Kurkowski Award01

Waupaca County Post

April 4, 1957

Gov. Thompson to Award Miss Sophelia Kurkowski

Miss Sophelia Kurkokwski, Waupaca high school American history teacher, will be cited for a special award to Governor Vernon Thompson for her work with Junior Historians in the last 10 years.

The veteran teacher is one of 10 teacher-leaders being cited throughout the state in a State Award Day in Madison, May 25, which will be the climax to regional conventions of the Junior Historians.

As a guest of the state historical society, Miss Kurkowski will be taken on a tour through their museum, following which she will be a guest at a noon luncheon at the First University Methodist church. In the afternoon she will receive her award from the governor at the capitol.

Miss Kurkowski said that it was not only a great personal honor, but also one for the high school and city. Through the past 10 years her American history classes have written several books, presented three pageants, put up signs denoting landmarks throughout the city plus many other contributions to the community.

Pictures of the centennial pageant, “From TP to TV”, can be found elsewhere in this issue of the county Post in addition to a story and pictures of he Junior Historian program at Waupaca high school, which is directed by Miss Kurkowski.