Evening star., 1952-10-12
Playful Cocker Helps Amateur
Win Star Photo Contest Prize

A cocker spaniel who loves to
grab a mouthful Of his little
mistress pajama leg as she tum-
bles headflrst into her crib at
bedtime, wouldn't let go the night
Everett c. johnson snapped his
prize winning picture in The
Stars 1852 Amateur Snapshot
Contest.
Mr.. johnson, who lives at 5307
Twenty-sixth street. Arlington,
is one of four $25 grand-prize
winners in the contest. The win
ming photos are reproduced on
page IA of today's Star Pictorial
Magazine. Nearly 1900 snapshots
were entered in the 15-week con-
test. The other winners are:
Jerome L. Young, SO, builder.
254 Arlington Village.
Reuben Scolnik, "a, Naval Re-
search Laboratory physicist. 1875
Somerset place NV.
DR.. Joseph R. Spies, At. Agri-
culture Department chemist. 507
North Monroe street, Arlington.
Finals to Be Tomorrow.
Tomorrow at 10 am. The Stars
four-priZe winning entries will
compete with IS other newspaper
contest winners in the 14th annual
Newspaper National Snapshot
Awards. The finals will be held in
Explorers Hall of the National
Geographic Society, Sixteenth
and M streets NV.
The four grand winners in the
National Awards will receive $1,000
apiece. There will be 276 other
prizes ranging from $25 to $500
a total of $4,000.
Mr.. johnson. a 34-year-old Gov
ernment placement officer. won in
the Babies and Children" class of
The Stars contest.
He didn't have his camera
handy when Jet-the family's
black cocker-pulled his tug-of-
war stunt the first time. The next
night, the amateur photographer
waS,ready. His blond 3 l2-year-old
daughter Cheryl Ann started her
usual bounce over the crib railing
with Jet poised by the bed. Moth
ing happened. ii.
ST finally had to push her foot
around in the dogs face" Mr..
Johnson RECALLS. "A little bit Of
teasing was ell. he needed" .ss,.-.....5
a@v7 Don't Go to Bed. i" ''
After taking several shots. Mr..
johnson ordered the year old
cocker to let go. But Jet, vino acts
as though he has a strain of bull
dog in him. wouldn't give up so
easily. He finally exerted a bit of
pressure between the playful pets
jaws. and Cheryl Ann plopped into
her crib. The picture was dubbed.
Don't Go to Bed" I.
Mr.. johnson took third in The
Stars Class A finals last year. His
son, Peter. 6. also has appeared in
several entries.
Runnerups in Mr.. Johnson's
class are Mrs. Gladys Feily, 2207
Observatory place NV, and Leo
Doloff, 6208 Inwood street, Chev-
erly. Md,
MI Young submitted his win
ming picture in the Young People
and Adults" class only 10 days be-
fore the contest closed on Septem-
Der 6. He won in the face of stiff
competition from Frank C. White,
2S18 North Washington boulevard,
Arlington, and DR.. Bernard Ber-
man. Shoreham Hotel.
While vacationing in Longport,
N. j., this summer. Mr.. Young took
some pictures just before the sun
went down over an inlet. His two
sons, Ricky, 6, and Mark, 4, were
walking ahead with a neighbor,
Clyde Roberts, 252 Arlington Viii
lage
Il could see them silhouetted
against the sky and knew the pic
tIlre was a natural" Mr.. Young
says. The three were standing at
the end of jetty, with Mr.. Rob-
erts pointing to something across
the water, when the camera hob
byist took the picture unnoticed.
Mr.. Young became interested in