Putnam patriot., 1926-05-14
PRIZE AWARDS IN
 POSTER CONTEST
Judges Make Known Successful Pupils.-Scuie Come ;o
 Schools In This Section
Annual Competition Connecticut Hu-
 mane Society

According to the report issued by the judges of the humane poster con test recently conducted in the elemen- terv junior high. and parochial schools throughout the state under the auspices of the Connecticut Humane Society. about eighteen hundred chil- dren will receive awards. Instead Of cash prizes as heretofore. this year the awards will be gold, silver and bronze medals showing the seal of the society in the center and a border in enamel with the humane education slogan kindness, mercy and justice. Mrs. H. Clay Preston of Hartford. who is in charge of the educational work of the society. announced there were about four thousand posters entered in the contest, and pointed out that the pos ters this year show vast improvement over any of the previous contests. These annual school competitions have grown to such proportion that the teachers have been asked te select a limited number from each room and that has contributed greatly to the success of these contests. Mrs. Pres ton also paid compliment to the super yisors of art and drawing teachers for the very original ideas displayed in the drawings and for the higher char acter of the poster work in general | this year. Under the regulations prize winning posters may be retained by the society. The prizes and non-win- hing posters viii be distributed next week.
 Putnam
 Prizes awarded in Putnam: Israel Putnam School-Bronze medal: Alice Tourtellotte; honorable mention, Thel- mia Kent.
 Woodstock
 Harrisville Sehool-Ho Honorable men ton: Pauline Nadnais, Sylvia Nad- nais.
 Quasset School-Honorable mention :. Esther Collins, Helen Morris. Ella Sheldon, Evelyn Sodergren. Dorothy Williams.
 West School-Honorable mention: Florence Johnson. Fimvale School-Silver medal. Rox- ana Eaton Child; bronze medal, Susan l Parker Johnstone: honorable mention i Donald Spencer Child. Alfred C. Kall- gren. Malcolm E. Perry. English Neighborhood Sehool-Sil- yer medal Jane Lyon: bronze medal, Raymond Hubbard; honorable mention. Mary Hubbard.
 East Woodstoek
 East Woodstock School Bronze medal Elsie P. Hubbard; honorable mention. Marion cady Bertha NJ. Dodge, George Alfred Netherell.
 West Woodstoek West Woodstock School Bronze medal Ceeile Parent honorable men tion. Abbie Easterbrook John Perrin, Francis Sumner, Clara Walker.
 Quinebaug
 Chandler Honorable men tion: Marion Emlott, Wayne Hil- dredth. Philip Johnson. Lida kuper. Martha kuper Eleanor Mann. Fabyan, Meehaniesxille, North Gros-
 venordale, Thempson
 Tourtellotte Memorial Junior High School-Silver medal George Bayer; bronze medal. Elizabeth Cortiss. Gladys Evans. Ernest Patterson, Eu-- rana Perkins; honorable mention, Hedvig Gustafson. Frances Nievied- gal Sara Rhodes.
 Phoenixville Phoenixville School-Bronze medal: Pauline Ozut; honorable mention, Ju- lia Gabeys. Joseph Szymanski.
 Pomfret Center
 Center School-Ho Honorable mention: Edith Colburn, Charles Currier, James Murdock.
 Pomfret Center Grammar School Honorable mention George Peterson.
 Abingdon
 Arlington Grammar Sehool-Bronze medal Clarisey Cheney. Minnie F. Erskine; honorable mention, Thomas Baker. Priscilla Elliott.
 Abingdon Primary Sehool-Honor- able mention Arietta Alice Cheney, Minnie Erskine, Mary Frances Hol- brook. Mary Margaret Murray.