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Show DRAPER GIRL WINS SAFEY ESSAY PRIZE SALT LAKE May 9 Merlene Beck, grammar school student of the Drapet Park school. Draper, won first hon-' hon-' ora In the national safety essay con-teat con-teat conducted last autumn by thf highway and highway transport cdu-' cdu-' catlonal committee, according to an 1 announcement made yesterday. Miss Elizabeth C Stocking, Semloh hotel a teacher In the West Junior high school, won first honors among I Utah teachers with a safety lesson ! submitted In ihe teachors' contest I Second honors for the state In th ; essay contest went to Miss Helen Stokes. Mldvale. and third honors wer. given Miss Junletta Kittle, Murray, and Arthur Jones. Bingham. The pupil winning first prize will re-ceivs re-ceivs a gold medal and $lfi In cash; the essay will represent rtah before the national essay committee. Llko-w., Llko-w., the lesson prepared by Miss Sticking will represent Utah before! the lesson committee. Miss Stokes will receive n silver medal and $10 In cadh, and winners oh third prises will receive bronze medals med-als an l $r In cash. Checks and medals have heen sent State Superintendent of Public Instruction In-struction C N. Jensen for distribution. In announcing the result of the con- ' test In L'tah. In which thousands f pupils - r , t teachers participated, the ommittee also mad known the personnel per-sonnel of the two national commit-tees commit-tees lo grade tho best essay, and the best lesson, respectively, from each state. The lesson committee will consider one les.snn from each state and terrl- ; lory) and OU award three grand nation. na-tion. I prizes consisting of 500 and a trip to Washington. $300 and $2t0: re- I spc.lively The essay committee will I lead the best es.-ay from each state I and territory, and wnl award three national prizes, the first a gold watch and s n ip to Washington i the second, a gold loving cup and the third a si 1 -ver loving cup. All prizes offered In the contest are given by the National Automobile chamber of commerce. |