Sheriff Robinson

Story of Charles Lewis Robinson
(Deon R. Hulbert's Father)

Out of the dying Old West came a sheriff who seemed to have come from a story book.
This sheriff was born and raised in a small Utah town by the name of Grantsville.
Sheriff Lou Robinson was his name, but everyone called him Lou.  He was as friendly
a person as you could meet.  But if you broke the law, you would have all the wrath
that he could muster poured upon you.

He raised a large family in Grantsville, and then moved to the outskirts of Salt
Lake City.  Here he started to pursue the thing he loved most in life; Lou began to
raise horses.  He was one of the last true horseman who used the tried and tested
methods of the West, which ran with the period to which he was born.  This method
was called "horse tradin'".  His daughter, Deon, recalled, "Dad brought a horse home
in the back seat of his car one day.  The horse had its head out of one window of
the car, and its tail out of the opposite window."

The most notable thing about Lou was the way he treated his children.  He was one of
the best fathers a child could wish to have.  He treated the children like he
treated his horses, and his horses like his children.  The best example was the day
his grandson, Greg, arrived while Lou was eating an ice cream cone.  Lou gave Greg a
bite, then he took a bite for himself; then Lou put the ice cream over the corral
fence and gave his horse a bite.  The ice cream cone proceeded around the circle of
friends until it was consumed.

One of Lou's favorite tricks was to go into a hospital before visiting hour.  He
would walk around the wards and talk to any patient whom he ran into.  If someone
would ask who he was, he would reply, "Doctor Robinson."  Lou looked the part with
his sparkling blue eyes and his flowing white hair.  Only a person who looked that
dignified could be a doctor.  His many visits to those in the hospital who had no
visitors could never be counted, and the good Lou's visits did is probably
incalculable.

Lou never was one to pinch money, and was the first to sacrifice his wants to supply
someone with needed items.  If his family needed something, Lou was the one who went
without.  His greatest desire was to be able to supply something, whatever it may
have been, to someone who wanted it.  Even in his later years, when his income was
limited, he was the first out with a dollar for someone else.

If Lou was in a public building, such as an airport, you would always find him
lavishing his attention on a small child.  Soon out would come a candy or a nickel
from his pocket, and a friend was made.  Even the parents of the child would seem at
ease, as Lou was obviously the type who loved children.

Lou was a real character in real life, and all those who knew him will always
remember him a person who really enjoyed his life.  The reason he will be remembered
this way is because he helped others to enjoy their lives just a little more.