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Show HIGHLAND COED WINS PLAGE AT GIRL'S STATE Sugar House coed, July Thompson of Highland .High school has been chosen by the Sugar House Professional Women Wo-men to represent them at Girls State. Perhaps the most distinguishing dis-tinguishing thing about July is that her interests are so varied. She goes from water color painting, philosophy, sewing and designing her own clothes to swimming. She plays the piano and gardens gar-dens avidly, but still feels that . reading is her long suit. She has been extremely active act-ive in school activities, feeling that the most challenging has been work on the school paper as art editor. She designed the permanent masthead for the paper and has done art work for the activity card. July was a contestant in the "I Speak For Democracy" speech sp-eech contest. Miss Thompson says her reasons rea-sons for wanting to go to Girls State are: "first, to impress up-. up-. on my mind the responsibility that I as a citizen of this country coun-try must take to make sure I do my part. The other day the very famous U. S. Marine Band presented our school with , a magnificent musical program at which they played The. Star Spangled Banner, andM presented presen-ted the Flag Ceremony. , (See editorial on page 2) -It was beautiful but there was something else which I cannot explain in words except that most of us looked as though tho-ugh we had three days rain in our eyes. I just have to find out more about the things that make this country so wonderful, wonder-ful, among which is our government gov-ernment system. "Second, as the eldest of six children, I want 'to set a good example for my brothers and sisters. Having: taught children and knowing how they do look to their teachers I want to be a good one. Aa a future voter I want to know what I'm voting for and the type of person who should hold responsible offices. I plan to join the Debate and IT. N. clubs next year and I know that this experience will provide a good background. Most of all I want to be a well-rounded citizen of the United States of America". |