Tag: Recollections

William C. (Bill) Foxley Pt. 2
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher Editor’s Note: The four-part segment starting in the April 1996 CALF News feature on “The Quiet Giant” spotlighting Willian C.

William C. (Bill) Foxley
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher Editor’s Note: An April 1996 CALF News feature titled “The Quiet Giant” spotlighted one of the most creative and successful

A Lady With a Mission
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher One of the features in CALF News during 1996 was a Movers & Shakers & Innovators column sponsored by

Harvey Dietrich: A Man to be Remembered
Harvey Dietrich: A Man to be Remembered By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher A friendship was formed when I had the chance to interview Harvey Dietrich

Baxter Black DVM
Baxter Black DVM By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher For thousands and thousands of movement. I tried several times Edge of Common Sense column, and admirers,

Jim Schwertner – Capitol Land and Livestock
By Betty Jo Gigot Publisher I suppose it happens to all of us. You see a name or picture and, as fast as a flashbulb,

Harvey Dietrich: A Man To Be Remembered
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Years ago, I was interviewing a young cowboy out in the vet shack about the cattle industry. It was about

Van Brimball, DVM – Part 3
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Van Brimhall moved back to Texas in 1969 and, as usual, was looking at the big picture. Well right quick,

Van Brimhall, DVM, Part 2
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher Van Brimhall made the final cut and eventually was accepted into veterinary school. He credited it all to his wife,

Eugene Schwertner … A Texas Trader
By Betty Jo Gigot, Publisher After returning from World War II, Eugene never did finish that last semester of college. He and his dad went