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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1968
Page
2
Tuesday results from the San Antonio Rodeo feature winners across multiple events. Notable names include several cowboys and entrants from Oklahoma California and Texas with various prize awards and standings recorded.
Jesse Heard of San Antonio owns the champion paint gelding Char men s Boy 5747 shown Tuesday at the San Antonio Livestock Show. Reserve gelding Chief Tecumpseh is owned by Jesse Wright of McKinstry and shown by Jimmy Witt. Denman owns Flag, shown by Joe Denman of Fort Worth. Hy Jingo, reserve champion stallion, is owned by Paul Harber of Jenks Oklahoma and shown by Ralph Russell. Miss Q Ton Eagle 2217, champion mare, is owned by Mrs. Rex Cauble of Denton and shown by Bill Freind. Reserve mare Coppertons is shown by Jim Daniels for Tatum Ranch, Brea.
Officials reported 7,853 people attended Tuesday night's rodeo at Joe Freeman Coliseum while 12,093 visited the livestock exposition and judging. Attendance reached 65,720 for the rodeo and 274,936 admissions to the exposition grounds.
Hungerford cattle led by B Hudgins Inc captured champion and reserve in Brahman ABBA Open Show. Hodgins animals earned senior champion and reserve senior titles, with J Caner Thomas of Cuero presenting reserve junior champion female and reserve junior champion, while VS Ranch Center showed reserve senior champion female.
Kyle Ranch and Michaelis Ranch showcased champions at the Anton stock show with champ and reserve titles across senior and junior divisions. AC M. Askew of Richmond exhibited the junior bull champ and reserve senior female mate champ. Billy Yates Ranch of Vineyard presented the reserve junior bull.
Fort Stockton exhibitor Gerald Porter presented the champion Rambouf ram in the open show while Clin Lon Hodges of Sterling City displayed both reserve champion ram and reserve open ewe. Ovey Taliafesto of Eden showcased the champion open ewe, piastitinna, and Zeke Hernandez of Los Fresnos led the junior show with champion Brahman Kevfer Abba. Mass Gladys and Larry Katina from Wharton exhibited LEK Miss Rex E Masso i as reserve champion.
Open judging began Wednesday with Amy Hodges of Sterling City taking both the champion ram and a junior ram at the Rambouillet Show. Roy Lee Hutto of Del Rio showed the reserve champion ram and Charlie Joe Wittenburg of Rocksprings showed the other reserve ram.
Patsy Lana from Georgetown won the champion Charolais heifer in the junior show at the San Antonio Stock Show. Susan Kimbriel of Mason showed CK Polla as the reserve champion. The Bronx is noted as the mainland part of New York City alongside Manhattan Brooklyn Queens and Staten Island.
A statewide cleanup and beautification conference sponsored by the Beautify Texas Council will be held at the Sheraton Crest Inn in Austin on Friday. P. Schnabel, council president, notes Tom H. Taylor of the Texas Highway Department will discuss The Economics of Beautification. The theme will be Company’s Coming Beautify Texas with Reagan Brown moderating. Speakers include Mrs Henry Shaper of the San Antonio Federation of Women’s Clubs and Mrs E C Barton of the Houston Garden Clubs. The event starts at 9 AM.
The San Antonio Stock Show Hereford sale, under the South Texas Polled Hereford Association, saw a bull fetch 2500 dollars and a female reach 675 dollars. Fred Starky Kennefie of Oklahoma bought the top bull, while C L Lehman of Corpus Christi purchased the highest female. Lehman bought nine head for 4.43 dollars each average.
A historical note records that the first cows in the United States were brought to the Jamestown Colony in 1611, marking an early agricultural milestone in colonial America.
Rep Henry C. Schadeberg argues a Vietnam veteran must pay 70.21 for an MI rifle used in combat while he seeks 30 million from Defense Secretary McNamara over the Pueblo capture and Liberty decommissioning. Wagner, the veteran, has 30 days to pay or face legal action.
Motor Trend Magazine named the Pontiac as the number one car of the year and the public voted Tindall Pontiac as the top Pontiac dealer. Tindall showcases a full inventory including GTO Catalinas LeMans and Tempests at 3915 San Pedro for Texas buyers.
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