SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IV 241 



Girl Twenty-four Months and Under Thirty-six Months Old — 



1 Esther May Shanander, Des Moines 93.9 



2 Viola Thomas, Des Moines 93.4 



3 Ruth Alice Willits, Union 91.9 



4 Irene Adamson, Grimes 91.6 



S^\^:EPSTAKES■. 



Boy Having Highest Score- — 

 Carroll Johnson, Des Moines 97.7 



Girl Having Highest Score — 

 Marjorie Schuetz, Des Moines 97.4 



IMPROVEMENT CLASS. 



BABIES FROM RURAL DISTRICTS. 



Bov.s ]Making Greatest Gain — 



191.T 1916 Gain 



1 Marshall Morris Applegate, Des Moines 79.9 87. 2 7.3 



191.T 1916 Gain 



2 Clifford Scott Applegate, Cambridge S2.2 86. 7 4.5 



Girls Making Greatest Gain — 

 None. 



BABIES FROM CITIES AND TOWNS LESS THAN 10,000. 



Bovs ^Making Greatest Gain — 



191.5 1916 Gain 

 Wendell Hobart Diebel, Jefferson 92.2 93.1 .9 



Girls Making Greatest Gain — 



191.') 1916 Gain 



1 Mary Frances McLaughlin, Schaller 92.6 92.8 2. 



2 Mildred Louise Iverson, Stanhope 93.9 94.0 .1 



BABIES FROM CITIES OVER 10,000. 



Boys Making Greatest Gain — 



191.5 1916 Gain 



1 Judson Boslev Crawford, Des Moines 89. 3 94.0 4.7 



2 Frank LeRov Conkling. Des Moines 91.9 96.1 4.2 



3 Jack Welsh. Jr.. Des Moines 90.7 94.0 3.3 



4 Robert James Cook, Des Moines- 90.15 93.4 3.25 



Girls Making Greatest Gain — 



1915 1916 Gain 



1 Elizabeteh Dixson Ricketts, Des Moines 86.5 93.4 6.9 



2 Maxine Stout, Des Moines 89.6 93.0 3.4 



:; .Mice Jeanettc Olandcr. Des Moines 94.3 96.8 2.5 



4 Marjorie Schue.z, Des Moines 97.2 97.4 .2 



c;l\mpionships. 



Boy Showing Greatest Improvement Over Last Year — 



JIarshall Morris Applegate, Des Moines 7.3 



Girl Showing Greatest Improvement Over Last Year — 

 Elizabeth Dixson Ricketts, Des Moines 



STATE FAIR SPELLING CONTEST. 



L'irst. Irene Srugies, Greene ; second, Irene Haas, St. Ansgar ; third, Helen 

 Swan. Mt. Pleasant ; fourth, Donald McCammond, Coin ; fifth, Edna Tisdale, 

 Brooklyn: sixth. Vera Sadler, Creston ; seventh, Reta Hanson, "U^illiamsburg ; 

 eighth, Mildred Whithorn, Kellerton ; ninth, Elma Wilson, Lucas ; tenth, Mae 

 Brown. Osceola ; eleventh, Mae Rake, Corydon ; twelfth, Katie Dockendorf, New 

 Hampton: thirteei.tij, Alice Bushby, Fairbanks; fourteenth, Mahel Harrison. 

 Pincinnati. 



BUTTER AND CHEESE AWARDS. 



Jujjoks I". W. Stephenson, L. L. F1,ickinger, II. E. Forrester 



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