Here is some info on it.
Looks like it was pretty big.
Strange not to see hardly a thing about it.Guess because it ended in '62
before stuff could be put on the net.
'HISTORICAL NOTEThe Industrial Arts Awards was begun in 1946 under the sponsorship of Scholastic Magazine. As the popularity of the contest grew, it became too large for the publishers of Scholastic Magazine to continue sponsoring. Rather than discontinuing the event, they went in search of a new sponsor. In 1949, the Ford Motor Company took over sponsorship for the program.The contest was originally nationwide, although Mexico would later be included. Students would submit industrial-themed projects in one of several categories (wood, metal, drawing, printing, model making, plastics, machine shop and radio-electronics). Students in grades 7 through 12 entered the contest as well as students in vocational, trade, industrial and technical schools. Eventually, the event grew so large that a number of local events related to it emerged. Information on the contest was supplied to teachers and students primarily through ShopCraft (a special publication by Scholastic Magazine). The contest was brought into existence primarily to encourage future industrialists by providing students with an appreciation of and skill in the industrial arts. One of the reasons which Scholastic Magazine cited in offering sponsorship to the Ford Motor Company in particular was the company's (and founder Henry Ford's) interest in encouraging such skills in young people.
