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mm ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. ASHLAND. OREGON FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1952 a Eight Assemblies To Entertain Sophs Use 'GriZZly Growl' The Wheelers, with their two giant marimbas in beautiful or gan effects, presented our first ' National Assembly which was held Wednesday, October 8. Miss Emma Kasch assisted Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, and the lively threesome were dressed In beautiful Spanish costumes. Several Spanish rhumbas, as well as popular tunes were played. Six other assemblies are scheduled for throughout the year. On Thursday, October 23, the Christians, on their fifth annual tour, will entertain us with their travelogue series of Italy and their talk, "From Sicily to the Alps." The Trampoline Stars will be here Thursday, November 20. It is a physical education feature, with stunts such as flips, somersaults, and some aerial maneuvers. Piero, formerly a baritone of the Vienna State Opera in Berlin, and Rio de Janiero, will be featured Monday, Jan uary 12. Thursday, February 12, Snow Allen, who spent fifteen years in the Illinois State Pris on, will give his epic story en titled "Two Mistakes." Edward Dudley, a tenor from New York, with his popular, ballad, and familiar melodies will be here Friday, May 15. Popular, classical, and semi classical music will be the or ganist Franklyn L. Beiry's specialties. As yet, it isn't known when he will be here. Beauty Operator Gives Talk The Ashland High Letter- man's Club has created an idea to get more sophomores to at tend home games. On game days all sophomores will carry a little book called "Grizzly Growls." This book will be finished and in use for the next home game. In it are? our school songs, yells, and a few rules of good sportsmanship. There will also be a blank page that to be stamped each time they attend a game. r A big party will be held for the Sophomores who have enough stamps. Mrs. lone Taylor invited beauty operator Mrs. Jean Car ter to give a talk and demon stration on hair styles for the homemaking classes Septem ber 25. Mrs. Carter is from the Ashland Hotel Beauty Shop. Mrs. Carter performed the demonstration on Catherine Clark. While she shampooed Cathy's hair, Mrs. Carter told the homemaking girls the types of shampoo to use for oily or dry hair and the proper hair rinse to use. Then she trimmed Cathy's hair and set it, showing how. pincucls should be made. Mrs. Taylor said the home- making girls were most atten tive and enjoyed the demon stration very much. Recreation Center Again in Session GIRLS, BOYS LEAGUE MEET Thursday, September 25, the Girls League held their first meeting of the year in the study hall. The meeting was presided over by Barbara Bug- bee, president, who introduced officers for the coming year. They are Carole Culp, first vice-president; Lois Downing, second vice-president; Lee Ann Leach, third vice-president; and Wanda Oden, secretary treasurer, i Shirlene Folks, president of Tri-Hi-Y, explained this club's purposes and introduced the officers. Then Richard Ltmb played several numbers on the piano. The Girls League, of which each girl in school is a mem ber, annually sponsors a Moth ers' Tea and a Levi Leap. Mel Johnson, Boys' League advisor, told of the importance of god discipline at the league's first meeting. Officers elected were presi dent, Bob Delsman; vice- presi dent, Wayne South; secretary- treasurer, Ben Heitz; and Jim my Smith and Bob Platko, sergeants-at-arms. Boys' League will sponsor the annual Thanksgiving pro gram. LxL;,.! PRESIDENT CLYDE JAMES Ashland Grad Crowned City Centennial Queen The celebration of Ashland's hundredth birthday began Sat urday, September 20, with a parade, colorful with floats de picting scenes from Civil War days till the present time. The coronation of Centen nial Queen, Lovette Swift, sponsored by the Beilview Grange, was held at Butler Memorial Bandshell in Lithia Park on Sunday, September 21. Her court included Nancy James Heads Student Body GREEN PREPARES BOOKLET TEACHERS RETIREMENT Mr. Giles Green who is one of ten members working on the "Retirement Committee of the Oregon Education Associa tion," boarded the plane leav ing for Portland at 6 p.m. September 12. The committee met that Fri day and Saturday to discuss a proposed booklet explaining the retirement law. Mr. "Improve the school spirit.' That is the slogan of Clyde t iAinnj xr:nv cnlir.nl Student Body President for the rreen8 assignment was to pre- 1952-53 year. Clyde wants all of the stu dents in"Ashland High School to participate in more of the student activities, such as go ing to the football games and letting the boys know we are back of them. Join more clubs. Take more interest in the stu dent body as a whole. This year the student body! is also going to participate in more community , activities. Entering the float in the Cen tennial parade was a start in this direction. Helping Clyde in these ac tivities will be the executive officers of the student body who are Harvey Woods, first vice president; Ted Tenney, second vice' president; Lee Ann Leach, third vice president; Nancy Dunkeson, secretary; Barbara Rensfield, treasurer, and Ben Heitz, athletic treas urer. pare the booklet for the com mittee. He was complimented by the committee very highly on his work. The booklet was made attractive with cartoon drawings by Mr. Phil Lindley. Five Instructors New to Ashland New Students Come From Many States Y.M.C.A. Swing Center re opened Saturday, September 20. at 8:00. This recreation center for young people of high school age is open every Saturday night throughout the school year. In the game room there are ping-pong tables, amateur billiard tables and shuffle board. There is dancing upstairs. Swing Center was begun about 7 months ago and has .been a well-organized recrea tion hall ever since. Admission is 25 cents per person the first night and 10 cents every night thereafter. There are more new students this year than ever before in the history of Ashland High School. They come from ten different states and Hawaii. The largest group moved to Ashland from other parts of our own state. Those from Ore gon include: Karl Burt, Med ford; Garrie Byington, Lake- view; Frank Baumeister, Un ity; Betty Cheek, Eagle Point; Betty Crites, Medford; El Roy Clark, Klamath Falls; Virgin ia Eskridge, Eagle Point; Do lores Smead, Talent; Betty Lou Tripp, Klamath Falls; Aleta Tysver, Medford and Bill Workman, Milwaukee. California also lost a large number when eight students "came north." These include: James Ayres, Shafter; Barbara Brewer, Oakland; I r m a Her ring, Dunsmuir; Tommy Lau ghlin, San Pedro; Shirlee Maur- er, Ukiah; Billy Owen, El Ca jon; Donald Stoddard, Antioch and Chris Temple, Alhambra Coming in smaller numbers from neighboring western states are: Lester Lowman, of Woodland, Washington and Carol Reich, Vernal, Utah. Two are from Idaho: Charlene Noe, Boise and Noel Turner, Merid ian, while from Nevada come Corwin Tobiasson, Overton and Clifford Wallace, Love lock. Nancylee Olson attended school in San Antnio, Ttxas, last year; Janet Saltus in In dianapolis, Indiana; Darlene Pruitt, Cardwell, Missouri and Yvonne Ochs i n Jamestown, Colorado. Jimmie Bridges, Jackson, Mississippi and Harrell Castle COMING EVENTS . . . Oct. 13-14, Teachers Institute Oct. 17. Eagls Point game, here. Oct. 20-21, Student Council Conference, Klamath. Oct. 23. National Assembly, "The Christians" Oct. 24 Crater game, here. Oct. 31, Kerby game. here. Nov. 11, Armistice Day. Nov. 27-28, Thanksgiving vacation. There are five new teachers at AHS this year. One of these new instructors is Mrs. lone Taylor who is teaching home living and sophomore English. She is advisor of the Pep Club also. Mrs. Taylor came here from Nebraska although she has lived in California and Mon tana. She taught in elementary schools in Los Angeles and Lincoln, Nebraska. She also taught at Wayne State Teach ers College at York, Nebraska, but this is her first experience in teaching high school stu dents. Mrs. Taylor's husband now teaching at Southern Ore gon College. There is another member of the family, a little girl, Patty, who is nine months old: Miss Naomi George, girls' physical education teacher. was born in Snohomish, Wash ington. She received a Bache lor of Science degree from Washington State College and attended Stanford University where she became a physical therapist. For two years. Miss George worked for the California State Public Health Depart ment in a cerebral palsy school. Last year she taught physical education in a high school in San Jose, California. John Rossi will be coaching the Varsity basketball team this year. He also is teaching boys' phyiscal education classes and J.V. football. Mr. Rossi came from Lake- view where he coached Var sity basketball for the past four years. He graduated from Graber, sponsored by the Ju nior Chamber of Commerce; Barbara Bugbee, Lions Club; Mary Jo Barrows, Rotary Club, and Pat Abbott, Kiwams Club. At the dedication of Ash land's new Civic Service Building on Friday, September 26, Secretary of State, Earl T. Newbry, presented Queen Lovette with a floral crown. Then he gave the dedicatory address. The final evening was busy with the Jaycee's "Whisk eroo," the pageant and a dance in the Elks Lounge. The pageant, under the direction of Paul Kliss and Phil Hansen, depicted Ashland from the very beginning, when just a few families tried to fight off the Indians, until now. Some of the other events taking place during the Cen tennial week were a big square dance, an open air "jitney dance," special hardtop races and a smoker. VOICE OF DEMOCRACY CONTEST TO BE HELD English and speech classes will soon start work on the "Voice of Democracy" speech contest, which is sponsored yearly by the Junior Chamber of Commerce all over America. Speeches will be five min utes long and must be written by the student. The prize for national winners is a $500 scholarship check and a radio- phonograph combination. Students wishing to partici- ptte in this contest should see Miss Grubbs, room 28, to get necessary information toward composing the speech or for needed help. from Leaksville, Mississippi are from the "deep south. Mary Jo Barrows is the only student who attended school last year outside the continent al Unitpd States. She came trom Honolulu, iiawau. high school in Minnesota and later received his Masters De gree at Colorado State Col lege. Basketball is his favorite sport, though he lettered in football and baseball while in school. Mr. Rossi is married and has two children: a girl in the first grade and a boy two years old. Miss Laura Hershey, the new advisor of the Rogue News, is also teaching bookkeeping and typing. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from North ern State Teachers College, Aberdeen, South Dakota. She also attended the Gregg Col-. lege, Chicago and the Univer sity of Washington, Seattle. This is not her first year of teaching commercial courses and she also has been advisor for school papers before com ing to Ashland. Miss Hershey was doing office work in San Francisco before moving here. The new band teacher, Gor don Mallory, was born in our own state of Oregon at Klam ath Falls. He attended Klam ath Union High School before coming to Southern Oregon College for 2 years. Mr. Mallory received his Bachelor of Music Degree at Willamette University in Salem. He. then attended Northwestern University in Chicago where he received his Masters Degree. This is his first year of teaching.