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Show BOY GOOD ESSAY WRITER Gene Haver, Vicksburg (Miss,) Youngw ster, One of National Contest Prize Winners. Of all citizens of this country tha American Legion values the good opinion opin-ion of none more than the boys of grade and early high school age; wide awake youngsters, still bound by affectionate affec-tionate ties to dogs and swimming holes and pirate caves, but beginning to take an unfeigned interest In mathematics math-ematics and history and composition. Of such Is Gene Haver of Vicksburg,' one of the prize winners In Mississippi, In the recent national essay contest conducted by the legion. Girls and boys were Invited to write on the subject : "How can the American Ameri-can Legion best serve the nation.", First prize was won by a young lad of Chinese extraction, of Hawaii ; second sec-ond prize by a school girl In Indianap-' oils; third, by an American lad of Italian blood in Bridgeport, Conn. Gene Haver's essay was adjudged one of the best submitted by youngsters young-sters below the Mason and Dixon line,' He was of the sort the Legion wanted to reach an outdoor boy, with a pup for a pal; but a studious youngster,' withal, first In his class In many subjects. sub-jects. Despite his accomplishment as an essayist. Gene aspires to be a civil engineer, he says. |