1968 Wheat Queen finalists named in Nebraska bid
Thirteen contestants including Patricia Acker Judy Allen Mary Coyle and others vie for 1968 Nebraska Wheat Queen honor at Alliance High School Auditorium. Pamela Foster will crown the winner in a NWGA Wheat Hearts hosted ceremony with Governor Tiemann as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance
Nebraska
Wheat Hearts
NWGA
Harley Bush
Patricia Ann Acker
Joseph L
Betty Acker
Bayard
Neb
Judy Ann Allen
Merritt V. Allen
Indianola
Mary Alice Coyle
John F. Coyle
Curtis, Neb
Carol Rae Davis
Ray Davis
Grants Offered Through FHA For Nebraska Students
Lincoln Nebraska farmers Home Administration funds under the Rural Rehabilitation Endowment Fund will again offer grants up to 800 dollars for farm and ranch youth pursuing higher education in the 1968 69 school year. Applications must be filed by February 15 1968 with the local FHA office serving the student’s parental area. Eligibility requires Nebraska farm or ranch youth senior or graduate status at an accredited high school financial need satisfactory scholarship and enrollment in a Nebraska state or government subdivision owned school. A state advisory committee reviews applications and recommends awards to the director of agriculture. Current committee members are Dr. Freeman Decker Dr. Bert Evans Hear ty Reesman Glenn Strain Mrs. Howard Thompson Charles Warner Gene Gerdes Rudy Medina. In 1967 68 one hundred fifty students received about eighty thousand dollars in grants. The piece notes the mudhen shellfish near shore and capable of diving to twenty feet at times.
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Lincoln
Rural Rehabilitation Endowment Fund
B. H
Bill) Jones
Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
Jones
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
State Capitol
Freeman Decker
Bert Evans
Hearty Reesman
Glenn Strain
Howard Thompson
Charles Warner
Gene Gerdes
Rudy Medina
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nebraska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Fund
Nebraska Beef Cattle Improvement Meeting Set for December 13
Frank Messersmith announces a Nebraska Beef Cattle Improvement Association meeting at the Custer County Fairgrounds 4 H Building. The event opens with a live animal display at 11 00 a.m. CST and focuses on beef cattle performance testing and related educational programs in the state.
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Nebraska Beef Cattle
Frank Messersmith
Custer County Fairgrounds
Nebraska Beef Cattle Improvement Association
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Potter
Nebr
Penny Carol Hudnall
Averill Hudnall
Imperial
Karen Arlene Hughes
Harold and Marie Hughes
Venango
Barbara Joyce Long
William Long
Grant
University of Nebraska
Cynthia Rosalie McVicker
Jack W. McVicker
Gurley
Kearney State College
Cynthia Jean Sullivan
John and
Donna Sullivan
Wallace
Ogeallala
Schuyler
Hazel Mae Dykes
Pat Herboldsheimer
Diane Gordon
Cynthia McVicker
Cynthia Sullivan
Barbara Long
Karen Hughes
Penny Hudnall
Ellen Fielding
Lodgepole
Sidney
Sand Garden Club
Rock & Grain
GMC
Massey Harris
John Deere
May Rath
Rod Weeder
Butler
Black Hawk
Johnson
M.W
Victor
Marquette
Colorado
Ralph Gentry
First State Bank
Jimmy Martin
Damon Koch Auctioneers
Lee
Orless
Tiger Paws
Wide Tiger Paws
Stickney’s
Uniroyal Tires
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