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Photo Flashback: Highlights of Spelling Bee Week, August 1963

Published:Friday | August 23, 2024 | 8:32 AM
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A SPECIAL PICTURE: When the 14 Spelling Champions and their teachers visited King’s House on Tuesday, August 13, 1963. Her Excellency Lady Campbell, (fifth from left, second row) specially invited them to pose for this picture on the steps on the southern side of King's House. So everyone said “cheese” for a special picture.
HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR, Councillor Leonard Currey (left) welcomes the Spelling Bee visitors to his Parlour, on Tuesday, August 13, 1963. He is seen welcoming Mrs. D. V. Stewart of Huntley School, Manchester. Her pupil, Adassa Leuven, is next to the Mayor, and continuing towards the right are Norma Morgan (Clarendon), and her teacher, Miss Dorothy Scott; Areata Nembhard (St. Catherine) and her teacher, Miss C. Jones; and Christopher Harrison (St. Andrew) and his teacher, Mr. W.H. Pusey.
FLOWERS for Her Excellency Lady Campbell are presented by the Westmoreland Parish Champion, Bosworth Mullings, at King’s House on Tuesday, August 13, 1963, when Parish Champions and their teachers called at King’s House.
Congratulations were offered to the Champion Speller of 1963, Linival Dalley, 12-year-old Cornwall College student, and his teacher, Mr. Charles Salmon, left, when they visited the Gleaner Company’s offices on Thursday, August 15, 1963. Third from left is Mr. V. N. Agullar, Acting Chairman of the Board of Directors; Mr. Tom Sherman, Sales Manager; and Mr. Richard Ashenheim, a director.
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Spelling Bee Week in August 1963 was marked by a series of engaging events that celebrated the importance of literacy and education. Students from across the island showcased their spelling prowess in a thrilling competition, with local schools participating in various activities.