The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-03-08
Spells Down So I'm Contest
to Pay Entertainment
Course Deficit
PRINCIPAL SMITH
ID DICTATED WORDS
Fair Sized Audience Marveled at Abil-
ity of Contestants =. First Prize a
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary =
Deficit Was Wiped Out.

Two spelling teams of 81 members each
We're pltted against each other in the Con
gregational church last evening under
the auspices of the Union entertain
ment course committee, which had small
deficit to clean up. A fair sized audience
was present and marveled at the ability of
the contestants, some of whom resisted all
attacks for two hours Mrs j f. Mellen
OF Mrs. c. G. Fittss team won the pre-
mier honors, spelling correctly the last
word given out, which was "sleazy" The
proceeds We're $50. "A, which wiped out the
deficit and left small balance to be divid-
led between the Baptist and Congregational
young peoples societies. During the
evening the local and state election returns
were announced by Rev D. f. Trout.
After the arrival of the spoilers in the
chapel the two captains, Mrs f. L. Smith
and Mrs c. c. Fits, chose sides, and as a
result the teams We're made up as follows
Mrs. F. l.. Smith, captain, Mrs James
NJ. Adams, Mrs Howard c. Rice, Dr. c.
IG. Wheeler, Mrs. Leon l. Leader, Miss
Mildred knowlton, Miss Beatrice Yearly,
Mrs. George O. Abbott, Mrs Frank w
Pier, Mrs. w NJ. Irish Miss Carrie Dun
ton, f A. Shaw, Miss Leila Thompson.
Fred H. Harris, Richard LeRay, Miss
Sylvia Crosby, Miss Dorothy Hubbard.
Francis Nichols, Mrs d. W Felch, Ernest
Gibson, Miss Esther Houghton, Miss Malva
Roberts, Miss Minnie Cooper Miss Eliza
beth Taylor, Robert knowlton, Harry
Plumb, Miss Leila Barber
Mrs. c. c. Fits, captain, George H.
Clapp, Miss Florence Hemenway-W Wells,
Mrs Charles H. Thompson. w. H. Ged-
dis, Leon /. Leader, Mrs J. f. Mellen,
Mrs Henry r. Brown, Mrs. Robert En-
cry, Miss Faith Tyler, Mrs H. l. Water
man, Mrs f w Nichols. Mrs w. H.
Lane, Miss Harriet Arnold, Miss Constance
Adams, Miss Gladys Holden, Miss Susan
Gratfam, Arthur L. Clapp, Miss Dorothy
lSchwenk, Miss Evelyn Fisher, Henry
Miss Edith Adams. Miss Charlena Thomas.
Miss Marion Timer, Miss Bessie Fa1num,
The two teams, each including - per
sons, marched into the church on either
side of the organ and took seats facing the
ipews. The Judges Miss 0rlana Ranney
and f. H. Crane, occupied seats on the
platform and were equipped with Web
sters and Standard dictionaries
! Principal +. b. Smith of the high school,
who dictated the words, announced a few
rules and for the first time around gave
words which indicated the purpose of the
i spelling match, errors in this round not to
be counted
Then the real contest began, Mrs c. c.
Fits having the first word. Mrs Howard
c. Rice was a little careless on the word
occurrence and was the first to go down
Six contestants left the ranks the first time
around. Mrs. Smith, captain, went down
on the second volley. Her word was so
lloquy" Mrs. Fits captain, remained
until toward the end, but finally was
caught on the word ''schismatic
! Nine of the spoilers held on tenaciously
/ Eight of them went down in this order
Mrs. c. II. Thompson, Miss Elizabeth
Taylor, Miss Sylvia Crosby Mrs. c. c.
! Fits. Miss Florence Hemenway-NVe
Miss Faith Tyler, Mrs Robert Emery
Mrs. Henry r. Brown. Mrs Brown
missed the word "seazy," and Mrs j. f.
Mellen spelled it correctly and was de
clared the winner
Mrs Melen was awarded a Webster's
collegiate dictionary, and several other
prizes We're given ont to those who stood
longest.