Bio: Schiferl, Richard - Abbotsford H.S. Betty Crocker Award (1975-76)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Schiferl

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 28 Jan 1976

Richard Schiferl, Abbotsford, has been named the 1975-76 Betty Crocker Family Leader of Tomorrow by Abbotsford High School.

Mr. Schiferl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Schiferl, Abbotsford, is a student at Colby High School.

He won the honor by competing with other seniors in the written knowledge and attitude examination on December 2, 1975. She will receive a certificate from General Mills, sponsor of the annual educational scholarship program and become eligible for state and national honors.

State Family Leaders of Tomorrow receive a $1,500 college scholarship, while state second-place winner receive a grant of $500. The state winner also earns for his school, a 20-volume reference work, “The Annals of America,” from Encyclopedia Britannica Education Corporation.

In the spring, state winners and their faculty advisors will be guests of General Mills on an expense paid education tour to Washington, D.C. A special event of the tour is the announcement of the All American Family Leader of Tomorrow, whose scholarship will be increased to $5,000. Second, third and fourth place winners will receive scholarship increases to $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000 respectively.