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was a very severe Baptiatg@ type, who my mother didn't like,
and they had thefr battles up and down. Can?’ghey lived in
New Mexico, Nand her husband, my father's father, died early,
at the age of about 47. Cane she married again, to a retired
engineer, and was quite concerned with us as childrengybecause
she could see what was happening.’ an refused to go to
Sunday Schoolgy(laugh) didn't want to give them that nickel.
Geyven she died, her property was given to my fatherg,all
of 1p9 There were some ceuntry homes and some very nice vacation
places up in the mountains¢yin New Mexico.
Was that connected with the copper mine?
SSH:
Was. that where the
money came from?
4
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No, she) she didn't have anything to do with the copper mines.
.
helps:-
Dedge
ot and a copper
company installed an ore ra@@ter
ge company
refiner in Douglas,
‘train.
‘bo the good ore went down there on the
It's a matter of 15, 20 miles.
were really umevential.
So my days at Douglas
t went by there a few years agagyand
the place ts still eiereea big white pillars like an old
uthern plantation
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Well, how did you
‘get the idea of goithg on to cqaflege, since it
doesn’ t sound as ‘though you were in an environment where that
kind of thing was very common.
WellOPatrteciynon-academic.
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Become.a Styatotanand surgeon,
Sart had the desire to
Yea I never really gave that
up,’ ‘sven‘when T wasin ecllez@yl changed my major several times.
at
ay. advisor, because I'd promise to do something
t used totng
ae wrk,o.
‘and.ie‘come Back: the: next year‘with a whole new program, \and
rer
nary
from,one yeartto the next.
hecouldn't“saahiiee
He was in the