William T. Esry
Shepherd
retires
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B & B begins all-year effort
The Block and Bridle Club
has offered to be more than
Christmas-time Santa's helpers.
"If club members want to
help people, to make a per
sonal sacrifice, it should be a
year around project," said Ed
Klima, chairman of the club's
community service com
mittee. Distribution In the- Clinton
area of approximately 200
flyers explaining garbage and
refuse treatment was the latest
club effort.
The community service "
committee was created before
Christmas, 1969. In January,
Klima offered to the Home and
Neighborhood Development
Arff wins $300 award.
The Midwest Retail Farm
Equipment Association has
awarded scholarships to a Uni
versity of Nebraska agricul
tural engineering student.
The award of $300 went to
Duane Arff of Gretna, NU stu
dent. The scholarship Is offered
to winners of an annual contest
held In conjunction with the
Ecology people
meet Tuesdays
Citizens for Environmental
Improvement will hold
meetings every Tuesday even
ing at 7:30 p.m. at U11ME, ac
cording to Jim Pattavina,
spokesman for the group.
"We are Interested In at
tracting new members, and we
need people to work on our
various projects, as the booth
in the Union, a paper drive and
a speakers bureau. We en
courage anyone concerned In
the problems of pollution to
come," he said.
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(HAND) office and Lincoln
Action Program volunteers for
service projects.
HAND, composed of con
cerned residents of the Clinton
area, is leading the fight "to
build up and clean up their
area," he said.
The Clinton area includes
27th to 33rd Streets and
Leigh ton Avenue to Iloldrege
Street.
The area is not in worse
condition than other areas in
Lincoln, but these residents
want to draw attention to
problems that city officials or
others fail to notice, he ad
ded. The Block and Bridle Club
Triumph of Agriculture Expo
sition, which concluded re
cently. Contestants are required to
submit models or blueprint
drawings of new Ideas in farm
equipment or Improvement of
existing equipment. Entries
are on exhibit at the Omaha
show.
Arff's winning design this
year was for a hydraulically
operated air conditioner. He
estimated an expenditure of
about $800 on parts and about
six months work in building
the machine.
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Photo by Barb Paters
earlier helped HAND circulate
petitions which asked for
playground equipment for
Peter Pan and Pentzer Parks,
both located in the area. The
petitions also asked the Lincoln
Park Board for swimming and
wading pools.
Klima noted that Block and
Bridle's efforts netted about
two-thirds of the signatures pre
sented to the board.
"In the future Block and
Bridle will continue to work
with HAND and ' the Lincoln
Action Program," Klima
said.
Ag society gives
annual award
The Nebraska Chapter of
Gamma Sigma Delta, the Hon
or Society of Agriculture, pre
sented its annual $100 sopho-'
more scholarship award to '
Thomas Downer, of Bartley, at
the recent annual scholarship
dinner. ,
Downer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Downer, was present
ed the award for attaining the
highest scholastic average
after four semesters In agri
culture. Tliirty-three sophomore and
twenty-nine junior Agriculture
students with a scholastic av
erage In the top 10 per cent
of their classes were also hon
ored at the dinner.
SP0RTC0ATS
by LINDA ULRICII
Nsbraikan Staff Wrltar
Without cane or a sheepdog,
William T. Esry has guarded
the University sheepflock for
42 years.
Esry, who has been the
University's shepherd since
November 1, 1926, will retire
April 1.
Wearing overalls and a
friendly smile, Esry has been a
familiar figure working in the
East Campus Sheep Barn.
He has observed many
changes in the University's
structure. "There has been an
increase in the size and number
of everything animals
as well as students." The
sheepflock has Increased from
100 to 400 sheep, he added.
He also observed changes in
the livestock breeds. Sheep
have changed from a smaller
animal with excessive faat to
the present day leaner animal
with a more desirable
carcass.
Ted Doane, professor of
Animal Science, called Esry
"an excellent manager of
livestock."
An interesting coincidence,
Doane commented, is that
when Bill first came to the
University and that when he
retired, there was no sheep
barn on East Campus.
Esry came to the University
when the old sheep barn was
10 lb.
LOWEST PRICES
IN TOWN
AT
DIVIDEND
16rii & P St.
Just South
of Campus
Dividend Bonded Gas
WE NEVER CLOSE
first moved on tne campus and
this year the sheep were moved
to the field laboratory at
Mead.
Although his job usually
meant working a normal eight
hour day, Esry admitted "there
were some days when it was a
24-hour-a-day job."
M. A. Alexander, retired
University Extension sheep
man,, sflid Esry was one of the
most loyal employees during
the depression. "When officials
were considering closing the
University, Esry worked for
almost no salary and at great
personal sacrifice to keep the
University program going,"
Alexander recalled.
Alexander also pointed out
that Esry was instrumental in
the creation of the Nebraska
Registered Sheep Breeders
Show and Sale which has been
held annually since 1937.
Ag Men elect
Rogers president
Ag Men have elected John
Rogers as president for 1970.
Other officers selected are:
Louis Rogers, first vice presi
dent; Larry Kohles, second
vice president; Larry Peterson,
secretary and Gerald Hopp,
treasurer.
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70th and Vine
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1970
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
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