Show with the passing of norman and his wife and business partner doris the country and particularly san juan county loses one adne of its keenest booster teams lit what hat they have doni done to publicise public ise san juan and the people who have come into this country because ov of I 1 the would be hard to estimate they were wem a rare combination I 1 in man and wife he with boundless energy and enthusiasm and she I 1 with an efficient ability to work out detail and make routine arrangements their fame had spread over the nation and they were known 1 among explorer groups and river men all over ever the world it is difficult to think of them as dead they were so much alive to full of plans and so actively engaged in working out those plans that one almost expects norman or doris to step forward to direct the show wa and bring their efficiency into the confusion caused by their sudden deaths norman was placed by cirr circumstances um stances in oneff one ot the most desolate and out of the tha way kay places that could be imagined not one youth in thousands would have had thevis the vision fon nor the courage to see the possibilities bili ties that he saw in mexican hat and yet from a place offering so little promise norman has built a most enviable envia ladle dle reputation as an intrepid boat pilot in the most dangerous waters Arat erg in the world the tact fact that he has bas maintained sucha splendid safety rem record rd to is not a matter of chance but of his coot cool planning his exhaustive research and ton ron stant living with alth the dangers he faced he appraised these dangers as auch not underestimating them chisa cc in part at least for his big splendid record of safety in his numerous expeditions ous these are the qualities that made norman the top man in his field this is the calibre of man we have lost and the 10 loss ss 11 will W I 1 leave ve a wound that will take long in the healing |