CHRISTMAS DECORATING CONTEST JUDGES—Six judges from Lafayette worked for six and a half hours last night to pick the winners in the 1966 decorating contest, sponsored by t h e Crowley Garden Club. Shown here as they paused halfway through their arduous task for sand-

wiches and snacks are, left to right seated, Mrs. William M. Chapman and Mrs. Robert Osborn, both judges, Mrs. Edmund M. Reggie, contest chairman and Mrs. Vincent Daigle, chairman of the judges. Standing, a !so left to right, William Chapmon, Robert Osborne, Mr.

and Mrs. Grunt Mol-tt, all judges and Mrs. Ned Wilson, presi-'ent of the C: owl :.y Garden Club. A tctal of $240 in cash prizes were awarded as well as special yard markers to denote the w'rt---s a n d those receiving . honorable mention.

Christmas Decorations

Winners Selected Here

CROWLEY, La. —A panel of AK judges worked from 5:30 p.m. until midnight last night to evaluate the many entries in the 1966 Christmas Decorating Contest sponsored by the Crowley Garden Club.

Serving as judges were Mr. and Mrs. William M. Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Osborne and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Molett, all from Lafayette. The largest number of entries ever recorded consumed many hours of careful work on t he part of the judges, who carefully studied each home or

building entered, using a detailed point system.

Cash awards of $35 for first placd, $15 for second place and $10 for third place were delivered to the winners this morning, as well as special y a rd markers for all winners a n d honorable mention awards, so that area folks may readily spot the winning entries as they drive around Crowley during the holidays. The judges commented on the unified effort to decorate the city this year and the exceptional number of places that were brightly decorated, even though not registered for competition.

Winners were announced as follows:

Non-Residential entries Religious Theme—first place, 5th grade windows at N. Crowley Elementary; second place, Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church; and third place, the Acadia Parish Courthouse, Other Yule Themes — firSt place, Sis and Walt's children shop; second place, Central Fire Station: third place. Jo-

Drive third place, Mrs. Josephine Gant at 112 Western Ave.; and honorable mention awards to B.C. Delahoussaye at 1206 N. Ave. J., Cullise Abshire at 537 E. Oak, Mrs. P.W. Miguel of Apt. 6, Carver Village. and Adele Guidry on W. Northern at 1st St.

A special citation was issued to t h e residence of Wayne Kerr, with the following statement from the judges and Mrs. Edmund Reggie, chairman of the contest:

"Wayne Kerr was awarded a ribbon of special distinction for edith 36 christmas decorations p 1 with plastic

the Christmas spirit he h a s
shown by providing Crowley ci-
tizens, particularly our young-
sters, with the largest Christ-
mas display in the area. over
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