A look at the history of the Australian Shepherd Club of America

ASCA During The Early Years
Highlights 1971-1972

The first copy of the 1969 Aussie Times grew from eight mimeographed pages to thirty one printed pages.

Gwen Stevenson's book was finally available.  The ASCA Stud Book Closure was firmly requested by an over-whelming majority of members. Stud Book scheduled to be closed on December 1, 1972. 

The Financial Statement for the Fiscal Year 1972 (June 30, 1972) prepared by Harold E. May listed a balance of $832.31 as opposed to the June 30, 1971 Fiscal Report which listed a balance of $ 237.07.

The December issue of the Aussie Times is transformed from a newsletter to a magazine with the front and back covers printed on heavy card stock.  It grows to 58 pages. It is still being released three times a year in the Winter, Spring and Fall.  The For Sale listings are still free to members.  The DISPLAY ADVERTISING RATES are Full Page with Photo @ $25.00,  Full Page with Shaded Sketch @ $17.50 per issue, Full Page with Sharp Black on White @ $12.50 per issue. 

Half Page with Photo @ $15.00, Half Page with Shaded Sketch $10.00, and Black and White $7.50 per issue.  Third Page with photo @ $12.50, Third Page with Shaded Sketch @ $8.50 and Third Page Sharp Black on White @ $4.50 per issue.

ASCA registers kennel names.  This was significant in for record keeping, so the dogs were not lost as they had become under the old Registry system. Each time a dog changed ownership, the previous owner's name was deleted and the new owner's name entered as the prefix to the dog's name.  For example our little dog Hartnagle's Goody (Goodie) later became known as Wood's Blue Shadow.  Through a stroke of fate, Goody aka Blue Shadow  became a foundation matron in Dr. Heard's Flintridge bloodlines, Hartnagle's Las Rocosa Aussies and Fletcher Wood's line of Australian Shepherds.  

 
The above is a photo of Hartnagle's Goody aka Wood's Blue Shadow foundation of the breed.

© 2004 By Ernest Hartnagle & Jeanne Joy Hartnagle-Taylor