The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-05-02
SPELLING CONTEST
MISS ARTIE LockARD WINS THE
COUNTY HoNoRs.

Miss Artie Lockard will represent
Mahaska county at the Iowa State
Spelling contest at the State Fair in
Des Moines this fall Miss Thelma
Anderson will accompany her as sec
ond and alternate. These girls were
winners of the county spelling con-
test held at the High school in 0ska-
loosa Saturday afternoon Thirteen
Of the townships OF the county were
represented by local winners and con
siderable interest surrounded the
county match. All but one Of the
township winners were girls. Har-
rold Thompson, of Rochester school,
Scott township, being the only boy.
The contest was spirited and a lit
tic under two thousand words were
used to bring a decision. The two
winners were opposed to each other
over half hour before decision
was reached. while Miss Helen Col
try of the Cedar Consolidated school
missed place by what was almost a
iuke, little piece of carelessness.
She stayed along with the winners
several hours The contest started
at one O'Clock and lasted until four
| Mrs. Mae Goldizen of Knoxville,
county superintendent Of Marion
county, pronounced the words for the
contestants and the judges were
teachers from the Oskaloosa schools.
Miss Ida Welch, Miss Mary Pendray
and Mrs. Myrtle Morton
Considerable interest attached and
many parents and friends of the
township winners attended to witness
the county contest
In addition to the prizes Of thrift
stamps given to the winners the first
place commands credentials to enter
the state contest with all expenses
paid.
Miss Artie Lockard is a daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs s. A. Lockard, of
Pleasant Grove township She is a
pupil of Mormon Point School No. 2,
Harold Stout, teacher.
Miss Thelma Anderson, alternate,
is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Anderson of Spring Creek township
and sister of Harry Anderson who
| is recently mourned among the lost
in France She is an attendant at
Buckeye school with Miss Bertha
| Wallace, teacher.
Additional features of the afternoon
were provided in the way of an inter
mission, to give recess for those
who had been working continuously
During this time Miss Esther How
erton made a hit with couple of pa
| triotic songs, do Your Little Bitty
Bit" and What Are You Going To DO
To Help the Boys?p
Miss Eugenia Reed accompanied
/ by Miss Mary Reed on the piano, sang
Somewhere in France is Daddy"
An instrumental trio was given by
Miss Mary Sue Campbell and Freder-
lex Broerman, violins, and Miss Fern
Broerman, piano.
Miss Jessie Duboc, county superin-
tendent, has directed the Mahaska
county contest from the time it OPP
ened in the individual schools to pick
representatives for the township con
test to the big county meeting held
Saturday. The contest has been
most thorough and the interest has
taken a new turn under her direction.
She has attended in person. at many
of the contests and more than usual
interest has also been shown by the
| parents. 1t means something to
Pleasant Grove this year and to
Spring Creek township to be the
county prize winners and this years
contest will stand for a long time as
a pattern for other seasons, for it
will require big effort to surpass the
work or the accomplishment of this
seasons record
| The contestants were:
Black Oak-Bessie Onstine, Leigh
ton.
Garfield-Clara Linn, Evans
Harrison Helen Goltry, Cedar Con.
solidate.
jefferson Convey. No. 2 op-
position.
Lincoln Madison Harriet Klein. OF
Madison Center.
Monroe Gertrude Brown. Monroe
Center.
Pleasant Grove -Artie Lockard, Nor.
mon Point.
Richland Phoebe sheesley. No
Sheesley.
Scott Harold Thompson. Roches-
ter.
Spring Greek Thelma Anderson,
Buckeye.
Union Margaret Hughes No. S
Star
West Des Moines Jeanette Bou-
ma, Lakonta.
White oak-Rubie McBurney. Mis-,
sion Ridge.
by Earl Caddock who toyed with the
Kentuckian and then downed him in
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