Cuero Centennial Turkey Trot Draws Huge Crowd in Fine Weather
More than 40 000 people from across the state and nation watched Cuero’s Centennial Turkey Trot. Parade chair Mike Weber and co-chair Jim Conrad credited estimates of 50 000 plus with lead dignitaries including Gov. Preston Smith and Major General Ross Ayers. The procession featured Grand Marshal Newton M Crain, local officials, visiting lawmakers, and guests from Louisiana and beyond.
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Cuero
Mike Weber
Jim Conrad
Newton M. Crain
Victoria Motorcycle Patrol
Cuero National Guard
Preston Smith
Ross Ayers
The
Texas State Guard
City of
DeWitt County
William N
Bill’’ Patman
Tim von Dohlen
Barefoot Sanders
U. S. Senate
Board of Education
Cuero Independent School District
George Diedrich
Gov. Edwards
Louisiana
Martha Philebar
American Legion Auxiliary Department of Texas
Bill Nami
Legion
Joe Kelly
24Th District Court
Esplanade
Turkey Trot parade dazzles Cuero with royal pageantry and floats
Crowds line the streets as the Goodyear Blimp America sails overhead during the Turkey Trot parade in Cuero. Royal procession includes Sultan Mustafa Robert Glenn Stratton and Sultana Jerri Sherri Lane with Osman's court, band showcases, turkey herders guiding flocks, and dozens of civic floats from cities like Seguin Nixon Pleasanton and Shiner marching past.
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Broadway
Goodyear
America
Cuero
236Th Army Band
Texas National Guard
Cuero High School
Terry Curtis
Rollie Brantley
Sultan Mustafa
Robert Glenn Stratton
Sultana Jerri
Sherri Lane
Sultan Mahmud
Jay Cooley
Sultana Fatima
Becky
St. Paul Shiner
San Antonio San Jacinto Association
McDade
Sultan
Sultana
Mustafa
Sultana Jevri
Cuero Publishing VP Injured In Accident
Donald L. Catherman II vice president of Cuero Publishing Co aged 30 living in Smithville was injured in a Sunday afternoon crash on State Highway 71 in Bastrop. Two Seguin residents Garfield Collins 73 and his wife 68 were killed in the collision as Catherman underwent hip surgery in Austin. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Donald L. Catherman II
Cuero Publishing Co
Smithville
Catherman
Cuero
Cuero Record
Bastrop
Garfield Collins
Seguin
Mustafa And Bride Crowned At Junior Coronation
An evening at Cuero Baseball Park drew a capacity crowd for the Turkey Trot Coronation. Youths performed in a play titled Mustafa and the Time Machine set in the Ottoman era with actors including Jay Cooley and Rebecca Klein ecke.
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Mustafa
Bride
Turkey
Cuero
Mahmud and
Fatima
Jay Cooley
Rebecca Kleinecke
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