Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-18

Ferndale Baby Winner of $500 Picture Prize;
Judged Best of More Than 1000 Submitted
Detroiter Sends
500 Snapshot
for I'd Prize
BY WALDO y. "NAUGHT

have her picture aiken today
made her parents rio Ter by $500.
That was the amount of the check
presented by The Detroit Times TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Haver OF 200
East Breckenridge avenue, Fern
dale. as first prize in the Times
Interesting Baby Picture Contest.
Second prize of 500 was given
to Ernest f. Timms of 1882
American avenue, for his picture
of Kay Lenore Albertson. 10
months-old daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Albertson of 1929
Monica avenue.
Twenty $40 prizes and forty SIS
prizes brought the total of grand
awards to $1,000. Another 81 900
was awarded earlier in the con-
test to day-by-day winners.
Contest judges, Miss Mabel Ar
buckle, director of art education
at Detroit Public schools; Mrs.
Ralph Haycock. retiring president
Of the Detroit council OF the
Parent Teachers Association and
William S. Lampe. Detroit Times
picture edito", selected Gail
Haver's picture as the most in-l
teresting only after long consider
alton Of all the pictures printed.
Some 100000 pictures of babies
were entered in the contest.
Happy indeed was 34-year-old
Dennis Haver, a meter tester for
The Detroit Edison Company,
when he was told of his prize. He
has just the spot for the money
in the bank for his daughters
education.
ShoUn by Accident
It was only an accident that
19-months-old Gail had her picture
entered in the contest. 1t was re-
ceived the last week. printed the
second last day of the contest.
Mrs. Nora Haver. Dennis
mother. submitted the picture of
4-year-old Phyllis, the other child
in Dennis family, in the early
stages of the contest and when it
didn't win prize, demanded that
her son send In the picture of the
baby.
So ne did and won first prize.
"Gsii doesn't like to pose"
grandmother Haver said, "and
so we have very few pictures of
her. Phyllis, on the other hand,
loves TO have her picture taken"
Laughing or Crying?
Haver took the winning picture
about two months ago and it, too,
was an accident. For he intended
the picture to be one of Gail
laughing but the youngster would
have none ,of it. She just kept on
crying so her father. in despera-
ton. took the crying picture. Later
he took a picture of his child
laughing and submitted them both
to the Times in the contest,
The judges passed up the laugh
ing picture as ordinary, selected
the crying pose as the most inter-
esting" they had seen.
Curly-haired Gail really doesn't
like cameramen for when the
Times photographer visited her to
take a picture OF the winner she
cried again.
Haver has other hobbies besides
photography. He plays the violin
in the Oakland County Symphony
Orchestra, works with oil paintings
and is an expert on pistol range.
Building DUN Home
He is now building his own
home, a five-room frame house,
also in Ferndale. His mother
owns the house they're living in
now.
Haver's photography hobby al
most came TO an abrupt end sew
eral years ago when his mother
suggested that he give 1t up as
too expensive" He countered
that. although expensive. IT was
worth it because Of all the fine
pictures he had to enjoy.
Today elderly. gray-haired Mrs.
Haver says she won't say any
thing more about wasting money
TO her son.
Tiger Star Wins
The Havers have lived in Fern
dale for the past Ia years and
during that time have always read
the Times. Grandmother Haver
says that they're going right on
reading it now for sure.
/ Second-prize winner Ern G t
ITimms took the winning picture at
the request of a friend. The friend
insisted that he had a grandchild
who was absolutely the cutest
child in the world. So Timms
went with his friend, made the
picture OF 10-month-old Kay Len
orc Albertson. Her parents con-
sented to his submitting the
picture in the contest. He will use
some of the 500 prize money for
camera supplies.
Among the $40 prize winners
was Tiger catcher Billy Sullivan.
Among the s. winners was Jack
Cremer who took prize for the
picture of his triplets, Michael,
Dennis and Patrick.