The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-04-23

AHc uTSI CUuHty-Wlue Sp6lllHH cOnCeSt'
ever held in Medina county was pulled
off at Medina on Friday, April 16.
From all parts of the county the
young contestants came in to the num-
Der Of GA, these having been selected
by elimination contests in their own
township or village districts. In fact,
every township in the county or viii
lage in the county was represented
except Liverpool, whose contestants
were unable to get to Medina.
After the contest had ended and the
Lists had been corrected it was found
that Sharon had carried off first prize
for high schools, Floyd Gift having
the splendid grade Of 98 per cent.
Right at his heels, however, were
Hazel johnson, also of Sharon, and
Mary Shulenberger of Lodi, each of
whom had missed but three of the one
hundred words, thus attaining a
grade of 81 per cent. Twenty-Five
additional words were pronounced and
Misses Johnson and Shulenberger
each spelled every word correctly; so
it required another list Of twenty-five
to break the tie. In this list Miss
Johnson again spelled all correctly,
while Miss Shulenberger missed "dil-
emma, giving both first and second
prizes to Sharon High school.
In the grades the contest was just
as closely contested. Treva Hull of
Litchfeld and Bessie Baum Of Harris
vile each making a grade Of "a per
cent. 1t required fifty extra words to
break the tie here as it did in the high
school department. On the first extra
list of rs words each girl spelled "a
correctly, and strangely, each missed
the same word, awkward" But in
the second extra list Of 25 both con-
testants were slightly tired and ner-
vous, Miss Hull missing three words
and Miss Baum four, giving first place
to Litchfield and second to Harrisville.
Thus Medina county will be represent
ed at Columbus on June A by Floyd
Gift of Sharon and Treva Hull of
Litchfeld, with Hazel Johnson Of
Sharon and Bessie Baum Of Harris
vile as alternates.
The interest in the contest was In
tense and the spelling, especially in
the high school section, was Of a very
excellent character. Among deserv-
ing special mention are: George Gan
yard Of Granger, So per cent; Emma
Joschnick of Brunswick, 95 per cent;
Mabel Branch of York, "a per cent;
Dwight Derr Of Medina, "a per cent;
Margaret Hogue of Brunswick, 94 pei
cent; Leila Koons Of Homerville, 81
/ per cent; Katherine Bowman of Litch-
field, 9S per cent; Vera Spooner d
i York, SO per cent; Myra Hoddinott q
Granger, 90 per cent; Mildred Patter.
son of Spencer, Clayton Bowman d
Homer, Persis Pierce Of Chatham ant
William Hobart Of Medina, 80 pei
cent each. In the grade contest those
deserving honorable mention are: Mar.
| tin Leatherman of Lafayette, so pei
cent; Evelyn Brokaw Of Lafayette
| 80 per cent; Francis Bolich of Wads
worth village, 88 per cent; Irma Strocl
Of Leroy, 86 per cent.
In the high school contest the av
erage Of the contestants places tht
schools in the following order: Sharon
| 97h per cent, Lodi 95 per cent, Bruins
wick 941s per cent, Granger "a pc
cent, York SO per cent, Medina 92 pc
cent, Homer 911s per cent, Litchfiel'
i 80 per cent, Leroy % per cent, Spence
l83h per cent, Chatham 83 per cent
! Seville and Hinckley had but one rep
resentative each, Seville getting 8
per cent and Hinckley 70 per cent
| Wadsworth and Liverpool were no
represented.
In the grade contest the district
: ranked as follows: Ltchfeld, 81 pc
cent; Lafayette, 90h per cent; Har
: risville, 861s per cent; Wadsworth vii
lage "a per cent; York "a per cent
Montville SO per cent; Granger 80 pc
. cent; Brunswick 791s per cent; Medi
ma 10 per cent; Seville, 1874 per cent
Spencer 1914 per cent; Sharon n pc
! cent; Lodi 76M per cent; Guilford z
per cent; Leroy 751a per cent; Home
IA per cent; Chatham 65h per cent.
Following are the lists Of words pre-
nounced to the contestants and i
. their respective order:
Outrageous, pacifed, pneuma t /
: ammonia, linoleum, indelible, inheren'
integer, intellectual, kimono, laby
! rinth, mileage, nuisance, odorous, ON
] elet, passable, prestige, possessivt
plateau, pigeon, inseparable, miscel
aneous, maneuver, indict, pacify, ny
Epocrite, hue, flea, chauffeur, decleI
sion, college, conciliate, comedy, chol
era, discern, efficient, courteous, dc
felt, conscience, gambol, hearse, ar
! palling, aqueduct, buoyant, bulliol
cantaloupe, cancelled, calico, capacit!
acquittal, acquire, advantageous, az
I commodate, wholesome, thinnest, sple
I dor, spinach, sergeant, shampoo, rae
: lish, principle, principal, rheumatism
4 ridiculous, righteous, prophecy, preI
/ aration, recommend, precious, prejr
l dice, pneumonia, pleurisy, politician
I Ilasso, rnolasses, necessity, necessaril!
: luscious, massacre, linen, knuckl'
plaid, embarras, cocoa, cleanse, Gil
/ cult, descend, dungeon, dominOes, fun
d gate, seize, sieve, really soar, phlo'
|, lettuce, ore, name, bouquet, banana.
supplementary Lists
a Awkward, belief, collision, expens
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