A transcription of pages 195-469,
Family Histories from the Verdigre Centennial Book
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VERA TREINIES MEYER

Vera Marie Treinies was born living, to August and Louise Schreier Treinies.

After graduation from high school, Vera remained at home to assist her parents. In February of 1945 her parents were proud to see her enlist in the Women’s Marine Corp. She attended boot camp at New River, North Carolina, and served her entire enlistment on the east coast of the United States. Vera remembers an officers’ training base at Quantico, Virginia, and recalls an interesting fact that “at this base the Netherland Marine officers were trained and when they marched in formation they did the “goose-step” - a strange, yet fascinating, sight. I found the service a delightful, knowledgeable, and interesting experience that allowed me to meet people of every nationality and every walk of life, and to learn of their experiences and ethnic heritage.”

[pg 333 PHOTO Treinies sisters - Vera [Meyer], left, and Elva [Novotne] ]

Vera found the eastern states very interesting and learned of each city’s historic past. She thoroughly enjoyed Washington, D.C., while stationed in Arlington, Virginia, just a few blocks from the Pentagon. New York was a wonderful place to spend time sightseeing when on leave.

After being discharged, Vera returned home on July Fourth, a very hot day in Nebraska. She remained with her parents until September and then she attended the University of Nebraska. The following summer she went to Long Beach, California, but returned when her father became ill.

After a very severe winter of snow and cold weather, the next spring Vera went to Denver, Colorado, to see friends. “I guess it was the beauty of the sunrise on the Rocky Mountains that appealed to me and tempted me to stay on there for all of 30 years,” Vera said. “Besides the beauty of the metropolis, the weather didn’t seem as severe as Nebraska’s. I had several enjoyable and, perhaps, unusual occupations, one being the coloring of photo murals. A particular one was a wall in a large restaurant to be colored or painted after it was applied to the wall. Another was a 6x8 foot picture that was purchased by an appliance store in Chicago, Illinois. The owner was so interested in the person who had painted it, he made a trip to see me and gifted me with one of their appliances. Another was a translite picture that went to England. What interested me about this picture was that it had to be wired differently because of the difference in their electricity.”

Vera Treinies married Herman W. Meyer on August 25, 1965. The marriage ended in divorce a few years later. She moved to Verdigre, Nebraska, in November of 1980 and is living here at the present time.

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