VOL. 13, No. 10
Foreign Exchange
Students Flock
To AHS Campus
AFS Week, sponsored by the
American Field Service Club,
April 4 through April 8, was
"a whopping success," accord
ing to Jackie Petersen, club
president
During AFS Week, the club
sold tikis. Tikis were gods who
made the first life on earth, or
were the first life on earth them
selves, according to the Maoris,
New Zealand natives. They are
considered New . Zealand's na
tional good luck charm.
AFS Club sponsored a dance
Tuesday noon in the gym with
a live band. Admission charge
was 15 cents. The dance was a
sock hop.
AFS also sponsored a spa
ghetti feed in the school cafe
teria during the previous week.
Derek Leask, Ashland High's
AFS student from New Zealand,
spoke to the student body at an
assembly Wednesday. When he
first came to America, Derek
had trouble crossing streets be
cause Americans drive on the
"wrong side of the road." He
was almost "smote down" by a
big truck. Teenagers play a lot
more sports in New Zealand
than they do in the United
States, and there aren't as many
dances in New Zealand. Drive
ins are practically non-existent.
New Zealand teenagers enjoy
the Beatles and other British
groups.
Visitation
To climax AFS Week, AFS
students from all over the valley
were invited to attend school
Friday at Ashland High. Stu
dents and hosts were as follows:
Orsolina Vessa from Italy, stay
ing at Grants Pass, Jackie Peter
sen; Ann Larsson from Sweden,
staying at Pehoenix, Carol Pen
nington; Jean-Francois Durussel
from Switzerland, staying at
Medford, Dwight Morrill; Asa
Jonsdottir from Iceland, staying
at Medford, LeLanne Jackson;
and llortcnsia Zepeda from
Costa Rica, staying at Central
Point, Kris Nashlund. The stu
dents spoke at an assembly Fri
day afternoon. Ann Larsson re
ported that in Sweden girls may
wear slacks to school and boys
may wear their hair as long as
they please. However, boys are
required to take at least one
year of home economics. The
school season is backwards in
Sorenson, Phelps Will
Attend Girls' State
Barbara Sorenson and Cathy
Phelps have been chosen by the
faculty to attend this year's
session of Girls' State. Chris
Wiley and Sally Rountree have
been selected as alternates.
Each year the American Le
gion Auxiliary sponsors two girls
to attend Girls' State which is
held at Willamette University.
This year's session will last from
June 13 to 19. Girls are chosen
on the basis of leadership, schol
AFS STUDENTS Pictured above are the visiting AFS students of last week. Pictured from left
to right are: Orsolina Vessa from Italy; Ann Larsson from Sweden; Jean Francois Durussel from
Switzerland; Hortensia Zepeda from Costa Rica; Derek Leask, Ashland's student from New Zea
land; Jackie Petersen, president of the AFS Club; and Asa Jonsdottir from Iceland.
Junior And Seniors Vote On
is Year's Prom Princesses
Last week, the junior and
senior classes voted among the
senior girls to select prom prin
cesses. These girls will be
escorted and introduced at the
annual junior-senior prom. The
queen will be chosen by the
senior class.
Judy Bryant is this year's yell
queen. Besides this, she is also
active in Girls' League, student
council, interclub council, exec
utive council, and is presently
honored queen of Job's Daugh
ters. She is also a candidate for
Water Carnival Queen. Last
month she worked on a senior
play committee and is now
working on the all-school show.
Pam Demo is editor of this
year's The Rogue annual. Last
fall she was elected homecom-
Costa Rica, according to Hor
tensia. Students begin school in
March and end in November
with two weeks off in July.
There are 28 volcanoes and 200
hot springs on the island of
Iceland, which is heated by the
Gulf Stream. Orsolina and Jean
Francois had quite a discussion
in French. It seems there is
some kind of rivalry between
Grants Pass and Medford. Since
Orsolina lives with Mr. Smith's
brother-in-law, she calls him
"Uncle Snuffy." After the as
sembly, the students and hosts
congregated at the home of
Mrs. Sceva, club advisor, for an
informal party.
arship, patriotism to school,
county, state, and country. The
girls must also have an interest
in government.
Barbara Sorenson is a member
of the choir and orchestra. She
enjoys folk singing. She is social
chairman of her class and is a
member of Honor Society.
Cathy Phelps is an active
member of the AFS Club, GRA,
Ski Club, Honor Society, and
Grizzettes. She also enjoys folk
singing.
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ing queen by the football team.
She is a member of Quill and
Scroll, Grizzettes, AFS, Girls'
League, and Gifted Clssaes, ski
club, student council and inter
club council. Last year she was
head of flag girls.
Linda Hormel is active in
Girls' League as a .committee
chairman. The lettcrmen chose
her as a homecoming princess in
October. Her other activities in
clude Grizzettes, student coun
cil, and the senior play.
Jorja Keil has won several
awards for her debate activities.
She is one of this year's six
weeks' citizens. She is also active
in Grizzettes, Girls' League,
GRA, ski club, seminar, honor
society, and student council, and
was also a homecoming princess.
Amy Helm and Terry Barra
clough have been named as first
place winners of the Elks' Most
Valuable Student Contest. Each
of them received a $75 cash
award. Amy took second place
in district competition and won
a $250 scholarship.
Both Amy and Terry have
been active in student body ac
tivities. Amy has participated
in the Able and Gifted classes
at Southern Oregon College and
has served on Juvenile Jury.
Amy has been an active mem
ber of 4-H for the past seven
years. This year Amy is Griz
zette President, GRA point
manager, FBLA Scrapbock
Chairman, and Student Council
Representative. She is also a
member of Interclub Council
and Honor Society.
Among the awards Amy has
received this year are the BPW
Girl of the Term, Betty Crocker
Homemaker of Tomorrow, and
first place winner of the Elks'
Leadership Contest and winner
of state DAR award.
Helm. B
Most
Linea Sander has been a
cheerleader for the past three
years. Her other activities in
clude Girls' League, choir, and
student council. She is also chair
man of the citizen of the six
weeks committee.
Sandy Tison has also been a
cheerleader during her high
school years. Because of her
work on the yearbook staff,
Sandy was named to Quill and
Scroll membership. She now
represents AHS as a teen model
at Burelson's and is in the choir.
Cyndi Wright, who is an active
Grizzette, was also a homecom
ing princess. She is a past hon
ored queen of Job's Daughters.
Cindy also models for Burelson's.
arraclough
Valuable
Amy plans to attend Oregon
State University and major in
Home Economics.
Thespians heads the list of
Terry Barraclough's activities.
Terry is also in Honor Society
and Interclub Council. In addi
tion to this, Terry is a Student
Council Representative and is
in Humanities Seminar. Terry
has participated on Juvenile
Jury and went to Boys' State his
Junior year.
Terry plans to attend the
University of Oregon.
Second Placers
As second place winners,
Kathy Cook and Lyla Voth won
$37.50. John Wood won $50.
Kathy transferred from Kla
math Falls this year and she is
a member of Honor Society,
FT A, and Able and Gifted Stu
dents. In Klamath Falls Kathy
was a member of Pep Peppers
and Honor Society.
Lyla Voth has been in Griz
zettes for the past two years.
She has been in Humanities
Seminar and has served on the
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Cathy Phelps
Semi-finalist,
Term Citizen
Cathy Phelps has been select
ed as a semi-finalist in the
Americans Abroad Program
sponsored by the American
Field Service.
Cathy recently received a
double honor when she was
selected by the student council
as Citizen of the Six Weeks.
The nomination came because
of her AFS work and partici
pation in many activities.
Selections are
placement, and
based upon
if Cathy is
Cathy Phelps
matched with a home, she will
go abroad this summer for a
period of approximately two
months.
Many Activities
Cathy's activities include folk
singing, guitar playiig, and
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Jackson County Youth Council.
Lyla has participated in Girls'
Track, baseball, and gymnas
tics. She is also GRA President.
Lyla has won the BPW Award,
Citizen of the Six Weeks and
took second place in the Elks'
Leadership Contest.
Wrestling is John Woods'
main activity. He is also Vice
President of the Student Body
and President of Interclub
Council. He is a member of
Letterman's Club, Honor So
ciety, and AFS Club. John has
been active in scouts and has
gained the position of President
of Explorer Scout Post.
Third place winner, Dale Bar
ger won $25. Dale is president
of Honor Society, a member of
Letterman's Club, Seminar, Able
and Gifted Classes.
This year Dale has been hon
ored as Boy of the Month and
he won second place in the Elks'
Leadership contest. Dale also
won the United States National
Bank Work College Program
Scholarship.
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