Bio: Maas, Kathleen (Betty Crocker Award – 1962)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Maass

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 08 Feb 1962

Kathleen Maass is Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) Community High School winner in the 1962 Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow. She achieved the highest score in the examination of homemaking knowledge and attitudes taken by senior girls December 5. She becomes eligible now, along with winners in other state high schools, for the title of State Homemaker of Tomorrow.

The girl named State Homemaker of Tomorrow is provided a $1,500 scholarship by General Mills, sponsor of the program. The State runner-up will receive a $500 scholarship.

In addition, the State Homemaker of Tomorrow and her school advisor will join with other state winners in an expense paid educational tour of New York City, Washington, D.C. and Colonial Williamsburg, Va. At the latter, the 1962 All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow will be named.

The national winner will have her scholarship raised to $5,000, with second, third, and fourth place winners being granted scholarships of $4,000, $3,000, and $2,000 respectively.

The knowledge and attitude test, prepared and scored by Science Research Associates, Chicago, is the basis for selection of local and state winners, with person observation and intervies serving as factors in national judging.

The 1962 Betty Crocker Search reached another all-time high in enrollment, with 406,132 girls in 12,874 schools participating. The program now is in its eighth year. By the end of this year, more than two and a half million girls will have participated and scholarship awards will have totaled more than three-quarters of a million dollars.

Kathleen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Maas.