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VOL. 13, No. H ASHLAND HIGH
Candy Winters Chosen
For Miss Rogue Valley
For the second consecutive
year, an Ashland High School
coed has been selected to rep
resent Jackson and Josephine
counties in the Miss Oregon
Pageant. Last month Candace
Sue Winters, a senior, received
the Miss Rogue Valley title
from last year's winner, Lynn
Voris, who was also from AHS.
An Ashland student also re
ceived the first runner-up
honor. Jorja Keil, an active
senior, was awarded second
place in the pageant.
Candidates were judged on
poise, personality, talent, figure
and beauty. Finalists competed
in an impromptu expression
contest. Candy's talent routine
consisted of a dance routine
containing dances from the
"Roaring 20's to the Sizzling
60's." Her impromptu expres
sion concerned her work on the
juvenile jury.
Both Candy and Jorja re
ceived trophies for their wins.
Candy also received the ring
Students Recognized
Several Ashland High School
students have been honored by
the student council and other
organizations as contributing
outstanding work to the school
during the last part of the year.
Jackie Peterson, Ellen Craft,
and Chris Houghton have all
receved recognition for their
accomplishments.
Jackie Peterson was selected
by the student council as the
citizen of the six-weeks. Jackie's
activities this year have in
cluded membership in Grizettes
and serving as vice-president of
the senior class and president
of the American Field Service
club. In. her position in AFS,
she organized the activities of
the recent AFS Week.
Winner in Debate
Ja-Vie also represented AHS
in debate by winning the first
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awarded to Miss Rogue Valley,
a wardrobe, and the opportu
nity to compete in the Miss
Oregon Pageant
Candy transferred to AHS
last year. She has been a mem
ber of honor society, girls'
league, juvenile jury, and was
appointed temporary Flag Girl
leader.
GRADUATING SENIORS
CAN BUY ROGUE NEWS
Offered for the first time,
graduating seniors will be
able to subscribe to next
year's ROGUE NEWS by
mail.
Seniors may obtain all 12
issues immediately after pub
lication of each by subscrib
ing this year only. Subscrip
tions are handled by all
journalism class members for
$1. Anyone interested con
tact any ROGUE NEWS staff
member.
place trophy in Lincoln-Douglas
debate at the state tournament
She also received a third place
in oration at the district con
test. Ellen Craft, an active mem
ber of the senior class, has been
selected as the Business and
Professional Women's Girl of
the Term.
Besides having served on
several committees throughout
high school, Ellen has been
president of Future Teachers of
America, and has been a mem
ber of Grizzettes, AFS club, and
the Drama Guild.
Ellen has also been active in
her church organization. She
has been president and secre
tary of the Southern Oregon
Deanery. She has served on the
Youth Commission for Oregon
for two years.
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FKI., MAY 20, 1966
Prom Set For
Tomorrow Night
The 1966 Junior-Senior Prom
will be held in Britt Ballroom
at Southern Oregon College to
morrow night. The annual event
is scheduled to begin at 8:00
and continue until 12:00 mid
night. The high point of the evening
will be the crowning of the
prom queen. She will be chosen
from a court of seven princesses
selected by the votes of the
members of the junior and
senior classes. This year the
princesses are Linda Hormel,
Judy Bryant, Pam Demo, Sandy
Tison, Jorja Keil, Linea Sander,
and Cindy Wright.
Music for the dance will be
furnished by the Pastels. Re
freshments will be served dur
ing the evening by members of
the Sophomore class.
Members of the Junior or
Senior classes of Ashland High
will be admitted to the dance
free of charge. Those who have
received invitations to the affair
will also not be charged. The
price of admission for all other
students who wish to attend
will be $2.00.
Dave Parsons, Junior class
president, supervised the plan
ning for this year's prom.
Faculty, Students Present Musical
Several hundred people at
tended the two performances
of The Hither and Thither of
Danny Dither, presented by the
student body of Ashland High
School on April 29 and 30.
The all-school play was di
rected by Mr. Marian Shanks
and Mr Bernard Windt. The
Thurston Dance Studio also
contributed by helping with the
dance routines presented dur
ing the program. The orchestra,
chorus members, other inter
ested students, and faculty
members combined their efforts
to make the show a success.
Proceeds from the show will be
used for some needed school
facility which is, as yet, unde
For Outstanding Work
Next fall Ellen plans to at
tend Southern Oregon College
on a scholarship. She will ma
jor in either elementary edu
cation or library science.
Girls chosen for the BPW
award this year have been Amy
Helm, Carol Pennington, Lyla
Voth, Cathy Christy, Bonnie
Byrd, and Ellen Craft A tea
will be given on June 5 when
one of the girls will be chosen
as outstanding girl of the year.
All AHS girls and their mothers
are invited to the tea.
Boy of the Month
Chris Houghton, Ashland
High School sophomore, was
recently selected Boy of the
Month for April- Chris is the
first sophomore to receive this
auard this year.
Chris was chosen Boy of the
Kathy Neal Picked
In Three-Way Race
For the second time in its
history the Ashland High
School student body has select
ed a girl to serve as its student
body president The May 6 elec
tons showed Kathy Neal on top
in the three-way race.
Kathy, who is in her first year
at AHS, defeated Craig Kor
thase and Scott Weaver for the
office. She . formerly attended
Crater High SchooL-where she
served as Freshman class vice
president and Sophomore class
president. During her year at
AHS she has become active in
Ski club, AFS, and Drama
club. Kathy was also chosen as
an Americans Abroad candi
date. Ann Col well Elected
Ann Colwell, chosen to serve
as first vice-president, was op
posed by Paula Hoffman. Ann's
activities include: secretary of
Ski club and membership in
Grizzettes, AFS, and Quill and
Scroll.
AHS Boys Will Attend
Science Program At OSU
Juniors Randy Shults, Frank
Oxman, and sophomore Tod
Merriman have been chosen by
Mr. Johnson to take part in a
science program at Oregon
State University this summer.
Mr. Johnson said, "I chose the
boys on their good work and
interest in science."
Holiday Science Lectures will
present "How Man Looks at
His Own Brain" for this session.
A three-day program, from
June 23 25, has been planned
for the students attending. The
cided by the student council
members.
Both shows featured sopho
more Chris Houghton in the
starring role, with the main
VOTING HELD TODAY
FOR CLASS OFFICERS
Elections for next year's
class officers are being held
today. Sophomores are sched
uled to vote in biology classes
and juniors vote in U.S. his
tory classes. Candidates were
presented and given an op
portunity to present their
views concerning their office
and the coming school year
) at yesterday's assembly.
Month on the basis of his par
ticipation in the all-school
show. Chris portrayed Danny
Dither, the lead character in
the show. Chris says he has
been actively interested in
drama ever since he played the
part of a shepherd in a Christ
mas play.
Chris moved to Ashland from
Milwaukie, Oregon late in the
summer in 1964. Chris has been
active in clubwork and sports
since coming to AHS. He lists
wrestling, Drama club, ski club,
and American Field Service
club among his extra-curricular
activities. He commented that
his hobby is swimming.
Terry Barraclough, Tim Votbj
Terry Clark, and Randy Nelson
were also selected Boys of the
Month for September, October,
November aud December.
Steve Hagert, the only boy
elected, will serve as second
vice-president. The SSS com
mittee and the all-school show
are among the activities Steve
has participated in this year.
Secretary for the next school
year will be Lois Lahr. This
year, Lois served as secretary
of the Junior class. She also
participated in Grizzettes and
AFS.
Chosen because of her out
standing work in bookkeeping,
Dorothy Reeves was appointed
student body treasurer.
Cheerleaders
Chris Wiley was chosen as
next year's yell queen. Chris
was also a cheerleader this
year.
The six girls who will work
with Chris as cheerleaders will
be: seniors, Moya Sander, Lu
Juana Ferreira, and Dams
Conklin, and juniors, Pa Li
Brown, Ann Schwiebert, and
Pam Howard.
schedule consists of lectures,
scientific tours, and social get
togethers. Each year the theme is dif
ferent and, to go along with
this year's theme, Dr. Robert
Livingston will be the main
speaker. He is a famed neuro
physiologist from the Univer
sity of California. This program
is made possible by a grant
from the National Science
Foundation. The American As
sociation for the Advancement
of Science and OSU are spon
soring the program this year.
supporting roles of Lucifer
Lucas and Mr. Judkins being
played by Jim Williams and
Dwight Morrill. A split cast en
abled more students to partici
pate in the production. The
Faith, Hope, and Charity group
was made up of Dotty Francis,
Lynette Cornwall, and Barbie
Sorensen for the April 29 per
formance. Kathy Neal, Joanne
Jarvis, and Shirley Sabin acted
these parts the second night.
The character Daisy was also
played with a split cast. Janine
Lusk portrayed Daisy the first
night while Marie Mack took
over the part for the second
performance.
Faculty Performs
The play, which was built
around the wanderings of an
angel looking for good will,
consisted of two main acts.
During the second segment of
the show, high school dancers
did steps to several native
dances. Part of this act also
consisted of the entrance of
high school faculty members
singing a song entitled "Song
of the Grownups." Although not
all of the faculty members par
ticipated in the performance,
those that did made this act
one of the show's humorous
highlights.
Following the April 30 per
formance. Mr. Shanks and Mr.
Windt were presented with gifts
from the studuents who par
ticipated in the production.
Mr. Windt commented that he
was very pleased with the stu
dents' participation in the pro
duction and hopes that similar
plays can be presented by AHS
ttudents and faculty in coming
years.