Bio: Albert, Joyce – Greenwood H.S. DAR Award (1960)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Albert

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 18 Feb 1960

Joyce Albert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Albert, Route 2, Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), has been selected by her classmates and the faculty to receive the D.A.R. Good Citizen Award this year in Greenwood High School. This award is presented each year to the senior girl who best represents the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.

Joyce has not only been an outstanding student throughout her high school career, but has also been active in a variety of school activities. This years she is president of the senior band, mixed chorus and is student director of the pep band. She is co-editor of the annual and the school paper. She has also been active in forensics and dramatics.

Candidates for the D.A.R. Good Citizens Award are selected first by the senior class as a whole. The faculty then make the final selection from the candidates who have received the highest number of votes from their classmates. Prizes on the state level are awarded on the basis of answers to a citizenship questionnaire, which each award winner must submit. The state prizes consist of Government bonds and cash.