Evening star., 1940-05-12
10000 March ]:
In School Safety
Patrol Parade
19 States and
Canada Represented
In Annual Event

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Sixteen thousand boys and girls,
who daily guard the lives Of their
schoolmates, turned toward home
last night after giving parade lovers
Of the Nations Capital one Of their
greatest thrills and m excellent les
son in safety-first.
Coming to Washington from 10
States and Canada, these youthful
guardians Of safety with the ia
miliar white belts marched along
Constitution avenue for almost
three hours, and at the end 1t was
tired little army that headed for
homeward- bound buses, trains and
automobiles.
But they left happy in the
knowledge that they had helped to
make the Ninth Annual School
Safety Patrol parade one Of the
most impressive demonstrations for
child safety ever staged. 3
With striking slogans and color
ful floats, the brigades of patrol
men proclaimed their messages of
safety to thousands who lined Con-
stitution avenue from Seventh TO
Seventeenth streets and . host of
dignitaries who watched from the
reviewing stand.
Two d. C. Patrols Win Awards.
The spectacle was witnessed BY
Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio:
Senator La Toilette, Progressive, of
Wisconsin; Senator Capper, Repub-
lican, Of Kansas; Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan;
Senator Reed. Republican, of KAN
sas. and many other notables.
Approximately $500 of the march,
ers were from schools in the Dis
trict, but to st. Gabriels School,
and the Oyster School went the
honor Of having the only local pa,
trolls who won awards In the parade
competitions.
st. Gabriel's contingent captured
nrst prize in the slogan contest and
third prize in the competition for
floats, while the Oyster delegation
took second place IN the judging for
floats.
One other school in the metro
polltan area won q prize, the John
Marshall Grade School of Arlington,
Va, taking first place in the contest
for floats.
st. Gabrieps winning slogan was:
"Vote for our 1910 Candidate
Safety First" The schools placard
said of the candidate: IN crossing
the street, he does not choose to
run" ....
The John Marshal Schools win
ming float featured = large picture
m innochio, and the mott0, let
tC061Science Be Your Guide
The Oyster Schools float depicted
King Safety" waving his scepter
over his subjects and proclaiming:
Make Safety King"
Prizes Given for Bands.
Other winners were:
Band contest: :Johnstown High
School. Johnstown, Pa, first; Beaver
Falls High School. Beaver Falls. Pa,
second, and Gloucester City High
School, Gloucester City. N. j., third.
Slogans: Greenwood. S. c.. second
place for its slogan 1--WE Live and
Help Live" and washington County ]
Pa, third, for its slogan: "On Guard
to Safeguard" )
In competitions for crack drill
teams, held prior. to the parade.
Pennsylvania again emerged with
many of the major honors. The re-
suits we're:
Glass Chigh school boys)-Potts-
town Pa) Junior High. first; Potts
town Senior High, second, and YER
gennes (Vt) High, third.
Glass 2 elementary school boys)
-Pottstown, first; Third Ward
School of Washington CPa). Sec
ond, and Jacksonville (Fla) School
Patrol Precision Team. third.
Glass 3 girls teams)-Perkasie-
Sellersville High School, Pottstown
(Pa), first; Pottstown Senior High,
second, and Schwenksville Consoli-
dated School. Pennsylvania, third.
Glass novice drill teams)-
Third Ward School. Washington
CPa), first; Jacksonville, second,
and Vergennes, third.
Four Lifesavers Rewarded.
The American Automobile As
ISOLATION, sponsor Of the demonstra-
ton, also presented a special award
to 16-year-old Daniel Sawyer for
travelling the longest distance to
participate in the parade The youth
came from Key West, Fla, q dis
tance of 1887 miles.
Four boys who constituted the
honor medal division" were pre-
sented with the highest awards
made by the A. A. A. to school
patrolmen. They received the cita-
tions for saving . life In line Of
duty during the last year. The
recipients of honor medals were
Irwin Noble Of West Lafayette,
Ohio; Lonnie Askew and william
Lanier, jr., both of Atlanta, Ga,
and Charles Shaw Of Cartersville,
Ga.
Thomas P. Henry. president Of the
A. A. A., read the citations and
presented trophies to winning drill