Ashland Students Apply
For Americans Abroad
VOL. 41, No. 4
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND, ORE,
FRL, NOV. 20. 1964
Feminine Feat Flops
Because of foul weather and a
muddy field, the powder-puff
football game that was to be held
last Thursday was canceled. This
game, sponsored by the GRA, was
supported by many participants.
The GRA, therefore, would like
Freeman, Officer
Receive Honors
Each month the Boy of the
Month committee, sponsored by
the local Kiwanis Club, chooses
some boy at Ashland High who
has done outstanding work for
the school.
The committee, headed by Mike
Dawkins. consists of a representa
tive from each class. The senior
representative is Mike Torresan,
junior representative, Cathy
Christy, and the sophomore rep
resentative is Craig Korthase.
For the month of September,
Ernest Freeman, a senior, was
chosen for his first place rank
ing on the Junior Engineers and
Scientists Summer Institute tests
October's Boy of the Month,
Greg Officer, was chosen because
of his outstanding work on post
ers and signs during football
season.
Each boy who is chosen is hon-
o-ed at a special luncheon given
by the Kiwauis Club.
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to express their sincere thanks
to the many girls who were to
May. These girls are Cindy
Wright, Dian Murphy, Linda
Dixon, Janney McCarley, Linda
Ilormel, Sheila Roderick, Carolyn
Winner, Kathy Mobley, Jill
Thompson, Georgia Schofield,
Vickie Budden, Jennifer Madison,
Janney Wyant, Jorja Kiel, Caro-
yn Preston, Tana Laird, Linda
Tucker, Carol Torresan, Diann
ollver, Lyla Voth, Nancy Phil
lips, Jane Nickell, Linda Hyland,
Jackie Thompson, Barbara Hor
mel, Sharon Moses, Barbara So-
rensen, Karen Newton, Barbara
Swink, Darlene Beck, Sandy
Westgaard, Sherry Martinec,
Vickie Parker, Bernadette Hawk,
Nancy Hawk, Dana Wietman,
Terry Dedrick, Ginny Lawrence,
Teresa Logel, Kathy O'Harra,
Lynn Dowis, Sally Rountree,
Kelly Reed, Connie Malvey, Jan
ice Doboer, Moya Sander, Rita
Harris, Linda Ferreira, and Linda
Roberts.
Thanks also go out to Mrs.
Trost, Miss Smith, Miss Laney,
Mr. Mearns, Mr. Buck, Mr. Gray,
Mr. Mobley and all the teachers
who were going to help sell
tickets.
To the patient, understanding
coaches, Tim Voth, Ross Cold
well, Dave Lewis, Jack Gruber,
John Mitchell, John Farmer,
Lonny Slack, and Joey William
son, go many warm thanks.
big cheer goes out to Mike
Torresan, Bill Jury, Bruce Ains-
worth, Ron Speece, Dwight Mor
rill, Jeff Cotton. Jim Price, Jerry
Sessions, Joe Whitsett, and Jim
Murphy for their unseen cheer
leading.
Thanks to the Flag Boys, Dave
Lohman, Dennis Ekwall, John
Buck. Don Scholer, Jim Conklin,
Terry Manary. Tom Reid, Don
Mann, Frank Cobb, Jack Gruber,
Bill Wiley. Rick Clark, Randy
Nelson, Bill Hardy, and Wayne
Calvary for preparing half-time
entertainment.
VFW To Sponsor
Local Contest
Would you like to win a $5,000
scholarship plus an all-cxpense-paid
trip to the nation's capital?
The money and the trip will be
awarded the first place winner
of the Voice of Democracy Con
test sponsored by the VFW.
The topic for the contest this
year is the "Challenge of Citizen-
hip." Any sophomore, junior, or
senior can participate in the com
petition by writing a three-to-five-
minute script to be given orally.
This is competition in writing and
voicing the personal opinions of
students, not an oratorical con
test.
Participants will compete with
students from Ashland first, and
a school winner will be picked
Prizes will be awarded to the
winners and are donated by the
Ashland merchants. The scripts
are judged on content, originality,
and delivery.
The school winner then com
petes with other school winners
in Jackson County, and a winner
is chosen to compete in the state.
Certificates of Merit are given to
the winner of each school and
community in the United States
participating in the contest.
Each state winner receives a 5-
day trip to Washington, D. C. in
March, where the four national
finalists and the top national win
ner will be announced at the
annual VFW Congressional banquet.
Ashland Debaters
Travel To Coast
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Four Ashland High students have been selected as finalists in
the Americans Abroad Program. They are Bob Kaegi, Carol
Pennington, Amy Helm, and Ellen Craft.
By Kim Nguyen
Kim Nguyen, AFS Exchange
Student from Saigon, had never
seen snow until last Friday. She
is pictured here in front of the
school during a fairly heavy
downfall.
Welcome Kim Day
Held November 19
Thursday, November 19 was
'Welcome Kim Day" at Ashland
High School. During the day, stu
dents wore "Welcome Kim"
badges and were especially
friendly to the AFS foreign ex
change student from South Viet
nam. Kim has dark hair, is eighteen
years old, and is one meter and
fifty-seven centimeters tall.
She enjoys eating, meeting
people, traveling, snow, and she
says she might like skiing.
Kim's impression of "Welcome
Kim Day" is "I am very excited
about it. I think it is a very good
idea to inform students about the
American Field Service program.
Thursday Kim was honored at
the PTA meeting.
Chorus, Orchestra
Presents Program j
November 25 the chorus and
orchestra, under the direction of
Mr. Bernard Windt, will present
a concert at 11 a.m. in the Ash
land High auditorium.
It is hoped that the assembly
will help to acquaint the student
body with the activities of Ash
land High's music department.
The program will begin with the
chorus singing the Alma Mater.
Other numbers to be sung by the
chorus will be Tumble Weeds,
Calypso, Certainly Hard, Bless
This House, Rock of My Soul, and
Now Let Every Tongue.
Members of the orchestra will
play West Side Story, Deep
Purple, and Star Dust.
Plans are being -made by Mr.
Windt to present a Christmas
program in approximately three
weeks. At this concert Mr. Windt
would like to put on a perfor
mance of Peter and the Wolf, a
tale orated by a speaker, and
accompanied by descriptive music
from the instrumental group.
Ashland High's debaters start
their "season" in North Bend for
a tournament on November 20
and 21. Mr. Herb Lewis, debate
teacher, will accompany the
14 juniors and seniors to the
coastal city for the tourney.
Those going on the trip include
Teresa Krug, Jon Roberson, Mike
Torresan, Bob Lawrence, Bar
nes, jary vrusna, aami
Everett, Susie Kapteyn, Cathy
Christy, Ellen Craft, Jackie Peter
sen, Susan Barth, Donna Hassell
and Kris Nashland.
The various divisions of the
tournament are extemporaneous
speaking, impromptu, oration,
after-dinner speaking, radio, hu
morous interpretation, serious in
terpretation, and poetry.
The Ashland and Medford de
baters are traveling together by
Greyhound bus to North Bend.
Teams from all over Southern
Oregon will be participating in
the tournament.
Ellen Craft, Amy Helm, Carol
Pennington, and Robert Kaegi
have been chosen as candidates
for the Americans Abroad pro
gram next year. All are attending
Ashland High School as juniors.
Applications of the four stu
dents will be sent to the AFS in
New York, and a committee will
select students to go abroad. The
selection is based on the ability
to adapt, scholarship, personality
and creativity. Each candidate
must be 16 years old and must
have had two years of a foreign
language. The grants, under the
AFS Americans Abroad -program,
give a student the opportunity to
study for one school year in a
foreign oourury.
"It's been a wonderful experi
ence, and I think it would be
wonderful to go. I hope one of
the four of us gets a chance to
go." said Ellen.
Amy thinks that "it is a very
fine program. Right now the pos
sibility of going seems very re
mote. I think it would be a fabu
lous experience to live for a
while in a foreign country. I just
hope one of the candidates in
Ashland will be given this op
portunity." Carol said, "I'd love to go. It
would be the chance of a life
time if any of the four of us
could. I imagine I would be a
"The Gravediggers," from
the college, will play for the
Lettermen's Club dance to be
held in the cafeteria tomorrow
night from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Cost for the dance will be 50c
stag, 75c couples. Everyone is
invited to attend.
KEITH MUNSON TAKES
FIRST IN DISTRICT
The season closed out on the
cross country team with its final
meet at district. The team took
fourth place behind Medford,
Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, and
in front of Crater. A bright spot
in the district run was Keith
Munson who ran the 2.58 mile
course in a record time of 12:38.
Other Ashland runners were
Craig Hooper, John Meyer, Ken
Baker, Mike Starnes, M.ke Hen-
nick, and Joe Schweizer
By virtue of his first place
finish at district, Keith ran in the
state crass country meet held in
BPW Awards Pin
To Senior Girl
Kandy Korthase, AHS senior,
has been chosen Girl of the Term
by the Business and Professional
Women's Club. She was selected
for this honor by the school
faculty on the basis of her
activities.
Kandy has participated in
Seminar and served on the
juvenile jury during her junior
year. She was a Girls' State
delegate and a Girls' Nation
finalist. Her present activities in
clude editor of the Rogue News,
chairman of the SSS committee,
member of the Grizzettes, and
secretary-treasurer of her church
youth group.
A pin was presented to Kandy
at the recent BPW meeting by
Mrs. Jacquie Lewis, school secre
tary. Kandy will present the pin
to the next Girl of the Term.
little lonely at first but when I
had learned the language it would
be very interesting. It would be
a lot of responsibility because
people would judge my country
through me."
"The AFS is doing great work
for American relations abroad,"
explained Robert. "I am glad to
see this plan continuing and ad
vancing annually. I have confi
dence and high hopes that one
of us will be selected this year.
The tension was very great a few
weeks ago when we all finished
our many qualification papers in
the short time given us, but we
are all relieved that we made the
deadline. It has been a great
honor '.j fc? thus fir in competi
tion. I thank the Ashland Chap
ter of the American Field Service
for a chance at this trip."
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Students Receive
Prizes At Sadie
Activities for the annual Sadie
Hawkins Dance started long be
fore the cafeteria was decorated
or the band set up and waiting
for the crowd of foot stampers to
arrive. Dates were asked, cos
tumes were made ready, and
transportation arranged.
The dance started at 8 p.m.
and lasted until ll p.m. The Ban-
ditos furnished the music. They
were set up on the stage, and
above them was a large banner
saying "Welcome to Dog Patch.
A few of the couples were
dressed as opposites, the girl
wearing boys' clothes and the
boy wearing girls'. Several
couples wore matching outfits,
and still others dressed as "old
folks."
The girls took advantage of the
opportunity to "get hitched" to
their guys by dancing their way
to Marryin' Sam's. It cost 25c for
a ring, license, and ceremony.
The highlight of the evening
was the costume judging. Penny
Fletcher and Steve Chapman
looked mast like Mr. and Mrs.
Dog Patch, and Tana Laird and
Jack Gruber won the Daisy Mae
and Lil' Abner competition. The
most humorous outfits were
sported by Margaret Rowden and
Bill Wiley.
This dance is one of the big
gest money-making projects of
the year for the junior class.
Coming Events
Nov. 25 Thanksgiving assembly; C.T.M.M. Tests
Nov. 2627 Thanksgiving Vacation
Dec. 2 Immunization Shots
Dec. 4 Booster Club Basketball Harlem Clowns
Dec. 5 College Board Examinations
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