The Nine Girls Club was founded by Coach McLaughlin in 1937 to assist in the management of the financial affairs of the School Athletic Program. Its membership is composed of nine girls, taken from the Senior and Junior Classes, who have worked as a club continuously since its beginning in active support of the athletic program.

Coach McLaughlin can well recall his arrival here when he found only eleven red jerseys, little equipment, and an empty till. The Nine Girls, immediately after their organization, began to assist in raising money to support the program. The early Clubs reclaimed used note books from the Grade School, and with ink eradicator and erasers, cleaned and resold the note books. They also made plaques for sale to the public and never hesitated to tackle any team booster they found without one. Thanks to the efforts of Coach, and successful teams, coupled with the dedicated and sincere assistance of the Nine Girls, our teams soon became the best equipped teams in the Valley.

Since the formation of the Nine Girls Club, they have, without exception, worked at every athletic event and have helped with the financial affairs of the athletic program. From humble beginnings as illustrated above, throughout their existence to the present, they have continuously and diligently applied themselves to the job to be done.

As Coach himself has stated, "Over the years, the Nine Girls, with very little supervision and assistance, have most certainly contributed materially to the success of the School Athletic Program, and they have consistently done so without special recognition of the valuable services which they have rendered to me and to our teams." To him, their activities have helped make his association here a pleasant and successful one. It is a pleasure at this time to express the gratitude and sentiment of the players and students of Alderson High School to the Nine Girls Club, and to thank them for a job well done.