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Show - 'Akirnii- " - mm MM Wi Mill II I I III --1 MOST VALUABLE Carl J. Clark, Stale Chair-jman Chair-jman of the Utah Elks Association As-sociation and Dennis Hales, Exalted Ruler of Bountiful Elks Lodge 2442, congratulate D,orothy Parrish and Mark Egan on winning second places in the national competition compe-tition of the Elks "Most Valuable Student Contest". ' DOROTHY PARRISH is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Parrish of Kaysville, Utah. Dorothy attends Davis High School where she is student body corresponding secretary and, among other accomplishments, is Utah's Sterling Scholar in English and literature. : Mark Egan is the son of Mrs. Minnie Eganof Bountiful, Utah. Mark attends View-mont View-mont High School where he is the senior class president and, is a National Merit scholarship winner. EACH YEAR the Elks National Na-tional Foundation sponsors -the "Most Valuable Student ,y .-,w., m in , .,, , Mt, , r r w. 1 , Dorothy Parrish and Mark Egan, center right and right, were named most valuable students by the Utah Elks Assn. Making the awards are Carl J. Clark and Dennis Hales, left and left center. Contest". This contest is open to high school seniors and is judged on scholarship, leadership, and financial need. This year, nationally, awards totaled $740,200. In addition, local Elks Lodges and State Associations awarded many more prizes. Dorothy and Mark entered the contest and won first prizes from Bountiful Elks Lodge 2442 of $100 bonds. Their brochures were then entered in State competition where they both placed as one of Utah's five finalists for national na-tional competition. In this phase of the contest they were in competition with 499 other finalists from all 50 states. BOTH DOROTHY and Mark won a second place and will receive four year scholarships to the school of their choice. Dorothy tied for second with a girl from Texas and will receive $2250 per year for four years. Mark will receive $2500 per year for four years. In addition, Utah, this year, had a first place winner, Vicky Gour of Roy, Utah. Vicky will receive $3000yr for four years and will be a guest of honor at the Elks National Convention in Chicago the week of July 4. ALL THREE will be honored at the State Convention Conven-tion in Ogden on May 22. Two other Utah finalists, Craig Clark, Salt Lake City and Val Ortin, Ogden won $1000 and $800 respectively. This is an outstanding accomplishment ac-complishment for the State of Utah and attests to the quality of Utah students. |