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Gumby Club members seniors Kendra Meyer and
Janet Adams model the Gumby Club trademark.

Clubs Organizations

A unified body of persons organize
for some specific purpose

A connection between ideas Money raised by clubs and organizations was
formed. An organization of per­ acccomplished by many means made fun and
sons having common interests. A profitable to them with the student body’s help.
number of persons gathering close­ Everyone chipped in at least 50 cents at sometime
ly and forming a recognizable unit. in the year for the class period ahead. Friday nights
A fellowship, companionship, or after the game could have also ended with a twist
partnership. or shake by a Cheerleader-sponsored dance. Clubs
These words helped redefine the old clubs and organizations also helped out
formed years and years ago; Spanish, French, in the gift department too. A
German, Key, Ski, FBLA, DECA, Drill Team, student needn’t worry about beat­
Cheerleading, and the list goes on. These words ing the holiday traffic when he or
also helped to define, recognize and give purpose she could buy a candle or a piece
to those new clubs formed in '85, for instance, of sparkling crystal while sitting in
Gumby Club, Rifle Squad, Newspaper Club and his seat in study hall.
Physics Club. All these clubs had a common goal What would a school be without clubs? Even
or task to tackle before the year rolled by. though students achieved academically throughout
Fund-raisers and more fund-raisers seemed to the year, there still was an hour glass of time which
go on month after month throughout the year to needed to be filled. These particles of sand were
help pay for days whizzing down the ski slopes to clubs, in which dances, concessions, calendars,
finally going to a foreign country to try out that long t-shirts, newspapers, plays, trips and, yes, even
awaited dialect practiced for four years to someone yearbooks came about through the year to help
in Paris or Mexico City. define and give meaning to the student himself.