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Show i; Gasuallxj ! Obsetoincj ': By Cliff Memmott ;i A NEW CHAMPION It's almost al-most a cinch .bet the main topic of conversation at Reynold's Barber Bar-ber Shop this week has been centered around "Poco Jim". . , . In the event you haven't met up with "Poco Jim", he's a yearling quarter horse colt, purchased last January by the Roosevelt Roping Club .... Last Monday he was crowned "Grand Champion" at the State Fair in his breed. . . . There is always a good chance one can get into a horse or rodeo conversation conver-sation with the Roping Club boys, and now that they have a champ, the odds go up on my wager about "Poco Jim" , . . . Congratulations are definitely in order to Doc Jenkins and his boys who own this fine young stallion. --co-- One good thing about silence is that it can't be repeated. --co-- "LET'S DEVELOP our local tal-talent tal-talent to a greater extent" is an expression heard several times since last Sunday's LDS stake conference. Two different musical organizations performed Sunday for members of the LDS church, and each did a credible job, worthy of the praise sent their way. Several communities have fine male and female choruses, which have done much to build prestige for their towns. This area is load-' ed with singing talent that if developed would equal anything in the state. All that is needed is someone to get behind the idea and push it. . . . My thinking is to organize a chorus on a non-denominational non-denominational basis, which could be used by any and au cnurcnes, as well as civic organizations in the Basin for special programs, etc. . - . We have plenty of director di-rector talent who are anxious to do their part. . . I have definitely defin-itely made up my mind to push the idea to either a successful conclusion or 'till failure meets the effort. --co-- It would be easier for youngsters young-sters to learn good manners if they saw more of them. --co-- CONVERSATION PIECE One morning while on vacation at a well-known mountain resort, a Southern financier opened the paper to find his name at the head of an obituary column. Immediately he called his office and got his secretary on the phone. "Miss Lee, did you see this morning's paper?" he demanded. "It says I died." "Why yes, Mr. Franklin, I saw it," answered the girl. "Where y'all callin' from?" - - C 0 - - Those at the top have reached their positions by tackling uphill up-hill jobs. --CO-- IT'S THE SEASON for Coaches At least for those living in the Roosevelt area who are ambitious about perpetuating the male sex who'll probably be the football and basketball players for a few years to come. . . . Union Coach Ted Heath's wife Betty presented him with his first boy, who was born Sept. 6. . . - Then yesterday Coach Burr Eldredge at Roosevelt Junior High was presented with a nine-pound boy, his second, by his wife Jean. . . . May you both hve to see those kids packing the old pigskin on the gridiron. - 30 - Mrs. Gene C. Powell arrived Monday night to spend several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Eldredge, before she and Mr. Powell leave for Downey, California, where he will be engaged in research work for the autonetics department in North American Aviation. |