Meet Florence N. Burg, the charming Brooklyn miss who twice has won a prize in the Jewish Daily Bulletin’s Jewish news of the week contests.
How this twenty-two-year-old girl spent the twenty-five dollars which she won as first prize in the non-student division, in the initial Bulletin biggest news contest, has already been told. She bought a new thesaurus, a new dictionary, a miscellaneous assortment of reference books, some stationery and a gadget or two for her typewriter, which she has affectionately named “Becky.”
Miss Burg came through again in the fifth biggest news contest to win second place and a cash prize of ten dollars. In all probability this will go as the first payment on an encyclopedia. Enterprising salesmen of encyclopedias will find her at 1334 Lincoln place, Brooklyn.
ENTERED EVERY TEST
This young lady has entered all of the Bulletin contests and has won twice in a period of five weeks. This point is emphasized so that all Bulletin readers, including college and high school students, may realize that persistent efforts will show results. Also, that winners of one news contest are not barred from further competition.
Rabbi Horowitz, of Sunbury, Pa., who was awarded twenty-five dollars as the first prize in the fifth biggest news competition, entered this contest the first, third, fourth and fifth weeks. He did not submit a letter the second week, but his wife did. Mrs. Horowitz was awarded the third prize of five dollars. Evidently, the rabbi figured that if his wife could win, then he, as the head of the family, ought certainly to take a prize some day. His continued efforts were successful and the judges selected the rabbi’s letter as the best 250-word manuscript in the fifth biggest Jewish news of the week contest.
HIGH SCHOOL STANDING
Space did not permit the standing of the high schools in the race for the news trophy until today. James Madison High School, Brooklyn, is still in the lead for this News Trophy with 345 points. The standing of the high schools follows:
Schools Points
James Madison 345
De Witt Clinton 200
Townsend Harris 195
George Washington 150
Hebrew Parochial 145
Benjamin Franklin 145
New Utrecht 120
Seward 100
James Monroe 100
The following schools have twenty-five points each: Samuel Tilden, Girls, Jefferson, Washington Irving, Alexander Hamilton, Manual Training, and Brooklyn Technical.
HELPED CLINTON
Irving Zeichner, a newcomer to the contest ranks, earned 100 points for De Witt Clinton with his prize winning letter on the A.A.U. convention at Miami. Zeichner. also received ten dollars and a gold medal. His points have placed his high school second in the race for the News Trophy.
Albert Bockian of Townsend Harris is a repeater. He earned 100 points in the first Bulletin contest and was awarded second prize, five dollars and a silver medal, in the fifth biggest news contest.
Nathan Miller of James Monroe, The Bronx, was awarded third prize last week and thereby earned fifty points for his school.
The News Trophy will be given to the high school with the most points at the end of the current semester, February 1, 1935.
The contest is open to everybody. General readers, college and high school students are eligible. For full particulars see today’s contest ad.
The sixth biggest news of the week contest, which closed on Friday, reaches its deadline tonight at midnight. All letters must be postmarked prior to twelve o’clock tonight to receive consideration from the judges.
There is a new contest every week. You are eligible to enter it every week with a letter of not more than 250 words on what you consider the biggest Jewish news of the week.
Start today. It is not too late. The Bulletin is sold on all newsstands. Get your copy regularly.
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