Iron County Record | 1956-03-08 | Page 1 | Oratorical Honor Bestowed on Sandra Wood

Oratorical Honor Bestowed On Sandra Wood Miss Sandra Wood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wood of Cedar Ce-dar City, won honorable mention in the Regional American Legion oratorical contest at Richfield this week, after having won first place In the Cedar City contest and second place in the District Seven contest at Panguitch last week. Miss Wood, first place winner in the Cedar City contest, along with Betsy Lunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lanell Lunt, and Cora Lee Gibson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Gibson, second and third place winners, respectively, will receive official American Legion Le-gion Oratorical contest medals. The medals will be presented at the awards assembly of the Cedar City High School, where the three girls are students. District seven in which Miss Wood won second place Included the seven counties of southern Utah, nnrl th stnta was divided Into three regions for the final step in reaching a place in the state contest. The subject for this' year's contest con-test was "The Constitution In a Changing World," and is a part of the Americanism program conducted con-ducted throughout the nation each year by the American Legion. Le-gion. Milt Sevy, commander, Cedar Ce-dar Tost No. 74. stated that he was wejl pleased with the efforts of the local students this year, and voiced the opinion that the contest stimulates young people everywhere to a oloser study of tho constitution and the privileges privil-eges of citizenship under the constitution. con-stitution. The local contest was conducted conduct-ed under the direction of Lorin C Miles', oratorical contest chair-"oof chair-"oof the local post.