Ashland High School - Guide Yearbook (Ashland, OH)

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The Last WIII and Testament ofthe Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Three We, The members oT The Class oT NineTeen Hundred and FiTTye Three, oT Ashland High School, CiTy oT Ashland, 5TaTe OT Ohio, being oT The age oT Twelve years and assuming The qualiTies oT more or less sound minds, spiriTs, and memories, and possessing a Tew brains, do proclaim and announce This documenT To be our lasT will and TesTamenT. As we go TorTh Trom These hallowed halls, we deparT in body buT noT in spiriT. We hope ThaT The memory oT our class, be iT glad or sad, may always remain as a TragmenT oT our alma maTer so long as a TragmenT oT iT doTh sTand. Wifh This in mind we do courageously, knowingly, and wiTh conscious ToresighT make The Tollowing beguesT: ARTICLE I. To The TaculTy members: ITem I. We leave To The coaches, Mr. Taylor and Mr. WolTe, The undeTeaTed TooTball record, buT Take The sTar players wiTh us as TuTure TalenT Tor The Rose Bowl games. ITem 2. We leave Mrs. Reaser and Miss BachTel a large economy size oT Air Wick To eliminaTe The burning odors made by The nexT Senior Home Economics boys. ITem 3. We leave Mr. Dallas an auTomaTic TickeT selling machine which broadcasTs new iokes wiTh each TickeT sold. ITem 4. We leave Doc PeTe some cloubT'Tul buT hopeTul replacemenTs Tcr senior losses in his music organizaTions. ITem 5. We leave Miss FousT Three problems classes buT each an easier problem Than we Turned ouT To be. ITem 6. We leave Miss Campbell a Tresh crop oT reTerence papers and a Tiling cabineT large enough To keep her papers sTraighT. ARTICLE II. To individual sTudenTs: ITem I. For breaking The senior council room mirror, we bequeaTh Dave Emeryls seven years oT bad luck To The ciTy dump, so ThaT he will noT be TormenTed Through- ouT his nexT Tour years oT college and TirsT Three years oT married liTe. ITem 2. We leave Larry Hiner's dance band To a liTTle eager beaver by The name of Bud Kopp, hoping ThaT he can rise To Larry's heighT. ITem 3. We bequeaTh Jim Roseboro's TooTball TalenT To Dave Grindle in hopes ThaT he may presenT Ashland High School wiTh anoTher All-Ohio honor. ITem 4. We begueaTh a royal spray of red roses To any junior girl who can Till The rank oT Homecoming Queen as graceTully and as nobly as her Highness Margery Donelson. ITem 5. We begueaTh Dick Kreis's Two TronT TeeTh as museum pieces Tor TuTure sTudy in The biology deparTmenT. 28 ITem 6. We bequeaTh Joel Rader's baTon Throwing abiliTy To anyone who is brave enough To aTTempT his deafh deTying Throw. ARTICLE III. To The organizaTions oT A. H. S.: ITem I. We bequeaTh Miss STanley To The T954 Guide STaTT, as adviser, This being a bequesT oT highesT value and real worTh. ITem 2. To nexT year's All-STar girls' baskeTball Teams, we leave our leTT-over dried up lemons, TwenTy-Tive laps a day around The boys' gym, and a hope and prayer To The Army Team Tor a winning sTreak. ITem 3. To nexT year's Senior Hi-Y and Koda Klub, we leave Tom CorbeTT's Space CadeTs Trom PlaneT X in hopes ThaT They may sponsor anoTher successTul Tormal d5I'ICe. ITem 4. To The STudenT SenaTe we leave The drudgery oT cleaning up aTTer dances and selling popcorn aT home TcoTball and baskeTball games. ITem 5. To nexT year's Senior Council we leave our newly decoraTed, newly Turnished, and newly equipped room, knowing ThaT IT will be used Tor purely cultural pursuiTsl I I ARTICLE IV. To The underclasses: ITem I. To The eager Freshmen class we leave The moTTo Have no worries, you'II survive. ITem 2. To The hopeTul Sophomore class we leave Two more years oT ioys and sorrows unTil you, Too, may process To Pornp and CircumsTance. ITem 3. To The expecTanT Junior class we leave all our pasT privileges: cheering aT games, belonging To clubs, aTTending school dances, and our well worn TexT books, hoping ThaT These memories will remain wiTh you as They will wiTh us. ITem 4. To all The repressed underclassmen we leave a Torch in hopes Thaf iT may lighT your way inTo The membership oT The NaTional Honor SocieTy. ARTICLE V. LasT, and mosT imporTanT, we remove our Tlag Trom iTs honored posiTion and place iT wiTh The Tlags oT pasT classes, and The place Thus vacaTed, we bequeaTh To The colors oT The Class oT l954. Thus is a new senior class born while we, The Class oT I953, ioin The ever growing ranks oT Ashland High School alumni. Now as we pass Through These halls Tor The lasT Time as Tellow sTudenTs, we remember The Tinal wonderTul years oT our ioys and sorrows. IT is wiTh sad buT l'1opeTul hearTs ThaT we march inTo The TuTure wiTh Courage, Knowledge and ForesighT-The Triangle oT success. -Shirley Hess -Sharon Kerr

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Ten Little Indians THE CAST ROGERS ,....,.... ..., L arry Hiner MRS. ROGERS .,..,. ..... J oyce LuTz FRED NARRACOTT ,,.. ..... J oel Rader VERA CLAYTHORNE .,.. .... A nn Fendrick PHILIP LOMBARD ............ Dave HamiITon ANTHONY MARSTON ...,.. Gordon Conrad WILLIAM BLORE ........ .... C harles Spies GENERAL MACKENZIE ..,......, Joe Mason EMILY BRENT .,.........,.., Barbara Shilling SIR LAWRENCE WARGRAVE ...... Guy Flora DR. ARMSTRONG .,..,..... Lanny Applegafh A Thrilling mysTery, Ten LiTTIe Indians, was presenTed on March 20 as The Senior Class Play. The seTTing was a counTry house OTT The coasT oT England. The Ten IiTTle Indians were represenTed by Ten small sTaTues on The manTle. Above Them was a nursery rhyme explaining The way each Indian was Icilled. As The play progressed iT was realized ThaT Ten oT The guesTs in The house were represenTed by The Ten sTaTues. Each oT These people had aT someTime during his IiTe been responsible Tor The deaTh oT a Triend or a reIaTive. This was Told by an unknown voice oTT-sTage which added To The sus- pense oT The play. All oT The guesTs had been inviTed To The house by an un- Icnown hosT and were compleTe sTrangers To each oTher. EvenT- ually each oT Them was murdered by The means explained in The poem. The villain was noT discovered unTil The IasT Thrilling minuTes oT The play. The casT oT eighT men and Three women did an exceIlenT job in porTraying The characTers. The direcTor, Mr. William MasT, worlced many hours aTTer school and in The evenings wiTh These people, helping Them To perTecT Their Talls and dramaTize Their lines. The play, wriTTen by AgaTha ChrisTie, had recenTly been made inTo a movie under The name AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. I. She's Tainfed, ThaT's alll 2. One cholred his IiHIe self, And Then There were nine. 3. One go? in chancery . . . 4. Oh, whaf have I done? 5. Thank heaven women can'T shooT sTraighT! T291