Helen T. Selover Grubb

Helen Theodora Selover Grubb was 17 when she scored 99 points to win the honor of Healthiest Girl in Kimball County and went on to compete in the state contest. Little did she know that she'd be around to tell the story 86 years later!

She was always a leader and a teacher, teaching kindergarten through eighth grade students (often one student in each grade) for several years in rural Districts 28, 16 and 24--when she was right out of high school herself. Her students included her own sisters and brother. She was also a Sunday School teacher, 4-H leader, piano teacher, and active leader in...