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Show WINS PENNY CONTEST. LeRoy O'Neal, left, receives $20 in cash prizes from Forrest Hunter, manager of Park N' Shop. O'Neal entered the two oldest pennies in contest that drew unusr.ct response at the Cedar City grocery store. 1 . "Old Pennies" Contest Concluded By Local Merchant A contest for old pennies con-ducted con-ducted by Park 'N Shop drew considerable Interest recently when over 100 entries were submitted, sub-mitted, according to Forrest Hunter, Hun-ter, manager. Fifty dollars In prizes were offered, of-fered, $10 each for the oldest pennies pen-nies to be registered in the contest. con-test. The response was overwhelming, over-whelming, Mr. Hunter stated and as a result of the response It was ' necessary to rent a box at the bank to store the rare coins un-' til the contest was completed. I Of the over 100 coins received LeRoy O'Neal came up with the) oldest of the lot, and In fact placed first and second in the '"ontest. His top entry was a coin dated 1805 and for second place honors a coin dated 1807 was submitted by Mj. O'Neal, giving him $20 of the cash prizes. I In third place was Rex Lawrence Law-rence with coin dated 1809. Another $20 cash winner was Kem Lawrence with two coins, dated 1812 and 1816. Ten other prizes were awarded award-ed and all coins were returned to their owners at the conclusion of the contest. Hunter stated. |