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MusicalMessagesCookies And Bees Carry The TunesMrs. Bobbi John in bee costume.H) DAVID DAVIKS Times Slaff WriterGKNTKY Sometimes it’s hard to take Bobbi John seriously, what with her antennas bobbing over her head while she’s talking.You see, for her interview she showed up in a bee suit.She’s probably the only businesswoman who can get away with something like that She runs Cram Crackers, a singing telegram service.She can he hired to show up at someone’s door wearing a crazy costume to sing a song fitting whatever occasion you choose •‘The I love you songs are real cute. Mrs John said. “ Divorce ones are real cute bn)How does someone get involved in a singing telegram service ’ Mrs. John got started in this business when she applied for a public relations job in Denver several years ago‘ That public relations job turned out to consist of standing by the side of the road wearing a bee costume with a sign around my neck. Mrs. John said. She and other public relations personnel stood along Denver freeways advertising a Denver singing telegram service. Music tlt; Go.For the next several years, she worked for the company, first as a singer delivering telegrams, and then as a costume designer “I made all their costumes, said Mrs John, noting that she put together all kinds of costumes for the six or seven offices of the company.spread around the state • It just happened to work out. Mrs John said “I got to design an thing I wanted Under Mrs John’s direction and sewing needle. Music to Go singers showed up at doors around the nation dressed as penguins, chocolate chip cookies, bees, and Hershey bars She designed many othercostumes as wellShe and her I ami I v moved to High! ill. near Gentry, several years ago. and she started planning the business late last year **lt really is an exciting business, saidMrs John * You get to do all sorts of ex citing things Mrs John said hei business has done pretty well in its opening months People just love it, she said. “People get real excited when they see me.”Mrs John is also working with a Siloam Springs couple, Kernie and Kathy Quell, to rent costumes through their shop “We re going to Ik* working together throughHalloween.’ she said.She decided to open her business because she’s always wanted to be in business for herself “I knew how to do almost everything about the business.” Mrs. John said, citing that she had worked in almost every aspect of the business while she worked w ith the Denver firm * I must have sat up three nights in a row trying to think of a name.said Mrs JohmI picked up a box of graham crackers andthought Wait a minute Now I know what to call itMrs John said she’s looking for someone to help her. “1 would like to tram someone because I think the business would take off. she said, but she noted that few peoj 1have expressed interest in knocking »ndoors while dressed as a chocolate chip cookie or some such thing Mrs John said she intends for GiainHKBKK SPRINGS It was well be yond darkness on Greers Ferry Lake on Mar 14 and Al Nelson ol Higden knew lie had a big fish at the end of his line near the mouth ol Pee Dee (reek Later at the weigh-in. the lucks anglei discovered he had in fact set the new state record for walleye with a whopper thatdipped the scales at 22 lbs . 11 o/sNot only did Nelson own the new record.but he also stands to win $11,000 for the tish He was entered in the lake’s annual ualleu*Crackers to sing telegrams for anyone in Northwest Arkansas She has set up the business so that several unusual servicesare offered.If customers don t find a song in the Gram Cracker* song catalogue that suit their fancy, they mav ask Mrs John to write0 •something special. She'll get .1 list of things about the individual that's to receive the telegram tnd write a personalized song for him or Iterfishing tournament which offers prize money ol $1,000 foi the largest walleye uiuglit. plus Slo.OOO it it is a new stalerecordNelson's iish weight was officially wit nessed and verified by state (lame and FishIt vvas caught on a rainbow trout colored. K inch, magnum Bmnlter Luret he old walleye record was- 21 lbs 0 o/s set b\ K D Claibouri) of Fairfield Hay on a Kelxd Lure 011 Mar 0 IW7UWalleye Sets State Record
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Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Sat, Apr 03, 1982
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