Ashland High School - Rogue Yearbook (Ashland, OR)

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SEN UIQ DIDEM To write a little rhyme About each of our class Strikes me as being Somewhat of a task So hesitant as I am I tackle the works And hope I won't bore you , Olr feelings I won't hurt ' Duty begins with a cute little lass, Dora Jean Allard, the midget of the class. Harold Bast, your car for you will fix Being a mechanic, he knows all the tricks. As the prexy for the senior gang Ruthelma Benjamin puts things on with a bang! For a short brunette, you need to get no other Than Ruth Brown, that senior lover. Opal Chappel, known as a blonde actress For her pal Nora, she has quite a likeness. Tom Cosner, one of the champs from FFA Would like to drive the Studebaker all day. Sweet La Ronnie, heavenly Clowers Is sung by the girls, to Ashland's Tyrone Power. Walt Danenberger is a six foot two lad This star of athletics isn't bad. QIS he?j Mary Edwards, who drives the Chevy cab Can come close to beating Rose's gab. Mary Jo Hayes, is one who is sure to squeal At everything unhuman, from bugs to wheels. Ada Virginia Hinds. to say she isn't studious, would simply be atrocious l To say she doesn't like the boys, would almost be ferocious! Sherwood Hinds, who is always called Buss , Has a heart for dames with whom he likes to fuss. N 1 i Un English classj Marcus Isenhower, with his quiet and bashful May like the girls but hasn't much to say. With his gal and his Chevy coupe Curly haired Dale Keltner is ready to troupe. Ruth Lewis, thinks music, editing and speech Are three activities that can't be beat. way Junior Maddox is a member of the 'Jesse James club' Which holds up trains and causes hub bubs. For a sports writer or poet, one should see Junior Mathy, always in medias res. The guide of the Fixeruppers is Mary Sudie Meyers Through bake sales and what not, she doesn't seem to tire Herschel Reiser, with his Wild West clothes Can't make a cowboy cause his legs ain't bowed. John Reiser, in The Patsy called Billy, Likes all the girls, both sad and silly. Nora Schaddel may think blue is the best color But she always looks neat in this or any other. Bill Shirtcliff has a great pride in his T And is quite a handy man in carpentry. Oh! The band marches on as Gordon Smedley beats and steps with his feet. greatest delight a moonlight night. to be found The drum with his hands With Donald Smith, the Is get-ting the Pontiac on A brand new fad is sure On Claribel Spicer. fShe surely raids the townlj Peg Stiles who is always so immaculate In shorthand would like to be very accurate. Dorothy Watkins who heads the GAA Has a. liking for fellows, and that ain't hay. Typing and band are two pastimes That Ella Mae Woods thinks are sublime. farm where he raises hogs, cows and all kinds of, animals including kids. , Nora Schaddel is well known through a daily fash- l ion column which she edits for the Chicago Tribune. In case you want To read it just look for My Day With New Styles by Nora. I The home town has prospered more than usual since our class was graduated. Donald Smith had joined with some radio sponsors and had built ai station in Ashland. He is now in Hollywood, sign-l ing contracts with Judy Garland and Ruthelma Ben- 4 jamin. l Oh, is Ruthelma in Holl'ywood? , I asked. Yes, replied the gypsy. Well, I learned that Ruthelma had been a noted actress on Broadway and after starring in another of John Steinbeck's realistic creations she had been called to Hollywood to star in the movie. A comparatively new profession has been started by Ella Mae Woods and Peg Stiles. They now have a large business establishment in what used to be Newell's Insurance office. They do any jobs that other people do not want to do, such as tending babies, running errands, polishing floors, or typing letters. These girls can be engaged anytime through a phone call. Business is even so large that they hire several assistants. Opal Chappel is taking life easy although draw- ing a big salary. She has been hired by a dude ranch in Colorado to be a lriding instructor. Everyone seems to think that Opal took the job in order to keep her school girl figure. To vary the occupation even more, Mary Sudie Myers was found in Oklahoma where she is a social welfare worker among the Indians on the reserva- tions there. Although engaged to an Indian, she Page Fourteen

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SENIDIQ DD DHEC While taking a most exciting and gay vacation trip in the year 1964, I came across a little gypsy who, so the sign read, could answer all questions. Shouldn't I have her tell me something? , I said. I did and as that dark eyed girl began to speak, I thought for a moment it was a dream, because I had asked her to tell me about my old Ashland high classmates. That dear old class of '42, In a low voice, she began unraveling a story of a strange love affair. It all started during the war back in 1942, when Ada. Virginia Hinds, who had joined the Red Cross nursing corp, was seeing war duty in Hawaii. It seems while caring for a sailor, she received a sudden proposal and was married im- mediately. After the duration, the couple settled down in New York. Dora Jean Allard, who was always so conscious of her smallness, had suffered a great tragedy. She had taken some medicine prescribed to make her grow but the story doesn't stop there. She grew and grew and kept on growing. After she reached the height of 6 feet 9 and weighed 360 pounds, she be- came so humiliated that she sailed for Africa to live the rest of her life in solitude. The scene is qui-te different in which we found Junior Mathy. Junior had taken a job writing the lyrics for the new songs wanted for Hollywood pro- ductions. He had acquired the job after studing music composition technique for a year. A new 16 story clothing store is also now in op- eration in Ashland. Large letters over the door read BAST and HIND'S CO.-Women's Clothing Shop. Buss and Harold were quite successful and Ashland was more than proud of these MacMurray graduates. fBy the way MacMurray is now a co-ed school.J Ruth Brown was now happily married and was busy raising a family.. The old love affair between her and Walt was a sad affair. Ruth had become a stenographer after graduation and had married her employer. Walt, broken hearted, had joined the navy and was never heard from again but the gypsy told me that Walt was among a group that were now exploring Anartica. Chicago is even represented by one of those 42'ers. Junior Maddox, I remember, was quite a bicycle rid- er, so I felt sure this girl was correct when she said he was now a professional rider and was training the year around for the annual six day races. John Reiser, to my astonishment was now teach- ing school in spite of his father's request for him to become a farmer. Yes John was now principal of Punk Patch high school. He visits his home town often and the people think that he must be fairly successful because he does so much blowing about it. Do you remember that gold rush to Texas back in 1848? A most unexpected person was right there in the middle of it pushing for all she was worth. It was none other than Mary Edwards. Mary had been a typing teacher in Iowa but when she heard the news she threw a typewriter out the window and was out of town in about 15 minutes. She is now living in Viand's shack and receives her monthly relief check. Dorothy Watkins is making her living by working in a new factory in Springfield. her work on the assembly line is to stuff feathers into bed pillows. This nationally known product is soon recognized by the slogan Snooze on Sneech's Anti-Sneeze Sleepers. N o classmate could have had more luck than Gor- don Smedley. He does nothing but entertain famous people and witness wonderful entertainments in his mansion on the outskirts of Ashland. This was all acquired by Gordon when a rich relative died and willed him several million. The undertaker now located in Ashland was our Wallace Ronald Jerry Estel Leon Clowers. My for- tune teller described him as being very prosperous looking so from that I think his business must be good but it is too bad Ashland people are dying so fast. My class certainly turned out plenty of business men. I learned that Marcus Isenhower was a bank- er, who worked at the First State Bank in Gurney. He has -a beautiful home 'there and a very charming and pleasing wife. Imagine how surprised I was to find out that Mary Jo Hayes had fallen in love with Marcus and was the charming wife now doing his dishes. Mary Jo was a most influential and de- termined worker in the Woman's Democrat League which has its State headquarters located in Gurney. Bill Shirtcliff has won success and fame by help- ing the whole world. One day while on a hike, he decided to fix a one dish iiieal, so Bill just poured several foods together in one pan. After they had cooked a while they became very sticky and rather stiff. Bill told his friends and sent his mixture to the war department. Today this mixture is used by each of us and we call it tires. Two FFA boys are now using their high school training with considerable advantage. Herschel Reis- er had a job with a seed house separating the good and bad hay seeds. Dale Keltner owns a 200 acre Page Thirteen

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SENIDIQ If ASS WILL We, the seniors, being in our natural minds, do hereby bequeath our goods, both worldly and un- worldly, to the following persons. To Mr. Ranes, we leave his office file full of our problems along with a memorandum book contain- ing the assembly announcements he forgot. To Mr. Jones, we leave the corns on our feet which we acquired at the hayloft party. To Miss Reid, we leave a brand new uncopyright- ed book titled,2 How to .Get Perfect Response in a Senior English Class. To Miss Graff, we leave our history books full of notes on how to handle the 1943 yearbook staff. To Miss Mixa, we leave two new tires for Shasta Mabelle to be kept under her bed until after the war. QWe feel that this is the safest place.J To Miss Teckenbrock, we leave our old shoes to be worn on GAA hikes. To Miss Masters, we leave a package of weed seeds to be planted for her window next year. I, Dora Jean Allard, will my forgotten boy friend to anyone who wants him. I, Harold Bast, will my promptness to Howard Sundberg. I, Ruthelma Benjamin, will my prexy's position in the senior class to anyone who has the constitution to stand it. I, Ruth Brown, will my noon hour chats to Ger- aldine Staley. I, Opal Chappel, will my love for dancing to my little brother, Bill. I, Tom Cosner, will my FFA honors to Jim Ed- wards so he will grow up and be a good farmer. I, Ronald Clowers, will my good answers in his- tory to Slick Edwards because I dont want Miss Graff to miss them. I, Walt Danenberger, will my athletic physique to Termite Wankel. I, Mary Edwards, will my yawns in shorthand class to Miss Teckenbrock. I, Mary Jo Hayes, will my giggles, laughs, screams and cackles to Albert Yancy so that people will know when he is around. I, Ada Virginia Hinds, will my place in physics class to Marjorie Leahy because I think physics classes need a feminine touch. I, Buss Hinds, will my hen-peeked character in plays to Bill Hines in order to accustom him to that sort of life. I, Marcus Isenhower, will my bashfulness to Henry Dalton. I, Dale Keltnefr, will my interest for a junior girl to someone smaller than I. QI want to be sure of myself.J 1, Ruth Lewis, will my ability to play the piano to Harry Dean Christianer in order for him to play for next year's girl's glee club. I, Junior Maddox, will my red hair and freckles to Bob Newell. I, Junior Mathy, will my sports editorship to Ed. Houston. It takes someone who gets around. I, Mary Sudie Myers, will my alto voice to Jim Davis. I, Herschel Reiser, will my Chevrolet to Junior Newell. I, John Reiser, will the cane that people say Ifm always raising to the ag and home ec depart- ments in order that it may be studied carefully. 1, Nora Schaddel, will my quiet, unassuming man- ner to Bill Trenter. I, Bill Shirtcliff, will my Model T to the govern- ment to be used in defense. I, Gordon Smedley, will my blonde, curly hair to Fred Bergschneider. I, Donald Smith, will a place under the wheel of the Pontiac to any girl who would like to sit there with me. ' I, Claribel Spicer, will my ease and grace on roll- er skates to Edna Mae Aggertt. I, Margaret Stiles, will my neatness to anyone who needs it. I, Dorothy Watkins, will my typing speed to Junior Allen. I, Ella Mae Woods, will my morning walks to school to Mary Jane Campbell. troubled over the fact that her mother is deeply opposed to the marriage. Clari.bel Spicer is traveling the nation with a show featuring dare devil stunts. Claribel is a profession- al dancer and does her acts on a tight rope 40 feet in the air. That saxophonist senior, Tom Cosner, now has his name in everything from Radio Guide to Silver Screen because he is playing in a nationally fam- ous orchestra, which holds most of its swing pro- grams in Carnegie Hall in New York. What about me? , I asked. If you can tell me, just say what I'm doing. You, Ruth Lewis, were married once, divorced your husband, married again and have now left your second husband. In fact, you're running around the country with some old man named Hearst, and pos- ing as a journalist. Why, you! How dare you to tell all that. It's none of your business anyway. I walked out. Page Fifteen