They're Quite a Family With Horses
Farm editor Jack McNett profiles Mearl Nebergall his daughter Ellen and grandson Brian four as a horse showing family. They have 49 ribbons this year across fairs such as Mississippi Valley where Red Lady Half Pint and Grand Champion Mare earned top honors. The family owns three registered Appaloosas led by Held's Geronimo with sons and daughters competing in junior divisions and pony showmanship.
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Jack McNett
Mearl Nebergall
Stalissa
Ileen
West Liberty High
Mearl
Brian
Brain
Meari
Geronimo
Rock Island County Fair
Cedar County Fair
Carroll County Fair
Ilinois Sesquicentennial
Ard
Neen
Mear
Nebergall
State fair weekend highlights youth livestock shows
The State fair opens in Des Moines with Angus and Hereford cattle judging among wide senior youth exhibits. 4-H chorus performs next week with one area girl joining the group, plus a vibrant midway, stock car and harness races, tractor pull, and star concerts by Bob Hope and others. County fairs add local pride, rewarding effort and memorable experiences beyond ribbons.
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Des Moines
Pomorrow
Bob Hope
5Th Dimension
Ed Ames
Top Machinery Show Planned for Cattle Congress
A major equipment show will highlight the 1968 National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo Iowa running September 21 to 29. The event features a large farm machinery display with early strong demand for exhibit space. Premiums total 50000 with livestock from five states competing and viewing by fairgoers will be free entertainment in the hippodrome and race track areas.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Cattle Congress
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Burmeister Completes Third Naval Training at Purdue
Neil D. Burmeister of Stockton and two Iowa State University Naval ROTC cadets completed the third Naval Science Institute course at Purdue University this month. One hundred seventy two cadets overall took part in the program which included a Marine Corps physical fitness course and a crash training segment.
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Ames
Neil D. Burmeister
Stockton
Iowa State University
Naval Rotc
Naval Science Institute
Purdue University
Marine Corps
Evening to Morning Navy Institute Opens Path to Commission
The program runs from six in the morning to ten at night and targets students who missed the four year NROTC. It allows enrollment in the NROTC program with potential commission two years after completing college courses. The institute serves college students seeking a Navy commission through accelerated coursework.
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Navy
Display Their Many Ribbons Spark Historic Run
Journal Photo notes that the group earned a total of 49 ribbons over the past three weeks. The feature highlights their steadily growing collection and the momentum building around their performances.
Moscow Busy Miss 4-H club tours furniture store
Members of the Moscow Busy Miss 4-H club toured Franc's Furniture Store in Davenport. A tour director explained furniture styles from contemporary to early American and European pieces. The visit aimed to help the girls as they work on home furnishings this year.
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Moscow
Franc
Davenport
Sweden
Garfield
Merry Maids
Muscatine
Janis Kathrein
Fair talks cover dorm stay list and talks on shade trees
A section of the fair covered several topics including a roster of students staying at the dorm and discussions on fair subjects. Joe Gaeta presented shade trees in Iowa while Gary Newman illustrated living with light indoors.
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Joe Gaeta
Iowa
Gary Newman
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Lene
Wilton Jet
Neil Burmeister
TE Strake Brothers
Green Street
Anne Schumacher
Carolyn Shank
Sweetland Sunshine
Sweetland
Sweetland Sunshine 4H
Buster
McMahon
Sywassink
Youngquist
Nancy Schneider
Joyce Sywassink
Ann Cline
Karen Burmeister
Spirit of Seventy Six
4-H Club
S/M
S/M Service Company
Scott and Muscatine Counties
Muscatine Office
Walcott Office
West Liberty
Ray Wuestenberg
Dial
Asad
Parsaan
Norgas
Nori Brepene
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