Sunderland Hall is all agog with excitement today as a result of the victory of one of the students of that institution in the Bible Story Contest held at the First Presbyterian Church last night. There is good reason for the excitement, too. As a result of the victory, Mary Louise McCathren wins a trip to Europe.
Mary Louise is barely 17. Her father and mother are both dead and for the past few years she has been living with relatives at Rocky River. Her parents died during the flu epidemic which swept the country during 1918. It has been one of her fondest ambitions to travel, but naturally she was unable to get around a great deal. Her longest journey was a trip she made several years ago to Virginia.
When the announcement came out about the contest and the trip to Europe as the grand prize, Mary Louise Saw her chance. Despite the fact that she had made an effort a year ago in the contest and had not even drawn a place among the first three contestants, she set diligently to work to get a story in shape. Her story chosen, she labored over the memorizing and calling her instructors to help with the manner of telling it.
In the contest, she stood before the congregation which packed every inch of the Presbyterian Church and calmly gave a narration of some of St. Paul’s experiences. There was never a quaver nor was there a hesitancy from the time she started until she had finished. During the entire recital, the audience was spellbound.
She took her victory very calmly and when questioned about it, gave all the credit of winning to her teachers. Her teachers, however, had a different story to tell, insisting that she had won by hard work.
Other contestants in the group four who received mention were Helen Brown, McKinnon Presbyterian Church, and Mary Elizabeth Davis, Trinity Reformed. These were given second and third places respectively.
In the contest of group three, Catherine Widenhouse of the Forest Hill Methodist Church won first place, Francis Pickard of the First Presbyterian church won second, and Murial Wolff of St. James Lutheran Church won third. Each of these winners received the prize of a trip to Washington. This contest was held at the Forest Hill Methodist Church before a full house.
In speaking of the audience which attended the First Presbyterian Church last night, Rev. J.C. Rowan said that it was a larger crowd that was present to hear Billy Sunday n his visit to Concord last year.
H.W. Blanks this morning expressed his appreciation to the pastors and Sunday School Superintendents of the city for their co-operation in making this contest such a success.
At the conclusion of the contest last night, the winners of the other three groups were presented with medals, cups and other prizes.
The contestants of group 3 were:
No. 1—John Fink, Mt. Olive Methodist
No. 2—Ella Mae Dees—St. Andrews Lutheran
No. 3—Essie Caudle, Westford Methodist
No. 4—Francis Pickard, First Presbyterian
No. 5—Mable Hudson, Sunderland Hall
No. 6—Mm. McClintock, A.R.P.
No. 7—Catherine Widenhouse, Forest Hill Methodist
No. 8—Muriel Wolff, St. James Lutheran
No. 9—Ruth Dayvault—Central Methodist
No. 10—Walena Crooks, McKinnon Presbyterian
No. 11—Pauline Lowder, Methodist Protestant
No. 12—Mildred Turner, Second Presbyterian
No. 13—Laura G. Barrier, Epworth Methodist
The contestants for group 4 were:
No. 1—Minnie Davis, Westford Methodist
No. 2—Mildred Propst, St. James Lutheran
No. 3—Robbie Corzine, Epworth Methodist
No. 4—Donald Wauchope, Second Presbyterian
No. 5—Gatha Sides, Methodist Protestant
No. 6—Helen Brown, McKinnon Presbyterian
No. 7—Curtis Keppner, St. Andrews Lutheran
No. 8—Mary Grady Parks, First Presbyterian
No. 9—Mary McEachern—Sunderland Hall
No. 10—Curtis Keppner, St. Andrews Lutheran
No. 11—Clarence Steward, Mt. Olive
No. 12—Mary E. Davis, Trinity Reformed
From the front page of The Concord Times, Feb. 16, 1925
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