10th Scripps National Spelling Bee

Spelling bee held in the United States in 1934 February 2025 10th National Spelling Bee File:New national museum of natural history.tif May 29, 1934 National Museum in Washington, D.C. Sarah Wilson 12 Portland Evening Express Portland, Maine brethren 19Maine Girl Wins as Nation's Best Speller, Southeast Missourian (Associated Press) Charles E. Hill and H.E. Warner(28 May 1934). Spelling, Courier-News ("Officers of the bee include: Chairman, Dean George B. Woods, American University; secretary, T. D. Martin of the National Education Association; director, Donald McWain of The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky.; pronouncers. Dean C. E. Hill of George Washington University and Dr. H. E. Warner, principal of Hine Junior High School. Judges will be Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, Belmont Farley of the National Education Association and the Rev. James S. Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representatives. The national champion speller will receive $500. Other prizes are second, $300; third, $100; fourth to seventh, $75 each, and eighth to nineteenth, $50 each.") 9th Scripps National Spelling Bee 11th Scripps National Spelling Bee The 10th National Spelling Bee was held at the National Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 1934. Scripps-Howard would not sponsor the Bee until 1941. The winner was 12-year-old Sarah Wilson of Gray, Maine,http://www.graymaine.org/history/pages/garrett-sarah-a-wilson-1921-1998 Garrett, Sarah A. [Wilson] (1921-1998) Town of Gray Maine 2 July 2015 sponsored by the Portland Evening Express, correctly spelling the word brethren. She had also competed in the finals the prior year. James Wilson, age 13, of Canton, Illinois, placed second after misspelling deteriorating, followed by Helen Sullivan, age 13, of Connecticut.(3 July 1999). Maine speller advances in national competition, Bangor Daily News(8 June 1934). 12-Year-Old Girl Wins $1,000, Nunda News (Nunda, New York) The prizes for the top three were $500, $300, and $100. The bee was broadcast on the radio, and when Sarah was asked if she had a message for her father, she responded on air "You remember Daddy, you promised me another $500 if I won first place!" She did say she wanted to use the money for college.Maguire, James. American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds, p. 71 (2006) Wilson (later married surname Garrett), graduated from Pennell Institute in her Maine hometown in 1938, the University of Vermont in 1941, and Yale Law School in 1944. She worked in Washington, D.C., as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service for 41 years, retiring in 1986. She died in Maine on June 10, 1998.Town of Gray, Maine - History, graymaine.org, Retrieved 26 January 2018Sarah Wilson Garett (obituary), Maine Obituaries, Retrieved 26 January 2018(6 June 1998). Obituaries, Washington Post As of 2026, she is the only National Spelling Bee winner from Maine. References 2 Category:Scripps National Spelling Bee competitions Category:1934 in education Category:1934 in Washington, D.C. Category:May 1934 in the United States