John Francis Goulet: Memoirs of Grand Junction and Western Colorado, Part Six

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John Goulet remembers a piano concerto that he played with the Grand Junction High School woodwind orchestra in 1958. He describes his recitation of the Cremation of Sam McGee at the Daily Sentinel party in 1959. He talks about night life in Grand Junction in the 1950’s. He recalls attending a concert of the Paganini Quartet at Mesa College, and meeting John F. Kennedy at Café Caravan during his campaign for president. He remembers his friend Boots Kellogg and Kellogg’s family, and writing advertising copy for Manuel’s Department Store, where Kellogg worked. He speaks about Father James Freld of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Sister Zita Marie of St. Mary’s Hospital. The interview was conducted by the Mesa County Oral History Project, a collaboration of Mesa County Libraries and the Museums of Western Colorado.