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Show PCSERCT NEWS, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1977 C 3 Pat Nixons still very much admired Bv Paul Meiner Richard Nixon is NEW YORK (WN'Sl prominently in the news agaui, but his loyal spouse Pat nee Thelma Ryan who turned 65 last March, has remained m the background Here are some Patrician bits and pieces Last December she was named the most admired woman in the world" in a poll conducted by Good Housekeeping Magazine, the publication Patty llearst recently said shed like to work for After she suffered a stroke last July that at first paralied her left side and caused a slight speech impediment, she received more than 1X0,000 messages As fate would have it, on the same day she was stricken in California, Richard Nixon was disbarred from the practice of law in New York Only the pre lous July 4 weekend the Nixons, both smiling, were photographed visiting Newport. Beach, Calif, where Pat previously had mide occasional shopping trips Although she had visited Red Chma with her husband (following his resignation and exile) her only U S public appearance had been at ceremonies naming a grade school after her While undergoing daily therapy she has enjoyed taking care of two vegetable gardens at the San Clemente estate, is especially proud of her beans, corn and tomatoes Richard Nixon met Pat while they were both acting in an amateur play While courting her, Dick would often drive Pat to dates with other swains Although Pat has been a loyal supporter ui all of her husband's political compaigns. she was continually urging him to retire from politics, says the monumental reference work, "The Peoples Almanac (Doubleday) On two separate occasions Pat made him make written promises to quit Both times he broke these promises, Almanac insists get-we- ll Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gerome and their little daughter Camille enjoy the view from the porch their 2 room home. Clyde built the home after taking wood shop classes. of 1 A wood shop class started it all The house that Clyde built By Colleen Peters A regional factory technical representative for Fngidaire Division of General Motors, Gerome travels a good deal but almost always manages to arrange his time to be home for his Thursday night woodshop class It forces you to make good use of your time, he said I hate television and I would rather be doing something constructive Wherever Clyde goes he doodles Church meetings, sales meetings, anytime hes sitting still, he doodles but its not all squirls and squiggles Building is like taking a tnp and for a tnp you would have a road map, he said You must have a set of plans to work from so thats what I do when I doodle I draw plans," he added The honsp took ahnnt nine months to build, but no one would have moved in it as we did, laughed Billee, thinking back five years ago We had almost three children but we had outgrown our old home Clyde had built a garage on that home which was almost bigger than the home, she said. We moved into this home before there was any carpet down and the county was screaming at us because we had no railing on the stairwell Clyde keeps woodshopping as a hobby because he likes his regular job and doesn't believe people would pay enough for the hours and material required for custom furniture Meanwhile he plans to continue his until they discontinue the classes Deseret News staff writer A chip off the block means a lot to Clyde Gerome, 3055 Brighton Circle, who 13 years ago followed his mother into a wood shop class and ended up house building a Gerome not only followed his mom, Ardella Gerome, into the class at Gramte High School Community Education Program, but he has continued taking the class every year since Some husbands play golf, mine makes sawdust, says pretty Billee Gerome, his wife, but she isnt complaining about his making sawdust home they Gerome built the live in with their five children He designed it and did all the work himself pxcept for the excavation, brick work and framing He has built a unique room divider from an old door, scavenged from a demolished old building m downtown Salt Lake City An enormous breakfront stands against one wall of his living room and stereo covers the other a hand-mad- e d wall A deacons bench sits on the landing of a staircase that bannister. features a hand-hew- n I borrowed a book from a fnend to find out about bannisters," Gerome said with a grin, and freely admitted to picking brains of friends" for many of his projects I still pick up a lot of. technique from Thurlo Bailey, (class instructor) but mainly I take the class for the use of the equipment, he added In addition to the house and larger items of furniture, Gerome has constructed numerous planters, wall plaques, seed boxes, and mantelpieces over fireplaces m the downstairs living quarters as well as in the master bedroom on the second floor. Presently he is finishing two pivotal full length mirrors for teen-ag- e daughters Previously, he constructed three doll cradles for two of his five youngsters and a niece m high-toppe- Clyde also built much of their furniture, including this bookcase. A slick trick for By Eunice Farmer This weeks sewing tip DEAR READERS winner is Mrs William Stoughton. Mansfield, Ohio 44)106 a collar to make a perfect When line of stitching in and out of the point I temporarily attach a double thread to the very tip with a needle After I have stitched to the corner and turned my work to stitch down the other side, I hold the thread firmlv from behind the presser temporary She was no youngster when first daughter Tncia was born she was 34 (Rosalynn Carter had Amy at 40, but she had given birth several times before ) Daughter Julie was born when Pat was 36 She was First Lady for almost a year before she visited the chefs m the White House kitchen She once said. Being First Lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world Few, whether admirers or enemies, would idspute this statement In her book, The Power Lovers (Ballan-tmeMyra MacPherson states that Pat was protected by a staff who let her see only the favorable mail, hid adverse criticism What a way to feel safe and loved' editorializes author MacPherson When visiting Ghana she joined the women in a tribal dance, although she rarely danced at White House parties The Nixons love Mexican and Spamsh food, Traphes Bryant recalls in his book, Dog Days at the White House and adds So their dogs I fed them some had to get used to it, too Spamsh rice and they liked it Some of the paintings she displayed in the Western White House were by artist Irish McCalla, whom many may remember as the sexpot who heated up 1950s TV v lowers as she ), ... , , battled ).ingle menaces m her scant leopard skm outfit as Shecna, Queen of the Jungle, Richard Lamparsky's book, Whatever Became of . (Bantam) points out The famous cottage cheese-an- d ketchup luncheons she let her husband eat sound awful, but at least they were high in protein," says New nutritionist Gaylord Hauser in his ) Treasury of Secrets (Farrar, Straus & . Giroux-Bantam- Recalling watchmg Pat Nixon aboard Air Force I, on her knees pettmg her three dogs, Mo a Maureen Dean says in her book, Womans View of Watergate (Bantam) She displayed no inhibitions whatever . . I thought to myself, shes the only human m the entire (Nixon) family For her husbands first birthday as presi-degIg ibis 5fith shs gsv6 bin 2 pair of ruff links, explaining, All his cuff links were torn off m the campaign by souvenir hunters (McGraw-Hill- ) In his book, paparazzo Ron Galella tells that after Nixon's resignation he camped on the San Clemente beach for a solid week, sent messages to the Nixons, but got nothing but a great suntan His patience paid off I hung around with a 1000-mlens on my camera, just waiting It was worth it I got a shot of the former First Lady (wearing heavv plaid pants, a d jacket, hands in pocket) the face of anquish As First Lady she continued the tradition of using Lenox as only occasionally broken the official White House China And when she visited Red China with her husband the first time Lenox crystal was flown in to toast Chairman Mao, and other Chinese leaders white-trimme- class" Future building plans include a pool table, now in preliminary stages, two blanket chests for his daughters and a bed to make a dining room table like Id but we dont have a place for it, but I have daughters and some day maybe they could use it m their own homes," he mused Or maybe Clyde could build a larger home to go around it Keeping posted on etiquette four-post- By Elizabeth Post DEAR MRS. POST: My daughter got engaged three months ago From the time they announced their engagement, she and her fiance have signed both their names to remembrance cards and on all gifts they have givpn Is this proper7 MRS. ROBERTS YAMAHA top-stitchi- ng start the stitching This guides the material through without jamming up at the corners Mrs Stoughton will receive my personalized set of beautiful gold blazer buttons for her suggestion of foot and pull gently as I GRAND PIANOS Available Now! 9 ft.. 66" y DEAR MRS. ROBERTSOnce a couple is formally engaged it is perfectly proper for them to send joint cards, gifts, etc , signed with both their names To relatives, and others who know them well, they would use only their first names. 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