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Show S.H. "Achievers" ' Win Los Angeles Convention Trip Four east side "Learn by doing" Junior Achievement teen-agers returned re-turned Tuesday from the Western States JA conference held in Los Angeles' swank Hollywood Roosevelt Roose-velt hotel Friday and Saturday. The outstanding group was Nina Benjamin, 1093 South 7th East, treasurer of Sho-E Products; Hugo Hansen, 726 Emerson Avenue, of Novelco Unlimited; Howard Stev-ensen, Stev-ensen, 2045 Walkers Lane, president presi-dent J A Novelty; and Kay Winston, Wins-ton, 2218 Redondo Ave. of the Jualco Company. Chosen from a group of 16 finalists of the Salt Lake Area these four Junior Achievers mingled with DO other achievers and 23 executives from the eleven western states area. By means of potent exhibits created by teenagers teen-agers all present were able to pick up the latest ideas from other Achievers. The two-day business sessions were carried out in accordance ac-cordance with a strict interpretation interpreta-tion of Robert's Rules of Order giving the young men and women the insight needed to conduct their own business affairs in a profitable profit-able manner. National coverage was given the enthusiastic conference by press, radio and TV. Los Angeles papers devoted five pages to picturing the activities of the teen-age Achievers. Achiev-ers. The top local businessmen whose job it was to select the four finalists fin-alists out of the sixteen entries for the convention-trip plum were so impressed with all the contestants that a banquet to honor them all will be given next Tuesday by the Salt Lake Rotary Club. Achievers have proved to be of such outstanding caliber that noted business leaders have set up scholarships ranging from $300 into the thousands which will admit ad-mit winners into any one of thirty leading colleges and universities j around the country. The executive director of Utah's Junior Achievement program is Byron A. Ray 1742 East 2980 So. who accompanied the conference j winners on their trip. |