Ashland High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Ashland, NE)

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MARCH MARCH MARCH 24 MARCH APRIL l APRlL8 APRlL8 APRIL APRIL I6 APRIL 20 APRIL 22 APRIL 30 ln the local declam contest Pat Wollen won fvrst wnth her humorous readnng Arsenic and Old Lace and the best play was Dear Lady Be Brave The best actress was De lores Goff the best actor Allan Lewis Mr Oscar Bennett head ot Musnc Department ot Wesleyan University and Mr Vrctor Jlndra Instructor of vlolln and orchestra of Peru State Teachers College were the judges for the annual music cllnlc held at Ashland Hugh School At the Declam Contest at Omaha Tech Pat Wollen was dlsqualntled tor overtnme and the play Dear Lady Be Brave received a rating ot good The Wesleyan Band entertauned the school wrth a enyoyable muslcal program A vlolrn solo played with the band and a marlmba solo made the program nnterestlng The freshmen presented thelr party ot the year an Aprll Fools Frolnc Jennet and Ferns Roblns provided entertaunment tor the school slnglng and playung Songs ofthe Natlons at the seventh Lyceum number The following represented the Ashland Hugh Muslc De partment at Fremont Girls Trro Madrlgal Choar Darlene Sowards Shirley Bates Orchestra Band George Gade Januce Nelson Boys Ouartet Clarinet Quartet Rose Mary Caster Thelma Hnghtshoe Joan Richards Clarnce Buelke Mary Kaye Allen Vnrgrnla Vance Dolores Gade Jnm Turner Allan Lewls The Ashland Tracksters traveled to Lounsvllle to partlcnpate In a track meet Easter Vacation was a very happy vacation for the whole school Again the Ashland Tracksters partnclpated In another track meet held at Nebraska Cnty The school dldnt mlss the Sensors as they took a dav oft to have a good time In Omaha for thenr annual Sneak Day They spent the day snght seelng They went In a chartered bus wlth theur sponsor and has wute Mr and Mrs P D Pyle The Sensor Party ot the year was a party for the alumnt and other nezghborrng schools were unvlted The Boys Town Orchestra provuded musnc for dancnng I5 h A , . 22 . , ' ' ' U 28 . . l , - I I4 . . .. I5 ' ' ,wana .

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JANUARY l9 IANUARY JANUARY 2l JANUARY 26 27 81 28 FEBRUARY 4 FEBRUARY FEBRUARY lEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEBRUARY l9 FEBRUARY 22 FEBRUARY 25 MARCH 2 MARCH 8 MARCH 9 Edwun Rowlands presented an unterestung Lyceum number by talktng on The Value ofa Hobby The annual athletlc banquet was an outstandung event of the year Speakers from the Unlversuty of Nebraska were present and fllms of the Nebraska Kansas football game were shown Mark another vlctory for the Bluejays when they defeated the Wahoo Warruors by a score of 45 33 Ashland was defeated at the Eastern Nebraska Conference held at Blalr by the Blalr team by a score of 46 42 The Ashland team defeated Valley by a score of 40 33 The Volleyball team also defeated the alumna by a score o 3 ll The Pep Club party was a great success The Pep Queen and Kung were Cathenne Buck and Duck Coatman whale the attendants were Joan Rnchards and Melvin Bundy The Boys Town Orchestra provlded musuc for the evening The Bluelays scored a victory agaunst the Weeping Water team by a score of 63 56 The volleyball team also scored a vlctory by a score of 26 l7 Ben Hammond provlded entertaunment wnth a Cartoon Revue and ventrlloquusm at the fifth Lyceum number The Blueyays were defeated by the College Vuew team by a score of 45 25 At the Bellevue game Ashland was defeated by a score of 44 62 A program for the publlc was put on by the chonr directed by Mass Shelley and the band and orchestra both directed by Muss Woltzel A defeat for the Blueyays from the Teachers Hugh team The endlng score was 42 32 The Tommne Thompson Company presented a show of mu srcal varxetles at the sixth Lyceum number An Instrumental recutal was presented by the students of Mnss Wontzel lt was an entertaining program for the publnc The Basketball season for the year ended wuth Dustrnct Basketball Tournaments held at Fremont Ashland was defeated bv the Blalr team but played an excltnng game wnth a score of 59 40 . l9 ' ' fs- . l2 . u so 15 . . . . .g 16 . I. . 18 ' '

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MAY586 MAY lO MAY l4 MAY 2O MAY 22 MAY 25 MAY 26 MAY 27 The Sensors presented their play Aunt Suzie Shoots the Works The following Sensors participated sn the play Catherine Thsessen Dolores Gade Catherine Buck Joan Richards Marsorse Nestfseld Darlene Sowards Sam Mans field Wayne Judds Don lske George Gade The Spring Music Program was presented by the choir under the direction of Miss Shelley There were also vocal solos The Juniors were host to the Sensors tor the annual Junior Sensor Banquet which was held at the Fontenelle Hotel sn Omaha The theme Hawaiian Holiday was presented very effectively This banquet greatly appreciated by the Sensors will long be remembered os the outstanding event of their high school days The students of grade school presented an Operetta Tom entertaining program for everyone Reverend Lasb of the Congregational Church was the speaker at the Baccalaureate services held in the audsto rsum His excellent sermon will long be remembered by the Sensors of 49 The regular honors convocation was held on this day at this time anyone who lettered sn vocal instrumental music intramural sports and other athletic actsvstses were pre sented with their letter This was the last convocation for the sensors of this year Mr W P l-lseronymus President of the Midland College sn Fremont Nebraska gave the commencement address The diplomas were presented to the Sensor Class by Mr Charles Gade President of the Board of Education Honors were presented by Mr K C Wsles Principal Mr P D Pyle, Supersntendent of Schools gave the presentatson ot the class The school year of l948 i949 came to a happy close as the students came to get their report cards . . ,, . ,, . . I . . . . . . I. . I . . I I I I I I - I I I ' I II ' II ' .I I ' ' I I Il I I Sawyer, under the direction of Miss Shelley, lt was a very . I , . . ' . . ' 2 . . I . I . . . I 1 1 ' I I ' , . I