Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 19, Number 52, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 December 1949 — Fred Nesius, Son Capture Honors Again [ARTICLE]

Fred Nesius, Son Capture Honors Again

Father-Son Combination Prevails For 2nd Year In Row; Father Also Grabs Single-Ear Title The Jasper county cornfield situation as it pertains to bosses continues just as it was before the 1949 Sweepstakes run off at the Armory here yesterday. The winners and still the champions are Fred Nesius, Marion township farmer, who successfully defended his Corn King title won in 1948, and his boy, Marvin, who did a repeat performance by winning the Crown Prince title with a smashing ten-ear victory in the boys’ class. Apparently not satisfied with just being a mere Corn King winner, Fred Nesius also took it upon himself to grab off the grand championship in the single ear show. The trophy winner in this department as second place winner was Harold Wheeler. The Family Nesius live on what was formerly the Kohley farm, always a big corn crop producer and home of champions. By winning again this year the Nesius Father-Son combination put itself in a spot to gain permanent possession of the cups which go with such titles. To gain permanent possession one must win three years in a row. In all twenty-five trophies were awarded at this annual show. The judging of the exhibits, numbering 322 in comparison to 282 in 1948, was by R. L. Mulvey and G. P. Walker, Purdue agronomists, and Mr. Trost of Oxford, a frequent judge of the show during its 25 years of existence. The three judges were in harmony on the top ranking winners. They were high in their praise of the quality of this year’s entries. President of the Association is Walter Nagel. Ted Amsler, who grabbed off King honors three times in a row is vicepresident. Attorney D. D. Dean is treasurer of the organization and R. S. Bundy is the secretary. Aloys Kohley is chairman of the banquet committee which will be in charge of the annual Corn Growers’ banquet at St Augustine’s church this evening. Heading the door prize committee is Ivan Handley. First prize in the Farmer’s bushel class was grabbed off by Sherman Wheeler gs Marion township, and in the Boy’s bushel class the honors went to Robert Wuerthner. Frolic Packs ’Em In The Amateur Frolics hel<) at the RHS auditorium last evening brought an audience that numbered 780 adults and 180 children. Doing a grand job of Em-cee*ing the 28-act show was Montford McClatchey, assistant county agent.Here again the father-son business prevailed, for the winner of first prize was Bob Anderson and the winner of the second prize were Bob and his Dad, Bob, sr. Bob Anderson knocked over the | first prize, $25, with his guitar

and vocal numbers. The Anderson couplet drew sls in a guitar-fiddle act. The Barbershop Quartette from Brook drew $lO for gaining third place. The quartette is made up of Paul Egli, Abe Carlson, A. L. Lyons and Marvin Pruett. The winners were determined by audience applause. More than three hundred fifty tickets have been sold for the concluding act of The show week —the banquet—which will be served at St. Augustine’s church tonight.