Evening star., 1935-06-25
80 STAR DRIVERS
RECEIVE AWARDS
Six Presented Watches by
Company for Five-Year
Safety Records.

Fifty drivers of The Evening Star
automobiles who Travelled more than
1000 900 miles without an accident
during the past year received awards
of the National Safety Council at the
annual presentation ceremonies today.
Six of the drivers, who have had
no accidents for five years, also were
given gold wrist watches by the COM
pany as surprise reward for their
safety record.
Among those receiving watches was
Mrs. Melba Markham Fuchs, nurse
at The stars medical clinic, who holds
the distinction of being the first
woman to receive a flve-year safety
award to a newspaper employe from
the National Safety Council.
Others who received watches and
five-year awards were: Fred A..
Straining, James William Thompson,
George B. Porter, Walter e. Thomp-
son and Eugene v. Smith. Straining
has driven 19O,2l0 miles without an
accident, the best record among The
Stars drivers. He is rural agent
serving Upper Marlboro.
Samuel H. Kaufman, assistant
business manager of The Star, pre-
sided at the surprise party" at which
the watches were presented after the
regular awards were made in the club
room.
Drivers Congratulated.
Frank B. Noyes, president OF The
Evening Star Co.. congratulated each
driver individually as he gave the
Safety Council awards.
Capt. C. H. Ruth, superintendent,
who officiated at the presentation,
referred to the death of Ivan John
son, rural supervisor, who was killed
in a collision with an electric train
near Annapolis last month as un-
avoidable.
A personal inspection of the scene
of the tragedy convinced him, Capt
Ruth said, that the crossing should
be classified as blind" and urged the
drivers to report other dangerous
crossings, as he has been promised
the cooperation of railroad COM
panies and road officials in having
necessary safety devices installed.
Fleming Newbold, business manager
Of The Star, noted that there were
only IS drivers on the paper who hae
accidents during the year in which
the blame rests partially or entirely
on them. and urged that group tt
strive for a safety award during the
| coming II months.
w. Gait Burns. circulation manager
expressed the hope that next year.
total of safe miles driven by Star en-
ployes would exceed the 1885 record OF
1,188,952 miles.
Four Get F0ur-Year Awards.
In addition to the awards given
those who have driven five years with
out an accident. drivers received
four-year pins, 7 passed their third
year without an accident. IL obtained
two-year prizes and 81 attained one
year awards.
The four-year drivers are M. S. Nc
Crink, Leslie L. Thompson George
w. Mehfelt and Edwin II. West.
Those who received three-year pins
were G. H. ogden, Harry c. Merry,
J. r. Thompson, L. r. Hutchinson
Harry r. Bort, Robert F. Perkins and
Augustus @. Chinn.
Two-year awards were given r. M.
Pobst. Charles L. Perrygo, M. Aubrey
Grimm, Berry Payne, Phillip Herr
mann, James Leroy Thompson. John
w. Beha, Davie Quarles, Leroy b
Ford, Irwin Pridgeon, Randolph j.
Routt and Alfred Lyons.
Winners of the one-year awards
gan, Benjamin A. Burroughs, M. P.
Beard, Samuel M. Jayroe, George C.
Hesterburg, E. M. Parham, Carl E.
Bean, Raymond Bowie, John P.
Adams
Karl Krebs, Henry c. West, c. G.
Lucas, c. G. Thomas, Henry w.
George, c. ]. Fisher, James F. Had
den, Hayes Jackson, James Lucas,
John Boschet, and John c. Mueller.
13 Receive Certificates.
mo accident certificates" and let
ters were sent to 13 other safe"
drivers, who have been with the COM
pany less than a year and hence were
ineligible for Safety Council award.
Those receiving certificates, all of
whom have driven more than six, but
less than II months, were: Vincent
S. Free, ]. M. Carey, Gilbert Smith.
Charles A. Henry, j. A. Hawkins and
Harry Goodman.
Drivers who had worked for The
Star less than six months and had
had no accident when the Safety
Councils year expired, April 80. re-
ceived letters of appreciation. They
were o. v. Stats, Harry Wilson, Rob-
ert B. Power, K. Stabler, Joseph p.
Donohue, Angus Green and Francis
Routt.
Drivers who had accidents under
circumstances beyond their control
were not eligible for the mo accident"
medals of the Safety Council, but 10
whose record during the past year
placed them in that classification were
given certificates of careful driving"
by The Star.
Winners Of the certificates were
Claude A. Thompson, Walter c. Tuck
er, Roy Gray, Joseph Spriggs. Phillip
w. Briscoe, Lawrence H. Poland. A. A..
Allen, william A. White, James z.
Henson and B. F. Thomas.