San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-03
ORGANIZATIONS
ENTERED IN Bic
$500 CONTEST
Thirty-seven Are Compel
ing for Five Hand
some Prizes.
PRIZES FOR LABELS
Contest Designed to Help
Sales of Local-made
Products.

Thirty-seven organizations of San
Antonio, with memberships ranging
all the way from half dozen to sew
cral hundred, are entered in the great
$500 prize awarding contest being
staged by the merchants and manufac-
turcrs of this city under the auspices
of The San Antonio Light. Each or
ganization is working hard to win one
of the five handsome cash prizes
which will be awarded at the close of
the contest.
Who Are Entered.
Following is a complete list of or
CARNATIONS competing directly or
working with some organization:
First Baptist church, Calvary Ban
fist church. st. Mary's Catholic
church. Mission Review No. %, w. Il.
A.: Mckinley Avenue Baptist church.
Denver Heights Baptist church, Lau-
rel Heights Methodist church, West
End Presbyterian church, st. Johns
Lutheran church, st. Leo'S Catholic
church. Olive Grove No. 15I, W. q.
w: Central Baptist church. Nolun-
teers of America, Grace Lutheran
church. Y. w. c. A.. Lakeview Bap-
fist church, Denver Boulevard Pres
byterian church. United Presbyterian
church. s. A. General Relief Eastern
Star, s. A. Review No. 3. W. Il. A:
Protestant Orphans home, Madison
Square Presbyterian church, st PaulS
Lutheran church. Alamo Heights
Methodist church. st. Johns Eplsco-
nal church. Government Hill Lutheran
church. Miriam Rebecca No. "a, /.
O. O. F.: Housewives League. Worn
ems Relief Corps. Pegues Memorial
church. Catholic Women's association,
Church of Nazarene, West End
Methodist church. Riverside BaptiS:
church. Council of Jewish Women. 81.
, Paul's Lutheran church and b. Minor
and i Major Musical clubs.
Rules Of Contest.
The rules of the contest briefly are
as follows:
The merchants and manufacturers
of San Antonio, in order TO stimulate
the consumption of San Antonio-made
products, are offering $500 in cash
prizes to the organizations OF the city
turning in the most votes, the votes
based on labels, cartons, wrappers, etc.
from products made or featured by
the merchants and manufacturers CO.
operating in the present campaign.
To the organization turning in the
largest number of votes $1,000 in cash
will be awarded. To the next highest
organization 5000 will be awarded. and
TO the three next highest organizations
500 in cash each will be awarded.
Ten votes will be allowed for each
cents worth of merchandise made or
featured by these manufacturers and
merchants. The bucket that contained
two pounds of Cream Cotton short
ching, for instance, counts for 4Oo
votes: or the label from n 20-cent can
of Gebhardt's Chile con Carne for 400
votes, and so on.
Hint TO Contestants,
Organization members are requested
TO bring their labels to the office OF
the Light Just as fast rs they are col
lected, and not to wait until the close
of the campaign. This is only fair to
other contestants. In fact, the cam
paign manager wishes TO discourage
any such intentions, and states that
any organization found saving these
labels until the last few days will be
disqualified.
The present contest offers organizd-
tons n splendid opportunity TO secure
needed funds with a minimum expend-
iture of time and effort. Absolutely
no outlay of money is required to be
successful in the contest. All that is
necessary is to save all the labels from
San Antonio-made household necessi-
ties and turn them in at the office
of the Light. where they will be prop
erly credited.
Organization members should feel
no hesitancy in entering tn contest or
working after they have entered. for,
in a way. they will be performing n
valuable service to their city, that of
stimulating the consumption of San
Antonio-madc products, Just the thing
needed to advance San Antonio along
industrial lines and help her become
the greatest city in the South.
a Mistaken Impression.
Many people, it seems, somehow
have gained the impression that local
products do not compare in quality
with those made elsewhere. This is
n mistake. manufacturers say. for San
Antonio-made merchandise not only IS
as good as similar merchandise made
elsewhere. but in manv cases is OF bet
ter quality and sells for cheaper
prices.
All the leading business men OF the
city have voiced their approval OF the
contest and urge organizations to en-
ter the contest and work with all the
zeal they can summon.
ats Just the thing we need 70
helm stimulate the consumption of our
local products" said one prominent
business man. at viii serve TO re-
move the prejudice against San An
tonio-made products which heretofore
has existed in certain quarters for
some unexplainable reason"