Rocky Ford High School - Le Cantaloupe Yearbook (Rocky Ford, CO)

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Anlorioan Legion llratorioal Contest Billy McBr1de Bob Buns Byron Blotz oan Gable Shirley Kiefer Forensics After driying through to mn the school and district meet Billy McBride took first place in the eighth annual American Le ion sate oratoricll contest held in Deny er and second in the regional which included the yyestern states Rocky Iorel s High School orators under the direction of Miss Ruth Lytle haye long distln zguished themselyes in oration and haye placed in the Denyer contest each year with the exception top honors there The Amerie in Legion sponsors these contests in in ettort to turther the education of American youth in the prlnely les ol elemoerley Contestants extemporlze on suhyeets chosen by the legion must speak on topics hlsed on Americmism md Winners of the state and regional contests theft go to Washington D C In the school competition were Shirley Kevfer By ron Blotz and oan Grable This year for the first time the Knights of Pythias of the United States sponsored an orator ical contest blsed on the history of the deyelop ment of our country The participants in the local meet yy ere Ioan Grable Bob Buis and Byron deadly than the male in this case consequently oan Crable vton loan vms avnrded the state championship adding, a second star to Rocl-ey lord s croxyn She vuill compete in Las Vagas Nleyada for the re eional championship ninety one , , ,J I , . . O 1 L I - C I ' L . . Y . v 1. . . ' V 7 ' ' V J I ' v , : 'V ' V V ' ' . V , V , V' , AV - ' V v 7 ' V of 1945. Bill, however was the first to achieve Blotz. The female of the species was more Y ,, I ' r ' 1 ' v yy 1 -,L A y' 5. , . A. A 4- V. J t 1 ' ' . i e 'U . ' ' ' i' A ' A L '4 'e . . ' l . h '.' ' I ' . l' .i ' ' . v . 'l ' ' l .i 4 ., A ' . . A .' 'J 1 1 Y' ' '.

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