The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-05-13
GRANGER Wins IN
SPELLING CONTEST
100 PARTICIPATE q
IN ANNUAL EVENT
Remarkable Ability Shown Contest
ants Were so Evenly Matched That
Elimination Was Made With
Difficulty.

ty schools gathered at the Gartield
building in Medina Saturday morning,
May 7, for the annual spelling con-
test. Contestants were present from
every district in the county with the
exception Of Wadsworth and Wey-
mouth schools.
For the purposes offe1imination the
pupils were arranged In four groups:
high school, grades 7 and 8, grades
5 and 6, grades 3 and 4. The con-
test was divided into two parts, oral
and written. The written portion was
given in the morning, the oral in the
afternoon So nearly matched were
the contestants in some of the groups
that elimination was almost impossi-
Bile. In one or two groups the pre-
pared lists of test words were almost
consumed before winners could be
selected, Several pupils went thru
the whole contest without missing a
single word and dozens obtained 100
per cent scores in the oral portion oil
the spell.
Credit was given schools by points ;
for instance, the school sending the
best high school team for wfitten
spelling obtained three points, the
second best two points, and the. third
best one point. The relative stand
ing OF schools at the close of the con-
test was as follows:
Granger first with IL l-3 points;
Lodi second with 70; Leroy third with
IS; Litchfield 4; Brunswick 8; Liver
pool 5; Homer s.; York 8; Spencer
q l-3, Lafayette q; Seville ! 1-3. \
Leroy won the high school contest
Brunswick and Lodi were strong com
petitors.
Granger won the seventh j. and
eighth contest. But Litchheld and
Homer gave them a long, hard fight
Lodi won in fifth and sixth grade
group. Granger took second. VI
Granger also obtained first place
in the third and fourth group, witt
York and Liverpool close competitors
Not only was credit given to ths
schools winning in each group, bu
individual honors were also awarded
The following are the pupils winning
ribbons as result of Saturdays con
itest:
High school: David Dowd, Lcrov
first; Lulu Siders, Litch6eld, second
Carl Butdorf, Lodi, third.
Grades and g.: Beatrice Huntley
Granger, first; Ida Cloyd, Granger
secopd; Elizabeth White, Litchfeld
third.
Grades 5 and 6: Leona Schrider, Lo
di, first; Howard Chapman, Granger
Second; Dorothy Rice, Lodi. third.
! Grades 3 and a: In this group elm
ination was impossible and pupils ar,
tied for honorary places, as follows
Kenneth Miller, Lafayette; Mildred
Starkey, Granger; Florence Ka,
Spencer, tied for first. Opal Yost
York, Sophie Palmer, York; HATTIE
Wilson, Hinckley, third, tied for sec
ond
!, An appropriately worded wall plagu
will be awarded Granger schools fo
winning the county championship.
Zelda Kuder, Allen Kuder, Howar,
Chapman, Frank Davis, Ida Cloyd
Beatrice Huntley, Doddaleen Lehpar
and Mildred Starkey Represented
Granger at the contest.
County Superintendent Ulery PRO
nounced the contest success as h
finished checking over the results a
turned in by various superintendent
! and teachers who assisted in conduct
ing the spell 1T is gratifying t
learn that spelling is not a lost ar
\ in Medina county schools, ".says Sup
Ulery. He further stated that he be
lieved in contests of this sort as a
incentive to better work by both -teac
ers and pupils,