Durham county will again be represented in the state-wide spelling match which is held each year at the annual convention of the North Carolina Teachers’ association, Friday at the north central district meeting of the association, held in Raleigh, two Durham county students won signal honors in the district match held. They, together with two other students from other counties, will represent the district in the state contest to be held in Winston-Salem in March of next year. Charles Livengood of the Durham high school won first place in the contest with Miss Isabelle Knight of the Fayetteville road school winning second place.
Thirty children representing 18 counties participated in the spelling contest. The contest was a written one with 100 words being given. Young Livengood made a perfect score, not misspelling a single word. Miss Knight spelled 99 of the 100 words correctly, while Miss Eugenia Perry of Louisburg won third place with a score of 98 and William Taylor of Warrenton won fourth place by spelling all but three words correctly. The contest was an excellent one, and the contestants showed themselves to be good spellers.
Miss Bettie Lee Rigsbee of the Lakewood school was the other representative of the county school who took part in the district contest.
The state is divided into six districts and spelling contests are to be held in each of them with the winners meeting in Winston-Salem for the state contest. Should either of the Durham representatives win the contest, it will give this county two state spelling champions. Last year Miss Doris Smith of the White Crossroads school won the state championship in the contest in which a large number of student were entered.
From page 3 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Nov. 3, 1923
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