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The Rocky Mountains area had always held an attraction for me, and since I had a brother living in Boulder whom we often visited; perhaps this might be a good move.
Verna's brother Weston, was a Vocational Agriculture teacher in Grant, Nebraska. He worked as a field inspector for a canning factory in Western Nebraska, during the summer when he was not teaching, and he agreed to take the farm management business if we moved to Colorado, and on the first of June I went to Longmont, and the family followed in August.
I will always have a sense of guilt for having pushed to make this move. We had spent most of our married life moving every few years, and we were well established in Gering. Dale, Peggy and Gordon were enjoying their school, and had many friends, Ken had not yet started school. Verna was President of her PEO Chapter, and we were both taking part in church and community activities. Verna never complained, but I knew it hurt. Both Peggy and Dale left some very close friends.
Longmont became our home town, and the ten years was a happy time for all of us. Dale, Peggy and Gordon graduated from High School, Ken went thru grade school and two years of High School, all participated in school activities, football, basketball, track, band and others. It was their home town when they went to college. Verna helped organize another PEO Chapter and became it's President. We lived on an acreage and produced a lot of our own food. We had a cow, chickens, garden and rabbits. We sold the farm in Nebraska and bought another in Colorado. The business did well, but I did take time out to help start the Safflower business, which failed and lost $35,000 for the Metzgers.
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Metzger Memories
