Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
ESSAYS ON OWNING
HOMES TO WIN $10D
Contest, Offering Three
Prizes, Is Announced Under
Thrift Week Auspices.

An essay contest in which three
prizes aggregating 500 will be award
ed is announced by the own-your.
| own-home-day committee of the gen.
| eral committee for the observance of
National Thrift week in Washington
| January II to %.
| Gown Your Own Home is the sub
| Ject OF the. ESSAY. which. according
| to the announcement of the commit
| tee, should be treatise on the value
of owning ones own home to the
community as well as to the individ
ual,> and the significance OF home
| owning in it's bearing to economy
| and general thrift.
The contest will be conducted
through The Star and the three win.
ming essays will be printed in this
newspaper January 20, which has
been designated as "own-your-own.
home day" of Thrift week. The
only requirements for the contesta nts
is that they he residents OF the Dis.
trict or of the neighboring States;
that they conhne their ESSAYS to a
length of 800 words, and that they
have their manuscripts at The Star
Office by midnight January l5-next
Saturday night Manuscripts should
be addressed TO the Own Your Own
I1ofhc AoHteSt, care OF Inc star.
Prizes i'm Contest.
The prizes az announced by the
committee are: $50 for the best essay,
$50 for the second best, and $40 for
the third choice of the Judges. The
judges of the contest, as made known
by Joseph A. Herbert, jr., chairman
Of the committee, will be Gen. Anton
stephan, president of the City Club;
M. A. Leese, president of the Wash.
ington Chamber of Commences; Edwin
L. Graham, president of the Board
of Trade; Ross u. Andrews, presi.
| dent of the Merchants and Manufac.
turers Association. and Mrs. J. Gar.
| held Riley, president of the Women
| City Club.
The prize essay contest is a feature
OF the seven-day observance of Ma.
tional Thrift week which is, in turn,
| a week set aside for a thrift cam.
paign that is fostered by the Y. NJ.
t. A., cooperating with other socia
civic, commercial, educational and re.
| ligious organizations.
Other Special Days.
Other days that have been ~desig.
mated throughout the week and the
chairmen OF the particular commit.
| tees In charge Of the special activi-
ties are: Bank day, Francis G. Add.
! son. Jr.; Budget day, Robert l..
Flather; Pay Bills-Promptly day, s. IA.
| Takes; Share-With- Others day, W. l..
! Darbey; Life Insurance day, Paul ID.
! Sleeper; Own. Your-Own. Home day,
| Joseph \. Herbert, jr., and Safe In.
vestment and Make-a- viii day, Y, +.
. Booker.
The gospel of thrift and economy
/ will be preached during Thrift week
not only to business men and other
| adults Of the city and nearby coun.
ties, but to high school and grammar
| school students as we'll. Spea kers
will be sent to the school buildings
on days appointed by the school
| principals to deliver short addresses
20 the general assemblies.
Officers of the general committee
! which is composed of men active in
| business and civic life of the District
are: Victor b. Deyber. chairman; e
II. Hilegeist, first vice chairman
| George &. Shnn, second vice chair
man; Frank W. White. treasurer, anC
(. r.. Fleming, secretary.