The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-23
Three Girls Leave
On Big Prize Trips
Grand Prize Winner to Start
Saturday on Journey to
World Playground
EACH is THRILLED, EXCITED
Only One Has Ever Before Been
Outside Borders of North
Dakota

Three excited and happy young
women left Bismarck at noon Friday
on free trips &c Chicago, prizes won
by them in the recent Bismarck Mer-
chants Tribune popularity election.
Saturday evening fourth girl,
still little flustered and wide-eyed at
her good fortune, will leave on a trip
to Miami, Fla, her prize in the big
contest.
Those leaving Friday are the Misses
Ruby Jacobson. Bismarck, Esther
Watson. Mckenzie, and Dorothy
Seitz. Mandan.
Leaving Saturday is Alice Lee. win
her of the title of Miss Bismarck and
the grand prize in the big contest.
None of the girls. with the exception
Of Miss Watson, has ever Travelled be-
yond the borders of the state before
and none of them has ever before
f; participated In a pleasure and sight,
seeing trip Of this sort.
Modest and Diffident
Miss Lee Is still bit overwhelmed
! by her good fortune in winning the
i grand prize and is exceedingly modest
+. and diffident about deserving the
+! two-weeks trip to Florida.
| Certain that she is going to enjoy
every moment of travel and immense
ly thrilled at the prospect of trip
| by boat from New York to Miami, she
has not forgotten to express her graf
itude to those persons whose coopera-
ton helped her to win.
! The prize means more to her than
to most girls who have homes and
families. Orphaned at the age of Is
Miss Lee has supported herself since
then, obtaining her education in the
schools at Medora and the high schoo.
here. from which she was graduated
in 1928. This was followed by six
months at the Capital Commercial
college where she fitted herself for a
position in the offices of the motor
vehicle registrar, position she has
held for three years.
And because this is the first real
holiday she has ever had and because
she has known her full share of dis
couragement and worry the trip will
be glorious adventure for her
frightened by the kind wishes OF Bis
marck people.
Is Big Event
The Chicago trip is big event In
the life of Ruby Jacobson, daughter
Of Mrs. Selma Jacobson, 80 First St..
for it will be the first time she has
travelled outside the state and also
the first time she has journeyed any
distance by train. She has been Bis
marck resident for IL years, coming
here from Arena II years ago. She
was 20 years old Aug. Is and is the
next to the youngest Of four children
Graduated in 1880 from the Bis
marck high school, where she tooS
a lively interest in athletics, Ruby was
member of the high school basket
ball, soccer and kittenball teams. He1
enthusiasm for athletics was due par
TALLY to the influence of her older
brother, Ben Jacobson, star high
school athlete and now member Of
the football squad at the University
of North Dakota.
She specialized in commercial SUBJ
jects at the high school and admits
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and stenography than she. is In his
tory or mathematics. She Is hoping
to secure q stenographic position and
to this end practices tipping and short.
hand daily.
Second For Miss Watson
This will be Esther Watson's Sec
ond trip to Chicago. the first having
been made last year, when she was
selected to represent North Dakota
All girls and boys at the information
al All club meeting in Chicago.
She is the youngest daughter o.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Watson of Nc.
Kenzie and has attended the school!
there, excepting the last three years
when she has been student at thu
Bismarck high school. She will b.
graduated next June.
A member of the first All clul
organized in Burleigh county Esthel
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