Ann Furrow was the First Place Winner in the 19 and above age group during the library’s Penmanship Contest.
This is a scan of the winning adult entry by Ann Furrow.
The Paulding County Carnegie Library recently sponsored a “Penmanship Contest”. “We are concerned that students not being taught cursive writing anymore. Many school systems are removing cursive or penmanship from their elementary curriculums,” shared Susan Pieper, Library Director. “There are so many documents and historical and family letters students will not be able to read if they do not learn cursive, and although many of the documents are being scanned for digital access, they are being scanned in their original format, many of which are in cursive.”
The library categorized the competition into age groups. The sentence that was to be transcribed for judging was the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence. Over fifty entries were received from throughout the county. Judges were: president of the John Paulding Historical Society, Kim Sutton; author, Jane Nice and library director, Susan Pieper. The names of the entrants were unknown to the judges during the process. There were many impressive entries, the winners selected were:
Age group 12 and under, 1st prize Rayni Rister, 2nd prize Emma Shuherk, 3rd prize, Jaidis Getrost. Age group 13-18, 1st prize, Hannah Wilhelm, 2nd prize, Faith Meraz, 3rd place, Adrienne Rosswurm. Age group 19 and over, 1st prize Ann Furrow, 2nd prize, Dee Stahl, 3rd prize, Eileen Kochensparger.
