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Voice Of Democracy
Contests Under Way

Contests Under Way
Marie Nussear Wins St. Mary's
High School Contest. Boons-
boro High To Hold Contest
Nov. /. Six Other Schools To
Compete.
The fourth annual Voice of De-
mocracy contest for High Schools,
which began last week, will reach
its climax in Hagerstown during Ma
tional Radio and Television Week,
October 20 to November 4.
The first three contests, attracted
more than two million students as
contestants. The project was so i'm
mediately successful that the United
States Office of Education has des-
cribed it as "The Contest for High
School Students"
st. Mary's High School held their
contest on Tuesday night and the
winner was Marie Nussear, a Junior,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H.
Nussear, Jr., 10 West Side Avenue.
Miss Nussear will now be entered
in the county finals, competing with
seven other high school winners.
Plans for another of the local
Voice of Democracy Contests, to be
held at Boonsboro High School on
November l, is now underway.
Both Senior and Junior classes are
reading stories, speeches, essays and
poems related to the theme, "What
Are The Advantages Of Democracy"
After reading and discussing the
material mentioned, every Senior
and Junior who is taking part in the
contest will be required to write an
essay on Democracy and what it
should mean to every American citi-
zen.
Red Feather Time Is Coming!
Boonsboro students participating
in the contest are: Janet Orig
fifth, Shirley Greene, Kathleen Boyer,
Betty Shaffer, Naomi Wilmer,
Jeanne Harrel and Helen Poffenber-
ger.
Last years winner from Boons-
boro High was Miss Anne Ford, who
also was finalist in the State Con-
test.
The Faculty Advisors are Alfred
P. Fehl and Page Gardener.
By participating in the contest,
Washington County students will
have an opportunity to express their
views on Democracy and at the same
time compete for valuable prizes.
Prizes to be awarded by the Hagers.
town Junior Chamber of Commerce
to the local winners include indi-'
vidual trophies to symbolic De
mocracy. The Washington County
winner will receive large trophy
bearing the supremacy figure to
symbolic outstanding scholastic
achievement.
William Higgins, chairman of the
Contest Committee, announced to-
day that elimination in the schools
will take place during the week i'm
mediately following National Radio
and Television Week. The winning
speech will be transcribed and en-
tered in the State eliminations. From
the group of entries received from
the State Chairman, the winning
State entry will be forwarded to
Washington, D. c., for final screen
ing and elimination to four national
winners
The final date for the Voice of
Democracy Contest in Washington
County will be announced at a later
date, Chairman Higgins stated.
The 1950-51 contest will end next
February, when four co-equal Ma
tional winners will be brought to
Washington, D. c., and to Williams
burg, Va, to receive their $4,000
college scholarship awards from a
acknowledgement figure, before a
luncheon audience of many of the
nations most eminent people
During a week in Washington and
Williamsburg they will visit the
President, Cabinet, Congress and the
Supreme Court, meeting and being
congratulated by all of them. They
will appear on radio and television
broadcasts to the youth of the world,
by way of the National network and
the Voice Of America. They will
also visit many historic spots.
Radio Station WEI and Wark are
cooperating with the Hagerstown
Junior Chamber of Commerce in
conducting this years Voice of De-
mocracy contest. The contest is en-
dorsed by, and has the approval of,