The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-05
CARBON (IND.)
GIRL States
BEST SPELLER
Championship Is Won by
Miss Marcia TibbetS at
Bee Here.
GETS TRIP TO CAPITAL
EIgin Sager, Vincennes, Is
Second in Contest; City
Boy Is Third.

DOy is IIllFus
Miss Marcia Tibbets, Carbon, Ind,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Tib-
bets, will represent Indiana in the
national spelling bee at Washington,
D. c., May %, as champion speller
of the State.
She won the title Friday night
over twenty-nine other county,
champions in The Indianapolis
Times spelling bee in Caleb Mills
Hall of Shortridge High School.
The Clay County bee, in which
Miss Tibbets won her way to the
finals, was conducted by George H.
James, editor of the Brazil Daily
Times, and j. Riley Mccullough,
Clay County superintendent of
schools.
Elgin Sager, Vincennes, Ind, was
runner-up in the State spelling bee.
He was selected Knox County
champion by G. w. Adams of the
Vincennes Commercial, and George
Graham, Knox County Superintend-
ent of schools.
Twenty-Five Go Through SpelIer
Max Glaze, 323 Minkner ST., was
third. He was winner in the Indian
apoliS Zone contest conducted by
The Indianapolis Times and Miss
Flora E. Drake, assistant superin-
tendant of city schools.
When the last three remained,
Max Glaze went out on the word,
illegitimate. Then both Marcia and
Elgin nisspelled illiterate. The next
word was indispensable and was
spelled wrong by Elgin. Marcia
quickly spelled the word correctly
and was declared winner.
Judges were: L. A. Pittenger,
president Of the Ball Teachers Col
1ege of Muncie; DR.. l.. H. Hines,
president of the Indiana State Nor
NAL School of Terre Haute, and
Dean Emma Colbert of the Teach
ers' College of indianapolis.
Miss Tibbetts will leave for Wash
ington about May 20 with her
chaperon. All her expenses will
be paid by The Indianapolis Times.
The party will arrive some time
Monday and will attend the ban
quet Monday night at the Hamil-
ton Hotel, given by the Louisville
Courier journal for all contestants.
Chance for $1,000 Prize
The bee will be held Tuesday
night in the Natural History build
ing of the National Museum. Con"
testants will be taken on sight
seeing tours for the next three days
and during this time will be pre-
sented to President Coolidge.
Prizes are $4,000 in gold with the
lowest prize $25 and the highest
$1,000.
Contestants standing after the
first three with their county and
sponsor and the word they mis-
spelled are:
Harvey Jacobs, Johnson County,
Franklin Evening Star, hereto.
Alma Duggan, lib Woodlawn
Ave, Indianapolis Times, heredity.
William Thompson, 1886 N.
Temple Ave, indianapolis Times,
dormitory.
Woodrow Gentry, Owen County,
Albert Free, county superintendent,
dismissal.
Charles Feibleman, 1862 Ruckle,
Indianapolis Times, discursive.
Delirium Proves Difficult
Sheriff. Morton, Grant County,
Marion Chronicle, diminish.
Floyd Washburn, 1927 Blaine Ave-,
Indianapolis Times, diagnose.
Rosa Pence, 1412 Prospect ST., In
dianapolis Times, deputism.
Mary Elizabeth Reid, Bartholo-
NEW County, Columbus Evening Re
publican, dependent.
Antonio Cesnik, Brown County,
Grover G. Brown, delirium.
George Cash, Boone County, In
dianapolis Times, copyright.
Donald Robertson, Marion County,
R. R. 2, Indianapolis Times, consul
mate.
Valma Wolf, Noble County, Noble
County Democrat, consistency.
Helen Cass, Marion County, 519h
w. Court ST., Indianapolis Times
conjunctive.
Alice McEIWeee, Miami County,
Peru Tribune, conglomerate.
Elsie Richason, Ohio County, Ohio
County News, commitant.
Mary Ethel O'Callaghan, Marion
County, 3O5 N. Arsenal Ave, In
dianapolis Times, commiserate.
Helen Gusler, Marion County, 617
w. Twenty Eighth ST., Indianapolis
Times, colleague.
Robert McTurnan, Marion County
624 E. Twelfth ST., Indianapolis
Times, collate.
Oleda Steinke, Jasper County
Teachers Association, and w. l.
Sterrett, county superintendent, cur
rant
Mary Mitchell, Marion County
r. r. 5, Indianapolis Times, ap-
palling.
Gwendolyne Stephens, Vigo County
Terre Haute Post, vengeance.
Louise McGunegill, Randolph
County, Winchester Herald, with
draw.
Dorothy Burton, Sullivan County
Peoples State Bank, colander.
Minnie Andrews, Marion County
1149 Madeira st., indianapolis
Times, confident.
Francis Nipp, Marion County, "
S. Arlington Ave., Indianapoli;
Times, grocery.