SPELLING TEST RESULTS FROM SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY, NY, CA

SPELLING TEST RESULTS FROM SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN CAYUGA COUNTY, NY, CA. 1922

The test results appear in an undated newspaper clipping in a scrapbook. Approximate clipping date of 1922 based on birth date of Frederick Rafferty, age 9, of 25 May 1913 and Leo Schedlin, age 12, of 14 November 1912 (both from SSDI). Transcribed by Roger Post.

Results State Spelling Tests

By grades:

2^nd grade - 1^st, Mildred Reese, Genoa; 2^nd, James Hier, King Ferry; tied with Mary Bruton, Genoa.
3^rd grade - 1^st, Frederick Rafferty, King Ferry; 2^nd, Doreen Kimble, Number One; [3^rd?] Elwood Sage, Venice Center.
4^th grade - 1^st, Ralph Bowen, Scipioville; 2^nd, Dana Mosher, Owasco Lake tied with Stella Raymond, Venice Center.
5^th grade - 1^st, Lillis Cranson, Bolts Corners; 2^nd, George McCarthy, Eight Square; 3^rd, Helen Windnagle, Number One.
6^th grade - 1^st, Helena Rafferty, Holley District; 2^nd, Gordon Haskins, Goodyears; 3^rd, Viola Leeson, Scipioville.
7^th grade - 1^st, Elwood McAllaster, Genoa tied with Josephine Murray, King Ferry; 3^rd, a tie between Robert Campbell, King Ferry, Clarence Mack, Genoa and Leo Schedlin, Covey's Corners.
8^th grade - 1^st, a tie between Ruth Bowness, Scipio Center and Dorothy Shaw, Genoa; 3^rd, a tie between Kenneth Carpenter, Becker district and Charles Carter and Joseph Farley both of Scipio Center.

By ages:

5 years - Dorothy Brennan, Genoa.
6 years - 1^st, Marjorie Woellmer, Poplar Ridge; 2^nd, Jane Cummings, Five Corners.
7 years - 1^st, Elwood Sage, Venice Center; 2^nd, Leslie Hand, Genoa; 3^rd, Lyle Wagner, Scipio Center.
8 years - 1^st, Eleanor King, King district; 2^nd, Eleanor Brill, King Ferry; 3^rd, a tie between Anita Stoker, Owasco Lake and Raymond Coulson, Ensenore.
9 years - 1^st, Helen Windnagle, Number One; 2^nd, a tie between Frederick Rafferty and Everett Ellison both of King Ferry.
10 years - 1^st, a tie between Lillis Cranson, Bolts Corners and Helena Rafferty, Holley district; 3^rd, Marian Tilton, Wheelers Corners.
11 years - 1^st, Elwood McAllaster, Genoa; 2^nd Robert Campbell, King Ferry; 3^rd, Viola Leeson, Scipioville.
12 years - 1^st, Joseph Farley, Scipio Center; 2^nd, Leo Schedlin, Covey's Corners; 3^rd, Dorothy Bradley, King Ferry.
13 years - 1^st, Charles Carter, Scipio Center; 2^nd, Doris Slarrow, King Ferry; 3^rd, Josephine Murray, King Ferry.
14 years - 1^st, a tie between Ruth Bowness, Scipio Center and Dorothy Shaw, Genoa; 3^rd, Emily Bradley, King Ferry.

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