The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-04
PAGE EIGHT
Spelling Contests

In cooperation with the County
Superintendent, H. C. Dixon, to Stimu-
late interest in the work of the
schools, contests have been held in
oral spelling. All pupils of grades 3,
6, 7 and s met in the High School
Auditorium Friday, February 25.
Grades 7 and s held their contest in
the morning.
Grades 5 and 6 met in the afternoon
at lis o'clock.
The different classes have met in
friendly rivalry in their W class
rooms for several weeks. 1t was like
an old-fashioned Spelling bee" when
the Examinations had thinned the ranks
TO the best five spoilers from each sec
ton. The list from each section fol-
lows:
Grade 8A-Alice Ash, Louise Bon
ner, Mildred Compton, Claude Peters,
Edith Snyder.
Grade, SB-Anna Black, Dorothy
Dean, Grace Fahy, Lillian Gardner,
Raymond o. Brien.
Grade 7A-Paul Brooks, Hazel
Dickel, Byron Dorlon, Ralph Greer,
Raymond Hutchinson.
Grade 7B-Angelina C~olantuono,
Wilbur Diver, Milton Kille, John
Kelly, Jacob Kravitz.
Grade 6A-Eli Abromowitz, Paul
Carleton, Marion Fulk, Earl Concern
ger, Robert Kelly, Beatrice WEIGH,
Mary Wright. This section, GA, had
seven pupils who were not eliminated
at the finish of the 9th and 9th grade
trials.
Grade 6B-Lydell Berry, Iona
Diver -Julia Ems. Carlton Fisher,
Frank Kelly.
Grade 5A-Elizabeth Epps, Solomon
Fox, Ethel Freyberger, Violet Leon
ard, Sallie Magee.
Grade 5B-Lillian Livingstone, Ed
win Brown, Earl Raine, Eta Shore,
Marion Turner.
Final contests will be held later to
pick the champions from the above
groups.
Written Spelling
A list of nearly 1000 words, furnish
ed by County Superintendent Dixon,
have been used in the contests OF the
schools of Salem County.
From this list fifty troublesome
words often misspelled by high school
students and others, were selected.
Most of them occur in the list of Zone
Hundred Spelling Demons which is
found in Hicks "New Champion
Spoilers"
The following pupils made a rank
of over $50:
High School, Grade 12-Sarah Brit
ton, Margaret Rowe, Edith Sparks,
Andrew Hendrickson, 1000; Grin
Viele, Hattie Muir, $3.50; Harris D.
Poland, Clara Jones, $3.50.
Grade llama Norton, Victorine
Stirling, 1000; Arthur Fenton, War
rem EIegill, Lillian Erdner, Muriel
Candy, Myrtle Mitchell, Jennie Hen
erickson, $3.50; James Blasi0li, Eliza
beth johnson, Elinor Brewington,
Dorothy Fisk, Florence Lang, Carman
Carey, MarieA Bayley, $3.50.
Grade 10-Jean Haley, 1000 Freed
Dolbow, Annie dell Olivastro, Catha-
rine Gaventa, Esther Smith, Arthur
Sparks, Virginia Jacobsen, Lena Hut
Crimson, $3.50; Emma Norton, Mayhem
Raine, Anna Matthews, VIM. Hen
erickson, Cleo Viele, Marion Stirling,
Warron Bowler, $3.50.
Grade 9-Joseph Craven, Kingsley
Dorlon, Rose Fenton, Elmira Fuller
ton, 1000; Sallie Bailey, Paul Wood,
Norman Nose, Louise Calleson, Max
ime Fox, Grace Greer, Chas. McLaugh-
lin, $50; Mildred Birch, Alice Geisel,
Ivy Casbay, Alice Brooke, Martenia
Bayne, Percival Simmons, 96T.
Grammar Grades
Grade 8A-Louise Bonner, Audrey
Kelly, Emily Freyberger, Tillie Mur,
1000; Claude Peters, Alice Ash,
Ethel Burton, $50; Rig Banco, Ruth
WEIGH, Frank Fredericks, Alice Dol
bow, Lillian Zebooker, 900.
Grade 8B-Florence Triple, $3.50;
Dorothy Dean, Lillian Gardner, $3.50.
Grade 7A-Ruth Homan, Raymond
Hutchinson, Ralph Greer, Minnie Ze-
booker, $50; Mary Fredericks, $3.50.
Grade 7B-John Kelly, Angelina
Colantuono, 1000.
Grade 6A-Jean Black, Earl Conner
niger, 96%.
Grade 6B-Marie Henry received
the highest mark in this section, 92%o.
Grade 5A-Lois Potts received the
highest mark in this section, 500.
Grade 5B-Etta Shore received the
highest mark in this section, 94R.
Sixteen pupils were present every
day of the month of February in Grade
IL, A class.
Louise Brandriff, Alberta Mills,
Margaret Mills, Anna Roberts, Sylvia
Rosenbloth, Jessie Browning, Jean
nette Dolbow, Alice Vandever, Mar
garet Smith, Elsie Farrell, Everett
English, Alvin Savers, Albert Bodine,
Robert Snyder, Joseph Sine, Wayland
Farrell.
Pupils present all the month of jan
uary in Grade II, D class:
George Fisher, Gladys Jaquette,
Rose Tarani.
Pupils present all of February:
George johnson, John Pelura, Olga
Baccglionne, Lena Baittinger, Gladys
Jaquette.
The pupils of Miss Ayars' room,
Grade ga, were glad to receive several
visitors last week.
Nearly all of the pupils received a
good average in an efficiency test in
spelling.