Smyrna times., 1941-11-06
BABY CONTEST WITH $3.50 CASH
PRIZES TO Be CONDUCTED HERE
Popular Baby Contest Sponsored by Local Merchants and
The Smyrna Times Will Have Seven Winners, Each
One to Get Cash Prize and Photo Engraving
BABY WITH LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES WINS SIPS

A Popular Baby Contest, where
in seven babies in this section will
receive $3.50 in cash prizes, is being
conducted by The Smyrna Times,
in conjunction with many cooperat-
ing merchants of Smyrna, Clayton,
and the surrounding trading area.
Each of the seven winning babies
will receive a cash prize at the
close of the campaign. The rules
explanations and entry blank will
be found on page 2 of this issue.
Entrance into this contest is abso-
lutely free, and every baby under
six years of age is eligible. Amy
parents, regardless of whether they
are readers of The Smyrna Times,
or whether they live in Smyrna or
Clayton or any surrounding town,
may enter their baby in this prize
winning contest today, by clipping
the coupon and sending it to The
Popular Baby Contest, in care of
The Smyrna Times.
Where to Obtain Coupons
Those merchants who are COOP
Grating with The Smyrna Times in
this campaign are doing so as a
gesture of appreciation for the
loyal patronage of the people of
this area during the past years. A
list of the merchants and business
people who are cooperating with
this newspaper is as follows:
Pyle's Market
Handloff Economy Store
Handloff sc & 10c to $500 Store
Jones Drug Store
Smyrna Pure Food Market
LeGrande Food Store
E. b. Hill, Jeweler
Sparks Pharmacy, Clayton
Smyrna Times
Additional merchants are invited
to participate in this promotion and
may contact the contest manag-
er by telephoning number 5221.
This list is only to date, and the
complete list will be published in
next weeks issue. These merchants
will give "baby coupons" with each
purchase of so cents or more. The
object of this campaign is to Gre
ate more business and goodwill for
the cooperating business men, and
to secure more readers and SUBJ
scribers for The Smyrna Times.
Photographs of Entrants Given
AS an added feature of the Popu-
lar Baby Contest, The Smyrna
Times is announcing that the pub
fishers will reproduce photos of the
babies entered in the competition.
A picture of the entrant should be
brought or sent to the Smyrna
Times office, along with the entry
blank printed on page 2. However,
if photo can not be supplied at
once, no delay should be made in
entering the child in the contest.
If no suitable photograph of the
baby is on hand, the Contest Man.
agement will arrange to take one,
so that readers of The Smyrna
Times may become familiar with
the names and pictures of all the
babies competing during the next
several weeks. A photo-engraving
will be made of each baby.
Award Silver Cup
Another incentive of the contest
is the awarding of two silver loving
cups to the first two winners, in ad-
dition to the cash prizes. These
two cups stand 16 inches high, and
will be engraved with the winners
name and other data. The two
babies securing the greatest num-
ber of votes during the Popular
Baby Contest will be presented
with these silver cups. An early
start in securing "baby votes" from
the merchants is advisable.