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Show SALT FLAT NEWS, OCTOBER; 1970 8 at Fair BY the- Fair - R. N. GOLDBERGER It was a hell of a good show, remarked Wilbur Hamaker as he ear-- o Id Hamaker, y patiently waited for a bus. After a lapse of thirty years, the a retired flour miller and taxi cab driver, felt it was time to revisit the Utah State Fair. Now, however, it was just to get a hot dog and say, Ive been there. SALT LAKE CITY sixty-five-- The last time Hamaker went to the fair, he waited impatiently for hours just to glimpse over the electricity show. But that was thirty years ago. Today, times have fission and ICBMs replacing static electricity. But the Atomic with nuclear changed, Energy Commissions tent at the fair was anything but packed. ever-popul- ar If Hamaker so desired, he could see a fourteen foot octopus or watch Lolita do her thing with giant snakes. He might get a chuckle over a polished automobile salesman telling an attentive crowd not to get hung up in the fan while tinkering with the motor. Unfortunately for Lolita and the salesman, Hamaker just strolled around eating a hot dog thinking back onr the good old days. Wells JGs HeadDrive WELLS, Nevada-t-he Wells Jaycees are sponsoring an areawide campaign against Rubella, german measles, for residents. Ron Tate, a vice president of the Jaycees, and Bob Johanning-smeisecretary, said the Jaycees r, are working with Elko County Jaycees to get all residents oi Wells, Metropolis and Star Valley innoculated against the disease. Rubella, a disease dangerous to expectant mothers, is being combatted across the nation by many groups. n The Wells Jaycees have also planned clean-u- p and promotional campaigns, for Wells two-doze- in the near future. But business was booming for Carl Johnson, who together with his wife owned and operated the octupus concession. We like to see the country, explained . Theres something about a mother sow and her piglets that draws a crowd, mentioned a frecklefaced boy carrying a bucket of water. But Shiela Clark, a pert Johnson blonde from Payson, Utah, disa giant closed the fact that she prefers into as urchins peered Animated see the to her pigs packaged. green sphere to wait Now I cant Octopus. There is something for everyget home he added. What's an Animated Octopus? asked body, an opinion echoed by one child's grandfather. Its a Ceril Mush (Mushs Signs), who sort of species of octopi, re- carved fine wooden signs if you torted Mrs. Johnson. had the time to wait. Many folks did que up to Mushs Whats good for octopi should concession, while on the other be good for snakes. But Lolita side of the fair Harley R. Lorenze the snakecharmer had problems. urged people to get in shape by Fondling a giant reticulated his Slim Gym booth. Im in python, Lolita described a dissatisfied customer who had just demanded his money back. He even brought a cop from the vice detachment who made me return the money (thirty-fiv- e cents). Lolita said the customer told her the show was not like it was advertised and became rude after watching for twenty minutes. Even the cop got to see the show for nothing, said Lolita, continuing to discuss her plight while changing snakes this time to a diamondback rattler. As she held the snake high in her arms, a quick look around the tent showed a marked decrease in attendance. the thirty-four-year-o- ld . Lolita then extolled the virtues of snakecharming. Formerly in a club, she a was offered more money if she would charm snakes. However, she says the economic virtue of this business is less than flourishing. Why snakes? Lolita was an orphan and never had any pets. Lolita now waits for the day she can afford her own zoo. NEWS photo great shape," commented LoBeen on vacation a renze, month. Fairs are the harbingers of winter, and with the rash of winter coats and greying skies seen on and about the fair, one gets a clear impression that summer, said once to be a --coinin, aint no more. The old adage' about stocking up on seeds for next years planting rings a bell as one sees the finest fruits and vegetables Utah can muster in the horticultural building. In the past, the group has, sponsored Cub Scout and Boy Scout packs and handled conLolita may have her snakes, cessions for rodeos and local business was up greatly but programs. whore the pigs were on display. DOWN TO EARTH BOOKS FOR EARTH PEOPLE There are a lot of things you need to know if youre going to make it in todays world. If you dont know these, things, dont despair. There are people who do, and theyve written books about them. Down to earth books by people whove been there. People like William Hedgepeth and Dennis Stock who wrote and photographed a chronicle of the new colonization of the American continent. Its called The Alternative and its heady stuff. A beautiful photo-essa- y on the and in the new America. places people . - We also have some nifty books for people, who like to grow things, and people who may need help after the harvest. y THE SURVIVAL BOOK, P. H. Nesbitt A CHILDS GARDEN OF GRASS, Jack S. Margolis THE CULTIVATORS HANDBOOK OF M.J., BUI Drake THE BUST BOOK, What to do Until the Lawyer Comes, Kathy Boudin wkitsn 200 University St. (off campus) k 359-93- 31 Salt Lake City, Utah Area Code v 80P nt Speaking of seeds, DEVON (call me Dee Jenkins, a conservation and public relations man for Security National Life) can look forward to counting how many seeds were in a giant squash his company used for a sides promotion. A free TV goes to the winner and entries are mighty thick. Come next year, Wilbur Hamaker 'will probably not attend the- fair. But thousands of others will just go to get a hot dog and say Ive been there. - . . . unless its the threat of living to see pollution making it an actual fact of walking on water. Or being able to saw the air, thus and actually cutting it. Or the noise level reaching the screeching point where . . . huh! But all these things were irrelevant one morning last week. Last week a week that will forever be etched in stone for me. Last week Im up on the tenth tee at the golf course . . . Ball, tee, six iron . . . Oqjy 175 yards between me and something else to worry about . . . Zap! A hanger . . . Plop! Into the furry lips f that delicious cup HOLE IN ONE!!! The dcies opened . . . the trumpeting of a thousand angels . . . Santa Claus and the great hobbit, all in one A HOLE IN great stroke ONE!!! Nothing to worry about until tomorrow morning. There is no living record of a hole in one in Wendover. ... ... well-know- vice-preside- R. GoMbarpar from Padua? I thanked him for the obvious compliment and took a seat. Nothing to worry about I mean theres so many things to worry about. You have to be very selective. You wake up in the morning i . . Youve got to be super organized so you can channel all your energies to a specific thing to bug you the rest of the day. Whats it going to be today? Science developing a new digital computer that actually counts on its Tingers! Maybe its the fact that Onassis cant sell his 5.7 million dollar yacht for a paltry seven hundred thousand dollars. How about Hollywood? They make a film on the attack on Pearl Harbor. It costs, thirty million dollars to finish the film. The actual attack on Pearl only cost the Japanese one hundred thousand dollars. How about n fact that Spiro? Its a he has only one book in his library . .. . but . . that book just happens to be Websters Dictionary. I found the absolutely charming. I introduced myself and he turned to his personal Secret Service man and said, Who's this pusillanimous parsimonious parolee by , ... |
