Evening star., 1934-06-19
40 STAR DRIVERS
GET SAFETY HONOR
Group Covers 851, 900 Miles
in Year Without Mishap
of Any Kind.

Forty drivers for The Evening Star,
who completed q total of s51, 900
miles of driving during the past year
without one accident of any kind to-
day received awards Of the National
Safety Council for safe driving.
This marks the fourth year The
Stars drivers have been recognized
by the National Safety Council and
in the number of drivers who went
through the year without accident
and in the total mileage driven, 1t
represented the best annual record
of the four years.
Eight four-year awards were made
to drivers who during the past four
years have driven a total of 556,161
miles without accident. The three
year group, which last year totaled
eight, this year was increased to IA
Eleven drivers received medals for
two years of perfect driving and is
were rewarded for the completion of
year of driving without accident.
Star First in Campaign.
The medals and certificates of
award were presented by Fleming
Newbold, business manager of The
Evening Star Newspaper Co. In max
ing the presentations, Mr.. Newbold
pointed out to the winning drivers
that The Star was the first newspaper
In the country to start a safety driv-
ing campaign under the regulations
OF the National Safety Council.
Four-year awards were presented to
Fred A. Straining, James William
Thompson, Walter C. Tucker, George
B. Porter, Walter E. Thompson,
Eugene v. Smith, Philip William
Briscoe and Melba Markham Fuchs
Mrs. Fuchs, a nurse in The Star
medical clinic, is the first woman
driver to receive this award. Mr..
Straining received his four-year medal
for 148,210 miles of perfect driving,
leading the list of all this years re-
cipients of medals in total mileage
without accident.
Three-Year Awards.
Three-year awards were presented
to Claude A. Thompson, M. S. Nc
Crink, Lesley L. Thompson, Roy CRAY.
George w. Mehlfelt and Edwin H.
West.
Winners Of the two-year medals
are G. H. Ogden, Harry c. Merry, ].
r. Thompson, Arthur A. Allen, L. r.
Hutchinson, Theodore j. Crown, Jo-
seph Spriggs, Lester N. Inskeep,
Harry r. Bort, Augustus C. Chinn and
Robert F. Perkins.
winners of one-year medals are r,
M. ProbSt. Charles L. Perrygo M
Aubrey Grimm, Berry Payne, Phillip
Hermann, James Leroy Thompson
John W. Beha, Eldridge S. Fisher
Davie Quarles, Leroy B. Ford, Os-
borne E. Mallory. Irwin Pridgeon,
Randolph j. Routt, Elwood A. Baker
and Alfred G. A. Lyons.
Total consecutive mileage without
accidents driven by all 40 drivers who
received medals today is l,800.16l
miles.
In addition to the medals, 25 Star
drivers received certificates for careful
driving during the past year.
Drivers receiving certificates with
rating of excellent" are Samuel H
Mace, William T. Roache, Ivan H.
Johnson, Benjamin A. Burroughs, A.
B. Hartung, M. P. Beard, John w.
Melton, James Lucas, L. Erskine Tay-
lor, Chauncey J. Fisher and James
Y. Newton
Certificates with a rating of very
good" were presented to Lawrence H.
Poland, w. D. Grogan, Henry c. West,
Samuel M. Jayroe, Carl E. Bean, How
ard L. Patten, James E. Henson, Rich
mond w. Hill, Robert J. Brian and
Hayes jackson.
Certificates with rating of good"
were presented to Carlton G. Thomas,
Raymond L. Adams, Henry w. George
and John C. Mueller.