Bio: Schraufnagel, Susan (To Compete in National Contest – 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schraufnagel

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 29 Jan 1970

Miss Susan Schraufnagel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Schraufnagel, rural Colby (Clark Co., Wis.), will represent Wisconsin in the Miss Rural Electrification conest in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 11, 1970.

She earned the right to compete in the national contest when she was named Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification in Madison last March. Her appearance in Las Vegas is sponsored by Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association, Madison, state organization for Wisconsin’s 30 electric cooperatives.

Scholarship awards for contest winners are: $2,500 for first place, $1,000 for second place, and $700 for third place.

Miss Schraufnagel, who is 21 years old, is a junior at Wisconsin State University, Eau Claire. During her reign as Miss Wisconsin Rural Electrification, she made many public appearances on behalf of the 400,000 Wisconsin residents who receive their electric power from cooperatives. Her parents are members of Clark Electric Cooperative, Greenwood.

The Miss Rural Electrification contest will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. Thirteen states will have entries in the contest.