Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-23
F|FTY-sEVEN EssAY|STs
ARE GIVEN GOLD MEDALS
they Are Winners in Prize Contest
Conducted by Newport News
Chamber of Commerce.
'rBJECT is MERCHANT MARINE
'hpers Now Arc i'm Hands of Judges,
ana From Among Writer'S Winner
or Grand Gold Medal Will BE
Selected.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
NEWPORT NEWS. VA. alay 22.---
''!h medals have been forwarded
Nty-seven high school pupils. winners
'h the Americ IN merchant marin. essay
contest naugurn;ei ny John y Locke.
F'rretar; of the Newport News Cham
Der of Commerce. The winning essays
are now before a state board Of Judges
ana The writer Of the best paper Will
be awarded a grand gold medal. The
JUDGES in the Statewide contest arc
Governor Henry G. stuart. John Car
lana Pollard Attorney General. and
irwin c. Ryals. managing editor OF tn.
Richmond Times Dispatch
The medal is handsome affair of
gold about the size of a silver half
""'iaf' or one SHE there is an anchor.
thirteen staM and two dolphins. on
'ne other side the inscription present
en- by the Chamber of Commerce or
He"port News Va" circles the edge
Just above the blank space for tn.
name Of the winner are the words
Won b. Will" below Ihe Blank space
h1p"ar tho words Merchant marine
essay contest"
Participants and winners OF the con-
'eSt represent practically every section
and Interest in tho state. Following
are the winners OF the contes, in the
various schools:
r. Russell Holland. Palmyra High
school Il Preston Richardson, Frank
ton -Nassawadoz High School; Ethel 4.
wilkins. Whaleyvil!c High School, Ar
instead McMurra$, Woodstock High
school: Paul c. Brown. Rural Retreat
!tiEh School: Bcrnice Rice. W!comico
High school: Bessie T.amhcrth, Botc-
court High school: Copeland Cumby.
south Boston High School: Annie Lee
carter, houston High school, Louise
Woodville Willis. Orange High school:
+. l-inwood Topping Hampton High
school! BESSIE keeton, Lawrenccvi!!.
High school; Malcolm Clarke, Burke
VILE High school Marie Richardson.
Marion li!gh school. Jennie =. Fetch
er. Accomac iigh school; Annie os-
born. GnlaX High school; Linda Fox
Henderson, Louisa High School. Ella
Arms. Kchland iiigh school. Jan.
Preston. Bristol High school. Frank Il
Morton Pulaski liich school. kath-
ERIN Harusbcrger. New Castle High
school MARI Madosiu Buchanan High
school Virginia Ferguson. Appomattox
High School Walter G. Holland. Oceuua
Hlsh school Ida Fisher, Winchester
hieh school. Gertrude Lee, Dispu'anta
High school. Myra stone, Wythevlle
III rh school. Meyer II. Lavcustcin. Pc
tersbuyg High school. Gertrude VII
son stanton High School Mabel
DOYLE. Monterey High school Charles
l.e Few, salem High school: Rutletge
Robinson. Roanoke High school: John
~ Reid. Jr., Lincoln High Schaol. Rcs-
-" JeGreys. Chase C!ty High school;
Elizabeth Stuar, Gatewood, Newport
Eews l!ph school: Nellie iIotgc.
Hat.ss store high School; Lucille
walker Bailey. kinsalc High school;
Katharine Pannill, Mart!nsviile High
-cuool william Davis. Forest Agricul-
,ursl High school; Philip BURNER. Mid
5l"town Agricultural High school;
Mnry BloNtoN, Edinburgh High school;
H5chcl Berman. Dauville High school
Nolan Brown. Norrisv!ll" High school:
katherine Roller. iiarrisouburg High
school: Vera T. Shrevcs, rarksley High
s,nool. Miriam TAYLOR. Big stone Gap
s.gh SchUol. John Newton. iocahontas
H.-h school Albert V. Bryan. -t!eXan-
Gra High school, Margaret Miller,
Rad.ord city iiigh School. Charles NJ.
tucker. Richmond High school; Vivian
MAYS. Amherst High school; Jennie
Iiayuie. Reciville High school; Fitz
gerald F!ouruoy. Chcriton High School;
Alma Elizabeth Schaffs-, Norton High
school. Leonard Norcum. Max Meadows
inrh school Donald \. SPOTS. Dublin
!i!gh School. and W. :. Nelson. Oman
.-t. High school