Art. I. NAME

This organization shall be known as the Alumni Assoication of the Chase County High School.

Art. II. OBJECT

This organization shall effect a permanent organization of graduates of CCHS.

Art. III. MEMBERSHIP

Any person having graduated from CCHS shall be eligible for membership.

AMENDMENT I.

That any person having graduated from CCHS before 1916 of the High School then known as Imperial High School, may become an Honorary Member, said person having no power to vote in the Association, nor will they pay dues.

AMENDMENT II.

That former teachers be made Honorary members if they so desire, and will be invited to reunions by notice in the local newspaper, and may attend by purchasing a ticket to same. No dues will be accepted by Honorary teachers.

Art. IV. OFFICIERS

The officers of this organization shall consist of the following:

President Secretary

1st Vice President Treasurer

2nd Vice President Board of Directors: One representative from

3rd Vice President each class, plus officers.

Art. V. MEETINGS

(1.) Annual Director's meetings to be held before Annual Social meeting each year, at which time all officers will be elected and odd or even year directors, according to calendar year, also, replacement directors.

(2.) Annual Social meeting for all paid up members, husbands or wives and the graduation class of the current year. (Date to be set.)

AMENDMENT I.

The phrase "paid-up" shall be struck out of Article V. Section (2) of the Constitution as that the paragraph shall read as follows: "Annual Social meeting for all members, husbands, or wives, and the graduation class of the current year."

AMENDMENT II.

Individuals may bring boy friend or girl friend, as the case may be, to the social reunion, providing a ticket is purchased to same. The President has the power to call meetings of the Board of Directors as the occasion warrents.

AMENDMENT III.

A directors meeting shall be held within 30 days after the annual social meeting to present and approve payment of outstanding bills.

Art. VI. AMENDMENTS

Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of those present at a Director's meeting.

-----As copied from the 1977 Chase County Alumni Directory

Sec. I. ORDER OF BUSINESS

The order of business shall be according to any general accepted order.

Sec. II. OFFICERS

(l) Elegibility

Directors shall be paid up members of the association living in the locality. Officers must have served one year of directorship or held another office the proceeding year.

(2) Duties

Duties of officers shall be those that are usually performed by such officers.

(3) Vacancy Of Office

If for any reason a vacancy of office occurs, the office shall be filled in order of succession. Vacancies thus created, shall then be filled by appointment of President.

AMENDMENT I.

Newly elected officers shall be recognized at the annual social meeting and shall assume duties of office the following January 1st.

AMENDMENT II

Amend section II part 1 of the by-laws by striking out the words "paid-up" so that the paragraph shall read as follows: "Directors shall be members of the association living in the locality. Officers must have served one year directorship or held another office the proceeding year".

Sec. III. QUOUM

At all meetings of the Association, the members present shall constitute a quorum.

Sec. IV. AUDITING OF BOOKS

(1) The President shall appoint a committee of three members to audit the out- going Treasurer's books.

AMENDMENT I

The fiscal year shall be from January 1st to December 31st.

Sec. V. DUES

Present dues, one (1) dollar per-member, per year. The dues shall be set by the Board of Directors. Dues are payable July 1st. of the current year. Amendments that have been added, were voted the meeting of February 6, 1950.

---As copied from 1977 Chase County Alumni Directory

On November 8, 1949, a group of people met for the purpose of planning a reunion of the graduates of the classes of 1928, 1929, and 1930 of Chase County High School. It was at this meeting that the idea of organizing an Alumni Association was born. Those first organizers were Opal Benson Kilpatrick, Eva Surber Baldwin, Edith Baldwin Minick, Edgar Hatheway, George Moreland, and Perry Baldwin. One member of each class, 1916 through 1949 was invited to a meeting at the High School on November 28, 1949. Sixty-five persons were present. Officers were elected, a constitution and by-laws proposed and a directory planned.

The first social gathering was held June 25, 1950, with 500 people in attendance. For the first several years the event was an informal noon-time "covered-dish" dinner or picnic. In 1955, the classes of 1925, 1935, and 1945 were given special recognition. On April 29, 1956, a Silver Anniversary tea was co-sponsored by the Alumni Association and the CCHS music department, at which Mr. Paul Chambers, a former music teacher, was honored. In the early years the association held card parties and dances, as social events for fund-raising purposes and several times sponsored the "Homecoming Dance" in October.

Since 1955, the banquet theme has prevailed as the preferred means of assembling the visiting and local "old grads". It is usually held in late May and each year the classes celebrating a 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, and since 1976, a 60th anniversary are honored and a special effort is made to gather as many as possible to renew old acquaintances.

Originally, dues of one dollar per person was assessed for membership in the association. Recently this was abandoned as impractical when collection became difficult. At the present time, the Association's only income is from the sale of tickets to the annual banquet, the charge per plate being a little more than the actual cost.

The only pre-requisite for membership in the Association is having been graduated from Chase County High School at any time from 1916 to the present. Graduates of the earlier Imperial High School 1895 through 1915 are honorary members, as are former faculty members. Each regular member is privileged to invite his or her wife, husband, girl-friend, or boy-friend, as the case may be to the social event, provided a ticket is purchased for the guest.

Executive officers are the present, three vice-presidents, a treasurer, and a secretary. They are chosen from among the directors and are elected by them. The Board of Directors consists of one representative from each year's class; these were originally appointed by the president to serve a minimum of two years. Any director may resign at the end of his term by obtaining a local classmate as his replacement. Meetings are called at the discretion of the president. Association business is conducted and activities are planned by the officers and directors who attend these meetings.

The original directory was published in 1950. An up-dated version was printed in 1960 and another in 1966 in celebration of the school's 50th anniversary. A supplement is prepared each year, naming the officers and directors for the coming year, and lisitng the names and addresses of the members of the graduating class for the current year.

Edith Baldwin Minick ('28) prepared and kept a scrapbook of interesting letters, programs, clippings, and data concerning the annual banquets. Since she moved to Oklahoma, this scrapbook is kept by Burneta Bremer Pflum ('34) and is on display at the annual banquets. Many class groups compile interesting scrapbooks during their honor year festivities, which are also on display at the banquet. Formal programs are kept to a minimum at these gatherings, to allow time for visiting with old friends.

------copied from 1977 CCHS Alumni Directory