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Show ! High School Senior" Wins Free Plane Trip To Coast City Other Contest Winners Loyd Madsen, Cyril Thompson, Get Rides Coming as a happy climax to all his years of study and interest in aeronautics, was the free round trip to Los Angeles, Calif., won by Jim Cranmer, senior, the past week for his essay on "Prospects For Air Age Developments In Utah." The essay contest was sponsored by Merrill Christopherson, manager man-ager of the Provo airport, as a means of acquainting young' people peo-ple with the possibilities of the air age, and announcement of the win- ners was made at a special assembly assem-bly at the high school, of , which Principal Paul K. Walker was- in charge. Loyd Madsen. junior, won second sec-ond place and a free air trip through the parks in Utah, and Cyril Thompson, a senior, won third prize, which is an expense paid airplane ride to Salt Lake City and return. First place winner in Springville, Spring-ville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Cranmer has been an ardent airplane air-plane fan for many years, gaining much information from his constant con-stant reading of magazines and his enthusiastic participation in model airplane construction for the past 10 or 11 years. The essay contests, in which a large number of students participated, partici-pated, were conducted by Mr. Christopherson in Springville. Provo, Pro-vo, Lincoln and Brigham Young high schools. |