Childhood Memory – Memoirs of a Country Vet

The Young Boy and the Creek

D. E. Larsen, DVM When spring finally came in my third grade year and I was deemed old enough to fish in the creek by myself. I was nine years old that March. I am not sure why it took Mom so long to come to the conclusion that I was old enough. I knewContinue reading “The Young Boy and the Creek “

Chicken Wars

D. E. Larsen, DVM My brothers and I had spent the entire morning cleaning out the old chicken coop. It was one of the most unpleasant jobs on the farm. The dust from the manure and debris made breathing difficult. We would work a bit and then step outside to breathe for a few minutes.Continue reading “Chicken Wars”

Tripping Up the Bully

D. E. Larsen, DVM Broadbent school in the fall of 1952 had grown to its largest enrollment ever with nearly eighty students in eight grades. The school board had discovered that the upper part of Catching Creek was actually in the Broadbent district rather than Myrtle Point. In 1952, they started busing those kids toContinue reading “Tripping Up the Bully”