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Show I LEGION WOE I award mm Essay Contest Praised By Educators and Enjoyed : By Students' f' -tj Amid scenes of great enthusiasm, K the Service star legion of Ogden t'- IBN day present' ' to successful student BBB competitors the cash prizes awarded i for the three best essays written by junior high school students on the subject of the Gold Star driveway In Ogden. f ' ji, The recipients of the prize3 were: h Norma Johns at the North Junior hlgll K jl'i school. Garff Wilson, at the Lewis and ' Dorothy Adams at the Washington school. ASSEBLlES (AIM l j Superintendent y. Karl Hopkins , accompanied the Service Star legion B ,Ul I members to the schools A if. school a general assembly was called BBJ and the presentation made. A fea- BBB i' ture of each assembly was the reading BBB ol the prlao-wlnnlng s?ay by ihc stu- BBB dent winning the prize. t "! rs. J. G. Falcl: made the presenta- I' Hon of the check to Miss Johns at B ( 1 Mound Port and Mrs. j. u Eldredge the presentation at the Lewis, where 'yountj Mr Wilson received his S3 check. j TWO Gold Star mothers, Mrs. Elizabeth Eliza-beth Llddcll and Mi;.. Alary Johnston, wen present at the Washington, with Other members of the Service Star legion, le-gion, when the third prize of ?;i was given to .Miss Adams. WOMEN GRATIFIED Both she legion women and the i- achers in the schools a gratified by the results of tho essay contest The lciji.in w 1 1 hi -n '.:: told thai the tea' hers or Unglish welcomed the opportunity op-portunity for an Inb r-junlor high school competition and students entered enter-ed Into the event with enthusiasm. One school reported that 175 essays es-says had been submitted by the students stu-dents of thai school alone. There were only about six or eight students in the entire tiirec student bodies who had not paid a visit to th : memorial drive. WIL1 PP1 R SI M W The subject of the essay, it was conceded, con-ceded, and the competition served as i an admirable means of teaching both ciyc pride and patriotism The announcement of prize winner:; in the senior high school division will be made next week and the prizes awarded. On Sunday, The Standard-Examiner will publish the prize winning essay written by Miss Norma Johns |