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...pious couple of German-Lutheran descent. Lyman Lemnitzer was born Aug. 29, 1899, in Honesdale, Pa. (pop. 6,000). Thrifty father William worked up in 53 years at the local shoemaking plant from odd-job boy to vice-president, built a fortresslike house on the right bank of the Lackawaxen River (one small bridge later named after Lyman). Poorer kids ate butter, but the Lemnitzer boys got their bread dry or lard smeared. They dutifully did their chores (dishwashing, lawn mowing), earned their spending money at part-time jobs. Lyman clerked at Mike Bergstein's Main Street store, developed...
...before dawn, bundled into several layers of clothing, pulled on their waders, tuned up their tackle, gulped hot coffee and were off. As light broke, they slogged into the ice-cold waters of such favorite streams as the Wiscoy, the Willowemoc, the Ausable, the Beaverkill and the Lackawaxen...
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