Senior Class Assembly Is Rollicking Success
Pep Club Tea;
Officers Named
The annual spring Pep club
tea was held this year in the
homemaking room, Wednes
day, May 2, 1956. It was advo
cated by the present members
as an honorary installation ser
vice for new members.
The tea attracted a good
turnout. The enthusiasm to
Schools Take
Part In Student
Exchange Program
A "Student Exchange Pro
gram" between Crater and Ash
land High schools was intro
duced recently. The two schools
ORCHESTRA TRAVELS
TO YREKA MAY 3
Seniors Put On
Hit Performance
A spectacular jazz assembly
was presented by the seniors in
the gymnasium on Friday, May
4, with Bob Alley as Master of
The Ashland High school or
chestra traveled to Yreka,
Thursday, May 3 to put on a
return assembly. Yreka came
here earlier in the year with
their trampolin club.
The orchestra played Medi-
exchanged two students apiece tation, Jazz Legato, Mississippi (Ceremonies.
for the school week of April 23 Suite, Andalucia Suite, and Weeks of work and prepara
to April 27. iFrankie and Johnnie. ion were put in'o this assem-
Exchange students were se- They returned home in the ibly and it proved to be one of
huMH h nnraniatinn into ilected from the junior classes afternoon. ,the finest Ashland High has
great club was shown by the "" .""" " "7"?"
number of new members who ,thc,,r. g"de averages and heir
attended ,oiiiiy lo report Dac u uieir
Officers of the over-all Pen f hools " any new or helpful
Club were introduced after re- information gamed from the
freshments of punch and cake ,fcXEe''enf- ' ,
were served and are as follows: . ,Bettv Sorenson and Errolyn
Aiiring represented nsiuanu
High while Janet Anderson and
Bill Morse represented Crater.
Jerry Miller, student body
Entertainment was furnished 1:,, ,.' . ' !
by Vivian Stevenson and Sally B'U n Monday morn.ng. April
Lane as they did a hill-billy tap ,23;,'"asfmbly . .
dance routine which received I tach studnt "B""1. fr
.xne Classes ne aiienas m
home school and attended them
President, Marianna Fletch
er; Vice President, Sally Lusk;
Secretary, Kathy Ingle; and,
Treasurer, Julie Joy.
well-deserving applause.
OUTSTANDING SENIORS
Outstanding senior gill
and boy wn nominated by
the faculty and final selec
tion was made by vote of the
senior class. Those selected
for this honor were Mary
Ann Anderson and Ray
Bohn.
for the week.
Tliis was the first time that
Ashlsnd had attempted such a
program.
It is hoped that the program
will better school relations and
give schools an idea how other
schools are governed. If this ex
periment proves successful, it
r I may DC iriea wun oiner scuouis
I
, f . , I I
i in the future.
Nat Parent Cole croons dreamily to the audience as Bob
Wright plays the drums. Den Church looks on and Connie
Kimsey sighs lazily on top of the piano.
FBI.. MAY 18. 1956
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL. ASHLAND. OREGON
NUMBER 8
Many Events
Planned For
Senior Class
Senior activities begin May
18, with the Prom; other activ
ities will include Senior dinner
at Tally Ho, Tuesday, May 22;
a party at the Episcopal parish
house after commencement. On
May 25 the seniors close twelve
years together with the Alumni
Banquet.
The annual Baccalaureate j
Service will be held Sunday,
May 20, at 8 p.m. in the Ash
land High school gym.
Reverend Ross Knotts will
preside with Reverend John L.
Thompson reading the Scrip
ture, and Reverend Fred Ploch
er will lead in prayer.
The sermon, entitled "Where
Religion Comes In," will be
given by Reverend B. J. Hol
land of the First Presbyterian
Church. Reverend O. W. Herbi
son will give the Benediction.
The music, furnished by the
orchestra and chorus, will be
under the direction of Bernard
Windt. -
The 65th annual commence
ment will be held in the Ash
land High Gymnasium, Wed
nesday, May 2 at 8:00 P.M.
The Invocation will be pre
sented by the Rev. William H.
Tillman.
Class Valedictorian, Morton
Scripter and Salutatorian,
Bruce Everett will give their
addresses followed by the
commencement address by Dr.
Victor P. Morris, Dean of the
School of Business Administra
tion at the University of Ore-
Citizen Of Week
Awarded To Four
Don Church, Connie Kimsey,
Kiki Dodgeridge, and Mary
Ann Anderson received the cit
izen of the week awards this
month.
Don received this award for
selling $50.00 worth of tickets
for the Letterman's Smoker
and he also refinished tables
for Mrs. Taylor. i
Connie was awarded for her
outstanding work on the Moth
er's Tea and Style show.
Kiki received the award for
her work on the Junior car
wash.
Mary Ann was awarded this
honor for the hard work and
outstanding leadership in put
ting on the Senior Assembly
which was a great success.
Prom Is May 18
The Prom is finally coming
and will be held tonight in the
Elks Lounge.
This Prom is put on by the
juniors in honor of the seniors,
and everything will come as a
complete surprise.
1
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"Little Hal and His Spastic Five" (Hal Edick. Don Church.
Bill 'Bebber, Bob Wright nd Jerry Miller.) play for the stu
dent body during the Senior Assembly. ,
ever seen.
"Little Hal And His Spastic
Five," Bill (saxaphone) Bebber,
Bob (beat-it-out) Wright, Don
(crazy-fingers) Church, Jerry
(joinUess) Miller and Hal (the
voice) Edick, played (or pre
tended to play) the saxaphone,
drums, piano, and guitar with
Hal singing.
Some say they were only
imitating the records Long Tall
Sally and Slippin' and Slidin,'
but then only the seniors know
about that!
Nat Parent Cole aroused
screams and torrents of emo
tion from the female audience
with his Je'Vous Jaime Bea
coup and The Sand And The
Sea. (You'd actually have
thought that Nat King Cole
was right there singing).
The three crooning canines,
(Don McMurchie, Marvin Ham
ilton and Aldcn Joy), were
whipped onto the stage by
Sharon Brownson. Whistles of
appreciation were given to the
dogs?!?!
Next came Linda (no deter
gent) Madison, who gave an
exhibit on bathing in public
with photographer Kermit
Thomas getting into the act.
Whatever Lola Wants, Lola
Gets was sung in a very profes-
ional style by Roberta Erskine.
It sounded like a record but
facts have it that it wasn't
Another fine act was Dolly
Jack and Barbara Turenr, who
(we are sure) imitated Marilyn
Monroe and Jane Russell. Billie
Jean Beagle sang Can't Help
Loving That Man of Mine,
which also brought a fine
round of applause from the
audience.
Mary Ann Anderson, Doreen
Phillips, Roberta Erskine, Joy
ce Hild, Billie Jean Beagle and
Marty Clary did a real cool
chaleston number and also
Hard-Hearted Hanna.
Carol Beare singing The
Birth Of The Blues caused a
wave of astonishment through
out the student body. Next Art
Carney's twin, Randy Root,
sang The Song Of The Sewer,
which we are sure moved many
01 the graduating senior Doys
to take to the work that goes
on under the streets.
The program ended when Al
Capone (Phil Sword) and his
body-guard (Stuart Baker)
crashed into The Hangover (a
dive on the other side of the
tracks) and leveled their guns
at the audience and muttered
THIS IS THE END!
Well, seniors, congratula
tions and thanks a lot for an
assembly that was the most!
gon . Then will come the long
awaited moment, the presenta
tion of the diplomas. The Bene
diction will be given by the
Rev. Lawrence May.
Music for the program will
be presented by the Ashland
High Band under the direction
of Huot Fisher and the chorus
under the direction of Bernard
Windt
Seniors: Remember?
As nervous, scared, bashful,
crying young kids, the class of
'56 started to fulfill our educa
tional requirements in 1944 in
various schools all over the U.
S .and Ashland. We participat
ed in various events such as
May Day and Field Day. We
learned about competitive spir
it. We had our ups and downs
and many moved away. Our
early years were trying ones.
We started our day at nine, re
cess at ten-thirty, and dismissed
at two-thirty.
We hated school to start in
the mornings, but oh how wc
lived for recess and lunch hour.
(Especially lunch hour. It was
in those days that we acquired
Delegates Chosen
For Girls State
diptheria and small pox shots
(duhhhhhh dey hur rr r tttt!!!)
Here we were small, defense
less, unprotected, all alone out
in that cruel, cruel world of
knowledge and education.
Time went on and we got
more acquainted with the en
vironment around us. We
found it wasn't just us, we had
friends. We had chances to
prove our talents and we learn
ed more and more skills as the
years went by. We had other
memorable events, too, such as
the annual Christmas Program
which was usually a litle skit
and the chorus sang. This mode
of living and survival went on
fcr several years. Among the May 8, playing an errorless ball
our fierce hunger pangs.) Weiother rvents, we had Girl game and with the three-hit
The annual event of sending
a junior girl to Girls State, in
Salem, has found Lynn Susee
and Kathy Ingle worthy of this
honor. They will be gone from
June 11-17, with the American
Legion paying all expenses.
Lynn and Kathy were chos
en by the faculty on their
scholarship and leadership ac
tivities. Running competition
with Lynn and Kathy was Viv
ian Stevenson. Vivian wa:
chosen as alternate. The pur
pose of this event is to show
the girls how the state govern
ment works.
Ashland dumped Crater 3-0,
dreaded the time we had our
Continued on Pago 4 'pitching of Gene Parent.