The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-22
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 One of the Eisenhower brothers once asked his mother ,~1ow. Mother, did you ever manage to bring us up9"
 Didn't you ever catch onp" she asked coniioentially. Don't you re- member there was always lots of work Co do around the place-and that you were always busy doing itp"
 The six Eisenhower brothers learned, and learned early, that success in life must be earned; that nothing worthwhile can be gained save though effort. An the boys had regular assignments of work. Thus their family income was sup plemented sby homegrown vege- tables and fruit. with dairy products and poultry produced by mother and sons. This work required Of the boys was also a deliberate technique of their mothers. he was concerned with building character. She was all too aware that idle. healthy, fun- loving lads are likely to get them- selves into serious trouble. She pro- vidod them with disciplined, useful outlets for their healthy energies.
 Each of the boys had assigned chores, but these were changed every week to avoid boredom. Fer instance, the boys took turns by weeks in getting up at 5:30 in the morning to build the kitchen ire and put on the mush, then driving their father to work. They took turns in selling and delivering eggs. chickens. vegetables and fruit. The money, of course, was turned over to the family banker" who was the father.
 The older boys took jobs on neighboring farms or in the Belle Springs Creamery, helping finance the growing family. Arthur the oldest boy. is reported to be the only one of the six who dient milk the COW. Always dignifled and care ful of his dress, he preferred to do extra work to make up for not doing his share of the milking.
 To understand Dwight today his absolute lack of pretension, ms genuine friendliness, his talent. amounting to genius. for handling men of al types and making them almost worship him. his tough .'fighting heart'-you have to un- derstand his unbringing as one of six boys. No one raised with nve Sharp-eyed sharp -tongued broth- CTS Is likely to have much pretense left in him by the time he leaves school.
 Dgight was just about the most ncrnal boy" you could imagine. acc cordAng to his brother. Milton. II there was any clean fun, he was la ii. Several of his companions m those days claim he had a temper which he managed to keep pretty well under control. He was stHoEg anc laealihy-quite notable strong though his brother Edgar, almost two years older than he, always siicked'' him when they seuffled. After Dwight got to West Point, he took up scientific boxing and wrote to Edgar challenging him to scrap. Edgar. however. had by that time become an undergraduate at the University of Washington aKllefe he took his law degree, and was better prepared to do his scrapping with words than with fists; he de- elined Dwights offer.
 Dwight used to swim in a hole m kfud creeK, which neanderS through Abilene. Tn the winter, If and when the stream froze oyer. he pleyed hockey-or "shinny" as they called it-on the ice. using a tin can as a puck. When he grew older. he "graduated" to the Smoky HUI River. where the older boys took their sport, fishing and swimming. He attended Lincoln Grade School in Abilene and was considered one of the best athletes in school
 When soldiers come to Abilene they ask one question: Where IS the house where General Eisep- hover IiYed?" Through it is a con- siderable walk from the center Of town, day after day groups Of uili- 1I145AI9 tk3ttt pAtOA " RAf& @A Ae~ modest bOyhood home of their hero --toping also to gain a sight oi the mother.
 The visitors see a white, ty0- story dwelling of simple arehltec- ture, gith bowers Of roses in the well kept yard. It is like thousands of other houses in the villages Of the Middle West, q iean-tO at one side, a porch in front,
 Inside you find thoroughly honey atmosphere, They are chairs and tables fifty years old, the walls nearly covered with photographs 0f the family-m0st Of them Of Ike in various poses and some Of the entire group of six sons. The parlof has c davenport and some easy chairs with books here and there, Portraits of father and nlother- and more poses of the sons. 6omeS how the spirit of parent-son relaS tionship seems to be present more here than in ordinary homes,
 The Elsenl9owerg are distinctly c family" The family is the basic snjt, within which the individual Eisenhowers have their being, and ] Is bjebDy cohesive, The boys still hiIk of thenaselyes more as a faI0v gy than as illdividual6, When any