The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-20
LEDGRR'S CONTEST
WAS VERY SPIRITED
THlRTY.TWo YOUNG WOMEN
THROUGHOUT THE STATE WILL
BE GIVEN FREE TRIPS TO
VARIOUS POINTS.

If the thirty-two young women who
were winners in the Birmingham Ledger s
popularity contest are not altogether the
loveliest bunch of maidens in the state of
Alabama, it will not be because of the
opinion of their myriad admirers. The
voting. which had been in progress for
eight weeks, was brought to a close Sat
urday night and the results were an
nounced by the committee of judges yes
terday.
Following are the names of the lucky
contestants
Miss Minnie whaley of Wood1awn, Miss
vivian Thomas of Alexander City. win
ners of the grand prizes of two trips each
to Yellowstone Park.
Miss Lii Gayle of Mobile, Miss Mamie
Hawkins of Tuscaloosa, Miss Esther Belle
Meiggs of Admission, Miss Mary Newman
Of Gadsden, Miss Marie Orr of North
Birmingham, Miss Virginia Hill of Biz
mingham, Miss Susie Glenn of srrussville.
Miss Lydia McElvain of Birmingham, Miss
Helen Dorm of Birmingham. Miss Katie
McDonough of Pratt City, Miss Marie
Lindsay of Woodlawn, Miss Nellie Wor-
Ellington of Birmingham, Miss Sophia
schwabacher of Bessemer, Miss Ellen
Dexter of Montgomery, Miss Nancy Tay-
lor of Bessemer, Miss Sallie Bell of Nc
Gala. Miss Johnnie McGawan of Union
Springs, Miss Della Hard of Margerum,
winners of vacation trips to various parts
of the country.
Miss Louise Ellis of Moundville, Miss
Alethia Wallace of Birmingham, MISS
UJrania Gardier of Irondale, Miss Magda-
lene Shyterle of Cullman, Miss Pearl
blackburn of East Lake, Miss Mary
Howle of wetumpka, Miss Bessie Burke
of sylcauga, Miss Etowah Stokes OF
Union Springs Miss May Ashley of Mont
gomery, Miss Roberta Russell OF Ensley,
Miss Ellie Clay of Thomasville, MISS
Rheeta Nance of Tuscumbla, winners of
scholarships in the Wheeler Business col
| lege.
The vacation trips include ten day stays
In various Alabama, Tennessee and north
ern resorts and cities, and are elective
with the winners, with certain restrictions
as to the number of votes received. Each
Young woman will be allowed to carry
companion.
lack Brown of Cleveland, o., and Los
Angeles, who promoted the Ledger's latest
circulation scheme, states that he Is thor
oushly satisfied with the results. James
7. Smith of the Ledger expresses himself
as being of the same state of mind. While
the full returns had not been tabulated
last night, the canvassers were OF the
oninion that something over 5000 new
names have been added to the subscription
books.
Tn discussing the contest, Mr.. Brown,
who has engineered subscription cam
paigns for newspapers throughout the
country took occasion to say that he Ia
greatly pleased with Birmingham and the
section In general, which he says is more
characterized by push than any commune
tv which he has visited in the south. He
will leave with his wife shortly for
two weeks vacation on Lookout noun
tain.
Following is the report of the committee
of judges:
We. the undersigned executive judges in
the Ledger's $4,000 contest, do hereby state
that everything has been satisfactory
throughout the entire contest. We con-
graduate the Ledger upon their enterprise
and ability. We also appreciate the adj
vertising which Birmingham and Alabama
have received throughout the country
through the columns of the Ledger. We
find that everything has been satisfactory
and the contest has been run fairly
throughout
(SigneO VIM. LlNDSf,
@. NJ. MOVIE,
f. J. WINTER,