feeling that we have for our school is Wrapped up in the memories of good times that we have had there. The Spirit Club brought recreation to Richfield, too. They sponsored an after- the-game dance in November. On Valentineis Day the As decorations for a dance, Melanie Bruck, Susan Ledbetter, Barbara Banta and Alice Sligh helped make a large ram.

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The fruit cake sales provided an important source of income for the Key Club. The members took orders in advance and then de- livered the cakes at Christmas. Here Lloyd McWilliams, Larry Pat- terson, Paul Brockway, and Jimmy Burks try to sell a cake to Mrs. Edwina Hall Richfield, Waco the Kiwanis Clubs, Richfield's Key Club worked by de- livering for Waco's Kiwanis auction and by passing out Kiwanis circulars and stickers. The club also attended the District and the State Conventions. The tradition of service and leadership has been set, and Richfield has come to expect a lot from its Key Club. Ken Copeland and Mac Rodgers, who was elected Lieutenant Governor of District 23, delivered Night meetings were an important part of Key Club. fruit cakes. Shown with Dan Hilliard, secretaryg Chris Sermasg Steve Simplerg Jimmy Millerg Fred McGregor, vice-presidentg Kent Starr, treasurerg and Mac Rodgers, is Barbara Banta, Key Club Sweetheart. I45

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J Debbie Wimpee, Beth Curlin, Paula Levine, Ellen Ross, and Jane Coombs Spirit Club meetings were always interesting and amusing. harmonized on telegrams from the VPO. RA RGDDED THE HAH-R H club concentrated on the spirit of romance as they once again played post office. Sealed messages and singing telegrams were delivered by obliging club members to the lucky recipients. The life of any school depends on that elusive quality called spirit. School spirit is more than victory in ath- letics. It is more than shared fun. It is even more than sportsmanship and loyalty. Actually, it is a combination of all these things. The Spirit Club worked toward that combination. rf itil' L 3, v f A ti ext, .er 3 re if? 7953 Martha Tirey, Bonnie Straw and Linda Anderson discussed entries for the Homecoming Slogan-on-the-Door contest. Orders for sealed love notes were taken at the Valentine Post Office by Bette Yant, Dianne Mayes, and Cathy Cawood. I47