Evening star., 1941-10-14
Snapshots Entered
In Newspaper Contest
Go On Exhibit Here
Entries Of Three Local
Photographers Win $50
After Selection by Stor

The collection of 1854 pictures in
the 7th annual newspaper national
snapshot awards contest, in which
prizes were announced yesterday.
went on public exhibition today at
Explorers Hall of the National Geo
graphic Society The exhibit In
cludes three pictures which won
$50 each for Washington camera
enthusiasts.
In the center of the display car
rying the national prizes is a pic
ture of girl bidding a fearful fare
we'll to her solGier. 1t brought $1,000
to Lucien Gagnon of Montreal, Que
bee, the first Canadian to win the
grand prize.
Three local winners who entered
the contest through The Star won
prizes of $50 each and a gold rib
bon of honorable mention. Their
work is on display along with en-
tries from 81 newspapers of the
United States and Canada. The
exhibit is open to the public with
out charge from 10 am. to 10 pm.
daily except Sunday, when the
hours are from u noon to 6 pm.
The exhibit will continue through
October 26. The national prize win
ners will be published in The Stars
rotogravure October 26.
Won Prizes in Star Contest.
The three local winners pre-
viously had won prizes in the week.
" contests conducted by The Star.
They are Mrs Martha Brown Of 6720
North Central avenue, Chevy Chase,
Md, whose picture was Grand
mothers Pie" showing the hands
of her own mother, Mrs. Mary E.
Hemsley. baking a pie; DR.. S. S.
Jaffe of 1914 Eighteenth street
NV. whose photograph showed his
granddaughter, Joan Hiscock of
Norwood, Md, rising from under
the bed covers, and Lawrence Fin
kelstein of 1902 Florida avenue NE,
who photographed his father, Alb
raham T. Finkelstein, cutting meat.
Mr.. Finkelstein, 18, is a sophomore
at George Washington University,
malor1ng IN chemistry.
The grand prize picture was made
by Mr.. Gagnon, who is superin-
tendent of the Autographic Register
System in Montreal, at railway
station at Bonaventure, Quebec.
The soldier in the picture, wearing
q metal helmet, was Arnold Card,
a business associate who was about
to leave for overseas after training
in Canada. Mr.. Gagnon explained
he took the soldiers sweetheart,
Miss Jane Anderson, to Bonaven-
ture to say good-by to the departing
young man. and snapped the prize
winning picture there. The soldier
now is overseas with Canadian
troops.
$500 Winners Listed.
The picture won $500 as the best
In its class Of young people and
adults" and $1,000 as the grand
prize. It was an entry Of the Mon
treal La Presse.
Other class winners. each of whom
received $500, were: John L. Hen
sell of Amber, Pa, for his picture
of little girl singing God Bless
America" entry of the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin; F. c. Nesossis,
jackson, Miss, for his picture OF a
sharecropper's cabin, entry of the
jackson Miss Clarion Ledger;
John r. Sturgeon of Los Angeles,
Calf. for his picture of two monkeys
kissing, entry of Muskekon (Micho
Chronicle.
Second prize winners of $3.50 each
In the national Judging were:
Russell Spingola of Oakland,
Calf; B. c. Schleicher, Saginaw,
Mich; F. M. Gwinn. jr., Mont
gomery, w Va; H. r. Towse, Rock
vile Center, N. Y.
Third-prize winners of 500 each
were:
A. r. Barrett, Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio; J. K. Sproles. Guymon, Okla;
J. G. Heitshu Quebec City, Quebec,
and S. Wardle, Penhold, Alberta,
Canada.
The judges were DR.. Gilbert Gros-
venor, president and editor of the
National Geographic Society; Nc
Clelland Barclay, illustrator, painter
and amateur photographer; Ivan
Dmitri, photographer; Osa johnson,
famous explorer and photographer,
and Kenneth w. Williams, director
of Photographic studios, Eastman
Kodak Co.