New Britain herald., 1927-06-03

It was in those dsss ln Minnesota that he became known first as d youth who always travelled alone. He did not dislike the comeany of others, but 1t was not necessary to his happiness and when he was en- gagged in the thing in which he was most interested, he always wanted to be alone and have all the re- sponsibility himself. II is difficult to say whether this trait was a devel- opment of those days of patrolling the woods and the streams with his dog and gun, or whether a desire to be alon" was the reason for such excursions.
 There was hardly a tree or a nook in the woods around Little Falls where the family rved, that Lind bergh didn't know by the time he was 15 years of age. He became a crack pistol shot and was also good with rifle. But a cap pistol was one of his first cherished toys and he always seemed to prefer the smaller weapon. Later, when a stu- dent at the University of Wisconsin. the only trophy he had won up to that time in any important compe- tition was a medal of the Reserve Officers Training company for pis- tol shooting. He prized 1t highly.
 Lindbergh's father was always a great admirer of Theodore Roose- welt and he told his son stories of Roosevelt's campaign in Cuba and of the Rough Riders. Soon Charlie decided that he was rough rider. He added horse to his list of anil nal friends and there followed a year or two of extreme anxiety on the part of his mother as almost daily she saw her son riding wildly through the country, alternating between the characters of a Rough Rider and a cowboy.
 During all of this time he con- tinued his interest in machinery and was following closely the develop ment of the airplane.. He became motorcycle enthusiast later but finally dismantled his motorcycle to apply the engine to a homemade ice boat in which he rode the ice of Lake Mendoza. The ice boat came to grief in collision but after couple of weeks it was in commission once more, repaired through the re- sourcefulness of it's youthful builder.
 He learned to drive an automobile and his friends say he is as skillful behind the wheel of a motorcar as he is with an airplane.
 With the family being forced to divide it's time between Washington and Little Falls. Charles had his difficulties in the matter of his early schooling. He attended school part of the time in Washington, then, in the middle of a term he would go back to Little Falls and become a student there. His mother. who was a school teacher before her mar riage. and now, a widow, is again teaching, spent much time acting as histutor and it was through her ef- forts that he was able to keep up his studies despite the many inter- TupllOllS.
 There came a time during the world war when Charles father was forced to devote practically his en- tire time to affairs in Washington and away from home. Conduct of the little farm. where the family lived. accordingly fell upon Charles. He took hold of it in his custoary thorough manner, but soon decided that there was not enough use made of mechanical power. He set about to remedy the defect.
 When he finished, almost every thing around the farm and farm house was mechanically operated and the farm became a center of much interest in the community.