Show Moab is Filled With Interesting Personalities From All Over US U.S. It Is exciting to watch a town to expend from a small farming village to a modern tr cosmopolitan cosmopoli tan city as Moab tins has In less leas than a decade But nut the most fascinating part of the growth th th of ot any city are the people who come conic to live Moab has become a melt Ing pot pat of talented and Interesting personalities a lit les Who they are what hat they do and why they came clime never ne ceases to be bean bean bean an Interesting subject to pursue tt It would be fun tun to know them all Among these newcomers Is Vern Vem Martin who works at the tho bottom of ot the Texas Gulf Gult Sulphur Sul SuI Sulphur potash shaft Mr Martins Martin's Connecticut born wife Is a former former for ford fori i mer reader proof on the Los LosAn An Angeles eles Examiner and with their two children Kim film and Curtis the Martins live at Walnut Walnut Wal Val nut Lane ne Trailer Park The Martins came to Moab to get away from the continual hustle and bustle of a big city Mr Martin is a hobby artist He lie paints Interesting scenes with tempera paints and Is presently presently pres pres- I working on an experiment I of combining temperas with oils Ills tris work Is interesting mostly interesting mostly scenes of the Pacific Coast but he ie is eager cager to paint some of the local ocal scenes He Ue says Moab is an artists artist's haven everywhere haven everywhere he looks he lIe says he sees something some thing he would like to paint paint paint- the he cliffs surrounding the town to the the sunsets the sunsets the bottom of the potash shaft Mr Martin brings a It nice philosophy with him to Moab lie He le believes a person can do any my thing he desires If he Is determined determined deter deter- mined enough to do it It To prove his point he Intends to learn to play the saxophone as soon as ashe ashe ashe he can cnn locate a used model foe fat practice He lie has another ambi ambition ambi- ambi tion to tion-to to live on a country lot outside of town which might be a good Idea if he Is determined determined deter deter- mined enough to toot the sax Visiting at the Martin home Is Darrel Hunter of Los Angeles who Is a professional folk singer by trade Even in Moab which has grown accustomed to unusual unusual un un- un usual personalities Darrell has turned many heads with his luxurious growth of black beard Mr Hunter has a repertoire of hundreds of folks s songs and estimates he can entertain for foras foras foras as long as three hours and never repeat a number However he says he has many requests for repeat numbers for part of the fun of folk singing is familiarity familiar familiar- ity with the songs lIe He accompanies accompanies himself on the guitar and when he tires of his collection that In addition to TB Tn a half million Americans are ere laid low by other chronic respiratory diseases diseases dis dis- dis eases said Mrs Knight As a matter of fact there are more deaths from bronchitis and emphysema emphysema em em- in the U. U S. S than from tuberculosis That's one of the reasons TB Tn are being Increasingly concerned w wit with 1 t h acute and chronic respiratory diseases he fie makes up original origin songs i Hunter Bunter also reads rends poetry original original nal and classics Actually he studied to become a rt choir director director tor and classical soloist before he succumbed to the lure of folk foll singing Ills low love of travel and people brought him to 10 Moab but he heM M says I when he decides to set settle tie down dO this Is the place tot for him So there thern we a pick ate pick at random ran rand dom any tiny two people and you'll fInd ind a n new talent or a new story Well We'll have ha to meet some lome more of Moab's newcomers another time tine |