23 Jul
2013
23 Jul
'13
9:08 a.m.
Hello, Parley, well hello, Parley It's so nice to have you back where you belong! On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 7:37 AM, John R. Peterson <docpity@earthlink.net>wrote:
In the mid-fifties, Louis Armstrong came to perform at the Hotel Utah Ballroom. But, because of the color of his skin, he could not stay there. Being the local #1 radio personality, my father Rolfe Peterson had the honor of picking Satchmo up at his hotel near the Union Pacific Station to take him up to the Hotel Utah and back again afterwards. After that, whenever the family was driving by Temple Square, Dad would point up at the statue of Moroni on the temple and say, "Look, kids: There's Satchmo!