Word: henriksen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Sherman Henriksen of Eagle, Neb., the defending champion, was a favorite, but even some Nebraskans favored Harry Brown, from Beemer, up in Cuming County. He had placed second last year. To spur on two Iowa entrants, Estherville sent its Drum & Bugle Corps to Fairmont. The folks from Redwood Falls, Minn, brought along the town band to cheer on their Ted Balko, 29, four times Minnesota champion, fifth in national honors last year...
...last week in 15,000 automobiles on Farmer Ben Stalp's place near West Point, Neb. to see the National Cornhusking Championship. They cheered and stomped lustily as, with pheasants whirring up out of the sere corn rows and the yellow ears whacking against the bangboards, Husker Sherman Henriksen of Lancaster County, Nebraska, beat 16 competitors, including the champions of Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota, with a net load of 27.62 bushels in the allotted 30 minutes...