Evening star., 1939-05-14
Safety Patrol
Prizes Are Won
By4D. {. Units
1876 Youths March
Through Rain in
9th Annual Parade

The nearly 10000 students who
participated in yesterdays National
School Safety Patrol parade here
dried out their clothes and headed
for home last night.
Many of the youngsters. who
marched through a cold rain for
an hour and a half to stage the
eighth-and most spectacular-of
the series of schoolboy patro! pa
rades, bore back with them the
prizes awarded following the show.
Police estimated 9676 boys and
girls took part in the parade, which
included II floats and 10 bands.
The marchers came from 18 States,
Canada and the District.
First prize for the best float in
the parade went to Wheatley School
OF Washington. This float showed
students bending over a hospital
bed where rested the body of The
JayWalker "a child who had dis
obeyed the school patrols signal.
Other prize winners we're:
Other Pie Winners.
Floats-Second prize to the Doug
las Simmons School of Washington.
titled Keep to right and save your
self and bike" showing a crushed
bicycle and bandaged child; third
prize to st. Joseph School, Wash
lngton, titled I'VE are wishing YOU
we'll when crossing the street"
showing an old-fashioned we'll
Slogan contest-First prize. West
minister Md patrol. Increase
Safety Patrols-Decrease Accident
Tolls second prize, Culpeper CVs)
High School. with Eagle Eyes We
Save Lives third prize. Hartsville
IS. c. patrol. Safety First viii
Make You Last"
BandS-Flrst prize. Altoona tPa)
High School; second prize, Western
High School of Washington: third
prize, Hershey Pa High School.
Drill teams-Elementary schools:
First prize, Lansdale, Pa; second
prize. PottstoWn, Pa; third prize.
Jacksonville, Fla High schools:
First prize, Pottstown pa Junior
High School; second prize. Jotts-
town tPaD Senior High School. Girls
teams: First prize, Sellersville-Per-
kasle. Pa; second prize, PottstoWn,
Pa; third prize. Schwenksville, Pa.
Prize for boy coming the longest
distance TO participate went to
Owen Gooding of Florida City. Fla,
who Travelled 1857 miles to WASH
ington.
The rain that drenched the
marchers' clothing did not dampen
their spirits. Only few groups
dropped out of the march because
of the weather and the rest COM
bined to make the parade the most
colorful yet staged
In the reviewing stand on Con.
stitution avenue between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets NV. were
Senators. Representatives and off.
clals of the District government.
The march started from Fourth
street NV. and proceeded down
Constitution avenue. There were a
few scattered thousands of persons
who braved the weather to watch
the marchers.
Brown Leads Parade.
Leading the parade was Police
Supt. Ernest w. Brown. who was
followed by the Navy Band. Acting
as marshal was Sergt. Joseph D.
Harrington. assisted by C. L. Smith,
another member of the Police De-
partment.
The units from District schools
combined to make the largest rep
resentation in the march. About
$500 children from local schools
marched.
From other states came large
delegations. West Virginia sent
1900; North and South Carolina,
1900; Pennsylvania, 1900 Mary
land. $500; Virginia, 1,100, and New
jersey, 800
Many of the marchers wore snap
py uniforms and spectators cheered
the floats entered by local schools.
Three patrolmen from Iowa and
three from Canada drew applause.
Highllghts of the march we're the
brilliantly costumed bands from
Hershey and Altoona. Pa, the 18
girls-picked for beauty and schol-
astic attainments-from New Jer-
sey, who carried huge United
States flag. and the costumed units
from schools in the District and
nearby.
Actress in Reviewing Stand.
Among those in the reviewing
stand was Kitty Carlisle. the &C
tress. who was introduced over the
public address system by Gordon
Hittenmark. radio announcer. Sem
ators Andrews of Florida and Green
of Rhode Island, Representatives
Snyder of Pennsylvania and Crosser
of Ohio, Superintendent of Public
Schools Frank w. Ballou, and
Thomas P. Hepry. president of the
American Automobile Association,
were among those in the reviewing
stand.
Because of the weather, few units
from the South-who had come here
expecting summer weather-can-
celled their appearance. A number
OF other units moved along the
parade route in buses.
States represented were: Florida,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachu-
setts, Maryland, Michigan, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Ohio, PENNSYLVANIA,
Rhode Island, Virginia, West Viz.