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Show He continued in the same pattern and procedure he had learned so well with John K. His sales records and successes grew in number. It was in 1943 that Bill sold the highest priced yearling Rambouillet ram for $2,000, and that sale established a record for the sale of yearlings of the breed to that date. At that 1943 Ram Sale a moment of silence was observed in memory of John K who had been such a familiar figure at the Sales from the beginning. A picture of him spreading the fleece of a ram with his hands was featured in the Deseret News 22 August 1943, just before the Ram Sale. Underneath the picture was the caption-Missing First Time in 27 Years- and the statement: The late John K. Madsen, past president of the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Ass'n. of America, and internationally famous breeder of fine-wool sheep, will'be missing at the National Ram Sale for the first time since its inception. VIRGINIA'S ILLNESS Within a year of John K's passing Virginia underwent major abdominal surgery for a malignant tumor- She was under the care of Dr. Kenneth Castleton of the Salt Lake Clinic. After convalescence she rented an apartment In the Bransford on State and South Temple Street (later named the Eagle Gate Apartments!, She enjoyed furnishing it and lived there for five years in order to he near her doctor. On her better days 272 |