The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-15
COUNTY SPELLING CONTEST
CLOSED.
Diplomas Awarded to Sixty Contest
ants-Five Win in Written and
-Four in Oral Contest-Much
Interest Shown by Relatives
of Contestants.

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of Contestants.
At the close of Hon. w. ID. b
Ainey's address at the high school
auditorium on Wednesday morning
the winners of the district spelling
contest were awarded their diplo.
mas. The successful contestants
from the districts for both oral and
written spelling were lined up on the
platform. Supt. J. j. Koehler called
out the names and Mr.. Ainey, con-
gresham of the Fourteenth district,
presented the diplomas. The fol
lowing contestants received diplo-
mas:
Written contest-Berlin, Agnes f.
Downing, Lola Richards, Bernice
Dunn; Bethany, Doris Blake; Buck
ingham, Hazel Gransburg; Canaan,
Mary l.. Fisher; Cherry Ridge, Edna
Samson; Clinton, Anna Stanley; Da-
mascus, Verna Hill; Dreher, Julia
Sieg; Dyberry, Mabel l.. Hacker;
Hawley, Helen Decker; Honesdale,
Elizabeth Bullock; Lake, Julia Fow-
ler; Lebanon, Lucille Hopkins; Lee
high, Russell Flower, Margaret
Smith; Manchester, Eton Gillon; Mt.
Pleasant, Louise K. Wolf; Oregon,
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Boland, Mary Kelly; Preston, Dencie
Frank Knaz; Salem, Margaret Jones
Scott, Laura Parsons, Vaughn Smith
Seelyville, Clarence Ordnung; South
Canaan, Mary e. Racht, Helen Me-
gargel; Starrucca, Lila Mead; Sterl-
ing, Loretta Weidner, Milton Cross;
Texas, Clyde Lucks, Mildred Good
line, Helen Rose; Waymart, Flor
ence Wood, Margaret Watts; White
Mills, Anna Rimlenger, Bertha Mott,
Alice Lane; Salem, Marjorie A.
Smith.
Oral Berlin, Lola NJ
Richards; Bethany, Doris Blake;
Buckingham, Hazel Gransburg; Ca
naan, Maybert Tuthill; Cherry
Ridge, Jennie Bodie; Clinton, Ida
Cawley; Damascus. Augustus Drum;
Dreher, Vernon Homes; Dyberry,
Bessie Henshaw; Hawley, Evaline
Gilpin; Honesdale, Edith Karslake;
Lake, Julia Fowler; Lebanon, Lucille
Hopkins; Lehigh, Mabel Griffin;
Manchester, Miriam Chambers; Mt.
Pleasant, Louise +. Wolf; Oregon,
Corinne E. Grossman; Palmyra, Mary
Hendry; Paupack, Vincent E. Kelly;
Preston, Edith Niles; Prompton,
Frank Knes; Salem, Hazel Lyman;
Scott, Vaughn Smith; Seelyville,
Clarence Ordnung; South Canaan,
Gladys Baker; Starrucca, Lila Mead;
Sterling, Rena Bortree; Texas, Helen
Rose; Waymart, Ruth Price; White
Mills, Bertha Mott.
In the afternoon at the auditorium
the final contest for written spelling
was held. Out of the thirty districts
represented, five received perfect
marks. They were: Agnes Downing,
Berlin; Maybert Tuthill, Canaan;
Edna Samson, Cherry Ridge; Anna
Clinton; Denice Simpson,
Preston.
Nine others were given honorable
mention, whose grades were from
9S to 99 Loretta Weidner, of Texas
township 80; Laura Carson, Scott,
SO; Helen Decker, Hawley, SO; Ell
ton Gillon Manchester, 9S; Florence
Wood, Waymart, 9S; Mabel Hacker,
Dyberry, SO; Elizabeth Bullock, of
9S; Halle Gransburg,
9S; Julia Fowler, Lake,
SO.
At 3 o'clock the same afternoon
in the court house the final oral con-
test was held. Before the time set
for the contest the court room was
filled with people. The thirty sue
cessful district contestants were ar
ranged in a row in the front of the
room. The words were read to each
in turn and when a contestant mis-
spelled word they were out of the
running. At the end of every half
hour a recess was held. At five
o'clock the fifteen hundred words
were all read and only four of the
original thirty contestants were
The winners were: Lola
NJ. Richards, Berlin township; Edith
Honesdale; Edith Niles, |
Preston; Helen Rose, Texas town
ship. 1t was the intention of the !
to present medal to the |
winner of each contest but as there |
we're five winenrs of the written con-
est and four the oral this method |
If reward had to be abandoned |
t was announced by Supt. Koehler |
hat suitable prize would be given |
o each of the winners.