Richfield High School - Aries Yearbook (Waco, TX)

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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

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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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Tommy Brady, Lynn Booker, and Danny Moore examined several coin holders. Benjamin Franklin collected coins. Mr. H. Marvin Jennings collected coins, and Mr. ,lack Price collected coins. That was why two years ago a club was organized for coin col- lectors at Richfield. This past year the organization sought to create a greater interest in this unusual hob- by. Each member brought his own collection of rare coins to be shared with the other members. Some coins were traded among members, and auctions of valuable coins were held at several meetings. Lannie Gill looked on as Mr. .lack Price showed him his coin collection. I48 Several club periods were spent listening to lectures on the history of coin collecting. NEWSFRONTS Boys PI'0flll6d By Collecting Coins