Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-05-24
Barton Girl Wins County Spelling
HOnOrs

Barton Girl Wins County Spelling
Honors.
Miss Adah Turner of the town of
Troy was the winner of the prizey
which were awarded Saturday MORN
ing by the Newport Chamber of Com
merce to the best speller in the
schools of Orleans county. Miss
Turner was presented with the $5
prize and with the silver cup which
she carried to her school to be kept
as it's property until the time when
lts title will be again contested next
year.
She is member of the 9Th grade
IN Troy Grammar School and is six
teen years of age. In the oral con-
test she was tied by Miss Marion
Tower OF Barton, a student of the
sixth grade. who is only eleven years
of age. AS both girls spelled cor
rectly the forty one words assigned
them and remained standing after all
of the other spoilers had withdrawn,
the final decision was made from the
results of their papers in the written
contest. according to the rules, in
which the ability of the entire conf
pany Of boys and girls, had been
In this Miss Tower received a mark
of SO having mispelled only one word
while Miss Turner had spelled the
entire number correctly. Miss Adah
Turner and Miss Marion Tower were
acclaimed the two star spoilers in the
county, who will take part in the
state contest which will take place in
st. Johnsbury next fall. AS alter
mates in case either or both were ur-
able to attend, Oscar Hudson of
charleston, winner of third place. and
Louise Adams of Orleans, who held
fourth place, will substitute. Miss
Dorothy Ford. winner of first place
In the city contest was presented
with similar prize of $5 by the
Chamber of Commerce
With two exceptions. Brownington.
and Glover. the schools of eyery
town in Orleans county were repre-
sented thirty-six students in all taking
part. Of these, seven only, were boys.
the. girls being decidedly in the ma
jOrity.
The town winners were as follows:
Inez Butler and Elizabeth Long of
Albany. Beryl Marshall and Raymond
Paquette of Barton Town. Os-
car Hudson and Myrtle Duval of
Charleston, Ruth Knox and Dorothy
Benware of Coventry Inez Green and
Irma Dunn of Craftsbury. Katherine
Narcotic and Charles Carpenter of
Derby, Donald Lumsdem and Evelyn
Laird of Greensboro, Lillian Tay-
!or. and Bruce Lafoe of Holland,
Irasburg, Juliette Lachance and AL
bert Bonlay of Jay. Marion Brahana
and Alice Warner of Lowell, Elbridge
Peavey of Morgan. Dorothy Ford and
Lola Pilbro of Newport City. Mildred
Norway and Alice Lunna of Newport
town, Adah Turner of Troy, Silvia
Shelton and Beatrice Benoit of West
field, Juliette Viens and Doris Wood
lrd of Westmore, Marion Tower and
Halle Wakeman of Barton Inc, Lii
liam Wheeler and Louise Adams of
Orleans Inc, Mildred Phillips and
Everett Aver of North Troy Inc.
They were. accompanied by teachers.
families and friends.
The match was held in the Armory
at 8 O'Clock, Col G. S. En-
Abel 22.od as judges, Miss Ruth Cor
cy as secretary, John D. Whittier.
ate superintendent of elementary
schools gave out the words. Supt.
3. A. Hamilton, assisted by the Wis
ing superintendents conducted the
flair.
Mr.. Whittier started by pronounc-
ng one word apiece to each spelier
is a warning up" Then he pro-
oeded, assigning one word to each
n order. those who missed dropping
'ut. He began with sixth grade
words proceeding through lists Of
words adapted to seventh and eighth
,rade pupils, and finally difficult sup
Elementary lists, the words growing
harder. In the first five
ines around, only three words had
een incorrectly spelled. AT this
nd a written test of fifty words Civ
n, then the oral test continued.
7wenty-eight out of the total of thir-
y-eight passed a hundred per cent on
heir papers, a much higher average
han ever before. Eight hundred and
words were given out
efore the thirty-six could be found
n which the losers missed 1t is in
eresting to note just what these
7ords were: probably, capitol. route,
permissible, committee.
emigrant. intelligent, en-
hasize. embarass, initiation, all
light, semester. enc osing, renewal,
repair, meter. anticipate, soliciting,
PHOSPHORUS, anniversary,
r2a., - I fore. convalescent,
+ re. oC-r, colander. crystalline,
anatoridm. grange, chiffonier'
data, insolvent.
A picture OF ne entire group was
-..le- E. y. - Bishop, and each spell
- ~ Sc ed with certificate
f ef1iciency. Col. C. S. Emery ad-
ressed them in appreciation of their
xcellent work and made the awards
Or the Chamber of Commerce.