Show pete campbeli campbell D recalls calls U booms of old the man behind the candy counter handed the youngster his change and thanked him for his business then turned to a couple of old timers of nucla eucla to comment on the way things are going in denver his listeners were attentive te ten tive for when blind pete campbeli campbell expressed an opinion it was based on clear concise calculation cu lation and experience operator now of a candy and tobacco store at nucla eucla on the fabulous colorado plateau 64 year old blind pete la Is a pioneer of the district and served in the 1951 colorado house of representatives he now is serving as chairman of the state board for the colorado industries for the blind is an active member of the nucla eucla chamber of commerce and Is considered one mainstays main stays behind the towns civic efforts to accommodate its rapidly increasing population mr campbeli campbell is happy to th see the U boom on the plateau but is glad we have cattle agriculture and lumber business to fall back on he has observed the uranium industry idl in I imiela nucla naturita Na turita and norwood area from a precarious infancy to a multi million dollar business 1 I was lucky to be punching cattle eattle for 50 a month he says when the standard chemical chemic co in 1912 dropped overnight from a million dollar uranium processing plant to nothing it was then that plants in africa and south america cornered the market on radium for watch dials and uranium colo coloring r ing for painting pottery arld world war I 1 restored mining importance and mr campbeli campbell became foreman of a bull gang laying foundation for the U S vanadium plant at cravan but after end of the war c came the depression so be took to ranching and finally entered the coal mines on the plateau chats 7 when things went bad he comments now he was involved in a mine accident and lost his sight H he e is quick ick to add however th that a t berb perhaps qu Ps the accident was a blesing ble sing in dis auise quise for since then he be has gained considerable e r a ble knowledge of town and s state t a te politics and administration and has been progressively more active in them after the accident mr cam campbeli campbell went to denver to work t in the ft colorado industries for the blind ax As soon as possible he be returned to aucta nucla to open his present ent business his bis store Is a gathering place for men of the community who like to discuss local and state affairs at with blind pete and he be enjoys being able to take care of his store and to learn from the people he be meets more about 1 I living baw g for other people after au all what t el else if Is there that worth while |