Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-14
ANNOUNCE AWARDS
IN STORY CONTEST
II. NJ. C. A. Group Winners to
Get Camp Vacations and
Medals for Work.

Bliss Evans of the Mount Vernon
Place M. h. Church, South. with a
story of Abraham. won first honors
among the senior group of boys in the
nth annual Bible story telling con-
test, under the auspices of the Young
Mems Christian Association. The
finals were held in the Y. NJ. c. A.
building. Eighteenth and G streets,
last night. Second honors in the
senior group went to Walter Hiley,
while Don Hammerlund was third.
The senior group included boys from
is to II years old.
Gordon Horsnell of Hamline NJ. F..
Church was first in the Junior group,
including boys from IL to IA years of
age, while George B. Fraser, jr.. was
second and Jack Bone third.
The winners of first place were CIV
en- their choice between a gold medal
or two weeks stay, free, at Camp
Let's, the Y. NJ. c. A. boys camp near
Edgewater. Nd, while the winners of
second place were given their choice
between a silver medal and one week
at the camp. A bronze medal was
awarded to the winner of third place
in each group.
Judges were Mrs. Mary V. Harris,
Miss M. K. Sandberg, DR.. Fl. H. Kim
ball, Guy w. Lane and Eugene
Scheele.
Boys Work Awards.
Miscellaneous awards for various
forms of work in theb oys' department
also were made at last nights meet
ing. Budd Hammerlund was awarded
q $3.50 gold piece and the Y. NJ. c. A.
medal for the best all-round work in
the department" among boys between
10 and II years of age. This included
his achievements in competitive ath-
letics, along with his general intellec-
tual and social activities and religious
worship. Dallas Shirley received a
similar award among the 12-to-15-
year-old group. Jack Bone received
two weeks vacation at Camp Let's,
the Y. NJ. c. A. camp at Edgewater,
Md, for general proficiency in Bible.
study among boys from II to IA. while
Jesse Nussear received a similar
award In the 15-to-1S-year-old group
Emblems for general proficiency in
physical work in the gymnasium were
awarded to the following:
Paul Nilsson, Ebert Hudson, Budd
Hammerlund. Fred Church. Bob
Doyle, Charles Clayton, Dick Weight
man, Ted Crum. Nilsson Kuntz,
Thomas Moore. Henry Rubin, Robert
Bodell. Donald Potter and Charles
Sklppon.
Certificates for Study.
The following list of boys received
certificates for good work in the
Bible study courses:
George Dorr. Paul Wilson. Ebert
Hudson, Budd Hammerlund, Fred
Church, John Harries, Robert Doyle,
Melvin Steen. Edward Nelson, May
nard Eicher, John Hahn, Charles Clay
ton. Richard Weightman, Preston
Newton, Ted Crum. Wilson Koontz,
George Bopp, Arthur Slater, jr.; Jack
Bone, George Croft, Clifton Bell, Gene
Whelan. Walton McDaniels, Terrelle
Crum, Webster Ramsay. Thomas
Schaffert. Ashby Beckham, Jesse
Nussear, Ronald Eicher. Richard
Lane, Leslie Robertson, Horace Had
dox. Bolton House. William Knowles
Cooper, jr.; George Kundahl. Morgan
d'Espard, Charles Merryman, Richard
Peck, Hedley Clews, Marshall Saxon,
Robert Shown. Burr Edwards, Edwin
Quinn, Alden Mcdaniel, Gordon Darl
ing. Roy Biting, Stanley Franck,
Douglas Stephenson. Rowland Rob-
erts, Julius Hopkins, William Moss,
George Weickhardt and Paul Kun
dahl.