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Vol. 17, No. 1
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL, ASHLAND, ORE.
THU., OCT. 9, 1969
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The whole school will be
looking forward to Homecoming
on October 17. Six girls will be
especially excited about it.
Five lovely Seniors and one
equally beautiful Junior have
been selected as the
Homecoming Princess. The
Lettermen's Club has picked
these girls to represent Ashland
High School. The Lettermen will
then vote one of these ladies the
. Homecoming Queen.
Queen For A Day
The Homecoming Queen will
rule over many activities. She
will ride in the Homecoming
parade downtown. Her count of
five princesses will ride with her.
The Captain of the football team
will crown the queen. In the
evening the lucky winner will
attend the game against Albany
and the after-game dance.
One of the princesses,
Christine Hald, served as Junior
Class Social Chairman last year.
Miss Hald is an active member in
both Girls Recreation
Association and American Field
Service. She also has been a
member of Juvenile Jury.
Debbie Morgan is another
candidate for the Homecoming
Queen. Miss Morgan is a Student
Council Representative for the
Seniors. She is also Senior
Representative for the SSS
Challenge. Being on the Poster
Committee is another way she
serves the school.
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Junior Is Princess
Diane Jensen is the only
princess from the Junior class.
She is the Secretary-Treasurer
for the Juniors. Miss Jensen is a
member of Student Council and
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Debbie Morgan
Diane Jensen -
Lisa Fortmiller
Christine Hald
Cathy Riffe
Stephanie Sceva
Girls Recreation Association.
Also active in band, Miss Jensen
adds Freshman and Sophomore
cheerleader to her list of
accomplishments.
Lovely Lisa Fortmiller is also
competing for the title of
Homecoming Queen. She is a
member of Girls Recreation
Association as well as AFS. Miss
Fortmiller also participated in
Able and Gifted classes held at
Southern Oregon College last
year.
Sets Record
Stephanie Sceva is a member
of Honor Society and band. She
also competed on the Ski and
Girls Track Teams. Miss Sceva
set a school record in the long
jump and went to State on the
440 yd. relay team.
Cathy Riffe is an outstanding
member of the Debate Team.
Miss Riffe is also in Honor
Society and AFS. Cathy was a
prominent member of the
Humanities Seminar last year.
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Two AHS
Seniors Named
Merit Scholars
GRIZZLIES When the Ashland High Varsity cheerleaders and
the Junior Varsity cheerleaders get together with the AHS
Booster Club things happen. With the generous donation of
paint and equipment by the Boosters, the cheerleaders
repainted our famous Ashland Grizzly which once again
watches over its domain sporting a bright new coat of paint.
Robert Lynch and Neil
Ampel have been named as
semi-finalists for Oregon in the
scholarship program for
1969-70.
Lynch and Ampel were the
only two out of 65 juniors from
Ashland that took the National
Merit Scholarship test, that
scored high enough to be named
as semi-finalists for Oregon.
Lynch is a member of Honor
Society, and an active member
of the chess club. Ampel, senior
class vice-president, is a member
of the drama club, and honor
society. Ampel also won the top
chemistry award for 1968-69.
Lynch and Ampel will have
a chance to advance to the
finalist standings by receiving
the endorsement of the school,
and by taking a second NMSQT
test.
97 percent of the semi-finalist
are expected to become finalists.
Each finalist will have a chance
to receive one of the 1,000
National Merit ($1,000)
Scholarships which are provided
by the state.
Other finalists will be
considered for the renewable
four-year Merit Scholarships
which are provided by
corporations, foundations,
colleges, unions, trusts,
professional associations,
organizations, and individuals.
Finalists will receive a
Certificate of Merit in
acknowledgement of their
outstanding performances in the
program.
Finalists may receive up to
$1,500 a year for four-year
college yvs, depending on their
individual needs.
I True But Strange
3 San Francisco (UPI) Not all schools will be afflicted by uprisings this year, according to San
Francisco State President S J. Hayakawa.
At a luncheon here (San Francisco) Hayakawa said, "the only schools I've heard of that don't expect
trouble are police academies, embalming schools and Karate institutions."
(Heard on Radio Station KYJC) - One of the hijackings that occurred op a major airline was made
by a passenger who bought a half-fare standby ticket. !
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A certain lady in Rhode Island has celebrated October 1st in a strange manner for the last three years.
On each of these three days she gave birth to a son.
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Detroit (UPI) -Thomas Jefferson would have made a great insurance salesman, reports a handwriting
analyst.
Dr. Norman Smith of Wyandotte, who has been studying handwriting analysis for the Life Insurance
Co. of Virginia, studied Jefferson's signature on the Declaration of Independence.
He said Jefferson was endowed with a diplomatic nature, sincerity, empathy, aggressiveness,
determination, drive, self confidence and intelligence.
Columbus, Ohio (UPI) -Dennis McCallum 17, was arrested when poljce found him inspecting his
garden.
Police said the garden contained 14 marijuana plants with stalks eight feet high.
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THESE ARE SCHOLARS? Robert Lynch (left) and Neil
Ampel were recently chosen National Merit semifinalists. In
the candid shot above we find the two in deep thought.