Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-08-19 | Page 11 | Nothing Serious

NOTHING SERIOUS y Don Valanfln That man is back in Salt Lake again! His last nsme la Kilroy. 1 don't know his first name. But Kilroy, who .. , seems to only creep out in the jT world during, 1 1 ' 1 "" 1 i troubled times, Is if back strolling J the streets and i .," ri alley a of the k'CTjy town. " i Mr. KllroyJ Jk seems to be most I ' J active around i rv I recruiting estab- f i lishment of the "Jf "i army, navy, air f ff ' force and ma- i I t Z lines. Which?' f probably I n d I UAn-mMml cates that Mr. Dan Valentine Kilroy is an old serviceman himself. him-self. He has awry sens of humor, this Kilroy, and he takes a rather jaundiced view of things in general. gen-eral. In fact, It's very possible that Mr. Kilroy Is a distant relative of our own "Sam, the Sad Cynic" of Nothing Serious fame. The latest work of Mr. Kilroy Is on display in the lobby of the post office. There's a sign there a navy recruiting re-cruiting sign which reads: "Join the Navy Adventure . . , Travel . . . Education!" Mr. Kilroy has added a postscript post-script to the sign. It reads: "And all of this in Korea!" About Poople You Know O. A. Rogers, veteran Salt Lake business executive, is one of the pioneer traveling salesmen in the west. For several decsdes Mr. Rogers traveled the highways and byways of the west a true "Knight of the Road." . . . For the past 20 years. W. C. Jeffries of Grantsville has been fascinated by the science of woodcarving. Self-taught, Mr. Jeffries has turned out a score of near works of art with his sharp knives. In all that time, he's cut himself only once! Vera Chapman is one of the best woman bowlers in town. . . . Three of the top-flight male keg-lers keg-lers In Salt Lake are Norm Nhultz, Ray Mantyla and Wayne Blood. . . . F. S. Crowton, veteran railroader, rail-roader, is one of the best amateur cartoonists in Salt Lake City. His hobby is drawing caricatures of his fellow engineers. Groat Salt Lak Oddities Great Salt lake still is Utah's top scenic attraction and the lake is the first place tourists head for when they reach town. The lake is a fabulous wonder of nature. For example, did you know that: Conservative estimates place the age of the lake at 25.000 years. . . . Some historians believe that the first white man to see the lake was Jim Bridger. the famed Indian scout. . . . The lake was first nsmed Lake Bonneville by the novelist Washington Irving, j . . . The brine shrimp is the only j animal life that can live in the salty waters of the lake. . , . The 1 lake has no visible outlet. Today's Valentino To O. A. Berger of Murrsy, who has helped make the small city of Murray the horseshoe pitching mm . ' as capital of the! Tss?2i&M MrB"'! i i stj 1 1 v e nr,w"noe ' ffl fiJ- -lM pitcher snd one fV''y??t,Hl of the best in the , I W I n s 1 1 o n - wss hBV.'JBJ chairman of the arrangements committee for the national horseshoe tournament held in Murray recently. Top horseshoe pitchers from all over the United States snd Canada converged on Murray for the com- : petition. N And the credit belongs to Mr. : Berger and his colleagues!