Milford chronicle., 1955-09-23
Fisher Body Contest


Eight university scholarships
worth $4,000 and another s70.0e0
in cash and u. S. Savings Bonds
are the stakes in the 1856 Fisher
Body Craftsman's Guild model car
competition, it was announced to-
day by James p. Wines. secretary
OF the Guild.
In addition to individual awards
to successful young model car
builders, the Guild awards per-
manent trophies - the schools at
tended by first state, regional and
national winners.
Since 1880. the Fisher Body COM
petition has awarded 140 universi-
ty scholarships valued at S441 800
10 national winners. More than
100000 in cash and other awards
have been made TO thousands of
boys winning state and regional
honors. y
The 1856 competition offers the
young car designers the opportuni-
/ ty to build sports cars, hardtops,
Iconyertibles or station wagons as
well as two or four-door sedans
The Fisher Body model car COM
petition has become nationally
famous as one of industry's most
successful talent sources. A survey
of. former winners revealed that
! the same dreams that help a boy
design and build an award-winning
model car helped most of them to
become prize-winning adults, too
In addition to the many who be-
come industrial and automotive de-
/ signers, the survey found doctors,
lawyers, bankers, architects, pub
/ fishers, engineers and manufac-
! turers.
Enrollments are being taken now
for the competition by Guild field
representative who are visiting
thousands of public and parochial
schools throughout the country.
Any boy in the United States be-
tween the ages. of II through 19
| is eligible to enter the competition
and may obtain an enrolment card
/ by writing to the Fisher Body
Craftsman's Guild, General Motors
Corporation. Detroit 2, Michigan.
A booklet on model car design
and construction, the only text
book of its kind for youths wishing
to learn about automobile design,
! is given to each boy enrolling in
the Guild. 1t was prepared by pro-
fessional designers from the Gen
eral Motors Styling Section, Fisher
Body Division engineers and the
Technical Staff of the Craftsman's S
Guild.
The awards for the best models
entered in the Guild competition
again include eight university
scholarships for the national win
ners of the Junior 12 through Is
years old and Senior (16 through
19) Divisions of the competition.
In each age group the awards will
be: 1st-S4,0 scholarship; End
$4,000: 3rd-s2,00O; 4th-$1, ,000
There will be IA awards in each
state and the District of Columbia,
seven in each age group as follows:
1st-S150 cash; 2nd-S100; 3rd-
$50: and four honorable mention
awards of $25 U. S. Savings Bonds.
For judging purposes, the As
states and District of Columbia
are grouped into 20 regions, each
of which will send a Junior and
Senior Division winner expense
free to the national Guild conpen-
ton next July.
Sons of General Motors en-
ployes (including dealers and
their employes) are eligible to en-
ter the competition. Duplicate
awards are made if the son of a
GM employe wins.
The Craftsman's Guild was
founded in 1880. Superintendents
of public schools in Detroit, Chica-
go, Denver. New York, Boston,
Cleveland, Memphis, Dallas, st.
Louis, Los Angeles and Seattle,
serve on the Guilds Advisory
Board, while noted scientists and
university presidents serve on the
Guild Honorary Board of Judges.