Evening star., 1948-10-19
Lakeshore Snapshot
Of Daughter, 7, Wins
Midwest Man $500

Midwest Man \1,5W
A lakeshore snapshot of his 2
year-old daughter won $500 in
prize money here yesterday for a
novice photographer of Muskegon,
Mich.
Val S. Kish, an electronics STU
dent, who became interested in
photography only a few months
ago, won the grand prize in the
Newspaper National Snapsh o I
Awards.
In the judging at Explorers Hall
of the National Geographic So
ciety, Mr.. Kish's picture of his
daughter, Dorothy Ann, strolling
along the shore Of Lake Michigan
carrying her rag doll, was chosen
the best of 352 pictures entered
from over the United States and
Canada.
All four entries from the WASH
ington area were in the money.
Flecknoe Takes $50 Award.
Harold J. Flecknoe, SIS Eigh-
teenth street NE, won a $50 spe-
cial merit award. Honorable men
ton prizes of $25 each went to
Quentin r. Remein, 1891 Newdale
road, Chevy Chase, Md; Reuben
Scolnik, 2445 Fifteenth street
NV, and Miss De Anne Hays, 1915
Stratford road, Bethesda.
A panel of five judges, including
three nationally known profess
sional photographers, decided that
Mr.. Kish's picture was outstanding
because of its naturalness and sim
plicity. While its Photographic
quality was good, the decision
rested mainly on its appeal and in
terest, according to Kenenth w
Williams, one of the judges.
Besides Mr.. Williams, who is
manager of the Photographic Illus
trations division, Eastman Kodak
Co., the judges were Ansel Adams
photographer, author and lecturer;
Franklin L. Fisher, chief of the il.
lustrations division, National Geo.
graphic Society; Tana Hoban, al,
outstanding photographer Of babie.
and children. and Valentino Sara
nationally known Photographic H.
illustrator.
Baltimorean Wins $3.50.
Photos were entered in four
classes: Babies and children, young
people and adults, scenes and still
life, and animal life. First, second
and third place prizes were award
ed In each class. Mr.. Kish won the
$500 first prize in the babies and
children class and, in addition
81 900 for having the best picture
of all the classes.
Other flrst-prize winners were
r. L. Bender, Rocky River, Ohio;
Jonathan Rowland, Princeton, N. J..
and Gordon w. Roper of Flint
Mich.
All the first prize-winning photos
IN the four classes were shown last
night over The Stars television sta
tion, WMAL-TV. The five Judges
interviewed by Bill Coyle, radio di.
rector Of The Star, explained the
reasons for their selections. The
four local contestants also appeared
with their prize-winning entries,
All of the entries were spon.
sored by leading newspapers, each
of which hod cond,,ntnl
amateur snapshot contest. The
Star sponsored the contest in the
washington area, and all of thu
Capital f1nalists had received $2s
prizes.
Miss Hayes q Repeater.
Mr.. Flecknoe entered a picture
OF an old man asleep in a Shaded
corner of the semicircular stone
bench In front of the public library
at New York avenue and Eighth
street NV.
Mr.. Scolnik's was a snapshot oj
q pigeon snatching a nut from
the paws OF a prairie dog at the
MI. nemelnS subject was his 2.
year-old daughter, smeared with ice
cream from a dripping cone.
MISS Hays, II, a freshman at
Maryland University, was the Wash
lngton Area representative in the
scenes and still life class, with q
sllhouette study of some child,s
toys. She was the only repeat per
former among the Capital contin-
gent, having won a similar sos
honorable mention prize in the ma
tlonai competition last year.
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