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1 image. Los Angeles Tuberculosis and Health Association Award to high school students for journalistic accomplishments, 28 January 1958. Jackie Bobe (Montebello High School) Jeff Nelson (San Fernando Junior High School) Doctor Elliot A. Rouff Judy Friend (Fairfax) Doug Lyon (John Muir). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 1958-01-28. Reporter: Frederick. Assignment: LA T.B. & health assoc. award. 37: L to R: Jackie Bobe, of Montebello Senior Hi Jeff Nelson, San Fernando Jr Hi. Dr. Elliot A Rouff Judy Friend, Fairfax Doug Lyon, John Muir Jr. Hi". Supplementary material reads: "Memo: L.A. TB & Health Assn, 1670 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 26, Calif., DUnkirk 8-3401. 1958-01-28. School Press Awards -- Presenting the awards were Dr. Elliot A. Rouff, president, Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Association and Gerald P. Rosen, president elect, to: L to R: First place winners -- 'The Derrick Diary', Montebello Senior High, L.A. Jackie Bobe, editor. 'The Comet', San Fernando Junior High, San Fernando. Jeff Nelson, editor. Second place winners -- 'The Colonial Gazette', Fairfax High, L.A. Judy Friend, editor. 'Junior Hi-Ways', John Muir Junior High, Burbank. Doug Lyon, associate editor. Honorable mention -- 'The Belmont Sentinel', Belmont High, L.A. Tan Wong, editor. 'The Californian', California High, Whittier. Judy Cliff, editor". Other supplementary material reads: "News: Los Angeles County Tuberculosis and Health Association, 1670 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles 26, California, DUnkirk 8-3401. 1958-01-27. For immediate release. Editors and reporters of seven junior and senior high school newspapers in Los Angeles County will be honored today noon at the Statler Hotel in recognition of journalistic accomplishments in the field of public health. Sponsoring the award luncheon will be the Tuberculosis and Health Association of Los Angeles County. Twenty-eight schools participated in the Association's annual Press Project". Supplementary material continues: "The winners: The Derrick Diary of Montebello Senior High and the Comet of San Fernando Junior High -- first place. The Colonial Gazette, Fairfax High, and Junior Hi-Ways, John Muir Junior High -- second place. The Belmont Sentinel, Belmont High, and the Californian, California High, Whittier -- honorable mention. In presenting the awards, Dr. Elliot A. Rouff, president of the TB Association, and Gerald P. Rosen, president-elect, lauded the school newspapers for their part in spreading information on the need to support the fight against tuberculosis. Topics of this year's contest were 'How to Defeat Tuberculosis in Los Angeles County' and 'Careers in Health'".
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1 photograph : negative, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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