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Fin Petrie of Opal Wyoming Is Named Prize Rural Reporter Finlay Petrie, who for the past quarter century has worked in.the general store at Opal, Wyo., a town of fifty inhabitants, has been judged the best country newspaper correâ€" spondent of 1987, it was announced today by Wheeler McMillen, editor of the Country Home Magazine, which sponsors the annual award to crossroads writers. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1987 "Fin" Petrie, who writes a weekly column of Opal news for the Gazâ€" ette in nearby Kemmerer, has built up a large and loyal following of readers. Guido Bott, news editor of the Gazette, says that "our paper could hardly do without his weekly correspondence. From a little woolâ€" gathering center he writes live news shrewdly interspersed with itticisms that have point, leave no sting, and carry the flavor of the place." Petrie is the first man to win the annual award, which consists of $200 in cash and a trip to New York and Washington. Previous winners were Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mahnkey, of _ Nasig.. Mo . and, Mr«â€" Susan.Rrow awerd is equivaient, in rural jourâ€" nalism, to the Pulitzer Prize in the metropolitan press. The winning work was chosen from more than 3,500 clippings from country newspapers, submitted by the editors as the writing of their best correspondents. The judges, in addition to Mr. McMillen, included Miss Gertrude B. Lane, editor of the Woman‘s Home Companion; William L. Chenery, editor of Colâ€" lier‘s, and Sumner Blossom, editor of the American Magazine. The award was inaugurated by the County Home Magazine, a naâ€" tional farm publication, in an effort to give recognition to what the ediâ€" tors belicve is a most important phase of American journalism. The quality of writing submitted, accordâ€" ing to Mr. McMillen, has been conâ€" sistently good; simple and straightâ€" forward. The second largest prize, $100, goes this year to another man, Anâ€" drew Peeples of Bluffton, S.C., for his writing in the Bamberg, S.C., Herald. Other cash awards were won by Mrs. Ezra Winter, Wayland correspondent for the Evening Jourâ€" nal, Washington, Iowa; Albert Billâ€" ings, PerkinsviMe correspondent for the Woodstock, Vt., Standard; Mrs. John Busche, of the Kingfisher, Okla. Times; W. P. Wilson of the Middleton, Del., Transcript; Mrs. Mrs. Ralph Shubert of the Seneca, Kan., Times; Mrs. Della Loui of THE BEST 1§S BOWMAN‘S BEHIND YOUR BOTTLE OF BOWMAN MILK @ Upon its arrival at the bottling plant in the city, Bowman Milk is immeâ€" diately unloaded. This is done under filtered airâ€" pressure, into glassâ€"lined containers, inside the plant. During the entire unloading procedure vigiâ€" lant Bowman inspectors guard the allâ€"important temperature element, so vital to the flavor of Bowman Milk. (FOURTH IN SERIES) the Platteville, Wis., Journal; Ray Kellenbarger of the Anselmo, Neb., Enterprise; Mrs. Edna Eaton Wilâ€" son of the Stillwater, Okla., Gazette; Mrs. A. V. Yeager of the Brady, Tex., Standard, and Mrs. E. A. Phillips of the Idaho Falls, Idaho, Post Register. . In addition, ‘the judges cited 50 other contents as worthy of special mention. : The home town of this year‘s winâ€" ner of the major award, Opal, is a tiny desert watering and trading point on the Union Pacific, yet Peâ€" trie is able to get a column or two of interesting reporting and comâ€" ment out of it each week. Typical paragraphs from his reports during the past year, which accurately reâ€" fiect the life of his small communâ€" ity, follow: "Vego Miller of Daniel brought to town one of the finest catches of mountain trout ever seen in this neighborhood. When rain hit him at 2 o‘clock in his hay field, he reâ€" placed his hay fork with a fish pole, using worms. He caught the limit and arrived in Opal at 5 o‘clock. His friends hope it rains again ... " "If anyone tells you he can hold a car on these iey roads when it beâ€" wins to skid. tell him to neel a cvan. _ "Judge Koy Mason and wife were visitors. There are plenty of judges in his township, but a deplorable abâ€" sence of customers . .. " "Special Opal Note: We still sauces our coffee dunk, our toast, hang the bathtub on a nail, take a shower in the rain; but there is no one on the dole and the health of the inhabitants is 100 per cent ... " "Cowboy Slim Dyer, who was asâ€" signed the job of bringing in a heard of sheep, couldn‘t sleep nights on the trail. The bleating of the sheep had him believing they were all sick .. ." "Two kids, young Pratt and Lewis of Kemmerer, breezed in looking for a car to pull them out of a snowâ€" drift east of Opal. They had spent five hours trying to get out, but they had smiles all over their pans, cheerful as though they had just got up from the breakfast table. Never a whine or a cuss. As long as this country raises kids like these two it won‘t go to hell, whether it has ten judges or a hundred .. . " "Fin" Petrie will travel east to New York and Washington the midâ€" dle of August as the guest of the Country Home Magazine, and will speak on a coastâ€"toâ€"coast NBC netâ€" work during his visit. But he says he is going to leave his usual ten gallon hat at home, because "there are plenty of hicks in all towns, and I‘m not drawing any flies with a teepee tent." Y iG $500 Fish Caught At Fox Lake July 24 "Oscar" is caught! For the past six weeks, or, to be exact, since June 13, the waters of the Fox Lake region have been the mecca of fisherman from all over the region, not only because of real love of fishing, but because each and, everyone, whether willing to admit it or not, has had high hopes of beâ€" ing the one to land the famous "Oscar," the fish with the $500 tag attached. Oscar, who was a 7% pound pickâ€" erel, was released in the waters of Fox Lake by Mayor Arthur Amundâ€" sen, on June 13. Attached to the fish was a tag, bearing the number 500 on one side, and C. E. A., No. 1, on the opposite side. The five hunâ€" dred dollars was given by the Chiâ€" eago Evening American. In addiâ€" tion to that amount, other prizes which were offered by Fox Lake ofâ€" ficials, merchants and organizations, brought the figure up to $1,330.90, which is a tidy little sum to have handed to one. at his cottgge on Pislukee Lake. Hy. caught the fish with several others, Saturday evening, July 24, and it was not until about 2:00 o‘clock Sunday afternoon that Mr. Mueller‘s brother, Charles, discovered just what had happened. Charles, who was about to clean the fish that had been caught during the weekâ€"end, took "Oscar" from the live box, only to have the fish squirm out of his hands and flop into the lake. As this was the only. pickerel that had been caught, Charles was determâ€" ined not to lose it, and fortunately, managed to reâ€"capture the prize. The lucky fisherman was John D. Mueller of 1837 W. 105th street, It was not until he had the fish on short the second time that he noticed the tag, and realized the importance of the affair.. Mayor Amundsen was called to identify the fish, and the next, and best, step was the collec» tion of the awards. © "Elmer" To Be Released When the proposed lotus festival opens at Fox Lake, August 7, there will be bathing beauties and other attractions, but to many "Elmer," the $500 prize fish, which will be released in Fox Lake, will be the main feature. Publish New Map Of Lake County The newly organized Fox Lake Lions club, which is promoting the lotus festival, will launch the prize fish at Grass Lake, Aug. 7. There will be a tag on the tail of the fish, and the lucky angler who lands him will receive a check for $500, when the tag is presented to Bill Kitzman, president of the Lions elub. M. B. Schaeffer & Co., Chicago, has just published a new map of the west part of Lake county showing acres and acreage owners, extending from Milburn, Mundelein, and the Kildeer Country club on the east to the McHenry county line on the west and from the Wisconsin state line on the north to a point five mlies south of the Lakeâ€"Cook county line. M Hicuranp Parx StaAtc Bank "Happy Days Are Here Again THE PRESS8 Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Waukegan College Undergoes Extensive Building Program The students of the Lake College of Commerce in Waukegan are beâ€" coming accustomed to typing in rhythm with the low roar of a steam shovel and the‘ ratâ€"aâ€"tatâ€"tat of pounding nails as the extensive reâ€" modeling and building program of their school goes into full swing. During the past ten years du‘ name of the Lake College of Comâ€" merce has become synonymous with the highest standards in specialized business training, coupled with the most modern equipment and best professional advice." Last fall the enrollment reached a peak almost twice as high as the number of stuâ€" dents that could normally be accomâ€" modated, thus presenting a problem that the school management has been able to solve only by the addiâ€" tion of still more space to their presâ€" ent quarters. Two new classrooms .are being built. at the rear of the building, covering the area that was once an outside storeroom as well as addiâ€" tional ground in the courtyard. The rosins HF iwon. of the builiing. wiir beâ€"eriatged" mt Tock rooms added. It is clearly evidenced bythe«inâ€" terest in registration for the new fall term.that Lake County is well aware of this progressive instituâ€" tion. In the Fifth International Commercial contest held in Chicago, five students placed high in their various events with Elmer Adams winning a first place in typing and Regina Tyrrell placing second in shorthand. The employers of Lake County have also realized the benefits of a business school, and their constant demand for help has necessitated the continuance of school during the month of July, 179 new savings acâ€" counts were opened and recorded in this bank without premiums, gifts, or sales pressure of any kind. HERE IS THE PROOF: During the Will you join the procession? Evidgntly, confidence is restored â€" Prosperity has returned. Nd reconstruction period. Employment calls have averaged four placements a wétk for the past year, Various departmental heads of the school will be present in the afternoons to take care of enrollments and inquirâ€" ies for the new fall term. FASHION NOTE "Profile hats" and ostrich plumes kill conspire to dramatize milady this fall. 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