The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-17
SWEETEST OF
CITY GIRLS is
GRACE COOK
Beloved Invalid Awarded
$500 Prize in Candy
Week Contest.
TWO NOMINATE VICTOR
AffIiction Fails to Halt Her
Kindly Deeds for
Others.

The Sweetest Girl in 1ndianapo-
lis" has been foundl
She's Miss Grace Cook of the city
hospital.
Mrs. Mary Rose Hinler, publicity
director of Bobbs-Merri Gladys
Craig of the L. S. Ayres g. Co. ad-
vertising department, and William
Ash, public relations director of the
Community Fund, judges in the
Sweetest Girl" contest, made their
selections late Thursday after con-
sidering more than 200 nominees.
Miss Cook will receive the prize
og 5000 posted by candy dealers and
manufacturers and the prize of SIS
going to the person nominating the
winner will be divided, as two of
Miss Cooks friends nominated her.
Two Divide Prize
Nominator winners are Mrs. E. H.
Kitch. 1901 North Healing avenue,
and Mrs. Max Ridgeway, 123 North
Bradley avenue. They will receive
$3.50 apiece.
Saturday will be Sweetest Day"
nationally observed by the candy
industry. Every year, at this time,
the industry brings cheer to thou
sands of cripples, slhut-ins and other
unfortunates, its benefactions repre-
senting a large sum.
Indianapolis dealers and manu-
facturers always have aided gener-
ously in this distribution and this
year was no exception.
Mrs. Ridgeway's Letter
The letters which won the 5000
prize for Miss Cook follow. Mrs.
Ridgeway's being printed first
In little room at the city hospital
lies the Sweetest Girl in indianapolis.
For more than three years she has lain
there. her intense pain hidden by her
smile.
To the writer's knowledge, no one ever
has heard her complain of the pain being
too great or the load too heavy.
She was nurse and gave her strength
to help the suffering until her health was
gone. Then, in an inva1id's chair, she
spent the days receiving calls for nurses
and sending them to their duty.
Now. belfast, still she is not idle.
One hand is useless and her hearing IS
almost gone, but being thankful she still
has one hand, she puts it into service and
no day finds it idle.
Her brain ever is filled with beautiful
thoughts for the help of others and the
sunshine of her smile" that pain and dis
appointment have not changed. shines on
every one who comes near her.
Every convalescent child in city hos
pital learns to know and love her.
Mothers and sweethearts are wonderful.
They help to comfort those near and dear
to them. but won't you give g. thought to
one who has, helped to brighten so many
lives?
TITS easy enough for girl to be sweet
When life goes on with e. song.
But the girl that's worth while
Is the one that can smile
After everythings gone dead wrong.
she is Miss Grace Cook. city hospital
Mrs. Kitch's Letter
Mrs. Kitch's nominating letter
follows
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Grace Cook
AS child she was sweet kind ana
thouehtful She helped her folks. worked
her wav through high school. and was
loved by all She is city hospital grad
uate nurse and all through her training
she was a favorite. and an excellent
nurse.
Fifteen years ago she started to have
what the doctors thought was broken
arches. She gradually grew worse until
she had TO give Up nursing. She tnen
took charge of the Nurses Central Direc-
tory. She did the homework and an
swered the telephone dav and night. with
only a couple hours relief at times
She graz, llv grew so that she had to
be lifted Of bed and in again. Her
right hama rev almost helpless. She
grew hard of hearing and finally fell over
in her chair and only few Of the peo-
ple she came in contact With each day
knew her condition.
She was a friend and advisor Of doc
tors nurses and maids. and even I'M
tangled married peoples troubles.
She was taken to the city hospital more
than three years ago and she has learned
to use a typewriter. do lip reading. write
poetry. reads with purpose. She is nm
ishing what she never had tins to DO be-
fore. and earns enough money to more
than cover her needs.
She is the only woman member in Mr..
Sidener's Sunday school class. and those
men are proud Of her She attends" BY
radio.
She suffers lots Of pain. vet she always
saws with a smile Il am better" No one
ever has heard her complain or say an
unkind word about any one. People in ali
walks Of life 90 TO her for inspiration.
There is some one in her room most Of
the time. You will always find sunshine