Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1901 — Beatrice Conway the Winner. [ARTICLE]

Beatrice Conway the Winner.

There was a very good attendance at the oratorical contest last Saturday and much interest was manifested. Hanging Grove, Barkley, Walker, Newton. Kankakee, Wheatfield, Carpenter, Milroy and Union townships were represented; also Remington and Wheatfield, The prizes were awarded as follows: Ist, Beatrice Conway, aged 11, of Union; 2d, Irene Lutz, of Hanging Grove; 3d, Nellie Nichols, of Barkley; 4th, Emma Lune, of Newton; sth, Verne Broadie, of Remington. This is the first contest of the kind ever held in Jasper county and the promoters feel enough flattered over the success of the first number to hope that it may become a permanent thing, and that the annual oratorical contests in Jasper will continue to grow int public favor and be one of the events looked forward to by both pupils and patrons of our schools.