The genial host, George Roop, and his excellent wife, Elizabeth, were old friends of mine and they made it a point each year to have me come, generally in July, when many people gathered there.
"Sixty Years of California Song"
Margaret Blake-Alverson
After the second evening Mrs. Roop related the story of the young man who was dying slowly and was so disappointed that he could not hear me sing before he passed away.
"Sixty Years of California Song"
Margaret Blake-Alverson