Miss America 1937

Elizabeth Cooper

Title: Miss American ’37 returns to CJC

Source: Spilled Ink

Date: October 28, 1953

On Friday, October 9, Centenary Junior College put out the welcome mat to Mrs. William Moore, Miss American of 1937 the former Miss Frances Elizabeth Cooper, is an alumna of Centenary, having graduated in 1938 from the Preparatory School and in 1940 forms the College. Bette, as she was know around C.J.C., was an honor student with considerable talent I the field of music. Her return to her alma mater was the occasion of her crowning "Miss Hackettstown" during the Centennial festivities.

The only Miss New Jersey ever to attain the Miss American title, Mrs. Moore, a former resident of Hackettstown, accepted none of the many glamorous gifts that were bestowed upon her when at sixteen she was crowned Miss America. Nor did she take advantage of opportunities that were offered to her, because of her title. Now a resident of Greenwich, Conn., she is the proud mother of five month old baby.