Buena Vista County Schools
1935 County Spelling Bee
The County Spelling Bee, held April 3, 1935, produced four participants who qualified to go to Des Moines for the state contests. The winners and first runners up of both the written and oral division represented Buena Vista County at the state level. The first and second place spellers in the written contest were Verna Miller of Brooke and Virginia Larson of Linn Grove. Irene Johnson of Alta and Merle Radke of St. John's in Maple Valley Twp. were the top finishers in the oral division. The following students participated--all were the champion spellers at their respective schools:
Linn Grove: Virginia Larson, Marjorie Rehnstrom and Elsie Fish
Lincoln-Lee: Donald Gibbons and Wallace Braynard
Newell: Ella Iversen, Helen Jensen and Ruth Kladstrup
Alta: Kent Jimmerson, Irene Johnson and Elsa Lindquist
Fairview: Joyce Hansen and Arlene Rydstrom
Brooke: Verna Miller and Mary Lou Anderson
Providence: Ardeth Willadsen and Marian Anderson
Albert City: Norma Sheppard, LaVonne Westholm and Vincent Benna
Rembrandt: Opal Conrad, Bernice Grodahl and Bernard Grodahl
Truesdale: Erma Nasland and Dwaine Wise
Hayes: Dorothy Christensen and Verna Mae Pryor
Sioux Rapids: Phyllis Crane, Jean Anderson and Pauline Faust
Marathon: Everett Anderson, Irene Johnson and Pauline Johnson
Storm Lake Junior High: Everett Nitzke and Ardith Post
Storm Lake South: Patricia Hirleman
Storm Lake West: Robert Lemke
Storm Lake North: Bud Sorenson
Highview: Lila Mae Anderson and Eugene Grodahl
Lincoln #4: Marie Ehmen
Lincoln #7: Russell Nehring
Coon #1: Marvin Miller
Coon #5: Lillian Kjolhede
Coon #4: Walter Wilkins
Coon #8: Mary Maddox
Elk #3: Roger Matzdorff
Elk #4: Theone Stanley
Grant #2: Marvin Spitzer
Grant #4: Rosa Blaire Bateman
Grant #7: Lorna Meinking
Grant #8: Hubert Wiley
Grant #9: Betty Richardson
Maple Valley #7: Opal Bruns
St. John's Lutheran, Maple Valley: Merle Radke
Pickerel Lake: Donald Robbins
Scott Center: Clement Kevane
Pleasant View: Betty Johnson
Prairie Creek: Ellen Mackey
Washington #5: Carl Heschke
Washington #6: Bernard Christenson
Washington #7: Neva Benberg
Washington #8: Alice Swanson
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