The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-08

County, 10 miles from here,
Henry Wallace, Secretary
of Agriculture, arrived at
noon to be the guest of honor
at the contest he initiated
back in 1924.
Last night, at the Attica High
School gymnasium, more than 500
persons attended banquet in honor
of the brawny huskers and paid
tribute to King Corn, the fodder
of this part of the country. On the
menu we're chicken, gravy and-corn
(off the cob.
Balko's Stock Ascends
The stock of Ted Balko, defending
national champion from Minnesota,
was up today when it was an
nounced he had been married just
after the Minnesota state contest
last week Blushing behind coat
of Minnesota wind burn. all Mr.
Balko had to say was:
'Shucks, I didn't know you were
going to tell them that"
Indiana contestants are Lawrence
Pitzer, Fountain County, who is
four-time state champion, and Will
liam Fields, White County. this
years state runner-up.
Davis Banquet Speaker
One of the speakers at last night S
banquet was Chester G. Davis, AAA
Administrator. Also on the program
were Attica's Mayor, Charles A.
Eviston; Floyd Keepers, Prairie
Farmer representative; Burridge D.
Butler, Prairie Farmer publisher;
Lieut.. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend;
Mrs. Virginia Jenckes, Indiana
member of Congress; Pleas Green
lee, Gov. McNutt's patronage secre-
tary; Bill Dripps, National Broad
casting Co. representative, and the
II huskers who are to compete in
today's contest for the -peeling
championship of the United States.
Among those introduced were
Elmer Carlson, Iowa husker who
last week set record by husking
40l bushels in 80 minutes in the
state contest. d. H. Hendrix came
in late with his fellow Iowan, MIR
Carlson, after the two had spent
some time gliding local merchants
about the husking contest.
Never in the contest before are Paul
Hockett and Oscar Nelson, Ne
braskans. From Kansas comes
Lawrence House. husky farm boy
who last year raised 27,100 bushels
Of corn on his own farm. With him
is Cecil Vining, who has consumed
about a peck of apples" since he
got in town, according to his partner
Layton Roberts, Missouris entrant
in the contest. revealed last night
that his wife had threatened to
bring divorce Proceedings if he didn't
get in the money" today.
Tented City Arises
A small tent city has spru
over night, at the contest field. To-
Gated on the Leslie Mitchell farm.
About 40 tents house eating estab-
lishments and farm machinery ex-
hibitS.
Speed. skill and stamina are re-
quired Of the shuckers in this pop
ular outdoor paSt-time The winner
must pitch approximately ne ear of
corn completely de-husked against
the bank-board of his wagon, every
second.
One ear left on counts three
against him in the final tally,
Coaching from the furrow is not al
lowed. Time outs are unheard of
The husk left on the ears also are
weighed and subtrscted from the
total weight of the contestants 30
minute haul.
Last night found Attica. closest
city to the contest field, in a state
OF wild excitement. Hotels were
crowded to overlooking.
l slept under somebody else's bed
for So. The streets were TANNED
with people who had come for miles
TO see the cob-toSSers battle. Sheriff
Frank Youngblood had sworn in ad-
ditional deputies TO handle traffic
problems.
All anybody talked about was
corn. Corn on the cob, off the cob.
llttle-grained corn, big ears and lit
tie ears.
A considerable amount OF the
liquid variety passed across quajnl
Attica bars.