Ashland High School - Echo Yearbook (Ashland, IL)

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SL, X xv-if A, iff Kiv-ff' gi up S1 Q-'X 'ir' X .,x J xp' A V 'N JJ! lx J j ' BJ 4K-'J-l?K vf J VV' L' i' xx 1, . 'X LV .foyfy f F JL, M' f - L L Lu . Aff 1..Y Q PAX AAXNJL MF A , . xx b Kilt, A, K -X 5 . XJ .I v' .J .g,, X x N . , H1-I x, 'at fx' , 45 ff J ff bv VK MTYJZD- ,X ,N f X o 2bSS4 f . . . . this fifteenth edition of the A H S Echo , to Helen Graff Ryman, our frlend and Sponsor during 1950. Page Three i,.h V v V0 BO4RD OF EDUCATION SEATED: Ralph Newell, Henry Votsmier, Charles Aggertt. STANDING: Norbert Roth, Horner Butler, Vernon Edwards, Harold Farmer WWW V 1 V i 1 f QI- f l V , 1 ' n I L 5 i P 1 I. Q RAYMOND s. RANES HELEN G. RYMAN PHIL C1-ARY M. A. University of lowa M. A. University of Iowa B.'S. Westcrn Ill. State College physics History, Journalism, Geography sclml'- '1 Modern Prnblems SUPERINTENDENT SENIOR CLASS ADVISER COACH Nr g l K' . X 2 ,Ai A B GUY HUSTED BETTY JANE WAN? E5 WOLF B. s. university of uunoxs B. s. University of Illinois R' SQ' Umv-'wiv Oflllif-015 Vocational Agriculture Vocational Home Economics: MUSC E. E. A. ADVISER F. H. A. ADVISER s. JAMES F. COOPER HELEN L. AMANT FOLLIS 5- PAUL B. S. Murray State College B. A. University of Wisconsin B- S- Central Mo- S7-ate COUPQC Commerce, Band Mach, Latin, Girls' Phys. Ed. English sEc. scnoox. ACTIVITIES FRESHMAN CLASS ADVISER JUNIOR CI-ASS ADVISER A, -V 2 :fs wiv.. fi 'J f-'21 : Hz 1.-v-.x::'.'..'F ' v -vm' ' - ' . :A . 11 -f Aff T AL v L 1 'Clay ' u '22 1, ww vw. W5-q, 1 ,k K , .V P s V I ? CLASSES Officers President ......................................... .. .,.......,.. Tom Prlce Vice President ......,....... .............. A nn Houser Secretary-Treasurer ....... ........ W anda Maddox Motto Build for character, not for fame. Colors Royal blue and white Flower White rose We Seniors We'll soon be out, but are we glad? If we haven't succeeded we'll wish we had, When we were freshmen we didn't feel green But to be seniors. We thought this keen. We got to be juniors, had our prom and play, We had lots of fun in almost every Way. But now we're seniors and will soon be through Some of us are glad and others are blue. On graduation night none will complain, We'll have earned an honor we wanted to maintain. -Mary Hunter Page Seven SENIORS lom Pricn+ Greg Patty Gutmann- Pat Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Track 1, 2 Class Secretary-treasurer Echo Staff 4 Reporter Staff 3, 4 Kay Beats the Band 3 Escort-Snow Frolic 4 Class President 4 Great Scotts 4 Velma Lou Birdsell- Vel Pleasant Plains 1, 2 Reporter Staff 3, 4 2 District Speech Contest 3, Dramatic Club 3 Chorus 4 Echo Staff 4 Librarian 3 Ruth Ann Butler- R. A. Class Vice-president 1 F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Historian 4 Kay Beats the Band 3 Chorus 1, 4 District Music Contest State Music Contest 2, , 1, 3 4 2, 4 District Speech Contest 1, Reporter Staff 3 Editor-in-chief 4 Associate Editor, Echo 4 The Farmer's Daughter Dramatic Club 3 Girl's Ensemble 2 Mixed Ensemble 3, 4 Show Business 4 Librarian 2, 3 Great Scotts 4 G.D.G. Club 4 . 3 3 3,4 Page Eight F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Echo Staff 4 G.D.G. Club 4 Ada Mae Coffey- Mazy Tallula 1, 2 F.H.A. 3, 4 Echo Staff 4 Gordon Wood- Flash Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 2, 3, 4 Track 1, 3 District Music Contest 2, 3, 4 State Music Contest 3, 4 Class President 2 Kay Beats the Band 3 Mixed Ensemble 3, 4 Show Business 4 Great Scotts 4 Marian Stewart- Stu Great Scotts 4 F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Secretary 2 Chairman of Public Relations Kay Beats the Band 3 District Music Contest 3, 4 State Music Contest 4 District Speech Contest 3, 4 Librarian 3 Chorus 1, 4 Band 3 Dramatic Club 3 Associate Editor, Reporter 4 Editor, 'Echo 4 The Farmer's Daughter 3 Valedictorian 4 Show Business 4 G.D.G. Club 4 4 Seniors V TOM PRICE President PATSY DALE DEGROOT EVEI-YN JONES FLOYD 5.1-IERRON A V Q 1+ Q 4 , JACK DAVISON ADA MAE C01-'FEY MARY JEAN KREIS PATTY GUTMANN i . r ' f 1 4 5 N, 11 LORETTA HIBBS RICHARD THOMPSON BETTY 1, THOMAS RITA JEAN NAILL L- m. : 41 U 'f V. -aa '1 N w , KM Q U 5, E3 ' SENIORS Ifraznk Faull-- Doc Loretta Hibbs Moweaqua 1, 2 Chorus 1 Basketball 3, 4 I-'.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Baseball 4 Echo Staff 4 Great Scotts 4 Betty Thomas- Bet F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Chorus 1 Wanda Maddox- Wa,ndie Echo Staff 4 1-'.1-LA. 1, 2, 3, 4 Vice-president 3 Snow Queen Court 4 Evelyn Jones Class Secretary-treasurer 4 F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Echo 4 Chorus 1, 4 Echo Staff 4 Dale DeGroot F.F.A. 1, 2, 3 Vice-president 3 Jim Devlin-unmn Chorus 3 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Hook, Line and Sinker 3 Baseball 11 22 32 4 Escort, Snow Frolic 3 Chorus 1 , H H Track 1 JOZHHLEW fa 2:04 Kay Beats the Band 3 ' Eh'Staff4 Treasurer 1 . great Scotts 4 Chairman of Public Relations 3 President 4 Cheerleader 1, 2 Chorus 1, 4 Mary Ann ,Schaddel Presiden,t 1 Great Scotts 4 District Music Contest 1, 2, 3, 4 1: 2: 3: 4 btate Mus.c Contest 2, 3, 4 Parllamentaflan vGir1-,S Ensemble 2 Class President 1 Mixed Ensemble 3, 4 Class Vice-president 2 hKay Beats the Band 3 Class Secretary-treasurer 3 Snow Queen Court 3 Librarian 2 Snow Queen 4 Chorus 1 Class Secretary-treasurer 1 Kay Beats the Bandn 3 Class Vice-president 3 'Cheerleader 2 D.A.R. Award 4 Echo Staff 4 Reporter Staff 3, 4 G-D-G- Club 4 Associate Editor, Echo 4 Dramatic Club 3 Show B11S.lI16SS 4 Jack Davison Llbl'3I'1aI1 3 Baseball 4 G-D-G- Club 4 Basketball 1, 2 Page Nine I 4 , Q3 S E N I O R S Rita Jean Nall Jean Kreis- Jeannie Great Scotts 4 Chorus 1 F.H.A. 1, 2, 3 F.H.A. 1, 2: 3: 4 District Music Contest 2, 3, 4 Band 3 Girl's Chorus 1, 4 Kay Beats the Band State Music Contest 4 Cheerleader 3 Echo Staff 4 Mary Margaret Hunter-- Dew Drop X Industry, Murrayville 1 Jacksonville 2 Great Scotts 4 Girl's Chorus 4 District Music Contest 4 State Music Contest 4 Echo Staff 4 Ann Houser- Annie Kay Beats the Band 3 F.H.A. I, 2, 3 Great Scotts 4 Echo Staff 4 Class Vice-president 4 ,Girl's Chorus 1 G.D.G. Club 4 Salutatorian 4 Patsy Summers F.H.A. 1, 2, 3, 4 Girl's Chorus 1 Echo Staff 4 1 I Page Ten Snow Queen Court 3, Great Scotts 4 Echo Staff 4 Floyd Herron Chorus 1, 4 Basketball Manager 2 773 4 Kay Beats the Band 3 Great Scotts 4 District Music Contes Class President 3 Band 3 Forrest Buhl- Frog F.F.A. 2, 3, 4 F.F.A. President 4 F.F.A. Judging Team Track 2, 3, 4 Chorus 4 Band 3 Dick Thompson t 4 2,3 Seniors BARBARA ANN HOUSER , Vice President fy GORDON E . WOOD. WANDA JOYCE MADDOX Jr. RUTH ANN BUTLER Sec retary-T reas urer N 'xx I J X U f . .-v MARY HUNTER JAMES H . DEVLIN JOAN L. LEWIS FRANKLIN FP-U1-L MARIAN STEWART VELMA LOUISE BIRDSELL FORREST BUHL MARY ANN SCHADDEL .4 C., ., W ' mi i , 1. , ,. . 1, .,,..,, ,M., , ,J , ,Q Ay , -gm ' ptr m . .Ml .f x v 1 ' 15, f ,-9 K Q ' A k . .3 , .ffm R 'Qfvu 'Q ,Q V, 4. fl ..,,Ari15ffx:? A ., n' k 1 1 n 1 S W v 1 qw 22, 'F 2 A 1 A i W -wg. ,,5,ig5,,f CLASS HISTORY Twenty-five students enrolled as freshmen for the 1946-1947 school year at A.H.S. The freshman class officers were Mary Ann Schaddel, presidentg Ruth Ann Butler, vice-president, and Joan Lewis, secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Amant acted as class ad- viser. During that year five members dropped out of the class. They were, George Harshaw, Herschel Bailey, Jim Patterson, Joe Spitznagle and Richard Fritz. The annual food sale and turkey raffle was initiated by the freshmen on November 16, 1946, and an all school party was sponsored by them on November 27. In the 1947-48 term, 22 sophomores enrolled. Two were new members, Forrest Buhl, and Gerald Lynn. During the second semester, Velma Lou Birdsell joined the class and ,Gerald Lynn left. The class officers that year were, Gordon Wood, president, Mary Ann Schaddel, vice-president, and Tom Price, secretary-treasurer. The sophomore class adviser was Mr. Paul. On September 30, 1947, the class treated themselves to a Wiener roast and hayride. The annual food sale and raffle of Jennifer II, the turkey, was held November 15 this year. The fol- lowing spring the class trekked to New Salem for a picnic. The enrollment for the term of 1948-49 listed twenty-five juniors. Ada Mae Coffey, Frank Faull, and Mary Hunter joined the class this year and Bud Farmer and Audrey Tibbs dropped out the sec- ond semester. Class officers of the junior class were Floyd Herron, president, Joan Lewis, vice-president, and Mary Ann Schaddel, secretary-treasurer. Miss Parkes was the class adviser. The juniors were busy this year with their play, Kay Beats the Band , presented November 5, 1948. They selected their class rings and graduation invitations during the same month. November 20 was the date set for the third annual food sale and raffle, with Jennifer III the feature event. The junior-senior prom was the highlight in the spring, this was the first year the guests invited their escorts to the banquet before the dance. The senior class enrolled 25 members for the 1949-50 year, four of them new members. Jack Davison, Dale DeGroot, Loretta Hibbs, and Dick Thompson were added. Tim Price served as presi- dentg Ann Houser, vice-president, and Wanda Mad- dox, secretary-treasurer for their senior year. Mrs. Ryman played the part of class adviser. November 19, 1949 saw the fourth and final annual food sale of the class of '50, Their play, Great Scotts was presented April 21 and on May 5, 1950 the class journeyed to Chicago for Senior Day. Ten students in the class of '50 went through both Ashland Grade and Ashland High schools: Ruth Ann Butler, Jim Devlin, Pat' Gutmann, Floyd Herron, Ann Houser, Jean Krezs, Joan Lewis, Wanda Maddox, Mary Ann Schaddel and Betty Thomas. Page Eleven SENIOR PROPHECY May, 1960 iMary Ann Schaddel and Anrn I-Iouser have allow- ed themselveh thirty minutes in which to discuss the fate of theirclassmates with the outside world.J Floyd Herron decided his vocation shortly after graduation: teaching! After his studies at Ab-Nor- mal he was sent to LSSI fthe Lower Slohbovian School for Idiots.J He is doing fine work there. Franklin Faull followed his original ambition and is a minister in California. He's married, now, to a girl who was formerly a Freeport, Illinois cheer- leader. He met her at the Sweet Sixteen Basket- ball tourney in 1950, first. He met her again in 1951 and in 1952 he married her, immediately after the tournament. Patty Gutmann's home is in Jacksonville, Illinois but Patty is on tour. She's a daredevil with the Bee's Motorcycle Troupe and is very contented. Patsy Summers and Evelyn Jones are nurses in Dark Africa., They had trouble at first, adapting themselves to their medicine men husbands, but are now becoming 'quite uncivilized. Wanida Maddox gave up the idea of men and mar- riage and has a wonderful career for herself. She's deep-sea diving with the Wood-Dive-for-Anything company off fthe coast of California. Mary Jean Kreis is in Hollywood, California with No-Shoot Movies, doing child roles. Her most recent movie is I Don't Wanna in which she por- trays a teen-ager who doesn't want to play in child roles any longer. Tom Price is in Hollywood, also. He's the pro- ducer-director of Jean's latest picture and a great philanthropist. Tom was the mystery-man who helped out ai well-known social organization when it almost went broke. Velma Birdsell and Mary Hunter are with the Goon Circus in Chicago, although it is planning to go on tour soon. Velma is a tight-rope walker and Mary is a model for a dagger thrower. Neither has been hurt, yet. Ruth Ann Butler went to Paris after she flunked out of college, and took up dancing as a career. She works under the pseudonym of Fifi in a well- known Paris cabaret. Marian Stewart finished her college education, returned to Berea, and now Beggs for a living. She's very happy. Dale DeGroot is in the wilds of the North Woods in Canada. He wanted to get as far away from actors and actresses as possible. Joan Lewis is on tour in California at present and singing in night clubs all over the country. Her latest recording is Baby, Come Home. Rita Nall is in New York singing with the Metro- politan Opera company. She's a huge success. Betty Thomas is a rich divorcee in New York. She's thinking of taking a world cruise to try to forget her sorrows and three previous marriages. Ada Mae Coffey is with a detective agency, the Hide-n-Seek, in New Orleans. -She has captured many notorious criminals. Loretta Hiblzs is living in New York on Park Avenue. She's the author of many famous books on child care. Gordon Wood is the president of the Wood-Dive- For-Anything company in which Wanda is an em- ployee. Jim Devlin had a crack-up in his private plane over the jungle in Bazil. He met and married a native princess of the Zulu tribe and is a very happy husband and father. Jack Davison is janitor at A.H.S. after helping Pete for nine year. Jack is very happy with his work and says, School is just like home to me! Dick Thompson owns a ranch in Montana. He bought it about five years after making a fortune in the motor scooter business. Frog Buhl is head of the ag school at Champaign. He showed such promise after graduation that he was awarded a scholarship to the U. of I. And now, Mary Ann and Ann must return to their cave in the Rockies and live the life of hermits. Page Twelve i CLASS WILL of 1950, of the city of Ashland, We, the class county of Cass, and State of Illinois, being Of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by us. To the juniors, we leave our generosity and low I.Q., which we are sure they will use wisely. To Mrs. Ryman, we leave a peace of mind which she has not had all year. To Pete, we leave the school building in bad shape. I, Forrest Buhl, will my scooter to John Coon. I, Velma Birdsell, will my speech contest work to Nadine Blair. I, Marian Stewart, will my proof-reading trips to anyone who wants it. I, Mary Ann Schaddel, will my perfect attendance to Gladys Wardell. I, Ann Houser, will my perfect enunciation and slowness of speech to Alan Satorius. I, Ruth Ann Butler, will my dress I made in home ec to the Salvation Army. I, Ada Mae Coffey, will my excess weight to Dick Adkins. I, Jack Davison, will my outstanding achieve- ments in the field of commerce to John Cosner. I, Dick Thompson, will my height to ,Bob Bryant. I, Loretta Hfbbs, will my silent ways to Edastine Smith. I, Betty Thomas, will my small feet to Dick Bergschneider. 1, Wanda Maddox, will my giggle to anyone who wants it. I, Jean Kreis, will my claim on Dwight to nobody! 1, Patsy Summers, will my talkativeness to Mary Roth. I, Evelyn Jones, will my date books to Ruth Orne. I, Patty Gutmann, will my rapidity for getting places to Bill Thompson. I, Floyd Herron, will my good grades in U. S. History to Carol Edwards. I, Frank Faull, will my popularity with the girls to Cecil Jones. I, Gordon Wood, will my bookkeeping book to anyone who'll have it. I, Jim Devlin, will my position on the first five to Martin Reiser. I, Rita Nall, will my desperate tries for a 'B' average to whoever can make it. I, Mary Hunter, will my long hair to Joan Price. We, Joan Lewis and Dale DeGroot, will just leave. I, Tom Price, will my philanthropic ways to Coach Clary. Page Thirteen Junior Class At the beginning of the school year, each class chose student officers to lead various activities dur- ing the term. The junior class selected Betty Lou Roth to reign as class president, Betty Ann Yancy served as class vice-president, and Wayne Wood as secretarY-treas- urer. Mr. Paul served as class adviser. A three act comedy No Place Like Home was presented November 4 in the high school auditorium by the junior class. About S100 was cleared. To further advance their bank balance, they sponsor- ed a pancake-sausage supper at the Legion Hall on March 13, where they cleared a balance of S70. The event was co-sponsored by Creed's Grocery, Prentice. Sophomore Class 'Sophomore class officers for the year were, Gary Owens, president, Bob Bryant, vice-president, and Jack Leahy, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Clary acted as class adviser. ' February 14, during an assembly program the sophomore class, under the direction of Joan Price, presented a one-act play entitled Miss Lonely Heart. Students taking part in the comedy were: Geraldine Douglass, Reta Ruyle, Ann Evans, Jack Leahy, John Conkey. Bob Bryant, Eddie Canull, and Gary Owens. On the evening of March 81, the sophomore class sold sandwiches at a benefit dance sponsored for Jimmy Edwards. Freshman Class Jerry Price served as class president for the freshmen. Hal Ruyle filled the position of vice- president. Dianne Bast was elected secretary-treas- urer. Mrs. Amant served as class adviser. The only activity during the year was the selling of symbols with Panthers written across them. The tags could be fastened above the car license plate. Page Fifteen . .Juniors Bottom row, left to right, Dwight Dalton, Juanita Walton, Ivan Monroe, Betty Yancy, Betty Roth, Wayne Wood, Waunita Coop. Second row, left to right, Ruth Birdsell, Virginia Farmer, Mary Roth, Ruth Orne, Sally Danenberger, Dick Bergschneider, Ann Savage, Leta Rodgers, Marcelline Spicer Mr. Paul. Back row, left to right, Alan Satorius, Collena King, Carol Edwards, John Cosner, Jim Updike, Cecil Jones, John Holmes, Bob Harding, Martin Reiser, Lounettfe White. Sophomores Bottom row, left to right, Tommy Coffey, Mil- ford Noel, Bob Hager, Jack Leahy, Gary Owens, Bob Bryant, Mr. Clary, Pete Atwood. Second row, left to right, Nadine Blair, Joan Price, Pat Votsmier, Ann Evans, Eddie Canull, Bon Willis, Annabelle Larnkular, Marilyn Norfleet, .Ger- aldine Douglass, Reta Ruyle. Back row, left to right, Dick Adkins, Eugene Bell, Charles Woods, Donley King, Arnold Thornley, Fred VanCleve, John Conkey, Bill Newell, Willie Roth, Bill Thompson. Freshmen Bottom row, left to right, Bill, Mathy, Joan Nord- siek, Arthur DeGroot, Hal Ruyle, Dianne Bast, Jerry Price, H. A. Votsmier, Helen Bergschneider, Tommy Newell. Second row, left to right, John Coop, Lloyd Van Cleve, Glenn Herron, Carl Buhl, Dean,Coffey, Joan Kruse, Donnie Thomas, Shirley Hammer, Mary Houser, Gladys Wardell, Donna Davison, and Mrs. Amant. Back row, left to right, George Jokisch, Johnny Leonhard, Jim Corbin, Gary Ryman, Katherine De- Groot, Azelee New, Mary Tinsley, Walter Wheeler, Barbara Clemons, Eleanor Plattner, Linda Faull, and Barbara Atwood. Page Sixteen .. CB Q Vx JUNIOR CLASS MWQ 5 SOPHOMORE CLASS , L FRESHMAN CLASS mM A: 2 ACTIVITIES The Reporter Volume 11 of the Reporter was published in 30 issues by the two journalism classes and their sponsor, Mrs. Ryman. R. A. Butler was editor-in-chief, Marian Stewart, associate editor, Joan Lewis, news editor, Velma Birdsell, feature editor, and Tom Price, sports editor, all from the journalism II class. Reporters, from the first year journalism class included Wayne Wood, Martin Reiser, Bob Harding, Pat Gutman, and Ada Coffey. The classes journeyed to Springfield twice to visit the Illinois State Journal-Register. The last trip, in May, ended with a feed on the class. They sponsored a Prairie Pioneer show March 10 and cleared S35 on admission fees and sandwich sales. The class entered a float in the Christmas parade and won first prize. The theme of the float was All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth . Journalists Marian Stewart, R. A. Butler, Wayne Wood, Bob Harding, and Martin Reiser, all minus their two front teeth, rode on the float dressed in flannel pajamas. The prize was 55. One special edition was published, an April Fool paper. The classes sponsored a special assembly April 1.2. The mixed ensemble sang and other acts were pre- sented to the students. The Echo Volume 15 of the Echo was published by the class of '50, under the direction of Mrs. John Ryman, class adviser. Staff positions were as follows: Associate snapshot editors ........ Floyd Herron, Mary Hunter, Rita Nall Staff Writer ............................................ Velma Birdsell Assistant staff writers .... .... J ean Kreis, Wanda Mad- Editor-in-chief ...................................... Marian Stewart dox, Patsy Summers, Evelyn Jones, Ada Associate editors ..... ........ R uth Butler, J0an Lewis Coffey, Forrest Buhl, Dick Thompson, Sports editor .............................................-...--- Tom Price Patty Gutmann, Dale DeGroot. Sports writers .................... Gordon Wood, Jim Devlin Typists ...................... Mary Ann Schaddel, Rita Nall, Feature editors ........ Mary Ann Schaddel, Ann Houser Ann Houser, Betty Thomas, Jean Kreis, Snapshot editor .......................................... Frank Faull and Wanda Maddox. Music Contestants Eleven entries from Ashland competed in the dis- 1.1-ict music contests held March 25 and April 1 at Lincoln. Contestants, their classes, and ratings are as follows: Joan Lewis, girl's low voice, first division, Ruth Butler, girl's high voice, first division, Ruth Butler, Joan Lewis, Wayne Wood and Gordon Wood mixed ensemble, first divisiong Marian Stewart, piano, second division, Rita Nall, girl's medium voice, second division, Gordon Wood, boyys low voice, second divisiong Wayne Wood, boy's medium voice, second division, Ruth Orne, piano, third di- vision, Alan Satorius, boy's medium voice, fourth division, girl's chorus, first division, and boy's chorus, third divisions. All the contestants presented their selections in a public program given March 23 at the high school. Accompanists were Mrs. Elmer Beadles, Ann Savage, Ruth Orne, Marian Stewart and Miss Jane Wolf. Miss Wolf directed .both the choruses and Mrs. Beadles, the ensemble. Gary Owens and Ann Savage both played in the piano preliminaries held at school. Solos by Joan Lewis, and Ruth Butler, the mixed ensemble, and the girl's chorus competed in the state finals of the music contest held at Macomb April 28 and 29. Page Nineteen Reporter Staff Seated, left to right, Marian Stewart, Ruth But- ler, Joan Lewis. Standing, left to right, Mrs. RY- man, Martin Reiser, Velma Birdsell, Tom Price, Leta Rodgers, Wayne Wood. Echo Staff Seated, left to right, Floyd Herron, Mary Ann Schaddel, Tom Price, Ruth Butler, Marian Stewart, Joan Lewis, Velma Birdsell, Frank Faull. Stand- ing, first row, left to right, Mary Jean Kreis, Pat Gutmann, Jim Devlin, Wanda Maddox, Gordon Wood, Evelyn Jones, Dale DeGroot, Patsy Summers, Mrs. Ryman. Standing, second row, left to right, Rita Nall, Loretta. Hibbs, Forrest Buhl, Mary Hunt- er, Ada Coffey, Betty Thomas. Music Contestants Seated, Gary Owens. Standing, left to right, Miss Wolf, Wayne Wood, Rita Nall, Marian Stew- art, Gordon Wood, Ann Savage, Ruth Orne, Ruth Butler, Alan Satorius, Joan Lewis. Page Twenty E E 4 ' il 'lfil' i 4?-. ' I Q 5.1 S ,-W , - 1 '92 'K ' 4 .T X ,I 5 112. S Q Y V X , , i i lf f V Y 1 . 5 E 2 f 2 5 i f 5.4 R. v f E A I 3 Y , 2 3 Q 2 , V 5 ' Q A Q 4 ? yu , I W V 1 5 , W , V , E 'I i My 1 1 i. L. : 5 x 1 ' 4 4 A L . 'fl' ' I ff . l - T , W 1 F.F.A. Initiation was the first date on the calendar for the 1 '.F.A. last fall. Forrest Buhl, president, Dwight Dalton, vice-president, Ivan Monroe, sec- retary, Gene Bell, reporter, and Dick Bergschneider, watch dog, made the rules for the event and had the freshmen to toe the line. Mr. Guy Husted, ad- viser, supervised. Next on the agenda was the Pea- nut banquet held September 16. The F.F.A. boys entertained their Iaiiers and explained the plans for the coming year. Ivan Monroe and Charles Woods were selected as the outstanding chapter farmers and represented the chapter at the national convention at Kansas City, Missouri. They later reported on the meeting. 'ine annual pest contest was held from Novem- ber 1 to 50. ,tiene Bell and Charles Woods captain- ed the teams for the event. Since there was a slight dilference in interpretation of the rules, the con- test was declared a tie. A chilli supper was held to fete the winners of both teams. John P. Stout was the main speakerr of the Father-Son banquet which was held March 28. About 100 fathers, sons, and guests ate the meal prepared by the F.F.A. mothers. F.H. A. Joan Lewis was elected president of the Ashland chapter of Future Homemakers of America at the first business meeting of the year. 'Other officers appointed were Sally Danenberger, vice-president, Joan Price, secretary, and Geraldine Douglas, treasurer. Those who are chairmen of the various commit- tees are Marian Stewart, public reladons: Ruth Butler, historiang Juanita Walton, recreation, Vir- ginir Farmer, degreesg and Betty Roth, parliamen- tarian. For the first time a chapter sister was elected, Judy Danenberger, a third grader. Mrs. Carl Yancy was named Chapter Mother, and Betty Parkes, chapter adviser. On September 22, an informal initiation was held with a wiener roast following. Seventeen girls were initiated by wearing funny costumes and doing amusing things such as sweeping the streets up- town, measuring a bock with a Wiener, taking polls and begg-ng. National F.I-I.A. week was publicized from Octo- ber 31 to November 4. Six girls presented a radio program over the Jacksonville station WLDS. About S30 was made on tag day when the members sold tags for a nickel or more. Other days tue girls gave assembly programs, had an instruction day and planted a rose bush. 1 1 ! E l l l I A parade was sponsored the first of December and seven floats entered. The Reporter received 2,36 101' the first prize float. The annual Snow Frolic was held December 22. Joan Lewis, escorted by Dale DeGroot, was crown- ed Snow Queen of 1949 ,by Mae Nell White, escort- ed by H. C. Stribling, 1948 queen. Girls in the queen's court and their escorts were Betty Roth, Wayne Wood, Mary Roth, Alan Satoriusg Wanda Maddox, Tom Priceg Mary Jean Kreis, and Dwight' Dalton. On January 17, Show Business , a variety show Was presented. Vocal solos, numbers by F.l-LA. chorus and the boys' chorus filled the program. Formal initiation took place February 20 and 13 girls were accepted as F.H.A. members. Honorary membership was conferred upon Mrs. Nonbert Roth, last year's chapter mother. Mrs. Roth was appoint- ed section mother for section 7 last fall at the House of Delegates meeting. .Several members re- ceived the Junior and Chapter Homemakers degree as another phase of the program. The Mother-Daughter banquet was held April 1'1. The F.H.A.'ers invited the eighth graders to a tea May 1 to introduce them to the functions of F.H.A. Another event in May was the installation of the new officers held May 15. Page Twenty-One F.F.A. Seated, left to right, Mr. Husted, Charles Woods, Ivan Monroe, Forrest Buhl, Dwight Dalton, Dick Bergschneider, Eugene Bell. Standing, left to right first row, Bob Hager, John Cosner, Jim Updike, Pat Votsmier, Arnold Thornley, Bob Willis, Eddle Canull, Bill Newell, Richard Coffey, Jack Leahy. Standing, second row, left to right, Pete Atwood, Hal Ruyle, Gary Ryman, James Corbin, Johnny Leonhard, Carl Buhl, Dean Coffey, Lloyd Van Cleve, George Jokisch. F.H.A. Left to right, R. Ruyle, M. Stewart, Juanita Wal- ton, Betty Roth, Joan Price, Joan Lewis, Sally Danenberger, Geraldine Douglass, Ruth Butlex, Virginia Farmer, Mary Tinsley. Second row, left to right, Ruth Birdsell, Collena King, Edastine Smith, Lounette White, Loretta Hibbs, Patty Gutmann, Betty Thomas, Mary Schad- del, Jean Kreis, Wanda Maddox, Evelyn Jones, Leta Rodgers, Barbara Clemons, Wuanita Coop, Patsy Summers, Katherine DeGroot, Azlee New. Back row, left to right, Nadine Blair, Ada Coff- fey, Linda Faull, Carol Edwards, Betty Yancy, Mary Roth, Ruth Orne, Joan Kruse, Ann Evans, Ann Savage, Marilyn Norfleet, Marcelline Spicer, Dianne Bast, Helen Bergschneider, Shirley Ham- mer, Mary Houser, Joan Nordsiek, Eleanor Plattner. Snow Queen Court Seated, Joan Lewis. Standing, left to right, Wayne Wood, Betty Roth, Tom Price, Wanda Mad- dox, Dale DeGroot, Mary Roth, Alan Satorius, Mary Jean Kreis, Dwight Dalton. Page Twenty-Two 'f F FUTURE FARMERS FUTURE HOME MAKERS SNOW QUEEN and COURT 11 ,A '-'AZ 13 Q 1 , - 1 4, 5-1 f' , 'if vw 1 K., tv L -f ,ig ii,?5?f'1fi'? u 4cQ?AEiQ?i?FfiaNfWifffQwi?'?2w3e2wX x 41? if f7f . i ww 1 KT' Jgifl, -iiiuff ff ' 1 'IZ ' f Y Ag gwaimg k A24 . M39-ugN,.x u v :S ' uhh- 'J :i.,, mfiw N B A A ' C Q ' W 2 U, tl 1.55 I M N94 i. 4 1 13:1 . Q if-f sv? 1 23, x nf: '-i 'Irv !' W 1 Y. vs! ' N'uQf:,A-L. V tw 5 fri 1, ' ,, , . 1, V? uf Qrfx gzffgsi 'fx L EV Eff ii?.l,Vk4Ew.'? zQ4i :I 1, ., A .E ' 1'f4i33sil, xiii ,i mfs . fsggjr' 'f -Q , wr Q 'fri V, uv fwrmjg M , ly g ,k., , v fQwH w1fwW Qff - f.,.i11if W, A ,2 f .fx V5Q?ai igf ,Q, , ,,,jg,qg,f.E Y, 13 , Q w v Junior Play No Place Like Home was presented Friday night, Nov. 4, at eight o'clock by the junior class at the Ashland High school. Characters and the juniors who acted the parts were Mrs. Maxwell, Ann Savage, Father Maxwell, Johnny Holmesg Betty Lou, Betty Yancyg Wilbur, Wayne Wood, Connie, Betty Roth, Mr. Brown, Dick Bergschneiderg Mrs. Brown, Mary Roth, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell, Dwight Dalton and 'Collena Kingg Hercules Nelson, Ivan Monroe, Bernadine Smith, Virginia Farmer, Aunt Mary, Carol Edwards. The story occurs when all of the Maxwell family want to spend vacation-time some place else, but Mrs. Maxwell knows now tired everyone Was last year after vacation so she says they are going to stay right at home. During their stay at home, in come both sets of in-laws who can't stand the sight of one another. After a few fights by the grand- fathers, all turns out happily. Mr. Follis Paul directed the play and the juniors profited S100 on their performance. Speech Contestants Three Ashland High school girls and their in- structor, Mr. Follis Paul, journeyed to Petersburg February 25 to the annual district speech contest. Joan Price, a sophomore, received the only medal won by Ashland. She received a second place rat- ing' in class B in the oratorical declamation divis- ion. Joan's selection was Why? by Edward Herson. A third place rating in the B class was given tc Velma Lou Birdsell in verse reading. Required se lections were: Wind in the Pine and The Drum- mers Sing from Thunderdrums by Lew Sarett. From the book, Stories in Verse by Max T. Hohn, Velma Lou read the selection, Evening Prayer by Amelia Burr. Nadine Blair, also a sophomore, represented Ash- land in the serious reading division. Nadine gave The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde. Librarians At the :beginning of the school year, Mr. Follis Paul, English instructor, asked for volunteers for librarians. Joan Price, Nadine Blair, Virginia Farmer, Mariyn Norfleet, Ann Evans, Carol Ed- wards, Reta Ruyle, and Donley King were selected. Their duties were to check all books in and out, help the students select good reading material, and keep the bookcases as straight and clean as possible. Each librarian had a definite period in which he took care of the library. These students also as- sisted Mr. Paul in selecting new books for the li- brary. Page Twenty-Th ree Junior Play Cast Seated, left to right, Mary Roth, Dick Berg- schneider, Ivan Monroe, Betty Roth, Anne Savage, John Holmes, Betty Yancv. Standing, left to right, Wayne Wood, Carol Ed- wards, Dwight Dalton, Collena King, Bob Harding, Virginia Farmer, Mr. Paul. Speech Contestants Left to right, Velma Lou Birdsell, Joan Price, Nadine Blair, Mr. Paul. Librarians Seated, left to right, Reta Ruyle, Nadine Blair, Carol Edwards. Standing, left to right, Joan Price, Marilyn Nor- fleet, Donley King, Ann Evans, Virginia Farmer Mr. Paul. Page Twenty-Four , ,,,- PQQN L 3 , v 1 7: a K 4 E 9,5 ,.,.P b PXIIEZ 'Qi' .sf I , W pfsaf fy A 9, r Q 5 :M 5-z mr: 41 . A . 1 1 2 ' .i7',a'! 1e,f1+ 2 Q I- .ff , 1 M Wire, M 23, - Q- ww. 'xzivf W -' 'Fir :X mm w.1 Q s i Il. in Af, ,. ,4 3,?i::,.?? jalu 55 1 Eg? I . ','L 4 . +, i 2 S 4 ' 1 2? f I 2 I i n n Q I .Q 1 fax' f ,, H ,..,, ,J X n ,, Eg F E I E 3 F 2355, gf- 151 41 .affikif Effeiifii 15, mmf . 1, 3 .fT 5 ?2' ' 'llifll K P2733 4. .Sw u 14,241 4? fg Choruses Miss Jane Wolf, music instructor, organized both the boy's and girl's choruses at the first of the year. The first few weeks were spent in trying out and placing all the voices. A Christmas program was planned and both choruses sang. This was their first public appear- ance. The girl's chorus entered a float in the Christmas parade sponsored by the F.H.A. Several of the girls rode on the decorated float and sang as the parade progressed. On April 1, both choruses journeyed to Lincoln in a school bus to compete in the district music contest. The girl's chorus sang the Children's Prayer from Hansel and Gretel. They were awarded a first division rating and were allowed to advance to the state finals held at Macomb on April 29. The boy's chorus chose I Got Shoes for their selection and came home with a third division place- ment. Both choruses were accompanied by Ruth Orne, and each received a certificate of award. Page Twenty-Five Band Front row, left to right, Bob Hager, Teddy Roth, Jack Leahy, Ivan Monroe, Harrison Thornley, Dorothy Ranes, Harold Edwards, Ann Evans, Joan Nordsiek. Back row, left to right, Howard Senters, Herbie Pierce, Dennis Bast, Jerry Connor, Irene Owens, LaRue King, Bob Turner, H. A. Votsmier, Donnie Thomas, Pat Votsmier, Gary Owens, Pete Atwood, Reggie Buckmann, Agnes Owens, David Winkle- man, Mr. Cooper, Joe Willis, and Deloris Grant. Girls' Chorus Seated, left to right, Miss Wolf, Leta Rodgers, Waunita Coop, Linda Faull, Joan Kruse, Velma Lou Birdsell, Mary Hunter, Katherine Deiiroot, Azlee New. Second row, left to right, Rita Nall, Collena King, Mary Roth, Barbara Clemons, Mary Tinsley, Sally Danenberger, Ann Savage, Shirley Hammer, Evelyn Jones, Joan Nordsiek, Dianne Bast, Barbara Atwood, Joan Lewis. Back row, left to right, Juanita Walton, Nadine Blair, Lounette White, Ruth Orne, Betty Roth, Elea- nor Plattner, Geraldine Douglass, Annabelle Lam- kular, Ruth Butler, Marian Stewart, Helen Berg- schneider, Marilyn Norfleet, and Joan Price. Boys' Chorus Bottom row, left to right, H. A. Votsmier, Jack Leahy, Milford Noel, Miss Wolf, Bob Hager, Willie Roth, Bill Thompson. Back row, left to right, Forrest Buhl, Charles Woods, Pat Votsmier, Gary Owens, Bob Bryant, Alan Satorius, Eddie Canull, Bill Newell, and Floyd Herron. Page Twenty-Six w -, 1 - nf Av, 1-,A -' 'V , S 57, , ' 'L NL M., WN M. 2 A K :x,,g,',h-,yggfxjii .K 1, T33 'flies 3, 71:92 iii? Prom The Last-Chance Cafe opened at 7:30 p. m., Saturday, May 21 for the junior-senior prom when the juniors entertained the 1949 seniors at the Ash- land High school. Theme for the year was the Gold Rush of '49 . To bring out the theme, a black sky with gold stars and moon, was hung from the ceiling. In front of the stage, a campfire with miniature covered wagon encircling it, took one's eye. At 11 o'clock, balloons that were hanging around the dance floor were burst and out came confetti. For the first time the junior's and senior's guests were invited to attend the banquet which was serv- ed by the ladies of the Methodist church with the freshmen and sophomore boys serving. The Novatones from Springfield provided the music for dancing. Representatives of the Fred Astaire Studio of Springfield performed during the program. Floyd Herron, president of the junior class, gave the welcome and senior president, Louise Woods, read the response. Bartender Gary Owens served coke and pretzels after the banquet from his .bar in the northwest corner of the dance floor. Over the shelves on the east side of the auditor- ium, black cheese cloth with gold letters reading, Go West Young Man and the Gold Rush of '49' was draped. Those on the committees for the prom were! Theme, Ruth Butler, chairman, Gordon Wood, PMSY Summers, Program, Marian Stewart, chairman: Jean Kreis, Velma Birdsell, Tom Price, Decoration, Joan Lewis, chairman, Patty Gutmann, Jim Devlin: Invitation, Mary Ann Schaddel, chairman, Ann Houser, Ada Coffey, Menu, Wanda Maddox, chair- man, Betty Thomas, Forrest Buhlg Serving, Rita Nall and Evelyn Jones. Card tables were placed around the dance floor with four persons at a table with gold programs and appropriate nut cups placed beside the plates. The faculty and their guests were also present. Snow F rolic Joan L. Lewis escorted by Dale DeGroot, Was crowned Snow Queen of 1949 by Mae Nell White, Queen of '48, at the annual F.H.A. sponsored Snow lfrolic held on December 22, 1950, in the Ashland High school auditorium. 'The 1948 Queen was es- corted by H. C. Stribling. .Joan was crowned after being seated along with her escort in a silver sleigh on the stage. The at- tendants, Wanda Maddox, Jean Kreis, Betty Roth, and Mary Roth were all seated with their escorts, Tom Price, Dwight Dalton, Wayne Wood and Alan Satorius on improvised snow drifts. Because of ill- ness, Judy Danenberger, F.H.A. chapter sister, was unable to attend as flower girl so Kay Maddox fill- ed the position while Billy Price served as crown bearer. The following program was presented with John Holmes acting as master of ceremonies. Rosemary Reiser performed in a tap dance accompanied by Mrs. E. L. Beadles. Anne Christie Husted, accom- panied by Janice Burton, both of Virginia, sang White Christmas and Winter Wonderland . Then a progressive dance was staged for the Queen and her court, after which Wayne Wood sang I'll Be Home for Christmas. Rosemary then presented an- other tap dance, after which Mr. Cooper played ':Winter Wonderland and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town on his trombone. Mrs. Beadles served as accompanist for the three numbers above. In carrying out the theme selected for the event, the columns in the auditorium were decorated with strps of red and white crepe paper. On each column hung a spray of evergreen topped with a large red bow. Balloons filled with confetti were hung along with mistle-toe in various positions around the room. Page Twenty-Seven BASKETBALL A season's record of 19 wins to seven setbacks was compiled by the Panthers during the 1949-'50 basketball campaign. Twenty boys, six of them lettermen, reported for the first practice d1'illS- Coach Clary, a graduate of Western Illinois State College and former coach of Mendon, was there to meet them and start his first year of coaching at A.H.S. The Panthers over the season, netted a total of 1.206 points while their opponents counted with 1074 points. The high scorer of the year was Dick Bergschneider who rolled up a sum of 301 points. They played in two tournaments. Opening the 1949-50 season on the home planks, the Panthers took a 'diree point decision from the Ramblers of Bath 43-40 on Friday evening, Nov. 18. Dick Bergschneider with 14 counters led the locals. The Panthers easily won their second game by trimming the Cardinals of Pleasant Plains 52-33 here on the home hardwood Nov. 23. Dick Berg- schneider again led the scoring with 16 points. The local hoopsters picked up their third win of the season at Chapin where they won over the Wild- cats by the close score of 51-50. Top gunners of the evening were Dick Bergschneider and G. Wood with 16 'md 10 points respectively. Returning home for the next game, where they met the Scotties of Waverly, the Panthers were handed their first defeat, losing by the narrow mar- gin of two points, 34-32. Wayne Wood took the scoring honors with 11 tallies. 1 The Raiders of Arenzville sparked by D. Wessler, invaded the local den where they grabbed a two point decision 43-41 in the closing seconds of play. This loss made the second, to three won. Bergsch- neider with 14 and W. Wood with 13, were the top scorers for the Panthers. One of the worst defeats suffered by the Panthers was the one administered by the Comets of Chand- lerville on the home court Dec. 13, when they were beaten by the score of 57-39. F. Faull having eight points to his credit, led the Panthers in the scoring. With the .basketball season now well underway, the local quintet picked up their fourth win of the year at Vi.gin.a where they trimmed their old ri- vals, the Redheads, by the score of 46-42. The local scoring attack was led by Bergschneider with 16 counters to his credit. The locals made it number five when they stopped the Pretzels of New Berlin by the count of 54-40 in the first contest of the two remaining before the holiday vacation arrived. This mix-up was staged on the home hardwood. Top gunner was Frank Faull who made 18 points. The Flashes of Franklin played host to the local fi .fe on Dec. 23 and were turned back by the count of 45-32 in the last game before the Christmas holiday. G. Wood was the top gunner with 15 points. A third place trophy was brought home from the Petersburg holiday classic held December 28, 29, and 30. The lpcal preps won easily over a Girard five in the first round of play with the score being 54-29. Jim Devlin succeeded in finding the hoop in this tilt with 12 points which were enough to lead the Panther's scoring attack. Meeting the host five in the first round of play with the score being 54-29. Jim Devlin succeeded in finding the hoop for 12 points. Meeting the host five in the second round, the Panthers lost a heart-breaker to the Blue Jays by the score of 59-54. G. Wood paced the locals with 21 markers. In the consolation game of this tourney, they met Forest City and succeeded in grabbing a 52 to 36 victory from them with the entire squad seeing action. Bergschneider led the locals with 16 points. fContinued on Next Pagej Page Twenty-Nine BASKETBALL The second tourney the Panthers took part in was the Virginia annual held January 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 in which the locals met the Redheads, the host club. Their tourney chances went up in smoke for they were beaten by ione point 36-35. Bergschneider and G. Wood with 110 points respectively, paced the lo- cal oifensive attack. Getting .back to regular season's play, the locals met the Cardinalls of Pleasant Plains on their court where they won. over the Plainsmen for the second time 48-37. The Wood brothers took the scoring honors with 14 markers each. The entire sqiad saw action against the green and white of Kilbourne who were tromped by the locals by the sobre of 76-24 in a conference tilt. G. Wood with 17 and J. Devlin with 15 points were the pacesetters for the Panthers. Playing on the Bath hardwood Jan. 24, the local hoopsters collected another win with a 48-43 victory over the Ramblers. The top gunners of the evening for the Panthers were Bergschneider with 15 and G. Wood with 18 points. The local cagers were trimmed by the Easton Hawks by a 65-28 score at Easton. This was a con- ference tilt and' marked the second that the locals lost over the past season. With 10 points to his credit, D. Bergschneider was top gunner. Revenge was found at Chandlerville where the Panthers succeeded in subduing the Comets by the count of 61-48. Chief scorers were Frank Faull with 16 and W. Wood with 15 points. The Blue Jays of Petersburg who stopped the locals in their tourney, were beaten by the Panthers in a scheduled contest 36-23 on their court. With 13 markers to his credit, Faull sparked the locals. The Panthers met the Raiders of Arenzville in a return game Feb. 7 and took a four point decision from them, 47-43. Bergschneider with 17 points td his credit led the Panthers. Returning home for their next game, the Panthers met their rivals for the third time, the Redheads of Virginia who were repaid in full when they were trimmed by the count of 54-47. Top gunners were Bergschneider with 16 points and W. Wood with 10. Invading the local court with the idea of another win the Bull Dogs of Greenview were tamed by the Panthers 61-53. Bergschneider chalked up 20 points. Our Saviour's gym was the scene of the mix-up between the local five and the Routt Rockets of Jacksonville in which the locals added another win with a 49-30 victory. G. Wood made 19 markers. The Tigers of I.S.D. of Jacksonville was the last team played by the locals in regular session and they were also beaten by the tune of 46-40. Bergen led the attack with 13 points. Selected to play in the Virginia Regional, the Panthers met the District champs, the Meredosia Indians in the first round of play. They were beat- en by the local five 46-41 to end their tourney chances while it gave the locals their first Regional win in about five years. Bergschneider led thc locals: with 16 points. The Scotties of Waverly in one of their nest games of the year, played against the Panthers in the semi-final round in which the locals lost by one point 47-46. G. Wood collecting 18 points led the lo- cal attack. Page Thirty ' ' . w BASKETBALL SQUAD FIRST and SECOND TEAM J L CHEERLEADERS I I I I :III-ww, - I I I I I I I I I I I I I 5 i I I I, I I I I I . 1 t I I I 2 I f I I I 7 1 I I ' ' I I I I I I , a I , I I I I I I I I I I I I I ' i I . I 1 ' , I I I .II I If I I ' f I I I I ' I I Y I I I -' ' I I I I I, I III I I'I I ,QI I I . I I , I I , 2 I ' I BASEBALL Due to bad weather and damp playing grounds, the Ashland Panthers were able to get only fou1 baseball games in last fall. Twenty boys reported out to the first practice sessions which were used up in preparing the pitcher's mound and smoothing the resurfaced diamond. Coach Clary scheduled the first game of the season with Greenview on their field and the Bull Dogs were beaten by. the score of 15-8 by the local nine. The pitching duty was handled by W. Wood who struck out 12, gave up six hits and was credit- ed with giving five passes. Getting three hits out of four times at bat, T. Price along with D. Berg- schneider who batted safely twice, were the leading hitters. On September 23 a return game was played with the Bulldogs on the local field and the Panthers again rolled over them this time by 14 runs 17-3. W. Wood picked up his second win when he again struck out 12, walked four, and gave up three hits. J. Bell led the Panther hitting barrage with three hits out of four times at the plate. A pitcher's duel between W. Wood and F. Miller of Virginia highlighted the next game which went to the Panthers 4-3. This contest was staged on the local diamond September 27. For the third time W. Wood, ace hurler for the Panthers struck out 12 men, allowed six hits and gave up two walks. Out- side of taking care of the pitching duties, W. Wood proved to be the top hitter of the day with two hits along with two of the Panther's four runs. The final game of the short season was played at Bath on their rough, sandy diamond where the lo- cals were defeated 9-8. W. Wood and J. Bell worked on the mound and were tagged with giving' UP seven hits, seven walks, and three extra base blows along 'with seven strikeouts. Out of the 11 hits rang up by the Panthers, G. Owens and F. Faull were credited with two each to pace the locals in the hitting field. B 9 1' an an 5 E E 6 4: nc m B al -E an an King ...................... 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1000 T. Price ............ 15 4 7 2 4 2 2 .467 Bergschneider 11 4 4 3 0 0 1 .363 Bell .................... 14 2 5 1 3 3 2 .357 G. Wood .......... 13 3 4 6 22 1 2 .307 W. Wood .......... 17 8 5 2 44 8 0 .294 Devlin ................ 15 6 4 2 3 3 2 .267 Owens .............. 12 3 3 3 3 0 0 .250 Faull .................... 8 2 2 1 1 4 1 .250 Dalton ................ 10 4 2 6 0 3 3 .200 J. Price .............. 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bryant ...... ......... 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Woods ................ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Conkey ................ 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Team Batting 124 40 37 29 91 24 14 .290 Page Thirty-One TRACK Seven boys won letters during the 1949 track season. They were: W. Wood, dashesg G. Owens. polevaultg Ken Reside, high jumpg D. King, shot put, F. Faull, mile, C. Jones, mileg and B. Willis, half-mile. The squad entered the West Central conference meet and racked up 1356 points. Ken Reside jumped 5 feet 754 inches to set a new conference high jumping record. W. Wood received third in the 100 Yard dash, King took second in the shotg G. Owens, third in the pole vaultg C. Jones, fourth in the mile. The County track meet also showed Ken Reside going higher. Ken jumped 5 feet 8 inches for first place. G. Owens pole vaulted 9 feet to finish sec- ond. F. Buhl ran the mile and came in second and D. King tossed the shot for fourth place. The freshmen-sophomore relay team composed of Dwight Dalton, W Wood, L. Roy, G. Owens, won third place. The varsity relay team composed of K. Reside, G. Wood, B Bryant, and F. Buhl, also fin- ished third. The Ashland squad finished fourth with 14 points. On Friday, May 13, coach Johnny Ryman and Ken Reside, traveled to Pana for the district meet. Ken jumped 5 feet 10 inches to place second and qualify for the state meet, held at Champaign. In the state meet, Ken was eliminated after reaching the low twenties out of 50 jumpers. Centralia's entry won first with a lean of 5 feet 1156. inches. ' Ken is the first Ashland track man to represent the local high school in the state meet, since the days of Walt Danenberger back in 1942. The season ended with seven letter winners. 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