Walter Johnson High School - Windup Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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The Key Club Jackets mismatching with trousers and dresses screaming out of harmony with acces- sories were the order of the day at the Key Klash, a school dance given by the members of the Key Club. Affiliated with the Bethesda chapter of Kiwanis, the Key Club is an international, honorary service organization for boys. Each year new members are selected on the basis of scholarship, citizenship, character and par- ticipation in extra-curricular activities, Serv- ing the school and community in any way possible is the purpose of the club. Its motto is appropriately, We Build. Key Club has helped build WJ through their service projects. Raising the flag-in coop- eration with the Wheel Club, ushering at school functions, and printing and distributing the school song on cards are evidence of this. Placing a sign in front of the school for pur- poses of identification, built by the members of the club themselves, is another project ac- complished. Three delegates-Ford Eastman, Jay Mich- ael, and Bob Van Nice-went to the i958 District Convention of the Key Clubs in Rich- mond, Virginia, to represent the club. The officers of this organization, which is sponsored by Arnold J. Croddy, are president, Jim Ritchie, vice-president, Jerry Martin, sec- retary, Jay Michael, and treasurer, Mike Gaffney. C The Key Club Kneeling: Vice-president Jerry Martin, Treasurer Mike Gaffney, President Jim Ritchie, Secretary Jay Michael, Sergeant-at-arms Hank Surface Standing: Sponsor Mr. Croddy, Claude Orndorff, Dave Swinebume, Harrison Brome, Charles Harmantas, Ronnie Hedges, Charles Sheldon, Bob Van Nice, Ford Eastman, Gordon Riggle, John Evans, Alan Shoemaker, Henry Heller K., r Ujiiaf

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