The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-06-14
PUPILS
WIN SAFETY PRIZES
Six Thousand Dollars Given to Four
Hundred Seventy Eight
Pupils.

Washington, d. c., May o.
Twelve pupils are recipients of me-
dals and checks won in the last
national safety campaign, accord
ing to announcement today by the
Highway Education Board, which
has sent the prizes to State Sup
erintendent w. F. Bond for presen-
tation.
! An essay by William Erwin Cox,
Ir., Robinsonville, won first honors
for the state and entities the writer
to check for fifteen dollars and a
gold medal. Second prize, silver
medal and ten dollars, was won by
Charles Graeber, Yazoo City, whose
essay ranked next to that by Will
liam Cox.
At the time of the pupils contest
elementary school teachers were in
vited to write safety projects teach
ing children correct behavior on the
highway. The best lesson was writ
ten by Mrs. Olivia Richardson
Bland, Power School, residing at
1928 North jefferson Street, Jackson,
Mississippi. Honorable mention was
accorded the lesson by Miss Letha
Street, of Ripley. Mrs. Bland's les
son will be entered in the national
competition.
Ten pupils received third prizes,
bronze medals and checks for five
dollars. They are:
Marie Harmon, Lynch School West
Point; Angeline Dunn, jefferson
Davis School, Greenwood; Gladys
Bond, Central High School, Jackson;
Margaret Gulledge, Mendenhall Pub
lie School, Mendenhall; Lucy Spen-
Ger, Port Gibson High School, Port
Gibson; Flavia Claverie, St. Mary
of the Pines, Chatawa; Natalie Poy-
nor, New Albany, Ben Guider, Vicks~
burg; Evan Grant, Central High
School, PascagouIa, and George c.
Ford, Jr., Franklin Academy, Col
umbus, Mississippi.
Four hundred seventy eight checks
and medals are being mailed by the
Board to elementary school pupils
of the nation, winners for their res
pective states in the safety contest.
These prizes have an aggregate val
ue of $4,000, the gift of the Nation
al Automobile Chamber of Com
melce and a part of its contribution
to the encouragement of safety edu-
cation throughout the country
The 47S pupils to receive prizes,
ard the fifty-four teachers-one for
each state and territory-represent
a select group out of more than
500, 900 pupils and teachers who are
believed to have contributed essays
and lessons.
One pupil in each state receives
a gold medal and check for fifteen
dollars. representing the first state
prize. The second state award is
q silver medal and a check for ten
dollars. while the number of thild
prizes given each state is based up
on the elementary school enrolment.
New York, for instance, receives
third prizes, while Ha-
waii receives only one third prize,
in addition to the first and second
awards.
Pupils winning first state honors
are eligible for one Of the three
national awards offered, and their
papers will be graded by a special
commissioner of Education.
The first prize is a gold watch
and trip to Washington, in 1921
won by Stanley Newcomb, San
Diego, California. Teachers also
are entitled to three national awards
but to no state prizes. The teacher
contributing the best practical safe
ty lesson receives a check for 5000
and trip to Washington with all
expenses paid, The second best
national lesson entities the writer
to a check for $500, while the third
lesson wins $500 for the author.