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program several months ago I envisioned some type of dress, something like William Genin Brown and one of his great speeches. Then he told me that I was going to be sandwiched in between Boyce Holleman and Walter Gex, so I lowered my vision of something like Calvin Coolidge. It's like you remember Calvin Coolidge at the luncheon where the young lady who was seated next to him said, "Mr. President, my friend bet me $100 that I couldn't get you to say three words to me during this lunch." And he said, "You lose." And never said another word to her.
I did hear a Calvin Coolidge story, since I started that, that I had not heard before recently. It seems that Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge, then President Coolidge, were visiting a chicken farm and they became separated during their visit, and the guide told Mrs. Coolidge, pointing out there prized rooster. "That rooster mates three times a day." She said, "Please tell that to Mr. Coolidge." And the guide finally caught up with Mr. Coolidge, he told him the story, Coolidge looked at the rooster and he said,
JAMIE L. WETZEL, CSR - CIRCUIT COURT REPORTER


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