Evening star., 1937-08-15
First Prize Winners Announced Today Letter
Stories Of Pets Chosen
AS This Weeks Subject
Best Letters on Hobbies and on Earning Extra
Spending Money Published Today-Many
Contestants Put on Honor Roll.

TODAY the contest editor is ready
with exciting news-announce-
ment of the three prize WIN
ners of the first weekly letter.
writing contest on assigned subjects for
readers OF this page during August.
But don't think the judges didn't
face big job in selecting the best
letters. There were two subjects in the
first contest, you know, Hobbies" and
How Make Extra Spending Money"
The judges took good look at the
letters and thought there ought to be
more prizes. But only three cash
awards were available, so the task was
to select the three best letters.
There were lot of things to be
considered, of course A few points to
which judges gave special attention
were the style in which the letters were
written, the subject matter, neatness
and the age of the contestant.
But I won't hold the news back any
longer
1t makes me very happy to announce
that the first prize of SO for the best
letter in the first weekly contest goes
to Betty Jane Meggers, IS, of 1904
BrandyWine street; the second prize of
50 to Constance Quarles, l3, of 1915
First street, and the third prize of 81
to Larry ORourke, 8, Of l2O Fifth
street southeast
RETTY JANE, whose picture is pub
lished on this page, collects dolls.
Not such an unusual hobby, but one
from which she has learned many in
teresting facts. Betty Jane goes into a
few of these in her letter which is
published today
Betty James entry incidentally, was
the neatest received in the entire con-
test. Right here I'd like to remind you
to read carefully the rules which saw
that letters must be neat and written
on one side of the page only. Several
very good entries were eliminated in
the final selection because their writer's
had been little careless on these
points.
The second prize winning letter,
written by Constance Quarles, tells
how to make "X-ray paper dolls"
Constance says these dolls are her
own idea-and very good one, the
judges decided. Read her story Gn
column s. and see what you think
of it.
Larry ORourke, winner of the third
prize, is only years old-one of the
youngest contestants to try for a
prize. The judges thought his con-
tribution exceptionally good for such
young boy Moreover, he chose a
subject many readers must have
found difficult because few letters
were received on How Make Extra
Spending Money"
BECAUSE other letters singled out
for special consideration by the
judges were so interesting, it has
been decided to establish an Honor
Roll for their writer's We are pub
fishing this Honor Roll today, along
with one or two of the best letters.
Other good letters on Hobbies" re-
celVed in this contest will be pub
Aioiicd "lllllll Jllt lleAl several weeks.
The Honor Roll includes:
Jean Marie Boyer. IA, of 266 Park
avenue, Takoma Park, Md.
Betty Roberts, IA, Of 7ol G street
southeast
John Daily, 8, of 1922 Tennyson
street.
Dorothy swingle, is, of 2sol Lega-
ton street
Jean Dobson, 13, of La Plata, Md
Margaret 1glehart, IA, of Vienna,
Va, route No. 2.
Jean Defandorf, 13, of 6536 Maple
avenue, Chevy Chase, Md.
Madeleine Labohsh, IA, of 29OO Mill
tary road
Katinka Brieger, 10, of 1865 La
mont street.
Cecil Marie Moran, II, of 1921
Exeter road, Bethesda, Md.
Helen Kelser. 10, Of Riggs road,