Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — BENTON COUNTY FIRST IN CONTEST. [ARTICLE]

BENTON COUNTY FIRST IN CONTEST.

The District Spelling Contest held here Saturday afternoon, did Dot draw the local crowd that was expected. Only seven counties with twenty-one contestants were represented. Neither Warren nor Jasper was in the contest. The winners were Blanche Forsythe of Benton county, and Mildred Dillingham and Lillian Rapp of Porter county. The words missed are given herewith in the order in which they came: Untie. Woman. Fragrant. Jaunty. Vanilla. Lows. Willingly. Shriek. Parsley. Recommend. Facilitate. 5 ' Tedious. Incense. " Blotches. i Peered. Purify. Accommodate. Pennants. ' Of these, Nora Burkett of Burnettsville, this county, ■ missed “lows,” Salina Graves missed “incense,” and Majorie Washburn, “purify.” These were the other two contestants from this county. As will- be Seen, there were but five left on the floor when Majorie went down. Facilitate was the only word missed in the written test, and of the boys only one entered the written test, and he was the first to go down after going back on the floor. The test did not last as long as was expected. Prof. Roberts, of Purdue, and Supt. Henderson, of Delphi, did the pronouncing.—Monticllo Journal.