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Show and zone leader and assistant to the mission president, who at the time was Marion D. Hanks. This was "the greatest experience of my life up to that time," says Bob. When he returned home from his mission, he studied and received his license to sell insurance and real estate. Bob's profession has always been in selling. He learned to work hard while growing up on the farm with his dad. He also worked on the Paul Warner and Dave Carrigan farms. He would get up at 3:30 to4:00 AM. to get the milking and chores done before school. Then he would repeat the same chores at night. "I'd like a nickel for every bale of hay I've hauled while growing up," says Bob. He can still arm wrestle with the best of them. Often he challenges the missionaries before he sends them out. Bob has been employed with the Farm Bureau Insurance Company as an insurance agent, with Mountain Green Realty as a real estate counselor, as a builder and as a developer. In 1968, he began selling snowmobiles and motorcycles as co-owner in KatCo, in Mountain Green. Later with the A Ray Curtis Co. in Salt Lake City, as their sales manager, he traveled to many different states. Because of his experience, the Coleman Company of Kansas came to him and asked him to be a factory representative for them in the sports vehicle division. After four years, however, he came home hoping not to have to travel so much. He has since managed stores for Barlow Trailers in Ogden; Rick Warner Traveland in Salt Lake City; Motor Sports Land in Salt Lake City; and he is now sales manager for Rocky Mountain Chrysler R.V. Center in Ogden. His home has always been in Mountain Green. His church callings have included being Scoutmaster: once of Troop 176 and twice of Troop 276. He has helped thirty-two boys earn their Eagle Scout rank. He has also been ward and stake young men's president, high councilor, bishop for six years, then back to Scoutmaster for eight months. He now serves as stake president ofthe Morgan North Stake. According to him, the hardest job in the Church is being a good home teacher. Source: Information obtained from June Poll. Testimony of President Robert W. Poll I have been greatly blessed to have been asstxriated with many special people who have tried to teach me about life and its rules and principles. Teachers like Mrs. Rawle, Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. McKinnon, Mrs. Baer, Mr. Oliver, Brotherjudd, Mr. Miles, Mr. Peter Evans, President Raymond Larson (who was my principal every year but one out ofthe twelve years at Morgan). In looking back I probably didn'r take high school as seriously as I should or could have, bur I had gtxxj experiences through it all. I liked hisrory and math and all sporrs. 1 never could grasp Algebra, however. I never knew girls exisred unril I was a senior. In fact, I took my mom to the junior prom because the reachers threatened to tail us ifwe didn'r go. I believe my first date was on my graduation night. Some of my friends at school were Mark Wilkinson, Ward Winchester, Tony Hassell, Keith Carrigan, AI, Steve, and Curtis Morgan, and Royal Lamb. I was never tempred to break the Word ofWisdom, and I have seen rhe blessings of obeying that principlecome to me throughout my life. Someof my heroes while 270 |