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Show High School Essay Contest Announced The opening of its 25th annual High School Essay Contest was announced an-nounced today by the Ladies Auxiliary Aux-iliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The topic will be "Civil Defense-An American Tradition." Students in all public, private and parochial high schools are eligible el-igible to enter the contest; National Nat-ional prizes are: First, TSLOOO cash; second $50; third $250; and fourth, $10; plus 20 cash honorable mention, awards. In addition, the federal Office of Civil and Det-ense Det-ense Mobilization will award a $100 U. S. Savings Bond to the first-place winner in each state. State and local contest winners also receive additional Auxiliary awards which vary with the community. com-munity. The essay contest was started by the V. F. W. Auxiliary in 1935 to encourage young people to think and write on patriotic subjects. During the last school year mor.e than 35,000 students from all 50 states and the District of Columbia Col-umbia entered the national contest. Dr. Shane MacCarthy, director of the President's Council on Youth Fitness, was Chairman of the national nat-ional judges. Further information on the 1959-1960 contest may be obtained from local Auxiliary units, or from the Essay Department, V.F.W. Auxiliary, 406 West 34th Street, Kansas City 11, Mo. |
