Who was Ruby Rose Temple (Lamer)?
Ruby and her twin brother Robert were born on Sunday, December 7, 1924 in Beeler, Kansas. They were the second and third children in a family that would eventually grow to twelve.
Who was Dale Edward Lamer?
Dale was born January 17, 1927, in Salina Kansas. Dale's mother died in childbirth when he was two years old. Later, Harley (Dale's father) remarried. Rose had children and the family eventually grew to eight total children, with Dale as the oldest.
So, how does a girl from Western Kansas end up meeting a man from Central Kansas?
There are many scenarios. Ruby knew several people in Salina and could have visited one of them. Her sister had married a man who was stationed at Schilling Air Force Base. Maybe she had come to visit her? She also had two elderly aunts living in Salina, and she might have been visiting and helping them. The details are sketchy but the result remains. Sometime during her time in Salina, she met Dale Lamer.
Ruby's youngest brother, Lawrence, was born on February 2, 1946. Lawrence would be the last of the eleven children born to Margery and Floyd Temple. With Ruby being one of the oldest, she was needed back at home in Colorado to help with her eight younger brothers who were running underfoot after the birth of their baby brother.
It was during this year absence that the love letters between Ruby and Dale began. As I have flipped through the old scrapbook, there is a letter for almost everyday of their year apart.
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