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WIN ENDURANCE CONTEST — After long, cold night at courthouse entrance, four young men show fruits of their vigil; first four 1958 Saline County license plates. Prom left are Dale Smith, 1420 S. 9th; Jerry Davis, 632 S. 11th; James H. Lay, 512 S. 10th, and Larry Christensen, 621 W. Prescott.(JOURNAL PHOTO)His Long Vigil RewardedAs He Gets Tag Number 1TRojcasathacfor*Fseabei:.1dainjres I No.Dale Smith, 1420 S. County courthouse at 4 pm He left soon after 8:30 am Thursday, one of the happiest young men in Salina. ••A 165,4 - hour wait at the courthouse entrance put the 18 - year -old youth first in line for a 1958 Saline County automobile license plate. ‘SA-i” is Dale's tag mum-ber for 1958.9th, arrived at the Saline Wednesday.Friends Get Low NumbersNumbers 2, 3 and 4 went tti three of Dale's friends whc spent the night with him at the courthouse.“I beat them by 19 minutes,” Dale said.Jerry Davis, 19, 632 S. 11th, received tag No. 2.He just *an faster,* Jerry said of Dale.But Dale said he sat in his car for awhile and didn’t go to the courthouse door until he saw his pals drive up.Dale was an early bird last year, getting the No, 4 tag.Jerry realiy advanced. He had No. 18592 for 1957.Tag No. 3 went to James H. Lay, 19, 512 S. 10th. Larry Christensen, 19, 621 W. Prescott, bought No. 4.The four youths are single.boys have company in the small cubicle between the outer and in-jner doors of the courthouse en-| trance.i From midnight on, 13 - year-j old Steve Anderson, 721 Morrison, ikept the earlier arrivals, com-ipany. He wanted his father, M-| Sgt. W. H. Anderson, to get a low 'tag number. His father relieved j him in the line at 7:30 am Thursday to get tag No. 6,i ly“My wife wouldn’t have let me stay out alt night, if I had one,” Davis said. “I wouldn't advise this for anyone after a New Year's Eve party.Not until after 11 pm did theAbout 18 persons were on hand at daylight.The new tags were going fast Thursday. WhcnJhajnotog-ygfeielg-office opened at 8:30 am, the line stretched down a flight of stairs and onto the first floor.The first 200 went to the public bn a first - come - first served basis.F lea th a ma anc ArcposMastaiFcia:trotnanAnanptsiand wer in tfrwerout
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Salina Journal

Salina, Kansas, US

Thu, Jan 02, 1958

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