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Show - lm 1?" Tike IBoy Om Tike Cover H) Mafjrr fntlilcn Van Nuv W rilcr t rventv tlut could One nl llir would lx? havlo any hi rail painted ly Norman ing pint IUmLwcII - o mod of in that tv Not to Keith laatp, llov Set Mil. I ina I '127. In fail. I hr whole imldenl khptrd . lie fioni the mind of the 2 ) ilidn'l even mention it lo luv family at luMn Aiin-rua- 1 for Ills school Itnokv, When he turned 18, the Civilian CiHiservat ion Corpt (CCC) came to his aid. 11m wav a government sponsored wmk project for young men. They traveled around the country, car-old- In Hue. TIIK TDOIIF. revident wav a iihiiiInT of Troop II, I'eaeiK k Iatrol which met at llihhrrd Junior High Sihool in ithmMid. Indiana, when luv mvhiI loader IiikhI the Ihvv up lo at and al attention. Two draugers, one a Boy Seoul executive. walked up and clown the hoe looking the lmy over. Finally, the nonvout pointed at Keith, and the the Imiv lo folatiMil executive UtkoiM-low them. The three g4 into an aotoiiinhile and Ugan to chive. "I thought, What have I done? Mr. lamp vaid. NVc drove aliout three hlmkv to the vcout executive' home where the other man set me down ini a kitchen stool and lrg.in to sketch d rue. The other man" wav artist Norman the executive was Hay Dono- llockwc-ll- , van. FOLLOWING the posing session. Keith went Itack to his triHip, happy not to In? in tronhlc, and later to his home where lie forgot all alxiiil the incident. Hcing painted by Norman Hockwcll, who was not quite so well known in 1927 as he later lecamc, was no log deal loan active The sketch was used as the iiumIi-- for of the Hov Scout Handbook which came out in I 928. Mr. lamp was aware that it was his portrait on the cover, and there was a writeup in the local paper at the time, Imt the whole incident faded from his mind even though this particular handlxMik was used well into the 40s. IN FACT, the family's copy of the handlxmk was lost in the shuffle of later eyents which loomed more important in a young lxiy's life. The year 1927 was just on the thresh-hol- d of the great depression of the 30s, and the Loop family in Richmond, Indiana was deeply affected ly it. His father was a musician and taught truin-Ixin- e and piano lessons which few people during that time could afford. "Those were hard, terrible times, he reinemliers. There were many times he heard his mother ask his father, What are we going to eat tomorrow? THAT TERRIBLE depression cut short his memliership in the scout troop because he could not afford to stay in it. He worked all one summer trying to make the $10 needed for a stay at Boy Scout camp. He sold magazines, or tried to - everyone else was just as poor as was his family. He did odd jobs - jobs like carrying in buckets of coal for people. His mother made doughnuts which he tried to sell. The season was almost over before he finally raked up the fee. He got in on the very last session. It was a memorable event in his life. I the cover WHEN lOl'NG Keith finally got a newspaper route which paid $1.2$ a week, he was tickled to death." He emild imiw buy his own clothes and pay ami as did Keith lamp, usually worked for the forestry service, lire Army fed the C.'CCs, and fed us well, he It was the greatest thing that could hapMn to a kid in those days." The uy was $10 a month of which $25 was sent home to parents. Ilie I kiss got to keep $1. WHEN TIIK depression finally ended, Mr. I amp still had more important things chi his miml than Iwing the subject chi the cover of a Hoy Scout hand Umk. He married and had right children. He worked in a factory there in Indiana for a 20 years and then finally moved to where he was employed in the gro- then came to Tooele to run their store here. When the firm wasn't able to supply its customers w ith enough half-pric- e merchandise, it went out of business. Mr. loop stayed in Tooele where he married Beverly Jensen, a teacher at Harris Elementary School. THE NORM AN Rockwell incident came lo life again when Mr. Loop, a convert to the LDS church, decided to start keeping a journal. In recalling his InivIiinnI days, he reinemliered his short stmt in the Hoy Scouts and the portrait incident. He mentioned it to his daughter who, of course, Irecarne very excited. Enable to find a copy of the hand-!ooMr. lamp Ugan writing to sources who might lc able lo supply him one. Each source referred him to another source, and finally Harry Thorscn, Jr., editor and publisher of "Scout Memorabilia," in Sarasota, Florida was able to provide him with a copy and also printed the story The Boy on the Cover in the May Issue. . "THE GREATEST thing alxmt my cery businc-svHe came to Utah in 1972 nl the urg- experience is to see the kick my kids are getting out of this, Mr. Loop said. He ing of a daughter who lived in Salt Iaike. He worked at the "bargain Basket" and now has 25 grandchildren. At the time it did not make much of an impression on me. The real satisfaction is that now the kids have got this for their own histories." Actually this is not the end of the the boy on the Norstory of Keith man Rockwell 1928 Boy Scout Hand-lioo- k , cover. received a Just recently Mr. letter from Harry Thorscn which Iregan, Now you can tell your grandchildren that your picture appears on a postage I, stamp of a foreign country. Enclosed with the letter was proof of the state-Ari-iNi- J holds a copy of the Boy Scouts of America 1928 llandlNMik with its famous cover by Tooele resident Keith Rockwell. Mr. lamp posed for Rockwell 53 years ago as a young scout in Richmond, Indiana. Jw if ;v' ment. ,2.' -- isV.' on them. The painting which has become known as The Rockwell head and which appeared on the 1928 hand-Ixxi- k cover is among them. There is also another stamp which Mr. Loop thinks might also have been painted from those Rijk !syx 0 early sketches. .ir'c " THE COUNTRY of Lilieria in Africa in honoring Norman Rockwell's devotion to scouting, issued a set of 50 scout stamps displaying all his scout paintings S w The stamps sell for $2 a set. The mint sets sell for $16.50 (and up), and a set of sells for 50 first day of issue covers $250. The Scouts on Stamps Society organization has 1,500 Note the World War I leggings and paraphernalia worn by the young Indiana native, as part of h is scout uniform. The leggings covered the lacings of the scout breeches that were below the knee. It was during the depres- sion, Mr. Loop said. When the khaki faded, my mother would make a coffee solution. Once soaked in that, the uniform came out beautiful again. Jus Talkin Today name-droppin- is my day to do some g. couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to sit in on a small, intimate press conference with A Phyllis Diller. I went with some prejudice, expecting a frump in a fright wig, making faces. What I found instead was a genuinely warm, gen- uinely friendly, genuinely grawhats more, genuinely pretty lady with beautiful eyes and a lovely smile. She immediately put us at ease - I liked her at once. Somehow we expect everyone who comes out of Hollywood to be either a phony or distant, or from cious, and memliers in 48 countries. Things have been happening to Mr. Loop now that scouts and scout collectors have found him. He has had letters from people from all over the country. Some enclose the 1928 cover asking for his autograph. EVERY BOY should have the opportunity to le a Boy Scout, said Mr. Loop, who was a Scoutmaster in Nogales, Arizona. Some of my fondest memories are of that summer camp I worked so hard for. The three or four years I was a scout are some of the best times of my life. Yes, every boy sould be a scout, but wouldnt it be nice if every boy could & SIM5S5ti VP LIBERIA I 5cj The African country of Liberia honored Norman Rockwells devotion to scouting by issuing a 50 stamp set featuring his paintings on the subject. The stamp on the left is from the same painting as the 1928 handbook for which Mr. Loop was the model. Mr. lamp thinks the 'painting featured in the stamp on the right may also be of him although he remembers posing only from a side view. have his portrait painted by Norman Rockwell? the performances we see on the various talk shows, ready to say or do anything for a laugh. We assume that everyone in show biz either condones or engages in licentious practices. It was refreshing to meet a famous, influential person who upholds morality. Somehow the media ignores and neglects them and we get the impression that everybody who is anybody goes along with this anything goes world. Thats why I am writing about Phyllis Diller. I like her philosophy and I felt that others should hear it. She is the only stand-u- p commedienne who is as welcome at Disneyland as she is at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. When asked why she doesnt tell off color jokes, she said Its easy to get a from filth. Its more h difficult to be funny and clean. I never tell jokes because Her popularity it is not lady-likover the years proves that there are still plenty of people in the world who like their humor clean. Miss Diller was in Salt Lake to perform as a guest solo pianist with the Utah Symphony. She was great and she takes her music seriously, and has appeared with more than 60 symphonies across the country. She also writes music, poetry and has three books to her credit. This brings me to another reason I was impressed with the lady. She was a housewife and mother of five children, a columnist for a San Francisco paper and a writer for a local radio station when her husband insisted she try for a career in comedy. It was a two-ye- ar walked onstage at a San Francisco night club with a comedy routine lampooning celebrities, brandishing a cigarette holder making fun of high fashion and life in general. Since that time her famous act lamenting her hair, her clothes, her housekeeping ability, kids," pets, neighbors - the whole gamut of American suburban life - has become a classic. action begets inaction. The trouble with older people is that they fall in love with bed. Stay away from it, she advised. In talking about clean living, and deed, she said she tobacco, liquor, tea or would make a good Miss Diller remarked. As you grow older, your face tells people what you have been. It has nothing to do with your features. It is a matter of radiain thought doesnt use coffee. I Mormon, said. This 63 year old lady, who calls herself the Bo Derek of the Geritol set, says its a matter of motivation. If you have something you are interested in, it draws you along. If it doesnt hap- pen to you, she said, tion. I liked Phyllis Diller. I liked her philosophy. I liked her as a person. The funny lady with the funny nose and the wild hair in invent something. Action begets action; in- - person radiates the beauty she talks about. I if"''rdlfIf ffy ' shock-laug- off-col- e. 1 (I didnt funny.) At 37 she argument know I was She is living proof that you can accomplish almost anything you want if you are willing to dedicate yourself and work at it, and it doesnt matter how old you are. Its never too late to start anything (except a baby), she ,5 - |