Show another san juan county resident tA achieves chieves success mrs ida C carlson takes first prize in nationwide song writing contest T talent alent and the elements of success are where you find them there is no such word as cant in websters dictionary A faint heart neer won a fair lady and neither did it win fame wealth or distinction for the said fair lady one week ago mrs ida C carlson was just the wife of a dry nester who found it necessary at least part of the time to leave leava his farm and resort to his trade as carpenter in order to provide a livelihood mrs carlson is is fifty one years old with only a grade school education and with grown children or at least one grown daughter and it was this daughter mrs lone ione cramer of wattis utah who induced mrs carlson to try her hand at song writing for the variety song service national contest today her name is being heralded from coast to coast as the winner of first prize in IL a national contest her family budget has already profited to the extent of her song is being set to music and will be published in due time under the terms of a standard writers contract two other songs already written and submitted in the same contest are as good as sold and a great opportunity port unity has suddenly opened to her for the march to further successes last friday mrs carlson received a letter from the local post office well plastered with stamps on opening it this is what she read salem indiana june 12 1939 mrs ida C carlson monticello dear mrs carlson we are happy to inform you that your poem sweethearts FOR A NIGHT won FIRST PRIZE in our nationwide nation wide contest ending at midnight june 3 1939 this is a swell poem and we extend our congratulations this letter is being sent to you registered special delivery and we are enclosing the four continued on page cage 13 another resident achieves success continued from first page TY DOLLAR BILLS or which covers the first prize money the full musical setting is being started and will be completed soon then your copies will be made and sent to you at that time we shall send you the contract and order your copyright from washington the contest was conducted for many good writers and you are t to 0 be congratulated on winning the first prize thanking you for entering our contest and trusting that this 80 will pay for some of your efforts in song writing we remain sincerely yours VARIETY SONG SERVICE leland B brown manager mrs carlson the winner of this contest is the wife of henry B carlson who has a dry farm six miles east of monticello on highway mr carlson is a carpenter P anter by trade and spends part of his time off the ranch in order to increase the family income at present he is employed at cedar city utah mrs carlson was born near winfield kansas may 31 1888 her only education was obtained i in the elementary schools of that tha t state where she completed the ath gra grade and took eight weeks study in the ath her life has been spent along the usual lines of housekeeping and motherhood the Carl carbons sons came to monticello in may 1918 and purchased the farm at lockerby on which they still reside it is less than two years since mrs carlson turned her attention to literary pursuits she has written some two or three short stories but to date none of them have been pub i dished notwithstanding one of afi them was quite warmly commended by a publisher she entered the nationwide nation wide song i contest of the variety song service a few weeks ago and submitted three I 1 lyrics y r i c s one of which was awarded first prize as above b stated the company has promised to submit proposals for the purchase of the two other compositions entered and so a new vista has opened to mrs carlson and who can tell how far she may go in her newly found talent As major bowes would say the wheel of fortune spins round and round it 4 goes goe and where it stops nobody knows |