Sexton Rhew of Bragtown, a student at West Durham school, carried off first honors in Saturday’s county school spelling bee held during the morning in superior court room. Glenn school carried off second honors the girl entrant from that school winning in the spell-off after having tied with the representative from a third school on five words missed out of the 100 given them.
Young Rhew who daily rides to West Durham from Bragtown in one of the county’s trucks missed only two words out of the 100 assigned. This made him an easy winner over all the other contestants. Fifteen schools and 17 contestants were represented in the contest, East and West Durham each having two entrants. Marked interest was displayed in the contest by all participants, board of education officials and teachers from the various schools represented.
From page 10 of the Durham Herald, Sunday, Nov. 2, 1924
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