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ESSAY CONTEST GOAL
NEARS TOP, 87 COUNTIES
Over 200 schools, from 87 of Virginia's 100 counties, have officially entered the Fifth Annua! Wildlife Essay Contest jointly sponsored by the Commission of game and Inland Fisheries and the Virginia Division of the Izaak , Walton League oi America. Officials hope that .100 1 per cent of Virginia’s counties will have at least one school entry before the content closes February 2S- The 87 oounties thus far represented in' the contest show a notable increase over the 56 counties which, were represented in the es9&y contest last year. / • ■ - •; ; y«> v* tf
Contest officials of the Commission and the League believe that the conservation essay contest, now < in its fifth successful year, is one of the soundest methods of getting conservation across to. our young ' citizenry — and urge teachers and
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865; Eddie Gore; $20; Mrs. Robert Settle, $30; Clarence Jones, $15; and M. W. Brown, $120. Of these five claims, three lots of the . sheep were assessed, and two lots were arbitrarily assessed.
The hoard voted against social security for county employees.
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