Evening star., 1933-06-09
. STAR EMPLOYEES
SET SAFETY MARK
Drivers Get Awards for
724,447 Miles Without
an Accident.

Thirty-four drivers for The Evening
Star, who completed total of 724,447
miles of driving during the last year
without single accident of any kind,
today received awards of the National
Safety Council for safe driving.
OF the "a, 8 received awards for
three years of safe driving, covering
an aggregate of 408,161 miles without
accident. and 8 were given medals for
completing two years of perfect motor
vehicle operation, with aggregate
of 392, ZOO safe miles.
Marking the third successive year
The Stars drivers have been recognized
by the National Safety Council, this
newspaper employees now hold l per
cent of all the one-year awards issued
by the council throughout the country.
The total of 10 two-year awards now
held by Star drivers represents "a
per cent of all the national awards, and
the eight three-year awards held rep
resent 81 per cent of all of these awards
issued by the National Safety Council.
Lauded by Safety Council.
Presentation of the awards was made
today by Frank B. Noyes, president OF
The Evening Star Newspaper Co. In
making the presentations, Mr.. NoyeS
expressed the qualification and pride OF
the company for the extraordinary rec
ord of good driving compiled by The
Stars drivers.
s. H Kaufman, assistant business
manager of The Star, also addressed
the assembled drivers, lauding them for
their fine accomplishment and urging
continuation of the fine record. He
stressed the Importance of courtesy and
consideration for others in using the
highways of the Capital and its en-
virons.
Charles H. Ruth, superintendent of
the company, quoted from letter ad-
dressed to Mr.. Noyes by w, H. Cameron,
managing director of the National
Safety Council, in which he congratu-
lated The Star ''for the third consecu-
tive year for its leadership in safety
among American newspapers"
1.-The National Safety Council" wrote
Mr. Cameron, "is happy to participate
in the recognition of your "a drivers
who operated their vehicles from May l.,
1882, to April 80. 1888, without single
accident of any kind. Their achieve
ment in rolling up nearly three-fourths
of a million miles without mishap
provides the type of leadership that
the organized safety movement needs.
We take great pride in sending our
national safe-driving emblem, the No.
Accident Driver Award, to each of your
"a drivers"
Winners OF Awards,
The eight drivers receiving the three
year awards were Fred A. Straining,
James w. Thompson. Walter E. Tucker,
George B. Porter, Eugene v. Smith.
Walter E. Thompson, Mrs Melba M.
Fuchs and Philip W. Briscoe. Mrs
Fuchs, nurse in The Star medical
clinic, is the first woman driver to re-
ceive this award.
The eight two-year award recipients
are M. S. McCrink, Claude A. Thompson,
Leslie L. Thompson, Roy Gray, William
T. Roache, Chacles Prentiss, George w
Mehlfelt and EaWin H. West.
One-year awards were given each of
the following: George H. Ogden, Sam
uel H Mace. Harry c. Merry John r.
Thompson, A. A. Allen, Ivan H John
son. Henry c. West, Lee Roy Hutchin-
son, John P Adams, A. B. Hartung,
Cornelius Young. Theodore Crown, Ray
mond Bowie, Joseph Spriggs, Lester NJ
Inskeep, Harry r. Bort, Augustus C
Chinn and Robert F. Perkins.
| In addition to the awards of the
| National Safety Council The Star took
occasion to recognize is other drivers
| who were rendered ineligible for the
awards of the council due to accidents
| for which they were not responsible
but who nevertheless compiled enviable
| records for skill and ability in driving
The skill of the following 10 drivers
was rated as excellent: Rufus M
Pobst, Donald Bowie, Berry Payne,
| Phillip Hermann, Howard L. Patten
| Alphonso Wheeler, James Lucas. Os-
/ borne E. Malloy, Eugene M. Parham
and Cyrian G. Lucas. The following
were given very good" rating: Alfred
G. A. Lyons, Samuel NJ. JayrGe. John
! w. Beha, Burton F. Lewis and Carl E
Bean