Word: gene
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fight those "who are pledged to destroy us," we will have to do it in the open. The naivete of the American public lies not in our publicity of Communism, but in our ignorance of it, and our willingness to accept propaganda without bothering to study its basis. GENE DESCHERER Englewood...
Early Bird. Ray Gene owns 40 acres of land, rents an additional 360, and is in partnership with his uncle in farming an other 400 acres. He also manages his own herd of 28 Angus cattle, with 22 calves...
Last spring, he married Libby Sebranek, a girl he had once crowned queen of the Garber F.F.A. chapter. Besides keeping house in their neat farm cottage, Libby does more than her share of chores. Said Ray Gene: "Never would have got the wheat harvest in this year if Libby hadn't run the combine for me." They get up at 4:30 in the morning and work until n at night. "Sometimes when we're not so busy," says Ray Gene, "We don't get up until...
Bashful Side. After he got his prize, Ray Gene was directed to a sleek yellow convertible that was to take him on a triumphal ride around Kansas City's Royal arena. He took one bashful look at blonde Laura Carol Tarrant, queen of the American Royal show, perched above the car's back seat, and tried to slide in beside the driver. Told that he was to ride beside the queen, Ray Gene climbed to his place and was greeted with a congratulatory kiss, planted firmly on his flaming cheek...
...ride over, Ray Gene took quick leave and ducked back to the livestock stalls. There, as he polished the coat of his Hereford steer, he relaxed and talked about past F.F.A. conventions. "I got married last April," he said, "so I have to stay in a hotel with the wife this year. Always before when I came to the Royal I bunked right here with the cattle. It's hard to be away from the cattle...