Ashley High School - Ashlian Yearbook (Ashley, OH)

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IST ROW: Earlene Jenkins, Bonnie Reid, Barbara Main, Avis Selanders, Joyce Nolting, Sandra Baker, Gloria Powers, Margaret Baker, Jean Carper, Anne Wire, Opal Bowman. ZND ROW: Rosina Thurston, Charlotte Perry, Carolyn Kohler, Barbara Howard, Dianne Powers, Jane McClish, Jane Knauber, Francine Hall, Jean VanSickle, Norma Staley. 3RD ROW: Mary Ruggles, Jean Cramer, Susan Spafford, Betty Thurston, Joan Veley, Rheda Shults, Connie Gardner, Lyleth Gale, Martha Lang, Shirley Doubikin, Sharon Hershey, Lou Ann Martin. ,gli T. rr . , ROBERT KUTCHER, DIRECTOR Ti or ALL-GIRL BAND ..--'T rg . 1 ji' wiiyf .vial Eqljg X .., X . - Liflif. , sw---f A 'ff-I: . RHI-:DA sl-IULTS, BLOND, f 2 I' STRUTTING AND DANCING i f ,- ARTIST or A. H. s. 30

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SCHOLARSHIP Scholarship is booming in Ashley School this year with a strong group of twenty- five students holding berths on the honor roll. As the reader scrutinizes the picture on the opposite page, he will note that of the number, twelve fall under the Junior and Senior flags, the Junior Class claiming the highest percentage of honor students. The annual Senior scholarship examination, held at Berlin High School February 5, found five studious Ashley Senior delegates grinding away on the difficult problems therein. A twelve years' foundation of persistent pursuance of knowledge paid rich dividends to Richard Boring, who, from a possible score of 300, captured third rating in the county with a score of 2075 David Thurston, who followed close in fifth place with a score of 2065 Jean Carper, who won seventh place with an enumeration of 1993 Dale Benedict and Martha Lang, who received honorable mention with scores of 181 and 166 respectively. As all five placed in the upper twenty-five percent of Delaware County, we conclude that teachers and pupils have co-operated rather well along the path of high learning. Further evidence of good scholastic attainment came through the Every Pupil tests in the various subjects, in most of which class medians were above those of the entire state. Just as scholarship teams from Ashley have repeatedly gained uppermost place, or nearly so, in the county, so this year's team will bring its share of honors. For as this Annual goes to press, many capable students are preparing for the preliminary District State Scholarship tests, which will be held on April 8. Other scholarship projects which have interested students are as follows: The Westinghouse Science Talent test which caught the interest of David Thurston, a nation wide essay contest on Why Democracy Works which drew essays from the pens of Joyce Nolting, Betty Thurston and Richard Boring, a county essay contest, Fire Prevention, limited to the Tenth Grade, which appealed to Norma Staley, Wanda Mattix and Betty Thurston. The latter's essay, Fire Prevention on the Farm, gained the judge's approval for first place. The students who have participated in different scholarship activities can testify that they always gain by trying, though they may not always rank in highest place. For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared unto it. - Proverbs 8:11 ATTENDANCE Many pupils have made a commendable record this year in regular and punctual attendance. Incidentally, not a few barely have squeezed under the ropes by literally racing for their seats in hopes of reaching them before the bell stopped buzzing, having darkened the drorway just as it began. Here are those who were neither absent nor tardy during the first semester. lZth grade: Martha Lang, David Thurston. llth grade: Norma Jane Knauber, Joyce Nolting, Gloria Powers. 10th grade: Kenneth Jackson, David Masters, Norma Staley, Jean VanSickle. 9th grade: Helen Boring, Harry Clark, Jean . Cramer, Mildred Hatten, Tommy Williams. 8th grade: Doris Corwin, Barbara Doering, Crystal Coodman, Earlene Jenkins, Nancy Lang, Barbara Main, Lou Ann Martin, Alden Nolting, Joan Veley. 7th grade: Walter Borchers, Barbara Hatten, Bernard Jordan, Carolyn Kohler, Darlene Pankin. Z9

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MUSIC Among the many activities at Ashley school, the department of music with its all- girl band, orchestra and chorus plays an important part. The band, under the direction of Robert Kutcher, an Ohio Wesleyan student, has had a full season playing for all the home football games, the Orange and Galena basketball games, and for the first session of the tournament. At the tournament the band gave a splendid performance, led by their dancing majorette, Rheda Shults, and two strutting twirlers, Connie Gardner and Joan Veley. The performance was started off with the booming melody of ln Line Of March, in which the band formed a flag, and played The Star Spangled Banner. Mutual, was then played with the band forming Hi. Following this an umbrella was formed and two lines of Stormy Weather was played. Then the majorette stopped the band and informed them that it had quit raining. On this the band closed the umbrella and played Blue Skys, while the majorette danced. For the occasion of Valentine's Day, the band made a heart, and played Let Me Call You Sweetheart, with the majorette again danc- ing. The performance was then brought to a close with the band forming A. H. S. and playing Rah! Rah! For Ashley. Aside from the marching band activities, the concert band played several times and gave a spring concert. Although the band was composed entirely of girls this yea-r, it is hoped that they may recruit a few males in the future. The students chosen from the band to attend the County Music Festival were Diane Powers,'Shirley Doubikin, Joyce Nolting, Avis Selanders, Barbara Main and Norma Staley. Even though the orchestra has not made as many public performances in the past year as the band, the group finished an enjoyable year of practice by playing for the commencement program. This year the chorus has had the advantage of two music teachers, Mr. Max Banker and Mrs. Helen Lawrence. Although Mr. Banker was here but a short time, he will long be remembered for his fine work in getting the high school chorus organized and also for encouraging a group of boys to form a boys' quartet. The boys in this quartet were Dale Benedict, Ted Gardner, Richard Boring and .Timmy Benedict. Around Thanksgiving, Mrs. Lawrence became the new chorus teacher. Under her direction the chorus had a pleasant time learning new songs. The girls' sextet - Gloria Powers, Shirley Doubikin, Margaret Baker, Jean Carper, Bonnie Reid and Joyce Nolting - sang for various activities The pupils chosen from the chorus to participate in the County Music Festival were Gloria Powers, Jane McClish, Martha Lang, Opal Bowman, Bonnie Reid, Harold Davis, James Benedict, Dale Benedict, -Ted Gardner and Edwin Westbrook. Members of the chorus are as follows: Soprano: Avis Selanders, Mary Ruggles, Helen Boring, Jean Cramer, Shirley Doubikin, Susan Spafford, Martha Lang, Rheda Shults June Wheeler, Jean VanSickle, Gloria Powers, Rosella Jordan, Vivian Long, Marilyn Steed, Lois Roth, Wanda Mattix and Jane Knauber. Alto: Lyleth Gale, Opal Bowman, Dianne Powers, Bonnie Reid, Jane McClish, Betty Thurston, Norma Staley, Joyce Nolting and Margaret Baker. Bass: Dick Howard, Jack McGrath, Eugene Pendleton, Tom Appleman, Richard Boring and Harold Davis. Tenor: Dale Benedict, James Benedict, Edwin Westbrook and Ted Gardner. 31