New Britain herald., 1926-05-25
ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL GIRL IS
 NEW BRITAIN'S BEST SPELLER
Elizabeth Glastetter Wins Herald Contest and Trip 10 Washington for Ma tional Bee.

Elizabeth Glas'etter of St. Jo- soph's parochial school won the Her ald spelling contest, defeating IS others in spelling battle which lasted for almost an hour at tho luncheon. of the Lions' club al noon today. There were 19 contestants, all primed for the big event. Im- mediately after the luncheon Presi- dent Harry q. Hancock had the ctil- drnn line up in the rear Of the speak CTS table and Principal L. P Slade of the senior high school pronounced the words.
 Re. . 1f tha absence from the "ts| or Judge B. r, Cafsnev Fsr. William. r. .s'uerson substituted ea 2 judge. acting in that ca apacity with E. II. Holmes and P. F. King. The words were taken from Bucking- hams extension of the Ayers spell ing scale. Mir SIade began with the words in which fifth grade pupils are expected to be 50 per cent perfect and stopped with words in which fifth grade pupils are expected to be 21 per cent perfect and eighth grade pupils are expected to be 65 per cent perfect.
 The contestants went down one at ! time. Only twice did two spoilers in succession miss the same word. If proved throughout the entire con est that the girls are the best spell ITS In New Britain.
 At one time Henry Peck of the Valentine Chamberlain school was he only hoy standing while there still were six girls.
 The first spellar who went down vas Frank Sacharko Of the Bartlett 'chool. Frank got his words mixed md spelled "quire.' when he should lave spelled "choir" Singularly .nough, Robert Barrows Of the Gen. , ral Junior High school vent down after on the same word. sdith Kroner Of the Northend school 1 missed on genuine" and Alba Ot- ] avi of the Smal!ey school failed on i hymn" Afford Bengston missed on i medicine Afford represented the ! amp school. Helen Beigai Of the ! ,acred Heart school missed out on slipped" The next two failed on stomach" Oscar Staegc of St. fatthews' and Edward Baranowski f the Putnam school. Walter Zol- nia Of the Washington school went own shortly afterwards and Mary .yjawski's elimination occurred 'hen she tackled wrestling Mary : as from the Nathan Hale school. l1ona Sylvester failed on elegant" nd Richard l.. Weed slipped on iciClc." Henry Peck, of the Cham "rlain school whose broad smile roved ntagious, suddenly found imself the only boy against six iris. Henry's place in the spot Eht soon vanished however when ter struggling through "dis-in- uished" correctly went down be- ire "career.' The survivors at this point were rowing visibly nervous and the ut ost consideration vas shown them icy would get q fair deal, "Hominy" ley would get q fail doa. "Homiuy" : as given and missed by two spell , g. On the suggestion of the judges e word was withdrawn as not be- g entirely fair Applause follow i this decision and another word as substituted.
 Claire RenshaT Of the Monroe hool failed on emergency" and llian Erickson of the Rockwell hool lost out on fatigue" Con ctionery" was the undoing of Bar lra Lasher. and contagious" lost dith Kroner of the Northend school ! 1T place. The correct spelling of is word by Elizabeth Glastntter Of e St. Ioseph's school won her the s " champIonship. Elizabeth was congratulated by Harry c. Hancock, Mir. | ade and the judges. Mir. Hancock
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