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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Wheel Club Don't let those ghosts and goblins get you downl Come to the Halloween Dance, sug- gests the Wheel Club. October 31 is the date, Walter Johnson is the place. nach year the Wheel Club, sponsored by Lewis Sanford, presents the Halloween Dance, admission free, as part of their contribution to the good community behavior of teenagers who might otherwise be enticed into undesir- able actions on a night fraught with bland- ishments of evil spirits. Sponsored by the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Club, the Wheel Club performed many other civic functions both in and out of school. For example, those handsome ushers seen at certain plays and programs were members of the Wheel Club, Further, the indispensable sports schedule cards were issued by none other than the Wheel. The procedure to becoming a member is passive, in a way, for this is an honorary club open to any boy attending Walter Johnson. The boys chosen have already met certain qualifications based on leadership, civic-mind- edness, personality, and integrity. Wheel Club recognizes this. Key personnel in the Wheel Club for i958- l959 included Donald Fresh, president, Thom- as Heltzel, vice-president, Lee Edy, secretary, and David Thomas, treasurer. At the end of the i958-59 school year, these officers put their heads together with the members and came out of the huddle to present the Annual Wheel Club Award to the outstanding senior here. Last year Peter Tredick was nominated and was the first person to have his name in- scribed on the plaque which is kept in the school. , , 5 i. 5 , CZJ 5 E 'i ' Q -I! . 1 T QQ . f X W -i Q T E :G- , - I1 -., Qlgllzzrdlisln ..-v llhulbfxizil, Wheel Club Seated: Cornell Dawson, Tigger Shuman, Treasurer Dave Thomas, Secretary Lee Edy, President Don Fresh, Vice-president Tom Heltzel, Jim Culp, John Crook Standing: Jim Beck, Jack Hill, Ed Ganz, John Hochstein, Mark Greene, Richard King, Bob Kramp, Dick Beall, lan McLeod, Mr. Sanford -.emi-4--ff