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Show Judge Memorial Girl Wins Essay Contest A thrilling experience awaits a Judge Memorial High School girl this month as a result cf an essay es-say she wrote. Sharon Garrett of 2462 Beverly St. was declared winner last week of the $1,000 first prize in the 1957 national essay contest of the President's Committee on the Employment of the Physically Physi-cally Handicapped. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Garrett. Miss Garrett, along with four other winners, will receive her award from President Eisenhower on May 23. The occasion will be the annual meeting of the President's Presi-dent's special committee in Washington, Wash-ington, D.C. Her winning essay describes "The five ages of physically handicapped man:" extermination, ridicule, injustice, education and total rehabilitation. In the conclusion of the essay, Miss Garrett writes: "Only when there is a universal consciousness and awareness that employment of the disabled is a community responsibility will we truly have attained the fifth age of physically handicapped man total rehabilitation." |