The club with neither a legal name nor By-Laws started 1987 in grand fashion. The Awards Banquet was held for the first time at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Natick, Massachusetts. Laura Granger was re-elected President, Rachel Townsend elected Vice President, and Joan Hoff as Treasurer. In spite of the legal technicalities, Club activities continued unabated throughout the year. Monthly in-house parties celebrating some event, be it Mardi Gras, St Patrick’s Day, or whatever, were held to ever increasing numbers of guests. Monthly Saturday night Pizza Parties were also on the docket.
The success of these functions, plus the ever-increasing number of members and guests attending the twice-weekly meetings, created a new problem for the Club, overcrowding.
Merissa proposed that the Club relocate to the more suitable and much larger unoccupied space above Vernon’s Specialties store, 386 Moody Street, Waltham; sell the house in Wayland; and use the proceeds to refurbish the new quarters. The Board considered, and rejected, this proposal for two main reasons. The first was based on a report written by Diane Dixon citing public safety concerns expressed by the Waltham Chief of Police. The second was a legal opinion submitted by Donald C Lynde, the Club’s Attorney, that the lease agreement was unfavorable to the Club, and that there might be tax problems as the result of sharing facilities with IFGE. Note: The IFGE office was located at this facility. Address: 6 Cushing Street, Waltham.