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Show ih'A Ibv V V 1 V j) HO of - . - . w . , - I f t I i . .... , . ".a -jto " " . i . N x v :-U . .. 1 i i ' -4 I : f : , : ? - I 1 ft ! -? -j i' -I J V.-. ' . -.J s ' a. . ' .. . j, : t - ' X - ,-1 ) v A Ji . , Rite Way Shoe Repair opened in 1954 and Pal has been busy ever since. Along with all kinds of shoes, Pat has been known to repair tents, saddle bags, tool belts and canvas dams.' Cowboy boots are made just as they always have been but some people are changing the full leather soles for vibram and skid-proof composition soles. only sleeps five hours a night. In his spare time, Pat reads the newspapers, continues con-tinues woodcarving, plays his trumpet and writes a little poetry. With his friend, Larry Hoot, he reminisces about their musical group, The Serenaders. Holt was also a co-conspirator in the first demolition derby in Kamas. Holt was called upon for his electronic know-how to build a car for Sherman Butler. Pat drove a 1924 Chevy and as he remembers it, the course ran from the fairgrounds to the old grist mill. O'Driscoll caught up to Butler on the downhill stretch and gave him a shove which sent him into a fence pole. Earl Dugdale, says Pat laughing, ended up pushing his jalopy across the finish line and Holt shakes his head in dismay, "It took me a whole month to put that car together and then they blew it up." That was in 1938. A year ago, Rite Way was Pat's dad, Jesse O'Driscoll worked for the Fish and Game Department and fixed the shoes worn by his six children. All six grew up and settled in Kamas. Their grandparents ran the O'Driscoll O'Dris-coll Hotel, where visitors and merchants arriving on the stagecoach would spend the night. Pat left for awhile to live in Pleasant Grove. While he was working for Geneva Steel, he decided to learn how to repair shoes. In 1945, he began as an apprentice to Charly Guido of Modern Shoe Repair in Provo. It was Charly, an old-world cobbler of Italian descent, who helped Pat acquire the machines needed to set up his own business. In 1954, Rite Way Shoe Repair opened in Kamas. At the time, Pat explained, he was working evening shifts for IML Freight. Between the growing shoe repair business and his job on the loading docks, he could only sleep 4-5 hours a night. Kamas residents grew used to seeing Pat's light on in the shop long before dawn. After 19 years, it was a habit Pat found hard to shake and he says he still |