60 years ago, February 9, 1961
City Groups Will Sponsor County Bee
Directors of the chamber of commerce Tuesday voted to join Northern Junior college in the annual sponsorship of the Kay County spelling contest finals.
The contest was sponsored until two years ago by the Blackwell chamber of commerce. Last year, the spelling bee was conducted without sponsorship by Dr. W. A. Franklin, county school superintendent.
County finals in Tonkawa will draw 42 youngsters of third through eighth grades who have qualified by winning local contests stated in various parts of the county. As sponsoring organizations, Northern Junior college and the chamber of commerce will furnish personal to conduct district semi-final events, and the finals.
With district champions chosen from each grade, the finals will be staged At Northern where first, second and third pace medals will be given to champion of each grade, trophies will be presented to two divisional winners - third through fifth grade, and sixth through eighth – and the grand champion of the county will receive a plaque.
Winner of the county contest qualifies to go into state competition where the bee is sponsored by the Tulsa Tribune. The state winner qualifies to compete in the national spelling bee held in Washington.
Members of State Honor Society Are Named
A total of 17 senior high and 22 junior high students of Tonkawa schools were listed this week for membership in the State Honor society. The list includes the upper 16 percent of enrollment in each of the schools.
Grade point averages given students are computed by giving each grade numerical value as follows: A-4, B-3, C-2 and D-1. Subjects that are worth less than a full unit or which meet only part time are weighed according to credit offered or time spent in the subject according to Principal Joe Hubbell.
Senior high students listed, with grade averages, are Patty Scott 3.91, James Asbury 3.69, Mary Lou Mills 3.82, Lauralea Taylor 3.79, Robert Campbell 3.78, Patty Jueschke 3.77, Marilyn Cathey 3.75, James Gilbert 3.71, Jim Smithheisler 3.70, Judy Asbury 3.65, Jill Harris 3.63, Frank Cunningham 3.00, Ruth King 3.55, Bill Burr 3.50, Tom Sipe 3.50, Janet Gearheard 3.37, and Marilyn Heady 3.37.
Junior high students listed with averages are: John Fix, Carol Snow, Craig Humphries, Martha Musselman and Betty Porter, all with 4.0 average: Lynn Morgan 3.98, Carol Veal 3.93, Patty Reser 3.91, Shirley Hale 3.91, Alan Wetmore 3.88, Mary Lou Bowdlear 3.76, Julia McPherson 3.77,
