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8th Scripps National Spelling Bee

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The prize for first place was $ 1000, followed by $ 500 for second place, and $ 250 for third; the following year the effects of the
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Kenneth Cecil of Kentucky took second place, falling on "interchangeably", followed by Wilma Pyle of Detroit.
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Nineteen contestants competed this year, and 667 words were used.
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for a time. She died in Muscatine on September 2, 2008.
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The last hour of the contest was broadcast by radio.
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National Museum
Washington, D.C.
Muscatine, Iowa
The Des Moines Register and Tribune
Des Moines, Iowa
Charles E. Hill
7th Scripps National Spelling Bee
9th Scripps National Spelling Bee
National Museum
Washington, D.C.
Louisville Courier-Journal
Scripps-Howard
Muscatine, Iowa
Charles E. Hill
George Washington University
Great Depression
Muscatine High School
Muscatine Junior College





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