Pleased Ewings Crowned Wheat Show Winners at Sidney
The 1948 Wheat Show highlighted Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ewing as the Nebraska Wheat King winners, with sons Dwight and Tellford among the top fifteen. Verona Tremain and Harold Wooten aided behind the scenes, while Miss Erma Crosby was named Nebraska Wheat Queen. The event drew 418 wheat samples, more than double last year, and the audience enjoyed the queen candidates with Indian escorts as the crowd urged the girls to stay on stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Ewing
Gering
Dwight
Tellford
Cheyenne County
Erma Crosby
Nebraska
J. Edgar Leafdale
Wheat Show closes with prizes and seed drive appeal
The 1948 Nebraska Wheat Show ends as speakers note dramatic gains in grain quality, with 98 percent acceptable grain in recent years. J K Mahr appeals for volunteers to take seed for a hospital fund project. Door prizes go to Myrl Brauer Daniel Felser Donna Florke Ronald Karnik Jim Davis Albert Nielsen and Mrs Glenn Chamber of Commerce. Lunch and post event recreation follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
J. K. Mahr
Panhandle Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne County
Gordon Tobin
Chamber of Commerce
Myrl Brauer
Daniel Felser
Donna Florke
Lodgepole
Ronald Karnik
Weemen’s
Glenn
Ey Chamber of Commerce
Jim Davis
Sidney
Albert F. Nielsen
Potter
Old Homestead Insurance Co
Lincoln
Thompson's
Chadren Milling Company
New Wheat Queen
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Auxiliary
Cheyenne County Wins Nebraska Wheat Show Top Entries
Cheyenne County led with 161 entries earning a $15 prize for the county with the most samples at the Nebraska Wheat Show. Perkins County was second with 168 entries, Garden third with 60, followed by Kimball 14, Scotts Bluff 5, Box Butte 5, Keith 9, and other counties listing smaller counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County
Perkins County
Garden
Kimball
Scotts Bluff
Box Butte
Keith
Dawes
Saline
Sheridan
Polk
Devel
Gosper
Seward
Fillimore
Adams
Frontier
Richardson
Buffalo
Gage
Keha Paha
Kearney
Antclove
Banner
Harlan
Dodge
Butler
Thurston
Hall
Colfax
Red Willow
Thayer
Jefferson
Morrill
Prizes Awarded At Sid ney Elevators Contest In Oshkosh
Paulson of Oshkosh and many residents received prizes including blankets, pens, comb sets, silk hose, gardenias, and more totaling 109 dollars. Men’s prizes went to Meyer, Johnson, Paulson, Paulson, and Ecker. Tobin announced the kernel guess contest with a final count of 60511 and a two way tie for first between Ulrich and Winkelman, each winning 25 dollar bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Elevators
Tobin
Gerald Ulrich
Big Springs
Harold Winkleman
Dalton
Bond
Local Men Appear on KLZ Broadcast
The Nebraska Wheat Show at Sidney was featured on KLZ Farm Reporter Lowell Watts’s weekly farm hour. Local participants included Gordon Tobin, Harry Clark, Chet Swinbank, Edgar Leafdale, and L. P. Reitz, with a second wire recording on new wheat varieties to air later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
KLZ
Lowell Watts
KLZ Jin
Denver
City Auditorium
Watts
Lewis Thomas
Gordon Tobin
Mr. Reitz
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Housewives Seek Easier Cleaning With Duo Dustin Cloth
The Telegraph promotes a duo dusting cloth that dusts and polishes simultaneously with no lint or muss. A roll costs 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Telegraph
Two Cars Damaged in Friday Morning Collision
Heavy damages followed a two car wreck about 8 o clock Friday morning. A 1937 Ford two door driven by David D. Lawton of Laramie Wyoming sustained 150 dollars in damage, while a 1942 Ford pickup driven by William Hemmer of Sidney incurred 35 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David D. Lawton
Laramie
Wyo
Wiliam Hemmer
Sidney
Bicycle license sales roll on with school help
Chief Harvey S. Vizina says cycle license sales are progressing well. City schools handle distribution of registration forms to bicycle owners, which are then presented to the police station for licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey S. Vizina
IDEAL SYSTEM Income Tax Record Books Now Reordered
Just arrived another shipment of Farm and Ranch Income Tax Record Books. This year's demand for the easy IDEAL SYSTEM broke all records, but we reordered and now have another good supply. Get yours today before the limited stock runs out. Refill sheets available for IDEAL books at the Telegraph.
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Telegraph
Ewing Family Cultivate Heritage and Wheat on 10,000 Acres
Mr and Mrs Ewing, living miles from town, maintain a personal museum of over 3000 Indian relics and historical items. They own 10,000 acres with 4–5 hundred acres in wheat, mainly Cheyenne variety, plus Spar tan barley and Brunker oats. Cattle stock reaches about 600 head. The Wheat King attributes high quality to 4500 feet altitude and expresses gratitude for the honor and day in Sidney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceresan
Sidney
Erma Crosby and local entries in Nebraska varieties
Erma Crosby and several Nebraska entries highlighted as outstanding varieties with test weights from 63 to 64. Submissions include Walter Miller Sidney Cheyenne County Kenneth Banks Alliance Box Butte County Ted Brauer Sidney Cheyenne County Ralph Fleming Sidney Cheyenne County Floyd Miller Gurley Cheyenne County. Stock up on office supplies and forms for 1948 at THE TELEGRAPH.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Jefferson Co
Pawnee
Walter Miller
Sidney
Cheyenne Co
Kenneth Banks
Alliance
THE
Telegraph
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Frances Lathrop
Verona Tremain
Harold Wooten
Johnny
Fred Thompson
Sidney Club
John Ewing
Scottsbluff
Scoular
Ester Harbo
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
Cheyenne
Vizina
Maytag Vogel
9Th Ave
Draulic
Montgomery Ward
Falty
Imperial Ennis
Riverside
Wringer
Prefect
Ewing
Harmsen Blacksmith and Welding
Potter, Nebr
Potter State Bank
United States
Prem’ Sen Arenes
Postal Savings
Capitandi
Pan
Eine Ane Guaran
T. D
F. Enevoldsen
Ceri
Ube “Dik
Enevodecn
E. J. Enevoldsen
Wickiorst
D.-F. Enevoldsen
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