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Lions Clubs Sponsor
Essay Contest
I The youth of, Rappahannock County are being given a challenge to develop a plan for world peace by their local Lions Club, a challenge that could earn one of them a $25,ooo educational and/or career assistance grant. : The Rappahannock Lions Club, together with Lions Clubs throughout the world, is sponsoring a world-wide essay contest for the world’s youth on the most important world subject today - Peace. The contest offers $50,000 in total awards, including the $25,000 first prize, eight semi final world regional awards of $1,000 each and travel expenses for the eight winners t6 Chicago, Illinois in July, 1967. At that time, the first prize winner will be chosen from the eight. Also, more than 20,000 local, district and multiple district awards will be made. The contest, open to young people who will be 14 but less than 22 years of age as of January 15, 1967 was announced by The President of Lions International, Edward M. Lindsey, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn. during the Association's Annual Convention in New York, recently. “The Peace Essay Contest i$ divided into eight world divisions for the $1,000 prize § President Luther B. Stuart Of the local cluti said, and * Our
(|lub’s winner will advance t6 Lions District 24A competition in his (her) effort to qualify for the multiple district contest".
The Contest sponsored by more than 20,000 Lions Clubs ih more than 130 countries in the free world will be the largest Peace Essay Contest in the world today. “The put pose of the contest is to develop a formula for world peace because we feel peace is
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