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Show Senior & SteaCth The Summit County Bee Page A6 North Summit The $20 Million Dollar Autograph HYTIMANDI-.KSO- II. S. President Herbert Hoover had u .'real sense of hutnor. During Ins term, he once received a teller Irom a young autograph col lector requesting two of Mr. Hoovers "You see." wrote the youngster. "I want to trade them for a Babe Ruth autograph and it lakes two of yours to get one of his." I'nends say Hoover obligingly forwarded the two autographs and chuckled over the letter for years. ( )nc wonders if Ins sense of humor would still he so keen if he knew that it now lakes seven or eight Heihert Hoover autographs to get me ol the Balv'v Hoover's ink signatures me worth around $K0. while Ruth's signaluie sells for SMX) or moic. I wo of our Presidents were longtime autograph collectors themselves. franklin I). Roosevelt and John I'. Kennedy were both avid autograph hounds and understood In iW the economic law of supply and demand laigcly dictates the value of a puitieular aulogiaph. Jl K once received a note from an old tiiend who tcasingly pointed out that while the autograph of Ulysses S. Cnanl was then selling foi S')). Kennedy's was going lor an even higher S5! Always quick with a quip, Jl K w n tie hack saying, "I appreciate leltei about the maikcl in ymir Kennedy signatmes. It is haul to Ivlicve that the going puce is so high now. In older not to depress the ii'.ukei luiihci. I will not sign this leltei " And he didn't. 1'iesideniial signatures aie always tun to collet l. Inil uiilogiaphs come to ni all walks ol life and ill all Ii.ik's and sies ll.ischulls. btiks. legal tbs iinifiils. photographs, play bills and all soils ol things ,uc signed by nixvie siais. i 'inpo els. scientists, ci even l.iinoiis li 'ines tioni the Wild West Aipne (lakley, James "Wild Hill" lliiknk. Hal M.isietson. Wyall l aip .in I "It til lab i Hill" (oilv have all lelt Mgiiaiiiics mi leltei s and documents iliai tail sell loi thousands of doll,ns t slay Si what, you ask. makes one von ih more than unoihci .uiio-giap- . Well, to begin with, autographs are grouped into four main types: simple signatures on a card or piece of paper, signed photos, typed letters, and handwritten letters. Handwritten letters in ink usually are most valuable since they arc scarcer than the others. Signed photos arc valued by age, condition, size and autograph clarity. If an autographed photo is small, damaged in any way. or bears a faded or hard to read signature, value drops quickly. I .cast valuable arc simple signatures on album pages, cards, menus or whatever, since (hey arc the most plentiful type of autograph when compared to harder-lo-fmsigned letters and photos. However, with the right person, even these simple signatures can have tremendous value. Daik ink signatures of Walt Disney, Charles l.indhcrgh. Helsy Ross or Martin s l.iither King, Jr. can sell for of dollais. And those of Indian lighter (icoige Annstiong Custer, lullplayci "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Sigmund Freud and (iciommo sell lor even more! Today some of the autographs most in demand are those of Hollywood's gieal film stars of the 1930s and Signed photos of Rudolph Valentino, Jean Harlow, l.aurel and llaidy, and Marilyn Monioe aie among the most valuable and can sell lor thousands of d hun-died- di 11.11 s. Hecause ol the hundreds of lequests they icxc'ivc in the mail c.uh week, many ol today's TV and movie siais- - including I liabeth I ay lot. Hob Hope and Harbra Siieis.iiul lute sciictaiics to sign then fan mail lu them. It a Ian wines to a big si.u today and icqiiesis a signed plMo, chance's at all, it .lie. it a photo is will cillici Ival a iii.iilnnc nnpi lilted signaluie oi it will be M.mcd by a sciiclaiy Of ionise, in I'tah. s, une of the s most isipiil.n and soiiglii-aiic- i Moiiuon aie those o prophets Joseph Smith and Hngliam aulo-giapli- A simple ink signaluie ot Joseph Smith mils .iKmt 7.St I in today's aulogiaph maikcl. and a of Hi ihani Young will put Young Summit Comity is cuircntly iccruilmg lor 2 Public Defenders. llicxe aie two year contracts at $5ft.5(K) annually, with one year annual renewals alter original term. Conduct year will begin on January I, rod-1- . Moth contractors will carry S()" of the woikload as divided by the coiuts. Responsibilities include dclendmg adults and juveniles who have been touinl indigent and eligible lor court appointed counsel. Public Deteuder will lie required to appear in all courts (District. Justice and Juvenile) where Siimmil County cases are being held. Aegiavaled minder cases will be excluded Irom Ins contract. Please send letter of interest, resume and lel'erences to Summit County. Peisonnel Department. P.O. Hox. I2X. Coalville, ("I Summit County is an I qual Opportunity I mployer. Applications must be delivered to Summit County Personnel by November Hi. 2UH3. 5.00 p in. ms r. $500. Rut their handwritten notes and important signed documents can cost thousands of dollars! And, yes. there have been a few Utah-bor- n celebrities over the James Wood was born actor years in Vernal; soap star Anthony deary hails from Coalville, and television inventor Philo Farnswoith is from Reaver. Actors Robert Walker and Wilford Hrimley. and actresses Maude Adams and luircltu Young were born in Salt take City, and sister-l.ara- me Loretta's little from comes the Day high Ihnias town of Roosevelt! Yet the combined values of the of Joseph Smith. autographs Rrighain Young and cvciy celebrity ever horn in, or associated w ith I hah pales in comparison w ith the value of a certain British author. If you were shopping around for a signature of William Shakespeare, youll have to have pretty deep pockets; the Lnglish playwright beats the honor of having the most valuable I.OUXI. WAI.I.ACK I1Y Some days it is hard to get started, (iucss it was that way for some of you. too, hecause we sure didn't have a very good attendance at the Ccntci. I'm alraid if it hadn't been loi the band piaclicmg on Wednesday, we would have had a whole lot ol lellovei tood. I he musical lainily docs bring out moic people, and they are going to entertain at an Assisted Living ( entci on Oct. 2K in Salt Lake City, and the best pail ot it is that a lot of us other ieople aie going along to eiqoy the ride as well as the music and. of couisc, the good food we will have alter their pci lormance. Somebody said. "Lunch" and was inhumed that where we were going to eat it would be "Dinner" because we aie going to a bullet where we can eat as much as we want to. We'll piobably oveieal and most likely have to do exeiuses alter the least. In case vmi'ie interested, here is a list of ten giNid exercises that you can do light at home, at youi desk oi trom your favorite old arm chair. I lie culoiics used goes along with the list existing autograph in the woild. None of his original manuscripts has ever been lound. and only six o his signaluies all in inslituiH m and on signed legal documeni- s- aie know n to exist It one ot the six documents were to be sold today, experts piedict it could sell foi at much as $2U million dollais! Imnically. if you wcie to see an actual William ShakesiKMie signa (me. you pmhahly couldn't lead the tangled clump o illegible letteis. Nalen calorics; 9) Chewing nails 20 calorics, and 10) Dragging your heels 100 calorics. These are real caloric burners, however, the results are not guaranteed as they differ w ith each body. Sally Picrcy, from (he Health Department, brought in livers to icmind us that they will be giving llu shots on Wednesday. Oct. 22, at the Center Irom 9 a.m. to noon The shut might hurt your arm a little bit but it wont hurl your pocket hNik because it is paid for by Medicare so lie sure to have your card with you. Wendy Vickers was with her mother. Marie Wilde, on She can hardly wait to he a Senior Citicn but with the birthday she was going to have on Saluiday will leave her quite a few moic years hclorc she will qualify. No matter about that, though, we are always happy to have her visit. Hill llcrsli is driving another new Cadillac. It wasn't planned to he that way and it wasn't his fault. The almost new one was involved in an Jogging your nicnnuy - 125 i.iluies; 2) Healing around the bush 7S ...dunes; 3) Climbing the wall I'1') calones; 4) Passing the buck 2s valoiics, 5) Thiowing youi w .Hound - 50 to 300 calories. I Ins depends on the sie of the weight. In Wading through paper--.. k 25 calories; 7) Making a liiomii.iiii out of a mole lull 50 intones. Si Pushing youi luck - 25 Roiiapaite. r 3 Sale at Kamas Storage 65 West 200 North October IS, 2003 at 10:00 a. m. I '; Light a Candle for Peacef iT The IV jvc I louse invilev you to jtlcnJ A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL Featuring: The f Kamas Health Center I V4 (HI Si mill I' I Kain.is. ' X M H k I R t - rp 1 1 Glide t hoir Peace House Ixecuiivc-- Director, Ruth Quintal llchrr ( I tv Police Chief Rhoades (.hildicn'c list ice Center Ixeculise Director. Marcic- - Mason Wasatch (aiuniv Council mvinhc-r- , Neil AiiJcrton (V The South Summit High School Tapestry JKANKTTK K. VKKNON UN IA-USA M.SA I1UNIM). M.l. I Rnvky Mill. Middle School Seventh I WAIN Al.l.KN M.I). FA A FI, DABITX II I I !. d I I artist Salvuiiorc Dali, ballet legend Rudoll Nuieyev. and King llemy III All had a tendency to stubble iikoheiemly when signing then names. On the oilier hand, it awauN wcic to Iw given lot autogiaphs lh.il ucic simple, t le.ii and easy to ie,nl. ilu-i- i A mem .in Wild West tigme Inn Hndgci and t '.il.imiiv Jane u..nM win hands down. " I uli signed with an "X hm .ihln oi rr.o Vl 1'i'iu-Vit tin' iiiihmitii'll i iiitlim fill St Innt lli l iilnint i, (iiintr mill a imtiniiiill fiihlilu ,l fit rltiiu e h ntei. HRI :N DI ;N Wl accident. Although it was not a total wreck, Hill elected for a replacement rather than a repair job. We're glad that he was lucky not to get hurt other than his feelings. We pleased to report that both iX'lia Griffith and Blanche Wright, the ladies we reported on before, are doing just fine and that Janice Johnson is home from the hospital after a longer stay Ilian she planned on when she entered. She is feeling much belter, still has some problems, of course, and is having therapy. She tells me that she will feel 150 percent better once she gets a good shampoo and her hair set. Amen to that. Wc will he having a Halloween Party on Friday, Oct. 31, thanks to Dm i sc Judd who is in charge of October activities. She hasn't told us exactly what she has planned so wc w ill only have to wonder; is n scary? Is it fun. or both? Just wait and wc shall see. Last, but not least, Teresa Cain. Irom Kensington Services, will be with us on Wednesday. Oct. 29. for the good blood seivices she does. Hollow Hoogar philosophy: Accordin' to Auntie Sukcy. old age when you consider the ain't hall-baalternative. Senior Citizens you back around Same goes lor October 17, 2003 C ) I RY Full Scn it r l iimily Inulii i ( Vrr.v Optnnwlrisl Stitunhiys in Coalville Please Call lor apinuniments ur Visit ns Online www.coalv tile kamas hcalthcvnieis voumul com Wednesday, October 29,h 5:30 p.m. llcber City Building, 75 N. Main l'ii.i r i'i i- XillioHill IhiiitrilH Ik ! hr I iiiIi Hi e . iril rrHru Month I'iiiti i H, r ,, . .'i.l "I ighl for I'lih r ,ih il t h, the 1'iirlt ur Uhliil of Hrilhoi t I'hiLiiilhmpii I'hhhiiHiiih .1 iiti JfiiHHir Itlrm mill ihr timihit ( ( c' Viiiim Aihmiiir 1iogiiim " |