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VOL. 41, No. 7
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND, ORE.
FRI., FEB. 12, 1965
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Ashland High Librarian
Makes Plans for Retirement
After 42 years of teaching and
working in libraries, Mr. Giles
Green will retire following the
current school year. Mr. Green
started teaching math in a one
room rural school in Idaho, and in
1931 started doing library work as
a sideline along with teaching.
He has since given up teaching
math and has been doing library
work for 34 years.
Future Business
Leaders Install
17 New Members
Candy McMonigal was installed
as president of the Ashland Chap
ter of the Future Business Lead
ers of America by the Medford
Chapter, January 28, in the school
library. Also installed were Carol
Shepherd, vice-president; Georgia
Meyer, secretary; Dolly Byrd,
treasurer; and Ardith Thompson,
reporter.
Included in the installation
was a candlelighting ceremony
during which time each officer
and member took an oath. Sharon
Bross, Medford FBLA president,
presented the creed to Candy
McMonigal.
After the candlelighting cere
mony, Dr. Loy Prickett, head of
the Business Education Depart
ment at SOC, gave a talk on the
importance of business in our
changing world.
Guests who were introduced
included honorary members Miss
Maureen Smith, business teacher
at AJ1S, and Mrs. Jacqueline
Lewis, school secretary. Ruth
Sackett, Oregon FBLA President,
Eugene Cronin, president of Phi
Beta Lambda at SOC, Mr. David
Hile and Mr. Louis Mahar, busi
ness teachers at Medford, Miss
Myrtle Hayes, Grants Pass FBLA
advisor, and Mr. Walter Nelson,
also of Grants Pass, were intro
duced. Refreshments of punch and
cookies were served following the
adjournment of the meeting.
Miss Mary McLarnen, home
economics instructor at Ashland,
provided the tea service and
helped with other arrangements
for the installation.
ASHLAND FT A INITIATES
MEDFORD MEMBERS
Six members of the Ashland
FTA traveled to Medford January
29 to participate in the Medford
FTA initiation. Attending were
Diane Benson, Linda Brown, Julie
Cox, Judy Fremd, Jim Mayo, and
John Purves.
The Ashland members were
taken on a tour of Medford High
by Sue Fox, president of the
Medford FTA. A potluck dinner
was served, and later several of
the Ashland members conducted
the swearing-in ceremony for the
new initiates.
After the swearing in, the Med
ford initiates were subjected to
a number of different tasks, such
as a maze, and an egg walk. To
climax the initiation all new
members were required to eat
crackers, whistle a song, and fi
nally, drink a concoction made of
tomato juice, chill powder, and
Worcestershire sauce.
The Ashland FTA is planning
a joint Medford and Ashland
meeting sometime in the near
future.
When asked about his interests
outside school, Mr. Green replied
that for the past few summers
he has been indexing newspapers
from the early days of Jackson
ville some dating from 100
years ago. Other interests outside
his school work include North
west history, choir singing, read
ing, and woodworking with his
power tools.
Born in the Midwest, Mr. Green
moved with his parents to Idaho.
Growing tip in a log cabin, Mr
Green was taught his "three R's"
by his mother. Later he went to
high school with 40 kids who
came when they wanted, as at
tendance was not compulsory. A
faculty of two taught school, and
there were no electives, no mu
sic, and no P.E. classes.
At AHS, Mr. Green has spe
cialized in developing the school's
periodical library through the
use of a special method. He has
developed one of the best period
ical libraries in the state with
magazines such as National Geo
graphic going back to 1911.
AHS Band Leader
Travels To Eugene
Mr. Raoul Maddox. AHS band
director, represented the AHS
band at the University of Oregon,
January 22 and 23, where he lis
tened to performances and lec
tures by "Doc" Severinson, from
the Tonight Show, and Roger
Nixon, from the University of
San Francisco, on new concepts
in contemporary composiiton for
bands.
Representing other musical
organizations from Ashland were
Mr. Frank Kenny and Mr. David
;ht, AJHS band directors, and
Mr. Everett Winter, AJHS choir
director.
Other bands performing at the
conference were the Roseburg
High School band, the Symphonic
band of the University of Oregon,
and the Concert band.
Cupid Honored
February 19
Cupid's Ball for 1965 will be
held February 19, next Friday
night in the AJHS cafeteria from
8 to 11 p.m.
The cafeteria will be decorated
in the usual red, pink, and white
Valentine colors. Kandy Korthase
and Tana Laird are in charge of
the decorating. 1'rs. Trost and
Mr. Mobley are also helping.
Semi-formal dress will be worn.
The couples will dance to the
music of the Randy Hugdahl Trio.
The band consists of Randy,
playing the trombone, Al Cleland
on the drums, and Ben Gault at
the piano. Admission for the
dance has not yet been deter
mined. Annual Prom
Slated For May 15
Plans for the junior-senior
prom have been made at several
meetings in the past few weeks
of the committee chairmen. Ma
terials for the prom are now
being ordered, and work will
soon be under way. Chairmen of
the various committees are Carol
Pennington, social chairman; Jo
anne Skinner, tables and service
Amy Helm, programs; Dale Bar-
over-all decorations; Carol
Bradshaw, serving; Lelanne Jack
son, pictures; Lyla Voth, refresh
ments; and John Wood, band.
The prom is set for May 15,
and will be held in the Britt Ball
room at Southern Oregon College.
Music will be provided by an
eight-piece band.
This year the prom queen and
princesses will be chosen by vote
from both the junior and senior
classes, rather than just the
juniors as in past years.
Debaters Attend
Meet at SOC
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Lyla Voth and Amy Helm, recently chosen to represent Ash
land at Oregon Girl's State next summer, look over informa
tion concerning the week-long conference.
Amy, Lyla Selected
1965 Girl's Staters
Amy Helm and Lyla Voth
were chosen by the Ashland High
faculty to attend the 1965 sum
mer session of Girls' State to be
held at Willamette University in
Salem, June 14-20. Cathy Christy
Merc Wins
Merc Mercury, the junior class
turtle, proved that he was the
world's fastest turtle last Friday
as the pint-sized tortoise ran
circles around Flash and Blue
Eagle.
Merc covered the 30-foot track
in a little more than seven min
utes, the hard way. He ran al
most 20 feet, then turned and ran
back to the starting line as if he
wanted more competition from
the idle sophomore and senior
turtles. When he got back to the
start, he again turned and ran
for the finish. The senior turtle,
Blue Eagle the Jungle Cookie,
gave Merc all of the competition,
but Merc beat him by over six
feet despite efforts made by the
sophomores and seniors to stop
him.
Just before Merc reached the
finish line everyone in the audi
torium piled ortto the floor and a
few attempts were made to stop
Merc by scaring him.
Although rumors had it that
the sophomore turtle was stepped
on. Flash is all right and un
harmed. Both trainers of the
senior and sophomore turtles
said they would like a re-match
at some future date.
The Student Council spon
sored the Penny Wednesday
last week. A large black kettle
in the main hall served as the
donation pot. All donations are
to go to the fund for the AFS
students. The Student Council
got a total of $10.85 in pennies,
dimes, and quarters during the
day.
Twenty-one Ashland High stu
dents attended the SOC debate
meet held January 29 and 30th.
This was a non-competitive de
bate consisting of several events.
Students competing in the
rious categories were:
Debate: Mike Lewis and Curtis
White; Linda Wenker and Jorja
Keil; Mike Torresan and Bob
Lawrence; Teresa Krug and Jon
Roberson; Carolyn Dickerson and
Ginny Lawrence; Paula Huffman
and Mary Allen.
Extemporaneous: Jon Rober
son, Cathy Cristy, Ginny Law
rence, and Curtis White.
Oratory: Jon Roberson, Jackie
Peterson, Barbara Jones, Teresa
Krug, Donna Hassell, and Susan
Barth.
Impromptu: Mike Torresan,
Bob Lawrence, and Cathy Cristy.
' Radio: Jackie Peterson, Scott
Weaver, Donna Hassell, and
Mike Lewis.
Poetry: Kristen Nashland, Sami
Everett, and Susan Barth.
There were approximately 150
participants at the meet.
On February 17th the Ashland
High School debate team will
leave to go to a meet at Linf ield.
They will be debating the sub
ject "Should Nuclear Weapons
Be Handled by an International
MAGICIAN'S MAGICIAN"
APPEARS AT ASSEMBLY
Andre Kole, who is known as
a "magician's magician," ap
peared before the Ashland High
School student body during a
National School Assembly held
January 25. Mr. Kole has ap
peared in many large hotels and
theaters in the United States and
on national television. According
to his brochure, he is billed as
America's leading illusionist and
is recognized as one of the fore
most inventors of magical effects.
At the age of 13 he had appeared
in over a dozen states, Canada,
and Central America, and was
known as the "World's Greatest
Junior Magician." For the past
15 years Mr. Kole has been a
professional magician.
Ashland High School and SOC
are among the schools, universi
ties, and colleges across the coun
try in which Mr. Kole is making
personal appearances in con
junction with the work of Cam
pus Crusade for Christ Inter
national. Mr. Kole's unusual approach of
showing the reality of Christ
through the fantasy of magic
aroused some controversy, but
was rated as good by the Student
Council.
COMING EVENTS
Feb. 15
Powder Puff Basketball, 7:30
Feb. 17-20
Debate at Linfield
Feb. 19
Cupid's Ball, AJHS cafeteria.
was named as the alternate in
case one of them is unable to
attend. Girls' State is sponsored
by the American Legion Auxil
iary-
Amy and Lyla were chosen by
the faculty on the basis of their
leadership, character, honesty.
cholarship. cooperativeness, and
physical fitness to be Ashland's
representatives.
Approximately 260 girls from
the state will be attending the
week of meetings and instruction
in how governments work on the
local, county, and state levels. The
group will hear guest speakers
who- will explain such things as
civil defense and the various
forms of city government.
Last year, Kandy Korthase and
Linda Prcscott were Ashland's
representatives, and Teresa Krug
was the alternate. Kandy was
elected to be a state representa
tive and was one of the 12 Girls'
Nation finalists. Linda was elect
ed mayor of her city and was
chosen secretary to a state repre
sentative. At the Girls' State in
auguration of officers, Oregon's
governor, Mark Hatfield, pre
sented the inaugural address.
The girls visited the Marion
County courthouse where a mock
trial was held so that they could
witness court procedures in
action. They were also invited to
visit the State Supreme Court in
Salem.
Organization?" There will be ap-jFeb. 20
proximately 1400 students, at- Basketball, Medford, Hore
tending from 60 or 70 schools, at Wrestling tournament at Kla-
Ithe Linfield meet. I math Falls
Barbara Jones
Named Citizen
By Council
Because of her help on numer
ous senior class activities. Barb
Jones was chosen Citizen of the
Six Weeks by the Student
Council.
Barb's activities include presi
dent of Grizzettes, secretary of
the senior class, head of the deco
ration committee for the Christ
mas Ball, and a member of Na
tional Honor Society. This past
summer Barb was a delegate to
the Junior Engineers and Scien
tists Summer Institute, which was
held at Willamette University at
Salem.
Barb hopes to attend the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and
major in psychology next fall.