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VOL. 14, No. 6
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND, ORE.
FRI., FEB. 10, 1967
Debaters Dominate SOC,
Will Go To Bend, Linfield
The Debate team came out on
top in both " the novice and
senior divisions at the SOC
tournament held Jan. 27 and 28.
Winners in the novice divi
sion were Kathy Hill and Janie
Smtih, with a first place in de
bate; Kathy Hill, first place in
impromptu speaking; Dave Ga
lati. third in extemporaneous
speaking; Janie Smith, first in
extemporaneous speaking; Lon
Gossage, second in impromptu
speaking; Kris Keil, finalist in
poetry reading; and Jeff McCol
lum, Gordon Hester, Lon Gos
sage, and Dave Galati tied for
second place in debate.
Senior Division
In the senior division, Ginny
Lawrence won first place in ex
temporaneous speaking; Jack
Davis and Lisa Tumbleson tied
for second in oration; Curtis
White placed second in im
promptu speaking; Cathy
Speaker Awarded
Third Place Honor
Carolyn Hassell, Ashland Sen
ior High School's representative
in the district finals of the Voice
of Democracy contest, received
third place honors.
In the contest, sponsored by
CAROLYN HASSELL
I A:
Lahr, Williams Set
For European Tour
Lois Lahr and Jim Williams
have been accepted for a Euro
pean tour sponsored by the
American Heritage Association.
They have chosen to take the
70 day American - European
Studies tour. Lois and Jim will
travel in a group with other
high school students. They will
leave shortly after school is out
Compare Systems
They will stop at Washington,
D.C. and New York before go
ing abroad. While in Europe
they will visit London, Oxford,
Berlin, Warsaw, Munich, Rome,
Paris and other points of in
terest They will be examining
the American federal system
and United Nations and study
Phelps, third in impromptu
speaking; and Lisa Tumbleson
and Cathy Phelps tied for second
in debate.
Eight debaters will travel to
Bend tomorrow to debate six
rounds. Christy Fett, Nancy
Hormel, Jim Work, and Loy
Dale will gain experience in de
bate in the junior division.
Mary Alley, Paula Hoffman,
Ginny Lawrence and Curtis
White will be entered in the
senior division.
On Feb. 15, the team will
travel to the Linfield Tourna
ment, which will last from Feb.
16 to 18.
Debate Teams
In the senior debate division,
Curtis White, Ginny Lawrence,
Lisa Tumbleson, Cathy Phelps,
Mike Lewis, Dave Parsons, Mary
Alley, Paula Hoffman, Bob
Dorris, Jack Davis, Chris Hough
ton, and Alan Engstrom will be
the Ladies Auxiliary to the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars, Carolyn
wrote on the theme: "Democ
racy: What It Means To Me."
After writing on the theme,
Caroline recorded it as a speech
and submitted it to judging here
at Ashland High.
Wins City Contest
Carolyn's speech was judged,
along with the entries of 12
other speech students here at
AHS, by three faculty members.
After winning the city con
test, Carolyn's speech went on to
be judged along with those
from Medford and vicinity. All
those speeches in the district
contest had previously won
local contests. Carolyn's speech
received third place honors and
Carolyn received a certificate as
well as cash awards.
Carolyn was up against espe
cially stiff competition as the
district winner from Medford
went on to win the state contest.
Carolyn said that "making
the speech helped me realize
how much democracy we do
have in the school and in our
everyday life."
ing the similarities and differ
ences in American and European
cultures.
Promote Understanding
The primary objective of the
American Heritage Association
is "to aid Americans in their
striving to obtain an apprecia
tion for and an understanding
of their heritage and the heri
tage of man . . ." The activities
of this association are program
med to supplement and comple
ment formal instruction offered
in the secondary schools. Appli
cants must be in high school.
The list of tours includes
American Studies, American
Canadian Studies, and Austrian
German Studies.
divided into two two-man teams
and two four-man teams.
In the junior division Kris
Keil, Susan Riffe, Jeff McCol
lum, and Gordon Hester will
compose the four-man team.
Kathy Hill, Janie Smith and
Lon Gossage, Dave Galati will
be the two-man teams.
Ginny Lawrence and Alan
Engstrom will be in the senior
division of extemporaneous
speaking and Janie Smith and
Dave Galati will be in extempo
raneous speaking in the junior
division.
Interp, Speeches
Mary Alley will compete in
humorous interpretation and
Paula Hoffman and Lisa Tum
bleson will do serious interpre
tation in the senior division.
Mike Lewis and Dave Parsons
will be entered in the interview
ing department for the senior
division and Kris Keil for the
novice division.
In impromptu speaking, Cur
tis White and Cathy Phelps will
compete in the senior oivision,
while Lon Gossage and Kathy
Hill will be in the junior di
vision. In oration, Jack Davis, Mary
Alley, and Lisa Tumbleson will
be in the senior division and
Gordon Hester will be In the
novice division.
Salesmanship
Salesmanship speeches will be
given by Ginny Lawrence and
Alan Engstrom in the senior di
vision and Jeff McCollum and
Susan Riffe in the novice di
vision. After dinner speeches will be
given by Dave Parsons and
Chris Houghton in the senior
division.
Mike Lewis will be in radio
in the senior division.
CiffordNamedHomemaker
Melanie Gifford was recently
named Ashland High School's
1967 Betty Crocker Homemaker
of Tomorrow, after placing first
on a homemaking knowledge and
attitude test.
Melanie is now eligible for
possible state and national
scholarship awards. Her test
also earned her a specially de
signed silver charm from Gen
eral Mills, sponsor of the Betty
Crocker Search for the Ameri
can Homemaker of Tomorrow.
State Awards
A state Homemaker of To
morrow and runner-up will be
selected from the winners of all
schools in Oregon. The state
winner will receive a $1,500
college scholarship and her
school will be given complete
set of Encyclopaedia Britannica
by Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Inc. The runner-up will be
awarded a $500 educational
grant
The Betty Crocker Home
maker of Tomorrow from Ore
gon, together with those from
all other states and the District
of Columbia, each accompanied
by her school advisor, will join
in an expense paid educational
tour of Colonial Williamsburg,
Va., and Washington, D.C, next
spring.
WINNERS of the Elks Leadership contest for 1967 are: (left
to right) Julie Cox, Chris Wiley, and Kathy Neal.
Elks Honor Three
As School Leaders
Three Ashland High School
senior girls have been selected
by the Ashland Elks Lodge as
local winners in the Elks Youth
Leadership contest
Selected on the basis of citi
zenship, character, and leader
ship were Chris Wiley, first
place; Kathy Neal, second; and
Julie Cox, third.
Leadership Record
Chris' leadership record began
at Ashland Junior High School
where she was the president of
ner seventh giade class and stu
dent body historian. During her
junior and senior years, Chris
has participated in able and
gifted classes and has been a
cheerleader. She is yell queen
this year.
Outside of school, Chris par
ticipated in the Jackson County
Youth Aquatic School, the Jack
son County Youth Council, and
was a Girls' State alternate.
Class President
While a student at Crater
High School, Kathy was fresh
The national winner the
1967 Ail-American Homemaker
of Tomorrow will be an
nounced at a dinner in Williams
burg. She will be chosen from
the state winners on the basis
of original test score plus per
sonal observation and interviews
during the tour. Her reward will
be an increase in her scholar
ship to $5,000. Second, third, and
fourth ranking national winners
will have their original scholar
ship grants increased to $4,000,
$3,000 and $2,000, respectively.
This is the thirteenth year of
the Betty Crocker Search for the
American Homemaker of To
morrow, initiated in 1954-55 by
General Mills to emphasize the
importance of homemaking as a
career. More than 5,000,000 sen
ior girls have participated in
the Search since its inception,
and 1,256 winners will have
earned scholarships totaling
$1,371,500 at the conclusion of
the current program.
Record Registration
The 581,334 girls and 14.753
schools registering for the 1967
Search established a new record
for the program.
Melanie is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Warner L. Gifford,
775 Forest Street, Ashland. She
man class vice-president and
sophomore class president.
Kathy continued her student
council and Drama club activi
ties when she transferred to
Ashland her junior year. She
also participates in American
Field Service and was an Ameri
cans Abroad candidate her jun
ior year. Her other activities
include Ski club, Honor Society
and Seminar.
Staff Member
Julie has been a member of
both publications staffs at AHS.
This year she is assistant eaiwi
of the Rogue News. As a
second-year member of the year
book staff, she is copy layout
editor. She is president of Quill
and Scroll this year. Julie has
participated in Able and Gifted
classes and has been a majorette
in both her junior and senior
years.
Last summer Julie was a mem
ber of Burelson's school fashion
board. She is also past president
of Beta Sigma Theta Rho girls'
club.
has attended Columbia Falls
High School in Montana and
high schools in Reno, Nevada
and Tempe, Arizona, before
coming to AHS this year.
Melanie is an active student
and enjoys participating in the
school chorus.
Her future plans include at
tending Brigham Young Univer
sity after graduation and becom
ing an elementary school
teacher.
MELANIE GIFFORD