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North Carolina Students Earn Safety Prizes, Aug. 28, 1924

N.C. Pupils Receive Safety Prizes

Washington—First state prize in the national safety essay contest has been won by Fred Smith, a pupil of Tileston school, Wilmington, according to announcement made by the highway education board. He has been presented with a gold medal and a check for $15, while his essay will represent his state in the final elimination for one of three national prizes, namely a gold watch and a trip to Washington, D.C., for first prize, and gold watches for second and third prizes.

Second state prize was won by Zaidee L. Smith, a pupil of the Greensboro public schools; a silver medal and a check for $10 have been presented to her. Nine third prizes, bronze medals and checks for $5, were presented to the following pupils: J.B. Blythe, Hendersonville; Helen E. Curtis, Greensboro; Chrles Prevost Jr, Yanceyville; Vigilial Lively, Reidsville; Robert Randolph Rhodes, Hamlet; Margaret Siewers, Winston-Salem; Roy Sexton, Roper; Buna Rollins, Shelby; Donald Johnson, Emma Blair School, High Point.

From page 2 of the Alamance Gleaner, Graham, N.C., Aug. 28, 1924

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84020756/1924-08-28/ed-1/seq-2/#words=AUGUST+28.+1924

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