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got off the train at Clifton was their white
horse, Tom. She also told that they spent
their first night in the home of Otto
Schramm, my father's brother-in-law and
sister. They rented a farm from Louis Conrad
in the Garnersville community. Three more
children were born in Bosque County, Lillie
in 1908, Fred in 1915, and Ruby in 1918.
My mother told about finding a newspaper
in their cotton field. She recognized the
peculiar looking letters but could not under-
stand what the words were. Later, she learned
that the paper belonged to a close neighbor
named Carlson. He was of Norwegian de-
scent; hence the peculiar words, Norwegian.
The old Norwegian and German lettering are
alike.
Soon after moving to Bosque County, my
father and mother joined the Zion Evangeli-
cal and Reformed Church at Womack. It is
now called the Zion United Church of Christ.
One brother, a sister, and I were baptized
here, and all of the Lange children were
confirmed there.
During the summer months of the Depres-
sion years, several families in our community
formed a meat club. My father was appointed
butcher for the group. Every Saturday, one
member of the group would bring a beef to
be butchered. My father did the butchering
and also the dividing of the meat. His pay was
a certain amount of the meat. Lack of
refrigeration among some of the farmers
prompted this method of providing a weekly
supply of fresh meat.
My mother was called quite frequently to
help tend to sick neighbors, especially during
child birth.
My father was very generous with his time
in helping those in need. He was also a
worrier. He worried about his children being
able to make a living without his help.
Emil and Friedericke had five children.
Elnora married Henry Sager, Edward
married Leona Anz, Walter died in infancy,
Lillie married Hubert Anz, Fred married
Elfreda Krueger, and Ruby married Rudolph
Seljos. These children presented them with
thirteen grandchildren, twenty-eight great-
grandchildren, and two great-great-grand-
children.
Emil Lange died in 1948 and is buried in
the Clifton Cemetery alongside his wife, who
died in 1962.
by Ruby Lange Seljos
LARSON, CURTIS O.
F711
Curtis Oscar Larson, youngest son of Lars
Steinbekken and Anna (Hagen) Larson was
born 1921 near Clifton, Texas. He was
baptized in 1921 by Rev. J.K. Rystad, and
was confirmed in Christian faith at Trinity
Lutheran Church, Clifton in 1936 by Rev.
O.T. Boe.
Curtis received his elementary education
from Clifton and graduated from Clifton
High School in 1939. He farmed the family's
diversified crops until he was inducted in
1942, in the United States military forces at
the onset of World War II. He entered active
service in 1942 at Camp Wolters, Texas. He
was trained as an airplane mechanic at
Sheppard Field and as an engine specialist in
Seattle, Washington "to possess a thoroughti
with combined teaching service totaling
seventy-four (74) years (she with forty and he
with thirty-four years). Myrtice retired in
1981 as curriculum consultant for Arlington
Public Schools. Curtis died 1983. He had
been principal at Short Elementary School
since it opened in 1970.
by Myrtice Nygaard Larson
LARSON, ELMER
F712Curtis 0. and Myrtice N. Larson.
working knowledge of all aircraft, assemblies,
systems, and Air Forces Technical orders." In
1943, he departed U.S.A. for active duty with
the 390th. Bombardment Group in the
European Theater of War until 1945. His
Bronze Star Medal Citation says,
. . ."Through Sergeant Larson's proficient
service, performed under many adverse
conditions, his aircraft completed seventy
(70) consecutive operational missions against
the enemy without having to return because
of mechanical difficulty or failure. ."
He was granted honorable discharge in
1948 at which time he again extended his
inactive reserve status. However, August
1950, he was called to active duty for one year
as Technical Sergeant stationed at Randolph
Field Air Force Base, Texas, during the
Korean crisis. He was honorably discharged
from the U.S. Armed Forces, 1952.
Curtis attended Cliftoin Junior College
1945 to 1947 at which time he went to
McKinney to engage in the sporting goods
business with Larson Cycle Company.
In 1948, Curtis was married to Myrtice
Irene Nygaard at St. Olaf Lutheran Church,
Cranfills Gap, Texas. She is the eldest child
of Otto and Hannah Caroline (Olson)
Nygaard of the Mustang community (Bosque
County). She was born 1921, baptized at
Rock Church 1921 by Rev. J.A. Urnes,
confirmed in Christian faith in 1936 by Rev.
W.J. Maakestad at St. Olaf Lutheran Church.
She was a graduate of Cranfills Gap High
School, Clifton Junior College and North
Texas State Teachers College from which she
received the Bachelor of Science degree in
1946, and the Master of Science degree in
1949. At the time of their marriage, Myrtice
was an instructor at North Texas State
Teachers College and had taught in Fairview
and Cayote community schools (Bosque
County), in Prosper (Collin County) at
Appalachian State Teachers College (Boone,
North Carolina) and at Ft. Worth. She was
administrative supervisor of instruction for
the McKinney Public Schools. Curtis also
attended North Texas State College and
received his Bachelor of Science in Education
in 1953 and Master of Education in 1956.
They moved to Arlington, Texas, in 1953
to serve the public schools there. Both were
teachers-administrators in public educationMr. and
George.Mrs. Elmer Larson with sons, Paul and
Elmer Otto and Inga Bell (Schulze) Larson
are second generation Bosque Countians.
Their parents immigrated to the United
States from Norway and Germany, respec-
tively. Elmer O. Larson, third child of Lars
and Anna Larson, was born in 1908 on the
John Colwick farm (now owned by Pernell
Aars) west of Clifton. Inga Bell Schulze,
fourteenth child of Ferdinand and Marie
Schulze, was born in 1912 on the Gus Hoel
farm west of Clifton. Both husband and wife
lived in the Neils Creek Community as young
children and attended the Clifton Public
Schools. They were married in 1939 in
Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mr. Larson's major vocation throughout
his active years has been farming. In the early
years of their marriage Elmer and Inga Bell
rented a farm east of Clifton. In 1945, Mr.
Larson moved his family to the Rio Grande
Valley where he was a manager of a citrus
farm. The family returned to Bosque County
in 1946 when Mr. Larson assumed the active
management of the Neil's Creek Thresher. At
that time Elmer and Inga Bell rented Inga
Bell's parents' farm, the original W.M. Butler
homestead. They bought the farm in 1953
and resided there until 1969 when they
retired and moved to Clifton.
Beginning in 1946 and through the 1950's
Mr. Larson operated the Neil's Creek
Thresher. The thresher "run" was an annual
community event and provided many young
men in the community with summer employ-
ment. Mr. Larson operated with a nine-man
crew, and the annual migration from farm to
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