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MY BROTHERS
LAWRENCE & ERNEST
I was born April 1, 1907, and on October 25, 1908 Lawrence came into this world, and we were close enough in age for us to have many common experiences. Ernest was born November 27, 1912, more than five years later, and although he went to the same one room grade school and the same high school, our activities and interests seldom were the same.
We lived a mile and three quarters from school, and occasionally Dad would take us if it were too cold or stormy to walk, but most of the time we walked. It was common for a child, when six years of age to begin school, but our parents delayed my start until Lawrence and I could go together. Our first day of school was in September 1914, and I was then past seven but Lawrence hadn't yet reached his sixth birthday.
School seemed to be difficult for Lawrence, I remember his being exhausted when we reached home at night. After our chores were done, and supper over, we had an hour of home work to do, but he had a difficult time staying awake long enough to finish his work. Lawrence graduated from High School, and graduated from Colorado University at Fort Collins, as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, (DVM). It was not until he became a Veterinarian, that his illness was diagnosed, and he did it himself. He had suffered with Undulant Fever from early childhood. Lawrence had a very successful practice in Northern Colorado, for over 40 years, he was active on the Colorado Sate Board of Examiners, for many years. Lawrence and Eileen were married in 1938 and lived in Boulder. We saw them often when we lived in Longmont from 1945 to 1955.
I feel some times as if I must be a member of another generation from that of Ernie. He was five and one-half years younger than I, but other than having the same parents, our interests and activities were seldom the same. I graduated from high school in 1924, Lawrence in 1927 and Ernie in 1931. In 1927 I entered the University of Nebraska, and Verna and I were married in 1928. With the exceptions of short visits, I never returned to Crawford. Ernie later graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan, attended seminary, and became a Navy Chaplain. He served 30 years and retired with the rank of Captain. He and Melva were married in 1940. Verna and I visited them when his assignments were in the United States, and we keep in touch regularly thru the Metzger Robin letter and by telephone, but the closest we were to them overseas was when we flew over Germany in 1955 on our way to Turkey.
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