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Show - 'a- t1 .w" UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. July 4. 2000 Page 12 Doc Jenkins named woman 93 year-ol-d honored by college By Cheryl Ueeham Ballard resident, Maurine Hobb is actively involved in various ventures. She raises rabbits and poodles, keeps cattle and ducks, and just orphaned bought a colt. She laughs easily, hasaiharp wit and anyone who spends time with her comes away smiling. Couple this with a zest for living and a love for traveling and youll soon know why she was in Montview, Colorado, last month attending her college reunion at Colorado Women's College, near Denver. What Maurine didnt know was that she would be honored as the earliest attending alumnus. She enrolled college in 1924, and at easily took the honor ofthe oldest living alumnus! Maurine remembers her English courses, which were easy far her, she said because her father Thomas Hemy Hooper was a school superintendent in Kansas where she was bom and in Yuma, Colorado, where the family settled when she was just a child of - four. ' "If I put a plural verb with a singular subject, he would correct me right then and there ... so I knew English. Childhood for Maurine was "fun, she said. She wasn't expected to work, instead, her musically inclined mother, Maybel Josephine Boughman : desired that her daughter become a as Legendary Cowboy Last month the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Committee presented Cecil "Doc Jenkins, of Billiard, with the Legendary Cowboy Award, honoring him for a life time of participating in rodeo and working as an authentic cowboy on his Uintah Basin ranch. I was happy. What an honor ... when you get old you like to have people say nice things about you, musician. Maybel was accomplished on both the piano and the guitar and had a lovely singing voice, Maurine remembers. When Maurine was her mother gave birth to her brother Lloyd, now 83 and still living in Colorado. Maurine says she didn't take the piano, instead she loved the familys horses and wanted to spend every moment she could riding and currying them. I think I was kind of a brat," she said, explaining that there was one horse that she was afraid of but desperately wanted to ride. She put her cousin Kilroy on top, but the horse didn't mind! She chuckled, adding, that after that I would ride him. Once Maurine graduated from high school she enrolled in Colorado Woman's College and began living a new adventure. We had a fire escape and we'd climb down it and meet boys who were in college too. We'd go dancing," Maurine said, adding that her parents hadn't approved of dancing when she lived at home. It was the era ofthe Flapper, when the popular Charleston dance was in vogue. Maurine didn't marry any of the boys she dated in college. In 1926 she graduated and took a summer school course to earn her teaching certificate. She met Joe Roushar at a teachers meeting. Joe was attending ter grow money! There areafiew to consider planting in any landscape that are a little less expensive. Two small trees that are both attractive and have few problems are the crab apple and flowering crab apple. They range in size from six to 25 feet tall, depending on the variety, andaieknown for their graceful form, colorful leaves and distinctive shapes, Goodspeed says. They prefer a partially shady location soil. Crab apple trees have a bad reputation for being messy. Older varieties drop fruit in the late summer and early fall, leaving a slimy, ugly scene where they are planted. However, new varieties have been developed that either don't have fruit, or the fruit is persistent, which means it remains on the tree until the birds come to eat it during the winter. F or spring color, a flowering crab apple tree is hard to beat. The flowers range in color from white to deep red and purple, and their shapea vary as much as their blossom color. Some are hardy enough to survive' severe winters. In the category of medium-size- d trees, two are outstanding, he says. The first is the ornamental pear. Like the crab apple, these trees have beautiful spring blossoms, which are usually white. They range in size from 25 to 45 feet talL The old standard Bradford has some definite problems, but the newer varieties such as Capitol, Chanticleer and Reds pi re are improved and have better characteristics. Another good choice for a medium-sized tree is the sometimes d American ye Ilowwood. It grows between 30 to 45 feet tall, with a similar spread. It has wonderful, white, fragnuit blooms that hang from the branches in late spring. Yellowwood trees have a graceful shape and are a good size for smaller properties that need a shade tree that wont overtake the whole area. It is hardy, down to about 30 degrees below zero, and has few pest problems. It Ulus soil, but can adapt to many differentsofl types. Where large trees are concerned, : most are too big for smaller lota, Goodspeed says. "Iprefer a couple that are slow growing, but need a Uttle extra room to grow and flourish. My favorite is probably the European beech. It can grow to a height of 50 or 60 feet, but takes almost a century to hard-to-fin- foot- n Doc said, adding that the committee has treated him better than royalty, at various functions since he received the award. Jenkins also received a lifetime Hobb, HAPPY ALUMNUS-Mauri- ne pass to all upcoming Dinosaur rodeo's now 93 years old was recently, which are ranked fifth in the nation, awarded a medal from Colorado and gave all of his family members Women's College as the earliest and tickets to attend the upcoming rodeo 12 - 15 at the Western Park also the oldest alumnus. Maurine July Arena. continues to ride horses and says she Now Jenkins reflects loves life." back on all the round-up- s hes been on. and all of the fine quarter horses he's raced. a different meeting at the same hoHe was born to Charles Lorenzo tel. They had twochildren. Victor and and Pearl Jenkins who homesteaded Sharon. Tragically Joe fell ill and in Ballard and lived there, their endied a few year after their marriage. tire lives. He remembers the early Later while working as a legal days on the ranch when his folks secretary in San Francisco, Maurine farmed with horses. It was his first Vern Hobbs. met to horses and from that exposure He worked for Napa Auto Parts. on it was an interest he mainpoint He knew everything there was to tained. know about a motor. Doc was fortunate tomanyahorse-w-o When Vern and Maurine traveled man, Marie, who loved him, horses they often came through the Uintah and rodeo. In bet she broke Happy Basin. It was their dream that when Boy - the Jenkins racing quarter he retired they would move near horse herself. Marie participates in Roosevelt, but it was not meant to be, rodeo barrel racing and in other timed Vern passed away before retirement, events. but Maurine decided she would folDoc was involved in all facets of low through. She retired in Ballard rodeo work, from organizing, d about 1960 and has been happily even announcing. He travoccupied ever since with all of her eled all over Utah and throughout animals. Colorado and Wyoming. At one point Now that she is a little older, in his life he partnered up with the Maurine has a care taker, Mary late Dee Allred, and together the pair Holcomb living in her home. Mary sponsored rodeos. said Maurine keeps her busy planWith an eye for fine horse flesh. ning trips. Just last week they travDoc eventually ended upin the breedeled to Vernal and got a milk shake. ing business and participated in Oh, and then there's the rodeos. chariot races at Petroleum Downs Maurine loves a good rodeo. For all and in Idaho. His teams Pocatello, her 93 years Maurine is perhaps the ran for world twice, championships most vivacious resident in Ballard, each time came in 2nd place. His sons of the busiest. one certainly Charles andAvard drove those teams. 1 ride horses, play with my dogs IV ic has ranched most ofhis life, he and the little colts, she said adding did. however, have two briefstints at that she may have lived this long athletics for Duchesne and teaching tohelp her younger brother, but shes Uintah County high schools in the not entirely sure why. mid 1940s. In his first year coaching Cowbqys. STILL IN THE SADDLE-D- oc Jenkins has been riding oow pony's for as long as he can remember. He was recently awarded the Legendary Cbwboy award by the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Committee. partid-patingan- reach that size. Few trees look as stately and noble asa mature beech. These trees have few problems, and the foliage comes in a variety of colors and shapes, from the purple-leafe- d (rose-pinRiversii, to the cream and purple) ofthe Another slow grower is the maidenhair or ginkgo tree. It grows a little faster than the beech, and can eventually reach heights of 60to80feethigh.Thegmkgosgolden fell color is spectacular, and the unique leaf shape and stately appearance of the tree make it a great specimen throughout the year. When selecting a ginkgo, be sure to get the male ofthe species so it does not flower or have seeds, he says. "The female tree are not only messy, but quite stinky when in bloom. The smell resembles something you in and wished you hadn't ' stepped ' For answers to all your gardening to go questions http: tri-col- six-ma- ball team took the state championship. 1 started with a whole bunch of new boys. They were farm boys, they were rough,1 Doc said. - Picking a tree that fits your landscape & pocketbook How much would you pay for the perfect tree? There is no such thing as the perfect tree, although a few sellers claim they have some that are awfully dose, say Jerry Goodspeed, Utah State University Extension horticulturist. 1 once saw a Japanese maple with a price tag of around $30,000. For that price, the tree bet- at Roosevelt High his Later, he taught at Uintah High for one and a half years, but he left because he said, I had too much other involvement with my ranch and stuff. Its a good thing that Doc gave up his school career to go back to cowbnying, after all, theres lots of football coaches, but few Legendary k, Roaea-Marginat- a. ftm Jiomm (gswuisw r?6k TTXj AW ARD-- A plaque honors Doc Jenkins of Ballard by the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo Committee. 4--i, III IHlrjQh it wwwxt.usu!eda'gardea' Utah State University ExtensionExtend-- . ing the University to You 'i '1 lA VV'- v'nv Finest Hour - :4 ' highlights Britain's " role in WWII The nation celebrates on July i 4TH and the i wa leader t Y ik'. V all month long! 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