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Show Fall Wool Sewing Contest Gets Underway Utah girls are eligible to enter the "Make It Yourself With Wool" home sewing contest. This contest is for girls 14 to 22 years of age and is being conducted by the Woman's Auxiliary to the Utah Woolgr'owers Association in cooperation with the American Wool Council and the Woman's Auxiliary of the National Wool Growers' Ass'n. Mrs. Emory C. Smith, 1835 Yalecrest Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, state auxiliary aux-iliary president, is director of the contest; Mrs. Dan Capener, 2636 South 13th East, Salt Lake City, is co-director and ten chapter presidents are serving as area chairmen. The contest, which is directed toward promoting home sewing and designing with virgin wool material, is for two age groups: Junior Class 14 through 17 years of age; Senior Class 16 to 22 years of age. The age of the contest may be obtained now through the State Directors and Area Chairman. Area contest style shows will be held prior to next January, 1949, and the winners win-ners compete in the State finals for the privilege of representing Utah in the National finals at San Antonio, Texas, next February. Febru-ary. Area chairmen and then-addresses then-addresses are: Salt Lake City Mrs. Edward Voda, 2680 Glenmare Avenue, Salt Lake City. Southern Utah Mrs. John Beal, Cedar City, Utah. Eastern Utah Mrs. Leon Moy-nier, Moy-nier, Price, Utah. Vernal (Uintah Basin) Mrs. Howard Williams, Vernal, Utah. Heber Mrs. Jos. T. Murdock, Heber City, Utah. American Fork Mrs. Sidney Nicholes, American Fork, Utah. Fountain Green Mrs. Bernard Nielson, Fountain Green, Utah. Mantis-Mrs. Glen Rowe, Manti, Utah. Provo Mrs. Ruel Jacobson, 243 East 4th South, Provo, Utah. High-ranking winners from the area contest style shows will receive awards and enter the state contest. The Utah contest style show will be held in Salt Lake City in January, 1949, and a chance to compete for National prizes. A $400 scholarship will be given to two girls the winner in both the Junior and Senior classes. One year's scholarship will be given to the best National entry garment made from an original design by Traphagen School of Fashion, New York. The girl making the best suit, the best dress, and the best coat in the Junior and Senior classes will receive a $100 Saving Bond. Several commercial pattern companies com-panies are making special awards for the outstanding garments made by their patterns. About fifty other valuable awards will be made at the National fashion srow. girl on January 15, 1949, will be the basis considered for classification. classifi-cation. There will be three divisions in the contest: Coats, Suits and Dresses. The dresses may be for street, sports, and formal wear. Each contestant may enter only one garment in each division, but she may enter a garment in one, two, or all three divisions. Entries En-tries will be judged on workmanship, workman-ship, judgment in selection of fabric and trimmings, fit and be-comingness be-comingness to the contestant and tasteful choice of accessories. All garments entered in the contest must be made of virgin wool and must carry a label or tag disclosing the fiber content as required by the Wool Products Labeling Act. The entry garment gar-ment may be made according to the contestants own design, or by any commercial pattern. Each garment entered must be accompanied accom-panied by a typewritten letter of 200 words or less setting forth: the fabric from which the garment gar-ment was made, the reason for its chioce and its advantages for the use intended; the pattern used, or a statement that the garment was made according to the entrant's own design; and the total itemized cost of the garment, including fabrics, and all other component parts. Entry blanks and rules for the |