Evening star., 1947-05-11
3,42O Are Led
By House Page
IN Safety Parade
Crowds See 1878
Members Of PotroIs
In RulIy Here

S,fZU west virginia OC1OOl SAFETY
Patrol members In the 18th nationa,
safety parade sponsored by the
Metropolitan police, District Schools
and the American Automobile Asso-
citation.
Young Bartlett was only II wheI
he came here to his first parade In
= 1938-the lone delegate from Wes1
Virginia.
That year he promised to bring
back 1000 West Virginians for the
1899 procession-and he did. SINH
lar numbers of patrol member:
showed up for the next two years
and in 1941, Joe set goal of 2,O0(
participants from his State for the
next year. Then the war came ane
discontinued the parades.
Promise Fulfilled.
His promise was more than made
up yesterday, when the patrol boys
and girls from West Virginia Joined
10,318 others from all over the
Nation.
In the meantime, Joe had won
30-day~ temporary appointment as
q page during his visit here six
years ago. He won another appoint
ment the next year and became
"overseer of pages" for the Republi-
cans in 1943. He left to serve foT
two years in the Marines, and last
December was named chief page for
the House majority party.
Young Bartlett said he hopes his
second ambition will be realized in
two months, when 10000 personal
letters and documents that belonged
to Abraham Lincoln are to be made
public for the first time.
1--WE wanted to be the one to
open those letters ever since I can
remember" he said last night.
Will is Recalled.
The letters were turned over,
sealed, to the Library of Congress
on July 26, 1926, when Robert Todd
Lincoln, the presidents son, died
A provision of Mr.. Lincoln's will was
that the letters were not to be
opened for 20 years.
Bartlett said he already has ap-
piled to the White House to be
allowed to open the sealed docu-
ments and he believes his is the only
application that has been made.
"No matter who opens them
though, I'm going to make the
Library of Congress my study work.
bench for while after they're made
public" he said. The page said he
always has been interested in
Lincoln's life and. that he feels
there "are few mysteries of the
Lincoln administration that might
be cleared up by the letters"
Bartlett, who lives at 1888 E street
NE. is a student of pre-law at
George Washington University in
addition to his duties at the Capitol
He is a native of Martinsburg.
Likes Political Life.
And how does he feel about stay
ing in political life?
I'm crazy about it, he COM
mented.
Bartlett's West Virginia group and
the 7,466 other out-of-town visitors
had a perfect. sunny spring day to
join the 2,731 District safety patrol
members in the parade.
According to the official police
count, the parade included 36 auto
mobiles, 26 floats, "a bands and three
horses.
An accurate count of spectators was
lacking, but police estimated that
$4,000 people watched the procession
while standing between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets on Constitution
avenue. Most of them crowded
around the reviewing stand directly
north of the Washington Monument.
Most excitement came after the
two-hour parade, when judges
handed out prizes for the best float,
best safety slogan, best drill unit,
best band and best drum majorette.
Washington area units won awards
IN each group.
Winners Listed.
The winners:
Best foat-St. Gabriel's School,
Of Washington, first prize; Fairling-
ton School, Arlington, and Lovejoy
School, Washington, tie for second
place; District Heights School, Md,
third place.
Best slogan-Carney's Point {N.J)
School, first; George Bell School,
Washington, second; st. Gabriel's,
third.
Best band-Pottstown Pa, High
School, first; Martinsburg, w. Va,
High School, second; Washington
and Lee High School. Arlington,
third. Rockville, Md. Elementary
School, best elementary school.
Best drill teams-Pottstown Junior
High School, Pottstown Senior High
School and Jacksonville, Fla, Senior
High School, in the high school
group; Pottstown Elementary School.
Lansdale, Pa, Elementary School
and St. Gabriels School, in the ele-
mentary boys group: Schwenksville,
Pa, Consolidated School and Potts
town Senior High School, in the
girls group.
Best drum major-Jack Haskins,
West Union, w. Va.
Best drum majorette Hope
Nicholson, Elkton. Md, High School.
IL Are Awarded Medals.
For distinguished service in pre-
venting accidents, Lou E.. Holland,
chairman of the AAA's National
Traffic Safety Committee. awarded
medals to II schoolboy patrolmen
who have been cited during the
school year. They were:
Milton Arlow and Walter Klein
of Cleveland, Ohio: Jack v. Ferris,
Cadillac, Mich: Donald G. Gault.
Highland Park, Mich; Norman Mil
Ter Gibby. Atlanta, Ga; Flynn
Wheeler and Clyde Woods, Leslie,
Mich; Paul Gray, Wayne, Mich:
Charles Raymond DickerhofT, Port
Huron, Mich: Kenneth Burkowski,
Warren, Mich, and Gregory Mar
onick, Detroit, Mich.
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