*I went to the first one with Wick's son Gordon and Shorty Fry. Francis X. Tolbert was the inspiration for the laughing contest at Luckenbach. I inherited all the garbage cans from the chili factory. *
*As years passed the factions got their drawers in a knot. I judged quite a few events with Cactus and Walley Pryor. There was Chiiipiad in San Marcos for years out at the aeropuerto. Those were fun indeed but I got syphoned away to the BBQ cook off world which was better eating. The Taylor International was really great. I was teamed with Ed Giunn, Wally Pryor, then county judge John Carter now congressman, Guich Cook and the guy who played the Virginian on the tele. * On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 11:19 AM, via Texascavers < [email protected]> wrote: > Charlie: > > It was between two newspaper columnists: Francis X. Talbert of Dallas and > H. Allen Smith of New York. Talbert got Wick Fowler to cook for him. David > Witts (Dallas attorney) and Carol Shelby (race car mogul) had just > purchased a lot of land (which was the seed for the Terlingua Ranch > development) which also included the Ghost Town. Shelby's son-in-law later > started Chili's restaurant chain. In the Albuquerque restaurant you can see > a picture on the wall of Sandy and two little blond kids - Craig and Tara > Deal. > > The first couple of years it was a big joke. In 1967 and 1968 it was a > draw. First year because the chili burned out the taste buds of the > deciding judge (Witts) and the second year masked riders with drawn > six-guns rode in and stole the ballot box before they could be counted. > > Sandy and I played a significant behind-the-scenes role during the first > dozen years in the 70s and know what happened here in Terlingua. The > bickering in Dallas, Houston, and California resulted in THREE factions, in > which people now actually want to be judged the "best" chili cook. There > is also now a LOT of money involved, and the proceeds provide important > support of the Terlingua School and emergency services in the Big Bend. > > DirtDoc > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Charles Loving via Texascavers" <[email protected]> > *To: *"Cavers Texas" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Saturday, April 25, 2015 6:38:31 PM > *Subject: *[Texascavers] Terlingua > > Once upon a time there were two guys that decided to face off in a chili > challenge Wick Fowler was one (owned Two Aarm in Austin) and his friend > whose name escapes me. They were the only two there. I was there as were a > lot of others and it was fun. Now it has turned into some sort of bull shit > with two factions. > > -- > Charlie Loving > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > > -- Charlie Loving
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