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Title: Globe-Democrat Trivia Contest Winners
Date: 1984-11-17
Description: "Two of the six winners that showed up for picture, left to right front row: Bert Borth and K.C. Bouzek. Back left to right: Tommy Farhatt, Joe Farhatt, Steve Mizerany and Joe Farhatt Jr." Pictured with the color TV set that was won.

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of September 11, 1967
Date: 1967-09-13
Description: "A visit to the Jefferson Memorial in Forest Park proved to be the key to winning the "What Is It?" contest for Matthew Riffle, 12, [...]. Matthew correctly identified the object on display as a 19th century bouquet holder and wrote the best essay describing the object."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of November 7, 1966
Date: 1966-11-10
Description: "Mary Wells, 12, [...] has been named the winner of the third week's 'What Is It?' Contest being conducted by the Missouri Historical Society and The Globe-Democrat."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of December 19, 1966
Date: 1966-12-22
Description: "Jimmy Carroll, 10-year-old fifth grader at LeClaire School in Edwardsville, is the winner of the sixth "What Is It?" contest conducted by the Missouri Historical Society and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Jimmy said he identified the object—a fly trap—because a "grown up friend who likes antiques" also has one of the objects."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of December 26, 1966
Date: 1966-12-31
Description: "Christine Walck, 12 [...], has won the seventh "What Is It?" contest presented by the Missouri Historical Society and The Globe-Democrat. Christine identified the item pictured in The Globe-Democrat magazine as a fluting iron."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of April 24, 1967
Date: 1967-04-29
Description: "Eleven-year-old Kathy Feagan of Owensville, Mo., was casually thumbing through a picture book entitled, "Singing Wheels," when she saw an object she recognized. Thinking back, Kathy knew the object in the book was the same as that in the "What Is It?" contest in the Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine. Kathy matched the two pictures and wrote the description of the object, which was a foot warmer, that made her the winner of last week's contest."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of August 28, 1967
Date: 1967-09-01
Description: "Mark Willingham, 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Willingham of O'Fallon, Ill., became a winner of the "What Is It?" contest because he once lived in France. Mark could identify the object in this contest as a barber bowl because while living in a small French village he used to notice them at the barber shop."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of March 17, 1967
Date: 1967-03-30
Description: "A nine-year-old boy, entering the contest for the first time, used a book that belongs to his grandmother to identify the object and become the winner for the week of March 17." Child is John J. McDermott.

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of May 29, 1967
Date: 1967-05-31
Description: "Eleven-year-old Pam Ronald [..] is a real winner. Her latest victory came last week when she was selected as the winner in the "What Is It?" contest in the Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine. Pam identified the article as a sugar cutter and wrote her winning essay from information received from encyclopedias and antique books."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of December 4, 1967
Date: 1966-12-08
Description: "Eleven year-old Libby Dallmeyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dallmeyer Jr., of Jefferson City, is the Winner of the fifth "What Is It?" contest that appears every other week in The Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine. Libby identified the object, which is on display at the Missouri Historical Society in Forest Park, as a sewing bird."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of January 16, 1967
Date: 1967-01-20
Description: "Daniel Rhoten, a third grader at Mallinckrodt School, [...] has won the eighth "What Is It?" history lesson quiz published in The Globe-Democrat. Dan recognized the item pictured in the Jan. 8 issue as a pill rolling board because he had seen the same type of item in a friend's home."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of November 21, 1967
Date: 1966-11-26
Description: "Identifying the object in the Nov. 12-13 "What Is It?" contest was easy for the winner of the contest, Peggy Boehm [...]. Identification of the object as a bed warmer was simple for the twelve-year-old Parkway seventh grader because she has one at home. It was brought from Germany long before Peggy was born."

Title: Winner of the Globe-Democrat What Is It Contest, Week of August 14, 1967
Date: 1967-08-17
Description: "Ellen Walker, 11, [...] is the winner of the latest "What Is It?" contest in the Globe-Democrat Sunday Magazine. Ellen, a sixth grader at Salem Lutheran school, correctly identified the object as a mousetrap and wrote the best essay describing the object."

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