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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

11-Year-Old Joseph Dempsey Claims Ford V-8 for His Mom, 1936


“The Winner,” from The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., June 19, 1936

As happy as any war veteran receiving his bonus bonds or any farmer receiving his potato money was 11-year-old Joseph Dempsey of Brook Avenue, this city, when he stepped forward Wednesday afternoon to claim the Ford V-8 automobile given away by Elizabeth City merchants at the conclusion of the trade and gift campaign they had been sponsoring since April 4. Young Dempsy, holding the winning coupon for his mother, who was at home with a sick headache, is shown beside the Ford a few minutes after being presented with the keys. He is a son of Joseph F. Dempsy, who is employed at the Hotel Fort Raleigh in Manteo. His mother teaches school here. The Dempseys had no tickets at all except a long string of consecutive numbers they got when they bought a new electric refrigerator recently. The winning ticket was about halfway thru this string.

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