Friday, March 25, 1949
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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1949 Jr. Ak-Sar-Ben Show
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Horselovers will be especially
attracted to this year's Junior Ak-Sar-Ben
show.
The annual affair will be held
in the 4-H arena of the state fair
grounds at 8 p.m. Saturday. It
will feature a coed riding contest,
a trick horse, a fine-harness team,
jumpers and other attractions in
addition to the livestock exhibi
tions. Bob Hamilton, Ag college sen
ior from Petersbury is the show
manager. Other show officials are
Merle Stalder, master of cere
monies and Berl Damkroger, ring
master. Jack King, Lincoln, has
the job of special announcer.
rumpeters Len Allen, Herman
Larsen and John jmus win open
the show. The United States flag
will be presented by Richard
Hudson riding Trixie for the Co
lonial Court stables of Lincoln.
He will ride in an expensive all
plastic saddle to match the spotted
horse.
Among the special features is
a graceful Tennessee walking
horse, Crests' Nancy Jane, owned
and ridden by Richard Hudson. It
is the first to be exhibited at the
Junior Ak-Sar-Ben. Mel Beer
mann, an Ag college alumnus
from liincoln, will twine ropes in
fancy loops while riding his palo
mino, Golden Rex. Beermann's
daughter, Del Rae, will also par
ticipate. She will twirl a lighted
loop while her father and she are
mounted on the golden-colored
horse.
Rascal Junior, a two-year old
palomino owned and ridden by
Harvey Berry, Lincoln, will "say
his prayers, play dead, kneel and
count his age."
Martha DeLong, a university
coed from Nebraska City will
drive a fine-harness team as part
of the show. The team is from
the DeLong Stables and was used
in presenting the queen at the
1948 American Royal Livestock
show at Kansas City. This will be
the first time in the history of the
Junior Ak-Sar-Ben for such an
exhibition. The team combines
beauty, grace and rhythm.
An exhibition of jumping horses
will be presented by experts from
Lincoln who have been invited
to participate in the show. Riders
are Helen Ackerman, Rollo Acker-
man. Dr. G. A. Ackerman. fcd
Ackerman. Anita Ackerman. Mor
on gorier ana Leslie j-oomis. jr
Lad, Ag college shepherd, who
participated in last year's sheep
cutting contest will look on this
year because of illness. Pinch
hitting for Lad will be Susie,
owned by M. A. Alexander and
handled by W. T. Esry. A small
daughter of Lad and Susie, La
Sue, might be present to say
"Woof! Woof ! ," according to Prof.
Alexander. I
Another feature attraction of
the show will be a cow-cutting
exhibition with prize cow ponies'
in action. "Cow pokes" participat
ing will be Bruce Haskell, Jim
Monahan and Jim Curtis.
The winner of each class of
livestock shown will receive a
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben medal,
given by the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
at Omaha. Exhibitions of
sheep, beef cattle, dairy cattle,
horses and hogs will be judged.
The champion showman will have
his name engraved on a Junior
Ak-Sar-Ben trophy on display in
the Animal Husbandry building,
and will also receive a gold medal
from the national Block and
Bridle club. Last year's champion
was Don Smith, who showed
sheep. Ribbons will be awarded
to the ten highest in each class.
Bob Simm is superintendent of
the horse showing and fitting ex
hibition. The horses are purebred
Morgans raised at Ag college. J.
V. Dunlap, from the Animal Hus
bandry department, will judge.
Participants are:
Ronnld Preston Richard Counce
Garland Carlson Beverly Shuman
Bob Brown Bill Wylle
Boyd Brldenbaugh Ted Jearv
Leland Kelster, jr. William Holmel
In the coed riding contest, west
ern style, Mrs. Audrey Labart,
veteran western style rider, will
judge. Participating are:
Ruth Hayward Clarice Fiala
Laverna Acker Lucille Snyder
Ramona Young Doris Eberhart
Cheiie Vlele Virginia Baskin
Joan Fickllng Ardis Westerboff
Alice Anderaon
The first two-ring circus of the
evening will be the showing of
university hogs and sheep by stu
dents who have washed, cleaned,
trimmed and manicured their fa
vorites in hopes of becoming
champion showman of the eve
ning. The pigs will have had a
bath, hair trimmed from the ears,
hair oil applied to their stubborn
coat and proper attention given
to the curl in their tails. The
sheep will have a coat trim.
Superintendent of hog showing
and fitting is Gene Jensen. Prof.
W. J. Lieffel of the Animal Hus
bandry department will judge,
Contestants are:
Bob Beck LaVern Popken
Ralph Jild Linus Urbka
Garland Carlson Darren Nelson
Adrian Klunc Roland Reynolds
Ed Rousek Rex Cram
Phil Olsen Bob Robinson
Tom Lambert Darrell Heiss
Kenneth Frey Lewis Halsey
Don Smith is in charge of the
sheep showing and fitting exhi
bition. Judge will be J. V. Dun
lap. Participants are:
Dean Eberspacher Everett Wllkens
Wilbur Pauley Donald Lawnon
Glenn Morltx Delbert Kopf
Kaye Gauger Frank Slbert
Frederick KInghorn
A second two-ring show will
include beef cattle and dairy cat
tie classes fitted by students.
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There will be 50 head of cattle
with seven different breeds represented.
Co-superintendents of the dairy
showing and fitting contest are
Glenn Claybaugh and Don Clem
ent. L. E. Liebers, Skyline Dairy,
will judge. Exhibitors are:
Joe Hageman Kaipn Hansen
Morris Elberger Charles Fairley
Kenneth Johnson Eugene Flynn
Bill Bteingruger Jack Sautter
Tracy Clark Donald Perry
Gayle Hattan Tom Myers
Don Kerl Fred Hosterman
William Moore Keith Versaw
Lloyd Youngman Bob Beck
David Jones Joe Havelka
In the beef showing and fitting-
contest, Neil Fouts is superintend
ent. Tom Dowe, from the Animal
Husbandry department, will judge.
Entrants are:
Phil Skinner
Clayton Yeutter
Eugene Robinson
Norval Utemark
Dick Gowen
Bruce Haskell
Lyman Rehmeier
Don Kramper
Alice Anderson
Garland Carlson
James Dayle
Lawrence Collins
Dean F.berspacher
Rex Messersmtth
Sherman Gillett
Steve Eberhart
Don Bever
Jerry Johnson
Eleanor Erickson
Ardis Westerhoft
Gil Gierhan
Bob Scheeve
Bob Scherer
Jim Williams
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CLARICE FIALA of Ord, last year's Junior Ak-Sar-Ben winner of
the coed's riding contest, western style, will participate again in
1949. Eleven riders are in the special competition class this year
The winning rider will be chosen by Mrs. Aubrey Labart of Over
ton, a veteran western style rider and a foimer exhibitor in Lincoln
at the Colonial Court show. Miss Fiala is a University home eco
nomics sophomore.
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To Honor New
Dean Lambert
Saturday night's Junior Ak-Sar-Ben
show will be dedicated
to the new dean of the agricul
tural college, Dr. W. V. Lambert,
and Mrs. Lambert.
The event, 15th of its kind, is
sponsored by Block and Bridle,
Ag animal husbandry honorary.
Dean Lambert was a member of
the Nebraska Block and Bridle
club when it and the Iowa, Mis
souri and Kansas clubs met in
Chicago to form the national or
ganization in 1919. Since that
time 22 chapters have been
added.
AT TOE PRESENT time, Prof.
M. A. Alexander, of the Animal
Husbandry department, is presi
den of the National Block and
Bridle club. Bob Hamilton is the
president of the Nebraska chap
ter.
For the last two years a Nebras
ka chapter member has won the
National Merit Trophy Award by
being elected the most outstand
ing member in the United States
This is a record to date. The
1947 winner was Willard Visek
from Ord. The 1943 winner was
Red Raun, Minden.
CHANCELLOR R. G. Gustav
son, Dean C. W. Borgmann, the
Board of Regents and Gov. Val
Peterson have been invited to sit
in a special section with Dean and
Mrs. Lambert at the show.
Especially dedicated to Dean
and Mrs. Lambert will be the
performance of "Applejack," the
sweepstake winner for jumpers at
the National Western Livestock
show for three years. The prize
jumper belongs to the father of
Morton Porter, university student.
Porter will ride the horse in the
show.
YW Sends New
Candle Shipment
Through the efforts of many
people, the YW has been able to
ship 150 pounds of candles to
Germany.
Many of the German people ob
tain all of their heat and light
from this source so the candles
were greatly appreciated. How
ever, there is still great need and
the YW is preparing to send an
other shipment over.
If any persons or groups have
candles which they have finished
with or are not going to use, the
YW would appreciate it if they
would turn them into the YW
office. i
A FEATURED ATTRACTION at the 1949 Junior Ak-Sar-Ben will
be Mel Beermann and his daughter, Del Rae, in a rope twirling
act. The pair will be riding Beermann's favorite palomino horse,
Golden Rex, and will twirl a lighted loop. Beerman is an agricul
tural college alumnus from Lincoln.
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VICKI WEEKS, Omaha, will ride "American Cadet" in the invi
tational class for three-gaited horses. Vicki rode last year in the
Colonial Court Farm Horse show here in Lincoln. Other riders in
this class will be Pat Hammond, Lincoln, riding "Dr. John B.":
Georgia Lee Hudson, Lincoln, riding "Miss Parade of Elegance,"
owned by the Colonial Court Stables; and Sally Lemmers, Omaha,
riding "Marx Maid," owned by Frank Lemmings.
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BERL DAMKROGER, De Witt, will be ringmaster for the Junior
Ak-Sar-Ben show. Damkroger was master of ceremonies in the
1948 presentation. Other 1949 student officials are Bob Hamilton,
Petersburg, show manager and Merle Stalder, Salem, master of
ceremonies. Jack King, Lincoln, has the job of special announcer.
The show will be heralded by trumpeters with high hats and long
horns. They are Len Allen, Herman Larsen and Jolyi Ellis.
