Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-08
NTERcouNTY SPELLING CONTEST
Eighth Grades from shelby and Pot
tavvRttamie to Participate.

Eighth Grades from shelby and Pot
tavvRttamie to Participate.
In preparation for the inter-county rural
school spelling contest between Pottawat.
TAME and Shelby counties, which is to be
one OF the features Of the Western Iowa
Agricultural short course at Avoca. County
Superintendent r. r. Jackson yesterday
completed the arrangements for the pre-
liminary contests in the rural schools Of
this county.
The contest between Pottawattamie
county and Shelby county will be held
Friday, January %, at Avoca, and will be
in charge OF County Superintendent Jack
son OF Pnttawattamie county and County
Superintendent Manus Petersen OF Shelby
county. TIL contest will be based on a
list OF 1000 words. 1.-THE purpose of this
contest" said Superintendent jackson
yesterday, Els not so much for The sake
Of the contest as It is to encourage and
stimulate an interest in spelling" The
conditions of the contest provide that no
pupil classified above the eighth grade can
enter, and each contestant must nave at
tended school regularly for at least SIX
weeks prior to the date of the contest.
Rural school graduates are not eligible.
III preliminary contests to select the
pupils who will represent Pottawattamie
county in the contest will be held on
Friday Of next week. These preliminary
contests are to be held in twenty-seven
townships, in twenty-three of which one
contestant is to be selected from each
township, while in the other four two will
be chosen from each township, thus maxi
ling a total of t~hirty-one pupils who will
represent Pottawattamie county at the
contest in Avoca.
The following committees have been
named by Superintendent jackson to con-
duct the preliminary contests which will be
held at the sohool houses designated:
Belknap-Mrs. Carse, Mr.. Turner, Mr..
Rodwell; district No.. /.
Boomer-George Darlington, Mr.. Axtell,
Mr., Mackland; district No. 5.
Carson-Mr. Hartz, Mr.. Colwell, Mr..
Braden; district No. &
Center-O. p. Timberman, NJ. C. Rodwell
j. a. Goehrtng; district No. 5. .
Crescent-J. r. Lapworth, A. J. Mackland
William Currie, Crescent.
Garner-North half, James Slightman, j
h Magness, G.. l.. Prouty of district No. 2
South half. Fred Childs. Is. G. Davis
Frank Haywood; district No. O.
Grove-W. A. Rankin, j. K. Osler, G. w
Putnam; district No. 8.
Hardin-M. w. Davis, c.. H. Brokman, w
r. Heating; district No. 8.
Hazel Dell-W. ]. Hutchinson, p. N. Spit
tier, H. p. Jensen; district No. 8.
James-C. l.. Kearney, M. F. Brown, w
G. Bane; district No. s.
Keg Creek. H. l.. Minnsen, William
Trede, Ernest Saar; district No. 5.
KnoX-H p. Larsen, Charles Wasser
Fred Schneider; district No. l.
Layton-John Schmidt, G. A. Rossman, w
II. Jurgensen; district No. 5.
Lewis. NJ. Tannehill, f. Hawkins, Free
Basch; district No. 2.
Macedonia-C: r. Aggson, ]. r. Aggson
A. r. Scott; district No. 2.
Minden-John Gciger, w. G. Cross, Johi
Risse; district No. G..
Neola-G. NJ. Buchanan, Oscar Carlson
August Sundell; district No. 8.
Norwalk-Thomas scott. George Watts
F. w. Hopping; district No. &
Pleasant-Dominick Gross, NJ. f. Dea, II
Barnholdt; district No. g. .r
Rockford-Eorth half, Orel Jones, G. I
O'Neal, y. X. Scebold; Loveland. Sout
half, William Southern, c. B. Harker
Honey Creek. .
Valiey-Albert Petersen, D. T. Martin, N
Palmer; district No. 8.
Washington II. Turner. A. H. Huelle
T. II. Cleveland: district No. l.
Waveland-N. S. Collins, George Solder;
c. M. Potter; district No. 5.
W~right-George Mathis, ii. c. ChubbicH
N. r. Graham; district No. o.
York-H Leaders, A, Holdap, Criah NC
Lean; district No. ..
Lincoln-Fred Jacobsen, Ben Gress, A
Brehmer; district No. 8.
Silver ~Creek-Perry Kerney, Jurgen Jen
sen. John Clark; district No. 8.