"Chicken for Thanksgiving: Kindergarten students at Harrison School in Normandy discovered recently that inflation affects the, too. Their annual Thanksgiving celebration this year featured chicken legs instead of turkey dinner. Tamiko Simpson, 5, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Simpson, munches her chicken as she wears an Indian headdress she made." Harrison School was located at 8129 Albin Ave., Normandy, MO.
"Winners of the morning session are (standing from left): Angie McClenahan, 12, Smithton, III., Elementary School; Rachel Moorman, 13, St. John School, Belleville; Parrish Derickson, 13, St. Anthony of Padua School, St. Louis; and Cindy Kriete, 12, St. John's Lutheran School, Arnold. Seated in front of the winners are (from left): Dr. John Burnett, chairman of the child education department at UMSL, Spelling Bee pronouncer, and Roy C. Dripps Jr., English teacher at the Academy of Math and Science, bee judge."
"Four more Semi-Finalists at the Globe-Democrats Annual Spelling Bee, held at University of Missouri St. Louis. They are: Jill Raftery, 12, Twillman School, Hazelwood; Denielle Kelly, 13, St. Pius X, Glasgow Village; Joe Tutka, 12, St. John Neumann, Collinsville, Ill.; and Robin Moulin, 13, Kirby Jr. High, Hazelwood, Missouri."
"Four of the first eight spelling bee winners, at the afternoon session [of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee] were: Linda Wucher, 14, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque; Katie Coff, 13, Dupo Jr. High; Denise Huster, 12, St. Peter School; and Tamra Thomas, 13, Normandy Jr. High." Each winner has a name tag hanging around their necks that indicate their name and school.
Winners from the afternoon Spelling Bee session at the University of Missouri-St. Louis are, from left: Jojiro Takano, 14, Parkway North Junior High School; Amy Bueltmann, 13, St. Joseph School, Cottleville, Mo.; Laura Wasko, 10, St. Stephen School, Caseyville, Ill.; and Jennifer Accardo, 12, Mary Queen of the Universe School, Lemay.
The four winners of the afternoon competition of the 1981 Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee are, from left, Timothy Tracy, 13, Our Lady of Fatima School; Charlene Hermann, 12, St. Paul School, O'Fallon, Mo.; Larry State, 14, St. Kevin School; and Jonathan Merritt, 14, Holy Cross Lutheran School.
Winners, from left, are Angie McClenahan, 12, Smithton, III., Elementary School; Rachel Moorman, 13, St. John School, Belleville; Parrish Derickson, 13, St. Anthony of Padua School, St. Louis; and Cindy Kriete, 12, St. John's Lutheran School, Arnold. Seated in front of the four are Spelling Bee Pronouncer and Chairman of the Child Education Department at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Dr. John Burnett as well as the bee judge and Engish teacher at the Academy of Math and science, Roy C. Dripps.
"Four semi-finalist l-r: Kelly Walker, 11 yrs. old of Central, Peggy Dickmann, 12 yr. old of Chaney, Billy Weeks 11 yr. old of Sherwood and Greg Uptain 12 yr. old of Grannemann school. Back l-r: Cat Brown of Globe, Judge of Bee Roy C. Dripps English teacher at Academy of Math & Sciences, Richard W. Burnett, the pronouncer of bee, is director of UMSL Reading Clinic and Richard Buchanan, senior marketing manager of McGraw-Hill Book co."
"Peggy Dickmann, 12, is congratulated by Catherine Brown, public relation assistant, St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Peggy is from Chaney School, Richmond Heights, Missouri. She will advance to the national Spelling Bee, Washington D.C."
"Spelling Bee Officials...pronouncer Dr. Richard Burnett of UMSL [University of Missouri-St. Louis]; and Judge Ray C. Dripps; during the annual Globe Democrat Spelling Bee in the J. C. Penny Auditorium on the UMSL campus."
"In [this] photo are the afternoon winners, from left: Christine Malon, 13 Corpus Christi School; Matt Gutting, 13, St. Ann School; Mary Beth Kramer, 13, Our Lady of Providence; and Mike Montgomery, 14, St. Anthony of Padua. The champion of The Globe-Democrat competition will win an expense-paid trip to Washington for the national finals in June. In addition, the winner receives a Zenith stereo system with Allegro speakers and Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. The judge for Saturday's sessions was Roy Dripps, assistant principal at Northwest High. Dr. Richard Burnett, professor of education at UMSL, was the pronouncer. Both will preside again at the finals."
"These St. Louis area youngsters survived an elimination round Saturday to advance to the finals in the 29th annual Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee. The letter-perfect youngsters will join other area spellers and 14 from outstate Missouri and Illinois in the finals to be held at 10a.m. May 2 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In Saturday's elimination sessions at UMSL, 68 area school champions competed in the morning and 76 in the afternoon. In the photo are four winners in the morning session, from left, Jim Klages, 14, Assumption Parish School; Kara Trowsion, St. Stephens School, Collinsville; Christopher Lundberg, 13, House Springs Middle School; and Terri Willett, 14, Sacred Heart School, Eureka."
"Semifinalists in the 32nd Annual Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee are (l-r) Amy Korytowski of St. Joachim and Ann School, Cindy Kriete of St. Johns Lutheran School, Kristin Carter of St. Clare of Assisi School and Mary Stumpf of Central School. In the center of the back row is Richard Buchanan of Webster/McGraw Hill. In foreground is Spelling Bee judge Roy Dripps, an English teacher at the Academy of Math and Sciences and Spelling Bee pronouncer Richard Burnett, director of the UMSL Reading Clinic."
The Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee Finals took place at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and the four winners are photographed here with pronouncer Dr. Richard W. Burnett and judge Roy C. Dripps. The winners are, from left, Kim Windish, 14, Incarnate Word Elementary School; Linda Hsu, 12, Jefferson Junior High, St. Charles; Terri Daniels, 12, Pontiac Junior High, Fairview Heights; and Tamara Millay, 14, Valmeyer (III.) Junior High.
