MINSTREL
SHOW
TONIGHT!
AHS Presents Minstrels
Tonight and Saturday
Strains of "Swanee . . . How I
love ya! How I love ya! My dear
old Swanee!" have been echoeing
throughout the gymnasium in the
last four weeks as the student
and faculty of Ashland High
School have been rehearsing for
the first Minstrel Show, to be
presented tonight and Saturday
night.
Under the direction of Mr.
Bernard Windt. Ashland High
School's orchestra and chorus
director, the Minstrel Show will
include lively musical numbers,
dancing, and the antics of the
traditional "blackfaces."
Opening with tha "Land of Cot
ton" overture, the show boasts
such songs as "Nellie Was a
Lady," "Ring de Banjo," "When
the Saints Go Marchin' In," and
"I Found a Million Dollar Baby
in a Five and Ten-Cent Store."
In between the musical numbers,
the blackface end-men & women,
will carry on with humorous
dialogue sequences.
Drama Club
Presents Play
"I look like a rosy rosebud, or
something," remarked Lee Marks
as he squinted at his powder- and
rouge-plastered face reflected in
the mirror. The curtain was about
to rise on the Drama Club Play,
"Make Room for Rodney." held
on Monday, March S for the stu
dent body in the cafeteria.
The comedy, which lasted from
12:55 to 1:55, was introduced by
Galen Roberson, and told how
Rodney Lodge tried to get his
sister, Phyllis Lodge married so
that he could have her bedroom
as his own room.
The cast consisted of Lee Marks,
as Rodney Lodge; Claudia Ever
ett, as Phyllis Lodge; Judy Ben
son,, as Mrs. Lodge; Dick Bush
nell, as Mr. Lodge; Francis Hol
mes, as the maid; Suzanne Har
mon, as Josephine; Carl Stubble
field, as Bill Thompson; and Jerry
Guscette, as Lyman Cunningham.
Earl Iba was the Stage Manager.
Judy Benson stepped in at the
last minute to take the part of
Mrs. Lodge as Peggy Vance, who
had been originally cast as Mrs.
Lodge, was ill.
'Blackfaces" will consist of
Judy Benson, Ron Bemis, Keith
Brostad, Chuck Calhoun, Gloria
Collver, Janet Covington, Judy
Ebcrhart, Bob Ford, Linda Hugh
es, Angie Downy, Rick Miller,
Jack Mills, Karen Schopf, Dave
Squires, Marion Parker, and Tom
Thompson.
Serving as Master of Ceremon
ies will be "Mr. Interlocuter."
Playing him on Friday night is
Rick Callahan, and Saturday night
will be Charles Hillestad.
Publicity Given
For publicity purposes, the
Blackfaces, Mr. Interlocuter, and
a band traveled through town on
the back of a flat-bed trailer this
week. Blackfaces also appeared on
television.
Ticket sales have been placed
on a competitive basis, with S.S.S.
Day points being given to the
class that sells the most.
Math Students
Enter Contest
On March 8 at Ashland High
School an 80 minute mathematics
contest was held at sponsored by
the Mathematical Association of
America and the Society of Act
uaries. This was the thirteenth
annual mathematics contest of
its type to be distributed among
the schools.
For Ashland High the winning
team consisted of Dave Squire,
Ron Kirsher and Jim Lamb. Their
scores will now be entered into
state competition.
As high scorer for Ashland High
School Dave Squire will receive a
pin signifying his achievement and
the winning school will also be
given an award.
TRI-HI-Y PLANS
CONVENTION
On April 26, five students from
the Ashland Tri-Hi-Y will attend
a state convention in Salem.
Those attending will be Gen
Rodgers as chaplain, Linda WelLs
as a senator and Carolyn Harmon
as a representative. Also attend
ing as observers are Darlene Cle
ments and Sharon Lantis.
While at this convention, the
senator and representative will
present a bill which states that
all dependent or delinquent child
ren in the juvenile home should
get an education. The members
onf Tri-Hi-Y along with their
legal consulant worked out this
bill and presented it at the district
meet held in February.
Six Bands Hold
Annual Festival
Three hundred and fifty stu
dents participated in the annual
band festival held March 8, at
7:30 in the high school gym
nasium.
Bands performing were: the
Ashland Senior High School Band;
the Ashland Junior High School
Varsity and Cadet Bands; and
the fifth and sixth grade bands.
According to Rick Hester, high
school band president, there was
a very good attendance at the
festival.
Coming Soon!
The Oregon Symphonic Band
from the University of Oregon
will play at the Ashland Junior
High School at 7:30 on April 3.
National Honor Society
Holds Annual Induction
Eight seniors and seventeen
juniors were inducted into the
Alpha Chapter of the National
Honor Society in a ceremony held
March 22, at 2:30 p.m. before the
entire student body. These stu
dents were chosen on the basis of
their outstanding achievments in
character, leadership, scholarship,
and service. All students inducted
must meet the specifications of
the National Honor Society Head
quarters, Washington, D.C.
The upper fitieen per cent of
the senior class is eligible for
membership. Ten per cent were
eligible for membership when
juniors. The next five per cent
are Farley Buell, Richard Byrns,
Janet Bobbett, Joy Farenhurst,
Ron Kirsher, Wesley Nickodemus,
Yvonne Nicolson, and David
Squires.
The upper ten per cent of the
junior class meeting the require
ments for NHS membership in
clude Carol Bjork, Charles Cal
houn, Linda Decker, Claudia
Everett, Nancy Grow, Carolyn
Harmon, Jane Hennick, Tod Hess,
Carol James, Jim Lamb, Betty
Martin, Elaine Meads, Terry Mc
Kinnis, Craig Pennington, Paula
Prescott, James S. Smith, and
Doree Woodell.
Seniors inducted into the NHS
1961 include Judy Benson,
Nancy Conrad, Joan Drager, Linda
Gray, Karen Hinrichs, Janet Mil
ler, Margie Moore, Sue Mittag,
Dan Lewis, Judy Eberhart, Janet
Covington, Karen Schopf, Peggy
Parsons, Joy Hinkson, Ken Steven
son, Susan Thompson, and Delores
Westgaard.
Officers of the Alpha Chapter
are Ken Stevenson, president;
Karen Hinrichs, vice-president;
Peggy Parsons, secretary, and Joy
Hinkson, treasurer. Advisors are
Miss Mary McLarnen and Mrs.
Estel Schler.
The program consisted of
speeches by Ken Stevenson, Mr.
Gaylord Smith, Dr. Betty Lou
Dunlop, Janet Miller, Judy Eber
hart, Karen Schopf, and Peggy
Parsons. The Seniorettes and the
Hangmen provided the entertainment.
FRI., MARCH 30, 1962
ASHLAND, ORE.
NUMBER 8