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ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND. OREGON
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 14. 1952
Quarter Finals Tonight;
Parade, Rally Add Pep
Today Ashland will have the
biggest noise parade that has
ever been put on nere.
The townspeople will ee
aecoraiea cars ana iruuxs mu
Parents Return
To the Three R't
Parents had another try at
school life on "Back to School
Night," which was held Thurs
day evening, October 23. All
parents had a chance to go
completely through the sched
ule of their son or daughter. In
this way they could see the ac
tivities that take place at the
school and also meet teachers
and other parents.
Approximately 100 parents j
met in the library for General
Assembly where the boys'
quartet and the mixed quartet
entertained. Mr. Bernard Win
dt led in a community sing. Mr.
Parks concluded the assembly
by explaining some AHS tra
ditions. He also said that no
"rough stuff or bad behavior
would be tolerated. It seems
that his advice was taken be
cause no one was sent to the
office for being bad.
During the regular classes
- there were the usual amount of
s tardy "students" who were
sent to the office for excuses.
( But the evening went rather
smoothly, although seve r a 1
IkJ parents were missed after the
fire drill took place!
Y' Officers
Attend Meeting
Tri-Hi-Y aid Hi-Y clubs of
southern Oregon met in a reg
ional conference at Klamath
Falls, Sunday, October 5, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Representing Tri-Hi-Y were
Joan Day - Anderson and Bar
bara Van Vleet. Mr. Alan Pat-
tison, secretary of the local
YMCA, took Don Laws, Bob
Simmonds, and Bob Howard,
representatives from Ashland
Hi-Y, to Klamath Falls.
Medford, Grants Pass, Aslv
land and Klamath Fals were
represented.
This conference was an Of
ficers Training School, and the
officers attending learned what
their duties were and heard the
speeches given by Senator P. S.
Htichrock and James Mum
mery.
Several projects, for fund
raising were discussed, and the
officers came home with new
ideas and more interest in our
YMCA clubs.
colorful floats parade through
town.
The occasion for all of this
noise and pep is Ashland High's
game tonight with University
High of Eugene. This game is
in the quarter finals for the
state championship. After to
nights game there are only two
more until playing for the state
championship.
So each club is responsible
for one float in the parade. Stu
dents who are not in a club are
urged to decorate their cars for
the big rally.
Box Social and
Dance To Be Held
The Lettermans Club will
hold their annual Barn Dance
Saturday, at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 in
the High School gym. The
dance will be a box social, and
all couples are to present their
box lunch at the' door before
entering the dance. Free cider
will be provided by the Letter-
men. There will be music ar
ranged by some of the greatest
dance bands in the world. A
prize will be given to the cou
pie dressed in the most western
style costume.
The price will be 50c for
couples and $1.00 stag. The
dance floor is going to be dec
orated by the entire club, and
clean-up committee will con
sist of all new members. Every
one is welcome to attend!
KIDS ENTERTAINED
BY NOISEMAKERS
All grade school children
were invited to attend the Ash-
land-Illinois football game Fri
day night, October 1. If they
did, they received a Hallowe
en noisemaker furnished by the
Lions club.
After winning a sensational
victory over Illinois Valley
many high school students went
to the Halloween dance held in
the gym. Junior High was In
vited. The festive decorations
were orange and black in hon
or of the occasion and Sopho
mores sold doughnuts and cok
es for refreshments.
ALUMNUS HONORED
John Beare formerly an Ash
land High student, has been se
lected as one of twelve seniors
at Seattle Pacific College for
Who's Who among students in
American colleges and univers
ities. To receive this honor a stu
dent must have received the
recommendation of the student
council and the faculty of this
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Thespians
'Green Valley7 December 5
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"GREEN VALLEY" COST: Back row. left to right: Sarah Wit
don. Bill FinneU. Janice Carter, Johnie Johnson. Janet Saltut,
Ken Lance, Miss Grubbs, Bill Bales. Middle row: Frank Bau
meisler, Toby Kay Fox, Car41 Cragle, Sandy Sander. Carol
Reich. Gail Bowdoin. Front Row: Richard Lainb, Gary Bying
ton. Wayne Hinkson, Bill Workman, Ted Eratt, Bob Williams.
COED HI-Y
HAS ELECTION
At a meeting of the Co-ed
club Monday, November 3,
Johnie Johnson was elected
president. David Stemple was
elected vice-president, Joan
Day-Anderson secretary, Pat
Abbott treasurer, Barbara Van
Vleet chaplain, and Bruce
Hamilton sergeant-at-arms.
The club voted to operate
the "Swing Center," a teen-age
center, on Saturday nights, and
Pat Abbott, Barbara Van Vleet,
and Joan Day-Anderson were
chosen to bring cookies.
A panel discussion on dating
was held and Mr. Pattison act
ed as moderator.
Those present were: Bruce
Hamilton, Pat Abbott, Lynn
Erwin, David Stemple, Joan
Day-Anderson, Bill Welch,
Gregg Lininger, Barbara Allen,
John Reynen, Barbara Van
Vleet, Johnie Johnson, Nancy
Dunkeson, Jerry Mickie, and
Beverly Barksdale.
Following the meeting a
dance was held.
college and been accepted by
the national committee on se-
lection.
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Student Council
n er than a house, bean stalks
Represented at fCrjthat grow within a few min
utes. Most unusual of all is
The Student Council Con ven-
tion held in Klamath Falls, Oc
tober 20 and 22, was attended
by five representatives from
Ashland High School student
council. Those making the trip
were Clyde James, Ted Tenny,
Lee Ann Leach, Nancy Dunke
son, and Harvey Woods. Mr.
Roland Parks accompanied the
students.
They left at 9:00 Monday, Oc
tober 20, making the trip in
Mr. Park's car. They stayed in
private homes while at the con
vention. That afternoon, at a general
assembly, the regional officers
wero introduced. One of our
representatives, Nancy Dunke
son, was among those introduc
ed as she is regional treasurer.
That evening a student coun
cil banquet and dance were
held; the banquet being in the
cafeteria and the dance in the
gym of Klamath Union High
School.
Tuesday a general assembly
was held as well as discussions.
After lunch the students start
ed home.
Construction Started
On New Gym, Library
The construction going o'n
behind the school is a dream of
many years and at last is about
to materialize. The quiet rou
tine of school life was broken
October 20 when the sound of
trucks and steam shovels were
heard. Although these sounds
will disturb the students in the
classes to a certain extent, it
will be music to their ears too,
because they mean that a new
library and gym are being
started at last.
Flans fr the new school
rooms and gym were made last
"Green Valley," an exciting
new comedy-fantasy in three
acts by Frank Wattron, is to be
presented by Thespian troupe
number 954 of Ashland Senior
High School, under the direc
tion of Miss Laura M. Grubbs,
at 8 o'clock Thursday evening.
December 5, in the senior high
auditorium. A special student
performance is scheduled for
the evening of December 4.
The novel setting for this
fascinating new comedy Is
tiny, picturesque Green Val
ley, nestled away In the Call-
fomia hills. For a hundred
years, the Berry family has
owned this. Gandpa Berry
(Frank Baumeister), a straight
thinking, straight-shooting pio
neer staked out the original
claim back in the gold rush
days; however, Eldon Berry
(Ken Lance), the last of the
line, is about to lose the prop
erty to the unscrupulous hands
of one Tobias J. Everheel (Bill
Bates).
Right now, the loss will be
doubly painful. Strangely, un
accountably, Green Valley has
become a little Paradise of
Nature. Everything is growing
in rampant profusion: Juicy
j strawberries as big as a fist,
I bright yellow sunflowers high-
Eldon's cow. Minnie, who im-
bibes from the renewed bub
bling spring and gives gallons
of rare milk milk so rare that
those who drink it hear weird
music and see people people
who officially stopped walking
the earth many years before.
Prim Stokes (Janice Carter),
the vital native girl, in love
with Eldon, didn't believe it
. until the pale shadow of
long-dead Lonesome Berry
(Bill Finnell) abruptly ma
terialized. And neither did
greedy Everheel comprehend
until Prudence (Carol Cragle),
a witch-girl from the Golden
days, led him stumbling and
gaping to the awe-invoking
Garden of Green Valley. Even
studious Martha Mears (Janet
Saltus), of the local Historical
Society wasn't convinced until
almost too late.
Ghostly figures pop up all
over the place, there is Granny
Berry (Sarah Wilson), Calhoun
Berry (Wayne Hinkson), Jeb
Berry (Richard Lamb), and
Ran some (Bob Williams). Tink-
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ed on by the townspeople, and
passed. This was the go-ahead
for the building of the new
school. i
Mr. Parks says he believes
that the new gym will be fin
ished by spring. If so, the class
of '53 will go down in history
as being the first class to have
the privilege and honor of
graduating from the new gym.
The senior class only regrets
that the building couldn't have
been started earlier so that they
could have used them.
Everyone, though, thinks ths
there couldn't be anything