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I suggested to him that if he had no place to stay, I would be glad to have him stay with me. I had been asked by a fried, Rev. Sheaff, the Methodist minister at Epworth Methodist Church, to be sure and look him up when in Lincoln.
Ray never went to Iowa, and he became my room mate at 29th, and Holdrege for the college year of 1927 and 1928. We both played banjo, we worked out a program of music and other skits, which helped us pay our school expenses.
Ray's experience with college, his attitude toward fraternities, politics, religion and life in general had a great deal of influence on me. We often talked into the wee hours of the morning.
We tried out for a tour with the Red Path Chautaqua [sic] circuit, and were accepted. Other opportunities emerged and we did not sign the contract. Verna and I were married on April 9, 1928, and Ray had an opportunity to work for the University of Nebraska extension service. This all seemed more important than to travel all summer with the Chautaqua [sic].
Ray graduated from the University in 1929, and later entered the ministry, and served a number of churches in Nebraska before coming to California in 1955. Verna and went on the ranch in 1929.
Verna and I were to see Ray and his wife Marie many times while they were living in Nebraska. When they came to California, we took the assignment in Turkey. Seldom more than two years would pass that we would not see them. After Marie's death, Ray married Florence Samsel, also a friend from Nebraska days.
On Aug. 9, 1990, we had breakfast with Ray and Florence. They had tickets on a cruise for the inside passage to Alaska, and we joined them, so four old folks in their eighties packed their ailments, their walking sticks, bifocals, binoculars and hearing aids and headed for Alaska.
Florence's death in 1992, broke up the circle of four that had spent many hours together. Ray continues to live in Santa Rosa, and we see him often. The life friendship has extended over 66 years, and Ray and I can still find much to talk about.
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Metzger Memories
