Evening star., 1948-07-09
rs Smiling Boys and Girls Get
Traffic Safety Essay Prizes
Susun jane TussIer
Wins Grand Award
Of $100 Bond

OF SlUU Bond
Forty-five smiling boys and girls
crowded around truck full of
prizes in front of the District Build
ing today to receive awards in the
Districts summer traffic safety
essay contest.
The grand award of 500 Savings
Bond was presented to Susan June
Tassler, 7, of 1850 Harvard street
NV. Commissioner John Russell
Young made the award to the blond
little girl.
One of the contest winners was
Mary L. Arnold, IL, of $50 Park road
NV, who is almost totally deaf and
blind. The Board of Education re-
Gently completed arrangements for
sending this little colored girl to a
special school outside the District.
She received a pair of roller skates.
Radio, Bicycle Awarded.
Rllnners-up for the grand award
were Jean Kissick, 10, of 1928 Eighth
street NE, who won a radio, and
Ramon Valencia. IA, of 3418 Brown
street NV, who won a bicycle.
First prizes of wrist watches for
winners in three age groups went
to: John Lewis Smith III, 6, Of
28Ol Thirty eighth street NV; Vir-
ginia Lee Freeman, II, OF 6433
Eighth street NV. and Barbara Key
Weigle, 13, of 1924 Forty-flrst street
NV.
Second prizes of $25 gift certifi-
Gates from downtown department
stores went to Ralph Kissick, 7, a
brother of Jean Kissick, one OF the
runners-up; Virginia Lee Hood, IL,
of 5000 Ventnor road, Green Acres.
Md, and Angela Dondero, 13, OF
56o2 Forty-second avenue, Hyatts-
vile, Md.
The Winning Essay.
The winning essay of nearly 1000
entries, written by Susan, follows:
This summer I plan to be very
careful and use safety first. Every
one wants to save lives so will not
play in the street nor run out after
a toy. know children love toys, but
life is more important. Also, chill
dren should not hitch rides or run
between parked cars. If you play in
the street you could get killed, while
PLAYING on the sidewalk is much
safer
children should only cross streets
at the corners when the green light
says Go So you see, If you follow
safety first you will be happier and
much more safe
Commissioner Young was assisted
by Leon Chatelain, jr., president OF
the Washington Board Of Trade, In
presenting the prizes A. Julian Bry-
lawski, chairman of the contest COM
mittee, was master of ceremonies.
Other prizes awarded included
sporting goods, roller skates, dolls,
and games. Mary Arnold was in
this group. The other winners were:
Margaret Carroll, 8, of 6203 Maple
avenue, Chevy Chase. David P.
Herren, 10, of 1908 Congress street
Sc; Alan Desseff, II, OF 5025 Edge
more lane, Bethesda; Mary Mullins,
8, of 1914 w street Sc; Barry Fri
bush, Z, of 319 Douglas street NE;
Orah Edwin Folks. 8. Of 472l Third
place NV; Joe Dillon Holthouser,
8, of 40l V street NE.
Also Ronald Krieger. 7. of 1460
i - T.
smith, 6, of 32l9 Cathedral avenue
N. W.; Clare Pratt, 8, of 404 Rose
mary street, Chevy Chase; Carolyn
Schneider, 8, of .427 Kennedy street
NV: Sara Jane Rodgers. 8, of 246
Thirty-third street NV; Chitra
Gyan-chand, 8, of 1911 Kenyon
street NV; Bobby Jones, 8. OF 12l
Sixteenth street Sc; Lucius Walker,
ir.. II. of % Ninth street NE; Joyce
Lucas, IL, of $40 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. N. E.; Jean Fay Wagner, 10, OF
6134 North Eighteenth road, Airing
ton; Shirley Raiz, 9, of 2959 Tilden
street NV; Patsy C. Dodd, 10, OF
$3.50 Macarthur boulevard NV.
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Also Joy Lee Vestraci, II, Of 3508
T street NV; Barbara Mercer, II, of
667 Twenty fourth street NE; Dor
othy Hunter, II, of 1148 Morse street
NE; Darlene May Eckenroth, 10, of
718 Kennebec avenue, Takoma;
Walter w. Erwin, 10, of 543 Great
Falls street, Falls Church: Juanita
Lee Bethea II, of 33l Kentucky ave-
nue. Sc; James Barbour, IA, of
1884 Morse street NE; Lillian Scam
Ion. 13, of 1926 Sheridan street
NV: Doris Gloria Dove. IA, of 5434
Fourth street NV: Edna May
Clements. l3, of 1418 Fifty-third
street Sc: Teresita Raiz, IL, sister
of Shirley Raiz: Mary L. Arnold, II,
of $50 Park road NV: Janice
Green, IL, of 2034 South Glebe road,
Arlington; Barbara Ann Keys, II, of
2937 Nelson place Sc: Florence L.
Steward, II. of 4931 Seventh street
NV; Barbara Nachman, IA, of 5705
Blair road NE, and Everett Leroy
Edwards. IL, of 3114 G street Sc.