The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-04-29
SCHOOL NO. ONE
WINS CONTEST
Woodland Avenue c captures
Fourteen Out of Fifteen
Trophies Last Monday.
Merchants Give Prizes

In the oral and written spelling and
arithmetic contest, held last Monday
between he fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth grades of Schools Nos. l and
., the pupils of School No. l were the
winners in all the contests except the
third prize for oral spelling, which
went to School No. 2. There were
fifteen prizes, and each was given by
a local merchant. Many of them were
handsome and valuable, including a
silk umbrella, gold piece. cut glass
and candy.
The complete list of prizes, the win
ners and the donors, are as follows:
Grades 7th and 8th, Arithmetic
First prize, $3.50 gold piece, donated
by George H. Adams; won by Doris
Painter, School No. 1. Second prize.
bottle of cologne, donated by Mayor
Crawford; won by Alma Wright,
School No. l. Third prize, Wednese
day issue of The P~leasantville Press
to October LIST, donated by the pub
fishers; won by Edith Morang, School
No. l.
Grades 9Th and 9Th, Arithmetic
First prize, pair of gym shoes, donai-
ed by ~Pleasantville Bargain House,
won by Paul Lavigna, School No. ].
Second prize, box of candy, donated
by II. J. Dennis & Co.; won by Nellie
String, School No. l. Third prize,
box of candy, donated by Atlantic
County Sales Company; won by
Evelyn Olsen, School No. l.
Grades 7th and 8th, Written Spell
ing-First prize, pair of shoes, do
mated by J. S. Weaver; won by Mary
Cramer, School No. /. Second prize,
81, donated by Pleasantville Motor
Co., won by Harry Dilks, School No
/. Third prize, pocket knife, donated
by Mark Sanders; won by Lemuel
Hires, School No. l.
Grades 5th and 9Th, Written Spell
ing-First prize, silk umbrella, Dc
mated by VIM. J. Hosbach; o by
Madeline Martz, School No. !. Second
prize, cut glass dish, donated by ]. F.
Rapport; won by John Drowery,
School No. l.. Third prize, 81, donai-
ed by Morris & Melville; won by
Lewis Collins, School No. l.
Oral Spelling-First prize, electric
hot plate, donated by Mcconnell q
, Wilson Co.; won by Marguerite Simp-
! son, school No. /. Second prize, flash
, light, donated by II. W. Helfrich; won
! by hette Carly, School No l. Third
> prize, baseball, donated by w. a
Ennis: won by Albert Somers, School
/, No. 2.
In the spelling contest the word
used, were as follows, 9Th and 9th.
grades: Turtle, doubt, veins, wrong,
ruins, speech, possible, orphan, waiter,
crystal, succeed, welcome, whether,
captive, expense, annual, naughty, re
ceipt, cashier, distress, library, par
allel, struggle, poverty, courtesy, sep
arate. excellent, exactly, opinion
persuade, condemns. entirely, occu--
pant, dependent. digestion, f~alsehood,
dignifed, confident, disappear, para
graph, WEAKNESS, traveller, religious,
machinery, prairie, oyster, isthmus,
commerce, accident, banana, appetite,
system, flavor, material, glacier, bas-
gage, fountain, regulate, military, mis-
cradle, manufacture, delighted, freight.
produces, tropical, peculiar, believe,
sandwich, popular, describe, imitation,
pitcher, standard, thrift, freedom,
zone, healthy, people, wrinkle, alb
sence, satisfy. tomato, hospital,
through. piece, business, accommo-
date, elevator, quotient, peace, We'd
nesday, salmon, genuine, governor,
victory, dairy, familiar, necessary,
ninety, uldIy.
7th and 9Th Grades: Turtle, digni-
fed, automobile, pitcher, occupant, re
ceipt, really, unconscious, cashier, en-
tirely, persuade. athletic, sterile.
ignorance. patience, absence, planed,
anthracite, architect, peculiar, immi-
grafton, recognize. warrior, prophecy
c%ocoanut, occasion, nonsense, glacier,
schedule, upholstered, %trestle, ventila-
+, tor. passenger, scenery, safety, gnaf,
:. Jealous, alcove. aims, exact, envious.
1t luscious competent, elementary,
sword, boraX, thrust, bruise, fairies,
citizen. capable, humidity, incorrec1,
reference, grateful, muscular, anneXa-
ton. approve, cipher, wholly, occupa-
ton, trial. ceiling, signify, eminent,
vigorous, frugal, tourist, colonies, Cut
. lary. imaginary, target, scientific,
textiles, vague. column. decipher, ae-
knowledge, courteous, complexion, syl-
liable. mechanic, harmonious. neces=
sity, courageous. e~Xtravagant, print
tive. reluctant. capacity, ledge,
peaceablc, patriotic, pyramids, prob
ably, reservoir, surgeon, preferred, an
Client, editorial, appreciate.
In the arithmetic contest h time
allowed was twelve minutes, and the
examples used were as follows:
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