Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-05-10
GRANT COUNTYS THIRD
annual CONTEST
Was An Unqualified Success
in Every way.
Large Attendance and More Interest
Than at Either of Its Predeces-
sors--The Winners.


day, was the next most successful one
held so far, from every standpoint.
The contestants all displayed a keen
interest in the various events and all
did exceedingly we'll.
The prize winners were as follows:
ARITHMETIC
1st prize Bessie DiVall. age 13, it.
Dist. 4, Liberty, Myrtle Judd teacher,
2nd prize Viola Spiegelberg, age
A. Dist. g. Beetown, Perl Clifton
teacher
3rd prize Elsie Barr age II Dist. g.
Glen Haven, Elsie Foehringer teacher.
4th prize Florence Wieland, age 10.
Dist. 5, South Lancaster. Anna Kress
teacher
9Th prize Willie Wieland, age 10,
Dist. 5, So. Lancaster, Anna Kress
teacher.
9Th prize Frieda Wetter, age 10.
Dist. 2, Liberty, Matte Houston
teacher.
18th prize Susie Walz, age IS, Dist
5, Bloomington. Mae Budworth
teacher.
8th prize Helen Hunter, age II,
Dist, 4, Mt. Hope, Glennie Morrow
teacher.
PENMANSHIP
1st prize Vina Sedbrook, age IL,
Dist. 8, Potosi, Minnie Wieland
teacher.
End prize Oran Brun, age IA, Dist
2, Liberty, Matte Houston teacher.
3rd prize Susie WaIz. age IS, Dist.
5, Bloomington Mae Budworth teacher
18th prize Irene Millin, age II, Dist.
5, Bloomington, Mae Budworth
teacher.
5th prize Mary schauf, age Is,
Dist. 3, Waterloo, Julius Dietrich
teacher.
9th plize Anna Jones, age Il, Dist.
Smelser, Nellie Ware teacher.
It'll prize Viola spiegelperg, age a.
Dist. Beetown, Perl Clifton teacher
SPELLING
lst prize Glare Renalde, age Is,
Dist. z, Harrison, Marjorie Hake
teacher.
2nd prize Hanna Bast, age -, Dist.
Z, Beetown, Delos Wood teac' er
3rd prize Florence Uppena, age IA,
Dist. Potosi, Mary Uppena teacher
4th prize Eva Russell, age 10. Dist.
/, Harrison, Ella Sander teacher
5th prize Susie Walz, age 13. Dist.
5, Bloomington, Mae Budworth
teacher.
9Th prize Florence Peat. age IA,
Dist. g. Clifton, Nellie Martin
teacher.
9TH prize Gladys Elton, age 10,
Dist. g. Millville, Bessie Herring
teacher
8th prize DeIpba Martin, age IA.
Dist. s. Liberty, Julia Anderson
teacher.
The program Of the afternoon began
at about / o'clock After three ex-
cellent addresses, by Supt Brockert,
Prin F. w. Trainer and Miss Ethel
E. Sabin, of the Lancaster high
school, the contest in arithmetic was
commenced. The contestants were
required to do eighteen exercises in
addition, six in subtraction. two in
multiplication and two in division.
The winner of fifth place, Willie
Wieland completed the work in four
minutes with but six errors. Miss
Bessie Divall finished in FIVE minutes
made but one error and was awarded
first place.
Following the arithmetic contest
came spelling. The following one
hundred words were pronounced by the
superintendent
Excitement. caution, barrack,
colonel. knit, anchor, encourage, evil
dent saleratus, stagnant, comet,
souvenir granary, cemetery, census
stimulant, symbols, serene, torpid
spectacle, orphan, erection, suspicion,
musician, auction, genuine, rough,
envious, furniture, universe, capacity
outrageous, vicinity, disaster, orr
ginal, habitual, invasion, adhesion
grieve, gossamer. furnace, CHASTITY,
alphabet avenue, favorite, exquisite,
luxury, guarantee, penitentiary,
blithesome, pavilion, assessor, apos-
trcphe, militia, quotient, laborious,
terminate, acre, enormous, vacancy,
gayety, reference, occupant chemist,
martyr, cordial, national, artificial,
oriole, portable, flexible, audible,
legible, agitate, descend, embarrass,
facility, satisfy, continuous, concern,
postpone. fatigue, callous, disease, :
baggage, salable, famous, gluey.