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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1956)
CROCHETERS! ENTER THE 1956 NATIONWIDE CROCHET CONTEST Sponsored by National Needlecraft Bureau r~1 40 OVER $3000 IN NATIONAL PRIZES FREE TRIPS TO NEW YORK CITY Here's your chance to win big cash awards with your crochet. Knter the nationwide crochet contest at our fair and compete for over $3,000 in prize money to be awarded national winners by l in National Needlccraft bureau. The grand national champion will receive $500 plus an all-expense paid trip to New York City. Oth er free trips will go to top win ner in the "men only" and "teen age" classifications. The best of fair trophy, illus trated above, engraved with the name of our fair, will be awarded to the contestant whose piece is chosen best of all entries. You can enter any one or more of 16 w classifications. If your entry is awarded a nationwide crochet contest blue ribbon as first prize winner in one of these classifica tions it can compete in the na tional finals in New York City. To be eligible for judging, your article must be made of mercer ized crochet cotton in any size thread up to and including 100, and must be completed this year. After the judging at our fair, we will report the names of the win ners in all classifications to the National Needlecraft bureau, who will send official entry blanks for the nationa finals to the winners. The pieces may then be mailed to the National Needlecraft bu reau in New York City for the national judging. Our fair secretary has complete rules and regulations for the na tionwide crochet contest. Write or call for your copy now! Nationwide crochet contest rules are as follows: 1. All entries must have won a nationwide crochet contest blue ribbon at a participating state, county or local fair. Contact your fair for entry requirements. 2. All entries must have been completed since January 1, 1958, except in those cases where par ticipating fairs are held prior to April 1, 1956. In the latter case, entries completed since July 1, 1955, are acceptable. 3. All entries must be crochet ed of mercerized crochet cotton in any size thread up to and in cluding 100. Mercerized crochet cotton with a metallic strand is also eligible. 4 A contestant may submit as many entries as have fulfilled all the foregoing rules. 5. National judging in New York will be based on workman ship, beauty of design and gener ..'»»«.. al appearance. Decision of judges will be final. In case of a tie, du plicate prizes will be awarded. Nationwide crochet contest prizes include: Grand national champion: $500 (this includes classification first prize award), plus a free trip to New York City. Teen-age girl champion: $100 first prize award, plus a free trip to New York City for herself and one parent or guardian. Men’s champion: $100 first prize aw'ard, plus a free trip to New York City. Classifications: Tablecloths, bedspreads, luncheon cloths,, centerpieces (14" and over), buf fet and vanity sets, chair sets, doilies (under 14"), scarves and wall panels, pot holders and hot plate mats, place mats, other household accessories, edgings and insertions, fashion accesso ries. ladies over 65, men only, teen-age girls. Extra awards are being made in the 1956 nationwide crochet contest. Smart Crochet magazine offers $600 in special awards for orig inal designs eligible for participa tion in the 1956 nationwide cro chet contest. An original design is one you made up, not previous ly published. If lyour design is original, mark it so on your en 4 tort All original designs receiving! nationwide crochet contest blue | ribbons in any of the 16 contest classifications will be eligible for the following Smart Crochet or iginal design awards in the final judging in New York City. First award $200.00 Second award 125 Third award 100.00 Fourth award 75.00 Honorable mentions (10) at $10 each 100.00 Total $600.00 Pictures of the designs receiv ing the first four awards, the names of the winners, and the fairs at which they qualified, will be published in Smart Crochet. Directions will also be published unless, because of excess length, they are not suitable editorial material. All entries will be in sured from the time received un til they are returned. If you have further questions, write to National Needlecraft Bu reau, Inc., Smart Crochet Awards, 430 Park Avenue, New York 22, NY._ JULY 4 BIO DAY Biggest day in the rodeo sea son is the Fourth of July. In 1955 there were 42 rodeos on this weekend alone with a total purse of $116,625 before entry fees were added. ^ Crochet Champions Chat The nation’s top crocheters are shown admiring each other’s work after their coronation as champions of crochet in the 1955 nationwide crochet contest. Left-to-right, grand national champion, Mrs. Roy Johnson of Oakland, Calif.; male champion, Joseph Doli naj, a railroad man from Dunellen, N.J.; and teen-age champion, Mutsuka Arima of Seattle, Wash. The three champions received cash awards, engraved trophies and all-expense trips to New York City. Once again, needlework fame and fortune await the win ner of the 1956 nationwide crochet contest which is now in prog ress. The Holt county fair will sponsor the contest in this vicinity. Why not try for a share of the more than $3,000 offered as na tional prize money Start your entry today so that it will be fin ished in time for the fair. For further information on how to enter contact James H. Gibson, Chambers, secretary of the Holt County Agricultural society. SEASON LONGEST The rodeo season is the long est in the world of sports, start ing in January with the rodeo at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colo., and run ning through the Grand Na tional Livestock Exposition at the Cow Palade in San Francis co, Calif., in November. Try Frontier want advs. .......■••niiinf The Ponton Agency O'NEILL, NEBR. INSURANCE REAL ESTATE BONDS PHONE 106 Florence Ponton, Prop. MORGAN WARD Accounting — Auditing Bookkeeping Service Federal Income, Estate and Gift Tax Returns (Formerly with Internal Revenue Service) Phone 414 — O'Neill Golden Hotel Annex ..«.... It It It It It It II IT’S A FACT it « \ it * * ... you will have a good time at ;; the annual Holt County hair and ;> «- Rodeo. • • « ‘ * > it * * I; IT'S A FACT « » « * If ' | j | ... too, that we enjoy the oppor- j• •; tunity to be of service to you under j! ;; the Co-Op label. Owned and con- <■ ;; trolled by the people whose needs ; ;; they serve. ! « i t • ' i i ' tt * Patronize your Co-Op’s where all the profit is returned to you! EWING CO-OP CREAMERY . » * i t * Phone 102 Ray E. Sedivy, Mgr. i » 1 Daas Cash Store —CHAMBERS— “We hope to see you all at the Holt County Fair at Chambers! •tmtimmtttmmimmttttmmmntr Congratulations! to the Holt County Fair! VEGETABLES — FLOWERS PLANTS Smith Green House INMAN, NEBR. | i i i i i l i i i i i i i plllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ | PARK AVENUE MARKET | gg and LOCKER SERVICE jg == Groceries — Meat .... Butchering — Meat Curing — BERNARD, JEAN. MILDRED = ~ Chambers, Nebr. — Phone 2231 jjjS &&m..&£rTm...QAFER with NEW FORD Tricycle Tractors 900 SERIES 700 SERIES Ml 3-plow powor Full 2-plow powor for 4-row oquipmool for 2 or 4-row oquipmool TAYLOR TRACTOR CO. — Chambers —