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Show By LYN CONNELLY NWNS Radio-Screen Editor ROY ROGERS recently wound up another season of rodeo touring and he, together with his lovely wile and partner, Dale Evans, headed . Lr"' back to Hollywood,, anxious to be home again with the children, chil-dren, Cheryl, Linda and "Dusty" (Roy. Jr.) . . . Here is a typical American family, a young couple famous from coast to coast but as completely home-loving home-loving as folks in communities all over Roy Rogers the country. Married almost a year now, they call each 'other "ma" and "pa," a rarity amongst Hollywood stars who prefer to stress youth and glamour . . . Dale wears a beautiful gold charm bracelet given her by her handsome hubby . . . Each charm is reminiscent of some phase in her life . . . For instance, there is a typewriter that shifts, a reminder of the days when she was a stenographer; stenogra-pher; a pair of baby shoes for her .own son by a former marriage; a camera that opens, denoting filmmaking, film-making, and a cowboy (Roy) enclosed en-closed in a fence with a gate that opens, for their favorite movie together, to-gether, "Don't Fence Me In." Due to poor handling of Roy's interviews in-terviews by his press agent last year, there had been a misunderstanding between the star and this reporter, an unfortunate one since Roy is really a pleasant fellow who makes every effort to please his fans and the press .' . . He reads his own fan mail, an enjoyment that led to his development of a club for children called "Roy Rogers Riders' club" ... Through it, he intends to instruct youngsters to study hard, be good and observe safety rules . . . Every child gets a membership card signed sign-ed by Roy and a 'lucky" gold coin. Wherever, he tours, he makes it a point to phone bedridden children, visit hospitals and talk to many v other small fry who. call him at hie hotel just to say "hello" to their idol. . . . Every evening he trots Trigger outdoors and puts him through a brief routine for those children who were disappointed by "standing room only" signs on rodeo doors. . . . Someone as generous as ' Roy just had to make good and he is certainly deserving of Hollywood's title "King of the Cowboys." |