AHS Turtles
Vie for Crown
VOL. 41, No. 6
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND, ORE. FRIDAY, JAN. 22, 1965
Stage and Symphonic Bands
Perform at Winter Concert
Ashland High's Symphonic and
Sta?c Bands presented their Win
ter Concert Tuesday night at 8
p.m. in the school gymnasium.
Bradshaw Wins
District Contest
For the first time in several
years, an Ashland High School
student has, received first place
in the district VFW Voice of De
mocracy contest. Cliff Bradshaw,
a senior, won both the local and
district contests with his speech
on "The Challenge of Citizen
ship."
Cliff centered his talk around
the qualifications of the individ
ual citizen. He expressed the fact
that an individual should be re
sponsible not only to himself but
also to his country.
His speech, which was a 3-5
minute recording given in the
style of a radio commentary, was
judged last Friday in the state
contest.
Cliff was presented with a cer
tificate of recognition and a gift
certificate from a local merchant
for winning the local contest.
The judges for the district con
test were members of the Med
ford Taaitmaster. Local judge
included several Ashland High
School faculty members.
Thespians Present
Yule Pageant
Despite snowy weather condi
tions, the Christmas pageant was
presented as scheduled. How
ever, the play was performed in
the school cafeteria instead of on
the plaza as previously planned.
The one-scene pageant was the
Christmas story of Mary and Jo
seph and their stay in the stable
at Bethlehem. The main speak
ing parts were Mary, Judy Hare;
Joseph. Mike Dawkins; Innkeeper,
Curt White; Zidon, Sammy Jame
son; Sarah, Cathy Christy; Son,
Dave Parsons; Daughter. Lisa
Tumbleson; and Priest, Mike
Lundergan.
In the speaking chorus were
Terry Barraclough, Kent Brostad,
Dave Duty, Miles Everett, Sami
Everett, Stu Houghton, Kathy
Lanman, Kris Nashlund, Vicki
Parker, and Sally Rountree.
Included in the singing choir
were Laurey Dixon, Alan Hassell,
Rhea Lisonbee, and Barbara
Sorenson. Steve Bornet played
the recorder. Director of the pa
geant was Sami Everett.
Same of the numbers per
formed by the Symphonic Band,
under the direction of Mr. Raoul
Maddox, were a march from the
opera Tannhauser, by Wagner;
highlights from the Broadway
play Hello, Dolly!; and Bugler's
Holiday, by Leroy Anderson.
This last number featured a cor
net ensemble composed of Gary
Gosha, Richard Kreisman, Jim
Chamberlain, Ron Redding, Kola
Hobson, and Doug Fremd.
Jim Chamberlain played the
solo part in the Stage Band's
number, Saint Louis Blues. This
band, under the direction of Mr.
Dave Wight, also played In The
Mood by George Gershwin and
Alley Cat by Frank Bjorn and
Paul Cox.
Kathy Hussy
Wins National
Home-Ec Title
Kathy Hussey was recently
named the 1965 Betty Crocker
Homemaker of Tomorrow at Ash
land High School. This award
was based on a written home
making examination' on home-
making knowledge, which was
given to all graduating senior
girls in the United States. Kathy
received a pin, and her paper is
being judged on the state level.
The State Homemaker of To
morrow will receive a $1500
scholarship and an expense-paid
tour of Colonial Williamsburg,
Virginia, Washington, D. C, and
New York City. She will be ac
companied on this tour by her
homemaking instructor. Her
school will receive a set of En
cyclopedia Britannica. A $500
educational grant will be awarded
to the state runner-up.
In the spring, the All-American
Homemaker of Tomorrow will be
named and will receive a $5,000
increase in her scholarship. Sec
ond, third, and fourth-place run-
ners-up will receive scholarships
of $4,000, $3,000, and $2,000 respectively.
Kathy is a member of the Na
tional Honor Society, a band
member, has been in 4-H cloth
ing for five years, and works as
a Candy Striper at Rogue Valley
Hospital.
Kathy hopes to continue her
study in home economics at
Northwestern Nazarene College,
Nampa, Idaho, after graduation.
Ashland Seniors
Apply for College
It's time for seniors to apply
for college, and to select their
courses. Seniors who would like
to obtain all college scholarship
to obtain college scholarship in
formation should see Mrs. Zwick,
Mr. Silver, or Mr. Mearns.
State College scholarship forms,
including O.T.I., have arrived, so
any senior who is interested
should see one of the three
teachers.
AFS STUDENT FROM
GRANTS PASS VISITS
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Greg Peart, American Field
Service foreign exchange student
from Tasmania last week con
ducted several informal meetings
on the trials and adventures of a
foreign exchange student.
Greg, the guest of Bob Kagei,
who is also an applicant for the
AFS exchange program, spoke
about Tasmania, the kids on the
plane coming to America, the
reactions of kids on the Califor
nia freeway after never having
gone over forty on a road before,
and his experiences while in the
U. S.
Differences in customs were
cited by Greg as the chief con
trast between the two countries.
He noted mainly the informal
system of school in America, hand
holding and related activity in
the school halls, and the differ
ences of dress from semi
formal to cutoffs and sweat
shirts worn by the students at
dances.
V J
"Flash," sophomore turtle, takes off for the wide open spaces,
leaving "Merc," the juniors' prize runner, pondering over which
way to go. The seniors were running their turtle, "Blue Eagle,"
through his paces when the picture was taken.
"Run, Turtle, run" will be the
cry February 5 as three turtles
representing the sophomores, ju
niors, and seniors vie for the
world's fastest turtle on a 30- j
foot track.
The junior turtle, whose name
is Merc, has already claimed to
be the world's fastest land turtle
as it covered the circle, 30 feet
diameter, faster than any
known to this date, during
practice.
The sophomore species of tor
toise, Flash, was voted the most
likely to succeed on February 5,
although the senior turtle,
B.E.T.J.C., which stands for Blue
Eagle, the Jungle Cookie, is a
hard running aggressor and will
be hard to beat.
Krug, Lohman Winners
In Leadership Competition
Teresa Krug and Dave Lohman,
both seniors, were the first-place
winners of the recent Elks Youth
Leadership Contest. In second
place were Barbara Jones and
Jon Roberson, Maria Drew, Mike
Torresan and Dave Barger were
in third-place.
The contestants were judged on
their leadership in civic, school,
church, and community activities.
They were required to submit a
brochure containing a list of their
activities, certificates, and
letters of recommendation, a per
sonal letter, and recommenda
tions from the administration.
First-place winners will receive
$75 in cash from the local Elks
Lodge, second-place winners $50,
and third-place winners $25.
Teresa and Dave will compete on
a state level. If they win there
they will receive $1200 each. The
winners from the state contist
will then compete nationally. The
winners of the national competi
tion will be awarded $5000 scholarships.
Miss Drew Named
Girl of the Term
Maria Drew was chosen Girl of
the Term by the Business and
Professional Women's Club for
the third six weeks period. She
was given this award on the basis
of her many school activities.
Maria is a student body vice-
president, interclub council pres
ident, a member of Seminar,
FTA, band, and IRL and serves
on the American Field Service
Committee. She has been active
in debate and the Spanish Club.
Maria was a third place winner
for the Elks Youth Leadership
Contest.
Kandy Korthase was the first
Girl of the Term and presented
the traveling BPW pin to Teresa
Krug, the second Girl of the
Term. Teresa will pass the pin on
to Maria.
WHALE THOSE DRUMS!
Hank Houst, professional drum
mer, performed before the drum
mers and musical directors of
AHS, AJHS, and local elementary
schools on January 12 during
third period. The program began
with a brief education on drum
ming, from the holding of sticks
to the tuning of drums. Mr.
Houst demonstrated, from his
book on Latin rhythm, the tech
niques used in obtaining that
South American beat. Besides
writing a book, he is a private
music teacher and a member of
a band in his home town of Boise,
Idaho.
The AHS drummers in attend
ance were Nicki Benbrook, Vir
ginia DeKorte, Jon Holland, Kurt
Huffman, Lois Lahr, Dan Merri-
man, Ernie Peters, Lena Richard
Coeges To Hold
Campus Visitation
Saturday, January 23, the Uni
versity of Oregon and Oregon
State University will hold their
annual visitation for the future
freshmen of the two colleges
Duck Preview
The University of Oregon's
nnflr Prnvio.w will onnsist if
tours of the University followed Bedford.
by a luncheon and a lecture.
The program will start at 9
a.m. and last until 5 p.m. Over
night housing will be provided
by the university. Counselors and
parents of the high school stu
dents are encouraged to attend
the visitation day.
Beaver Open House
The Beaver Open House will
begin at 9 a.m. with a discussion.
There are many items which are
going to be discussed for the
benefit of the visiting seniors,
among them admission require
ments, housing costs, ROTC pro
grams, student employment,
loans, and scholarships. At the
end of the discussion there will
be time given to ask questions
which may arise.
There will be a luncheon from
12 noon until 1 p.m. Followin
the luncheon .students from the
University will give guided tours
to the different parts of the
chool. After the guided tours,
The class number will be
painted on the back of each
sprinter and the winner will re
ceive an undecidea amount ot
SSS points.
New Addition To
Quill & Scroll
The Quill & Scroll will hold a
Press Banquet and Initiation of
new members February 9, at the
Ashland Junior High Cafeteria.
The Banquet will start at 6 p.m.
and the initiation at 7:30 p.m.
New members taken from the
journalism class are Kandy Kor
thase, Linda Brown, Linda Pres
cott. Ken Baker, and John Kaegi.
These people have performed
outstandingly in the journalism
class. New members from the
annual class will be announced
later.
Mr. William Dawkins, guest
speaker, will give a talk on Pub
lic Relations. Entertainment will
be supplied by the Blue Denims
from Ashland High.
Special guests will be the Med
ford chapter of Quill & Scroll,
Mrs. Estel Sohler, and the annual
and journalism advisors from
Baker Chosen
Boy of Month
Ken Baker has been chosen
boy of December for his activities
and out of school. In school.
he has set up for dances, sold
programs, and run chains at
football games. Among the top
of the senior class in grades, Ken
is a member of the chorus, juve
nile jury, humanities seminar,
and the Rogue News staff. He is
also a member of the Lettermen's
Club and participates in cross
country and track.
Out of school, Ken heads the
Bible Club held next door to the
Sweetshop and is an active mem
ber of the First Baptist Church.
His plans for the future are to
study medicine at the University
the students will entertain the of Oregon and work for the
visitors. forest service in the summertime.
Coming Events
January 23 U of O, Oregon State Visitation
January 25 Assembly, 11 a.m.
GRA basketball with SOC
January 29 Debate at SOC
No basketball
January 30 Basketball at Medford, 8 p.m.
Wrestling with Crater, Here, 6:30 p.m.
February 5 National School Assembly, 8:45 a.m.
Basketball with Crater, Here, 8 p.m.
Wrestling at Medford
February 6 Basketball at GrantsP ass, 8 p.m.
awards. Also to be included were
son, and Terry Stauffer.