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There had never been a Hereford bull like Hazford Rupert 81st. At the age of three he won the grand prize at Chicago's International Livestock Exposition in 1936. Deep-bodied, square-rumped, the Hereford champion was sold to Cattleman Roy J. Turner, now Oklahoma's Governor. The price was small, only $18,500 for Rupert and nine other bulls. Rupert was withdrawn from the show ring, as Turner thought he would do better on his 10,000-acre breeding ranch in the heart of Oklahoma's "Hereford Heaven...
...Rupert worked so diligently at his trade that soon Hereford men referred to him respectfully as "Old 81st." In nine years his progeny on the Turner ranch alone totaled 497. Of these, Turner sold 118 cows at an average price of around $1,200, 160 bulls at an average of around $2,100, the lot for a whopping total of $486,225. The only one who ever shamed his father was T. Royal Rupert 60th. He sold for a record-breaking $38,000 (TIME, Jan. 24, 1944). Then Turner had to give the money back when T. Royal turned...
...Granite Hall on Saturday nights, Peggy's citizens dance to music from violins played by Fishermen Rupert Manuel and Vaughan Boutilier, an accordion played by Bus Driver Jordan Cook and a guitar played by Mrs. Cecil Caves. On Sundays, Peggy's citizens attend St. John's (Anglican) Church, where 83-year-old Fisherman Albert Crooks, known as the "mayor" of the community, pumps the organ. Each night, at dusk, Fisherman Manuel walks over the rocks to light the oil lamp in Peggy's lighthouse...
...Rupert Emerson '21, associate professor of Government, will highlight the Laboratory's discussion with a 15-minute talk on the significance of the international school in a peaceful Europe. After four committees deliver reports on the aims, obstacles, and practical aspects of the university, the entire session will join in a group discussion of the problem...
...time or another most of the 4-H boys & girls and Future Farmers in the state had turned up there for his annual stock-judging contest. He had made headlines when his highly touted bull, T. Royal Rupert 99th, sold for a record-breaking $38,000 (TIME, Jan. 24, 1944), and turned...