Scripps Company taking ownership in 1941.
● Eleven-year-old Frank Neuhauser, from Louisville, Kentucky, won the first Spelling Bee with the word "gladiolus."
● In 1926, Pauline Bell became the first female Spelling Bee champion; winning with the word "cerise."
● Because of the nation's involvement in World War II, there were no Spelling Bee winners in 1943, 1944, or 1945.
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