Evening star., 1953-03-05
Alexandra Girl Wins
First Prize in
Star Writing Contest

SCHOOL IN Alexandra, IOQay was
awarded first prize in The
Evening Stars Scholastic Writ
ing Contest for her short story
entitled Diesel Smoke"
Her story was among more
than $500 manuscripts sub
mitted.
The judges were DR.. Merritt
c. Batchelder Of American Uni
versity, DR.. Roland N. Harmon
of Georgetown University, Prof.
Muriel McClanahan of George
Washington University DR.. Ivan
E. Taylor of Howard University
and DR.. Rudd Fleming of the
University of Maryland.
Second place went to Martha
Bicking. II, of Montgomery
Blair High School in Silver
Spring, for her short-Short story
entitled "The White Lace
Apron"
Miss Sparks. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John S. Sparks, jr.. Of
Hunting Towers, Alexandria, re-
ceived a portable typewriter as
first prize, and Miss Bicking,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
A. Bicking of Greenacres drive
and MantZ street, Silver Spring,
received a fountain pen and pen
Gil set, both presented by The
Star.
The contest was held in CO.
operation with Scholastic Maga-
zine and all gold pin and GER
tificate winning manuscripts will
be sent to New York to compete
in the national contest.
Montgomery Blair High School
led all schools in total numbers
of awards. Twelve students re-
ceived gold pins and % certif1-
Gates Of merit.
The winners, in the order
named by the judges. are:
Senior Short Story.
Gold keys: Jan Sparks, George
Washington: David A. Kuhn.
Woodrow Wilson; Patricia A.
Smith, Notre Dame; Patricia F.
McDermott. Notre Dame; Mar
tina Bicking, Montgomery Blair.
and John L. Magnus, Montgom-
cry Blair.
Certificates: Eileen Edgren,
BladenSburg; Robert Cooper,
Montgomery Blair; Estelle R.
Rosen, Theodore Roosevelt;
Patricia A. Smith, Notre Dame;
Cynthia Ferrell, Montgomery
Blair and Juliette Gonda, East
ern.-
Senior Essay.
Gold keys: Maureen Sullivan,
WOODROW Wilson; JacQuehne
Jones, George washington; Joyce
+. Malanga, Fairfax; FRANCES p.
SIaugnIer, Theodore Roosevelt
ana Fhllp r. webster, George
Washington.
CertIt1caJeS: Glenn Gilbert,
Montgomery Blair; troy Ham
bright, MOuCgomery-BIalr; EIea-
not 4. Holmes, Lumbar; Juhana
S. BUTT, DUNBAR; Carr H. lost.
AnacoSLla; BARBARA Hunter,
Woodrow Wilson; Mary Rich
aros, GWynn Park; Bette j.
hammill, George washington;
kled Renner. George Washing
ton; Margaret j. Madison,
Montgomery Blair; Ralph w.
Sherman. Jr., Montgomery Blair;
CIauoe C1au, Montgomery Blair;
PAU Meyers, Montgomery BIalr;
Lorraine M. Leroy, Montgomery
blalr; Lynn IayIor, Montgom-
cry BIan; NORWOOD 2. Beverldge,
Montgomery Blair; Shirley VII
son, Lumbar; Joan Meehan, I'M
macuIate Conception; Jeanne
Mauck, George Washington, and
StephanIe Mellnik, George
Washington.
Senior Poetry.
Gold keys: Karin Ericsson,
Fairfax; Janet Mccall, Ana
costa; Martha E. Cole, Mont
gomery Blair; Evelyn Parent,
Eastern, and Martha Wubnig,
Montgomery Blair.
Certificates: Marguerite HuS-
ton, Notre Dame; Goldie Weiss,
Theodore Roosevelt; Virginia E.
Hine, Mount Vernon; Joan BuSS-
ler, Notre Dame; Sally LaBoon.
WaShington-Lee; Anne M. Finne-
gan, Holy Cross; Carolyne Gait,
Montgomery Blair; William r.
Brown, Gonzaga; David G. Will
lingham, st. Johns; Peggy Robi-
son, Sidweil Friends; Doris Dama
eron. George Washington, and
Karin Ericsson, Fairfax.
Senior Short Short Story.
Gold keys: Martha Bicking,
Montgomery Blair; David A.
Brown, Montgomery Blair; John
H. Jones, Montgomery Blair; Sue
Crowley. Montgomery Blair; Pa
tricia A. Smith, Notre Dame.
Certificates: Harriet deCer-
mond, Montgomery Blair; Doug
las Kim. Montgomery Blair;
David Cameron, Anacostia; Pa
tricia A. Smith, Notre Dame;
Kay WraaSe. Montgomery Blair;
Richard Camp, Montgomery
Blair; Barbara Streicher, Mont
gomery Blair; John L. Magnus,
jr., Montgomery-Blair; Judith
M. Molior, Montgomery Blair;
Carol Withey, Washington-Lee;
Martha Bicklng, Montgomery
Blair.
Senior Radio Scripts.
Gold keys: Lee C. Russell,
Montgomery Blair; william r.
Brown. Gonzaga; Edith L. Coop
ersmith, Montgomery Blair;
Martha Bicking, Montgomery
Blair. and Charlotte Culp, Mont
gomery Blair.
Certificates: David A. O'Con-
nor. Gonzaga; David j. Morton,
Gonzaga; Keith r. Wheeler,
Montgomery Blair; Margaret
Seltzer, Montgomery Blair;
Ralph A. Monogue, Gonzaga;
David r. Rector. Gonzaga; Ger
aid E. Galloway, Gonzaga: Will