1963 Doris Betts is the Delaware Winner of the Betty Crocker Award

above 1963 Doris Betts from Delmar and Sen. John Williams

The Betty Crocker's Homemaker of Tomorrow Scholarship Program began in 1955. Senior high girls took a written test on homemaking attitudes and knowledge. The girl with the highest score in each school received a pin (or later, charm) and she was entered into the state competition for a scholarship. Each scholarship winner and second runner-up won $1500 (in 1959). Each state winner was entered into the National Competition, with only 1 national winner.

For 22 years, starting in 1955, high-school seniors from schools across America elected to take a 50-minute exam, a rite of passage and part of “The Betty Crocker Search for the All-American Homemaker of Tomorrow” scholarship program. (Young men were invited to join the program starting in 1973.) 

The exam was taxing (150 questions long) and set at a rigorous pace (50 minutes to complete, no ifs, ands or buts). Covering a vast array of topics, questions delved into everything from spiritual and moral values, family relationships, child care, health and safety, money management and community participation. 

Doris would go on to marriage and being a dietitan at John Hopkins Hospital.

In 1969 Patti jones from Delmar would win the title. 

Both were in good company, as in 1966 Elizabeth Ann Herring Warren would be her Betty Crocker state representative from Oklahoma.  Have not heard her mention this achievement, and it is an achievement, in her election speeches.