Crop Days Success and Record Attendance
One of the most successful Crop Improvement Days in history ended Tuesday with high praise for attendance, local effort, and the Cheyenne County Certified Seed Growers. About 250 attended a Monday banquet. the Tuesday luncheon drew the best crowd yet. NCIA elected two directors Norman Wieselmeyer and John Osler, reorganized the board with Ralph Raikes as chair, Lawrence Condon as vice chair, and Wayne Campbell as treasurer. A Monday luncheon featured Mrs. Raymond Walker presiding. other program highlights included the We Four from Lorenzo, Mrs. George Fleming’s Sylvia’s Story Hats, and Mrs. Fred Kriesel’s reading.
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Cheyenne County Certified
The
College of Agriculture
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
NCIA
Norman Wieselmeyer
Deshler
Lynn Wallen
McCook
John Osler
Elsie
Ralph Schroeder
Elwood
Ralph Raikes
Ashland
Lawrence Condon
Creighton
Wayne Campbell
Lodge~ Pole
First Christian Church
Raymond Walker
We Four
Lorenzo
George Fleming
Sylvia’s
Fred Kriesel
Gurley
Nebraska Crop Improvement Days Honors Two Extension Specialists
Chet Swinbank and M. D. Weldon, longtime University of Nebraska Extension agronomy and soils specialists, received special plaques of appreciation at the 1966 Nebraska Crop Improvement Days banquet. Swinbank, now with Colorado State University, attended to accept in person. Weldon was detained in Lincoln by university business and to receive his plaque later.
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Sidney
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska Agriculture
Chet Swinbank
NU. Extension Agronomist
M.D. Weldon
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Swinbank
Colorado State University
Weldon
Lincoln
Ralph Raikes
Ashland
Mr. Wheat
Wauneta Seed Champ Honored At Crop Improvement Day
Sidney Cleo N Hixon honored as Nebraska's premier seed grower at the Crop Improvement Day banquet in Ft Sidney. He has farmed Chase County for about 40 years on an 800 acre Wauneta farm, producing certified wheat seed since 1950 with varieties Cheyenne Bison Warrior Ottawa and Lancer. He estimates distributing over 75 000 bushels of certified wheat seed and also grows corn and milo.
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Sidney
Cleo N. Hixon
Nebraska
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Chase County
Wauneta
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Hixon
Cheyenne
Bison
Warrior
Ottawa
Harold Draper
Gurley
Gene Lienemann
Louis Miller
Capacity Crowd Attends Nebraska Crop Improvement Banquet
About 200 people filled the Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel banquet room for the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association annual dinner. William Monke praised farmers and their wives for the convention’s success. The event favored relaxation over business with the Ft. Sidney Colonels performing choral pieces. Awards went to Cleo Hixon for seed production and to J. C. Swinbank for long service to extension. Jim Ross of Nebraska University spoke and showed Husker 1965 game films.
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Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Nebraska Crop Improvement Assn
William Monke
Sidney
Association
Ft. Sidney
Cleo Hixon
Wauneta
Hixon
Nbraska
J. C
Chet’ Swinbank
Cheyenne County
Jim Ross
Nebraska University
Five Men On Programs At Nebraska Crop Convention
These are some of the men who played important roles on the programs at the convention of The Nebraska Crop Improvement Assn, convention in Sidney this week.
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Nebraska Crop Improvement Assn
Sidney
Gubernatorial Candidate Emphasizes Rural Development
Republican candidate N. T. Tiemann urged economic growth in rural Nebraska at a Crop Improvement Days luncheon in Sidney. He highlighted livestock expansion, value of agricultural research, and Main Street development, noting Nebraska’s potential as a top food producer. The event featured Clay Kennedy as master of ceremonies and guests included State Senator and Mrs. George Fleming.
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Lawrence Condon
Creighton
Clay Kennedy
Brownville
Ncia
N. T. Tiemann
Wausa
Kennedy
Sidney
Tiemann
Nebraska
United States
Main
Neb
Nebraska Crop Improvement Association
Cheyenne County
George Fleming
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Swinbank, Weldon
Ees
Ata
Lee Shoemaker
Leon Larson
Draper
Virgil Johnson Research Agronomist
C. R. Fenster
Extension Agronomist
Mihai
Lamoine Brownlee
Sidney Telegraph
Llth Ave
Dean Lancaster
Lorenzo High School
Garry Brown
Marla Walker
Rick Walker
Jay Jacobsen
Telegraph
11Th Ave
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