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Show Best Idea For Centennial Stamp Is Worth $100.00 To all Utahns who have' any ability in designing or drawing, to all who have any ability to portray in a single drawing the history and the drama of Utah's development, there is a chance to attain national fame, to win renown, and to obtain a share of $100 in war prizes in the Utah Centennial stamp contest. Through the Utah Covered Wagon Days of Salt Lake City, a prize of $100 has been offered for the best idea for a stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary anniver-sary of the founciing of Utah. There will be a $50.00 bond a-warded a-warded for the first prize in design, de-sign, and $25.00 for each of the second and third prizes. Sketches must be submitted by Janaury 1 to the Centennial Commission, Com-mission, Box 329, Salt Lake City 8, Utah. Each contestant must be a Utah native or a citizen of the state for 2o years. Sketches must be 6" x 4" either upright or lateral. In addition to the winning of a prize, the winner will have the honor of having his idea being emblazoned upon a national postal stamp which will be sold all over the nation. In addition, according to Gus P. Backman, director di-rector of the Utah Centennial he will receive the first sheet of stamps, i autographed by Postmaster Post-master General Robert E. Hanne-gan, Hanne-gan, and possibly by President Harry S. Truman, and that would truly be a museum piece. Any sketches should be submitted sub-mitted to the Utah Centennial Commisiion, Box 329, Salt Lake City 8, Utah. They should be submitted sub-mitted with the name attached separately. The artistic ability of the contestant is secondary to his ideas. For instance, the entry will be judged 75 percent upon the idea and 25 per cent sketch. |