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Pilgrim Church Spelling Match-Eugene
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Pilgrim Church had a spelling match
Tuesday night between the Mems Asso-
citation and the Ladies Aid Society
which resulted, directly, in the victory
of the former. and, indirectly, in the
amusement of a good-sized audience
From FIRST to last it was good fun.
The affair was in the hands of Mrs
George Bigelow and Mrs, John w. Bish-
op of the society, and Mr. j. Edgar
Dickson, president of the association,
who formed the committee Of arrange
ments, and the way they managed was
this. The candidates from the associa-
ton stood in row along one wall OF
Pilgrim Hail. those from the society
stood opposite them, against the other
Rev. DR.. Alexander Lewis sat on the
platform at the end of the hall and gave
out the words from copy OF the PRO
nouncing spelling book of the English
language, mainly on the principle Of
comparison and contrast" the property
of the city of Worcester, and attached
to the woodland street school. Each side
had elected its captain, Mrs. Susan G.
HosnDer being the ladies' choice, Mr..
Chrales r, Johnson the mems. Mrs.
Hosmers team was composed of the fol-
Miss Marietta Knight, Mrs. Clara Duck
worth, Mrs. John Marden, Mrs. Louise
Trask, Mrs. Horace Tompkins, Mrs. l.,
M. Mason, Mrs. Phoebe Pierce, Miss Abb
bic Trask, Miss Cobb, Miss Hattie
Dunn, Mrs Luther Slade, Mrs. Fred
Knight, Mrs. Charles r. johnson, and
Mr.. Fletcher Howe, who was costumed
like an old lady, and insisted on stand
ing with the ladies. Mr.. Johnson's
ranks were filled by Messrs. Arthur E.
Gray, John t. Briefly, Frank Goes, The
odore Russell, Robert Dunn, j. A Rice,
A. H. Steele, b. F. Joslin, George w.
Drury, George S. Orr, Perley Thorne,
Horace Hobbs, J. Edgar Dickson, Luta-
er Slade, John Small, Charles B. Kill
burn, Pilgrim Cadets Leonard Russell,
Henry Ballard, Arthur Brown and Capt.
Howard Hobbs, DR.. L. M. Mason and
Capt. S. w. Ranger.
Some Of the spoilers added to the
amusement Of the occasion by dressing
in ancient costumes
After Spanish words had been exclud-
ed from the contest by one Of the pros
pective spoilers, the match proceeded
The first word to be given out was
'rec1te"; the first word to be missed was
'sceptie." Then, as people began to get
! confused, mistakes were perpetrated
thick and fast. Very" dissent" "nlal-
treat" 'bequeath' were some of the
words that people appeared not to know
"Numskull' was another snag. One per-
son decided to spell towards with the
w omitted, and yet another preferred
skowndreP' to the more ordinary
| 'scoundrel." "Bauble' was the subject
of some dispute, as WebstePs die.
t:onary gives'it "bawble," and each side
claimed its rights.
For the first 10 minutes of the match
each side spelled against the other
| drawing from the other as one spelled
what the other had failed on.
The last half of the contest was spent
in spelling down" At last, every one
had been spelled down on the mems side
except Mr.. Small and ON the ladies' side
with the exception of Mrs. Johnson
Mrs. knight, Mrs. Ducksworth, Mrs
| Hosmer and Miss Trask One by one
these ladies took their seat, subiugated
by DR.. Lewis spelling book and Mr.
SmalPs photography, until only Mrs
Lewis was left. Mr. Small and Mrs
| Lewis spelled against each other some
| time until ''inflnitesimar' fell to the Iot
of Mrs. Lewis, when she succumbed
leaving Mr.. Small monarch of all he
surveyed.
| The match was preceded by a miscel
laneous entertainment, consisting Of
baritone solos by Mr.. T. e. Babb, so.
| prano solos by Miss Whitney, yiolir
solos by Master Bernard Simpson ant
rec)tations by Miss May McKinstry and
Master Simpson.