spelling bee here Tuesday night. The master of 200 words, of which 'incumbency' and ‘plausible’ tipped up his last opponent, will re ceive $50 fro m The Lynchburg News, which sponsors the contest throughout Southside Virginia in co operation with the Scripps-Howard Newspapers' national bee. Vacelo Hawkins, 12-year-old seventh grade pupil at Farmville Elementary School, was runner-up and will receive a $25 award from The News. Area Finals Next Both of the youngsters now will compete in the area finals at Lynch burg. The winner of that competi tion will receive a 24-volume set of Encyclopedia Britannica and an all expense paid tt ip to Washington to I compete in the National Spelling Bee. Lacey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Mylum, of Farmville Route 3. while Vacelo is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M, H. Hawkins, of Farmville. Two representatives from the di-1 vision's three high sehoola and 11 elementary schools began the com petition. with Prof. Foster Gresham, of Longwood College, calling the v.1 rds. They sat on the state Of the high school auditorium before a panel of judges. Miss Ada Bior . bower. J. B. Wall, Jr , and John Stock. Trip up Words The formidable group of spellers had gone through 20t) words by a’tmil count before the end. Among the words which dispatched earlier competitors were choose, false, imagine, plural, glimpse, sleigh, in : dined, emperor, nourish, exhausted. (Continued on page 7t

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