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Dame Fortune smiled on Mrs. Dorothy Davis of Washington, Va. Friday when she was awarded a check for $20,000, first prize in a national contest sponsored by the Coca Cola Bottling Co. in connection with their diet drink, Tab. The presentation was made at her home Friday afternoon with the press ana radio newsmen present, along with a number of friends. Mr. L. T. Christian III, president of the company gave Mrs. Davis a huge replica of the check before presenting the authentic slip of paper to her.
To enter the contest, Mrs. Davis had filled in an entry blank from a 6-bottle carton of Tab which contained only her name and address and the name of her grocer, which in this case was Baldwin's Grocery at Washington. She had made six entries using the name of different area stores. Mrs. Davis chose the check in preference to a large list of prizes available in the contest which included a trip abroad, a new automobile, a fur stole, Paris fashions and many more.
Mrs. Davis is Mayor of the Town of Washington and had just been reelected to the office in Tuesday elections. This will be her seventh term as mayor, though not consecutive. She was absent from the office two terms since her initial election in 1950. Henry A. Lowry, manager of the Winchester plant and Garland Whitlock, also of that plant along with three representatives of the home office in Atlanta, Ga. were present.
Company officials took a number of pictures of their contest winner around the town antra1 gallery soorr gathered. A little boy was heard to remark, *Gee, I’d sure like to be her boyfriend." Another looked at the large replica of the check and asked, “How do
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