Show Ir 1963 1963 of the Year I r J Y Sit 5 r rE E j SPORTSMAN HONORED The 1963 of the Award is presented to noted conservationist John Alden Knight Ij nigh h hb b by Lowell E. E Krie Krier vice ice president and general manager of its Winchester Win Wio Wi chester chester Vestern Division Honored in a ceremony at the Winchester Gun Club Bethany Conn Mr Knight received the scroll secoR and a gold engraved Winchester Model and under shotgun More than outdoor editors and writers representing major news new newspapers papers as well as all of the leading outdoor publications in the nation attended The 1963 of the Year Award was presented I to John Alden Knight noted author and outdoor theoretician theoretician cian at the Fourth Annual Winchester Western Eastern i Outdoor Editors' Editors Tournament cI c 0 I Bethany Conn I Mr Knight a resident of Williamsport Pa who is best I for his discovery discover and development development de de- I of the theory of predictable periods of wildlife i e activity was honored at nt a special ceremony on September September Sep Sep- amber at the Winchester I Gun Club attended by some of the country's leading magazine magazino and md newspaper outdoor writers miters and conservationists I I I In addition to his lis award scroll Sir DIr Knight was presented pre seated with ith a n made custom-made Winchester Model over- over under and double shotgun with an inscription designating the recipient and andI I the occasion of the award on an I inlaid gold plate The of the Year I is selected b by a national poll of some 1000 outdoor writers and conservationists and the award t I is donated by the Winchester Winchester- I Western Division Olin Mathie Mathie- Mathieson son Chemical Corporation Former Former For For- mer recipients include Nast NasI Buckingham General Generl Curti Curtis LoMay LeMay the late Dr Lo Logan an Bennett Ben Bennett nett Walter Valter Alston and Robert Roberi Taylor Mi Mr Kni Knight was the firs member of tho tiro Hunting Hall lInn ol of Fame In addition he ho and huson hu hiJ huson son Richard Alden Knight anthe art arl the only father and son combi combination combination nation in the tile Fishing Hall Ball tf Fame Mr Knights Knight's latest book boot The Complete Book of Fly casting was written with ith hit hil hitson hitson son anti and recently published b bj Putnam A graduate of the Tome Institute lu Iu Fort Deposit bid Md M am ant Cornell Class of 1915 Mi lIh Knight ht was an ensi ensign n test pilo in the Naval Air Corps during World War Var I. I After a varia business career reer Mr 11 Kni Knight ht re rd retired retired tired to devote himself to out outdoor door writing and his Tables in 1939 |