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Navy
wwII era

with the eye out of the socket, and a broken leg, he was born
among the worst. He was nervous about returning two weeks late
home and how his girlfriend, Polly, would react to his and admits
new look. He returned to school, attending both Texas that he has
Tech and West Texas State University, and continued been late ever
his therapy. since.

He and Polly married on December 23, 1950, two Charles and
years after they began dating. They moved to the Polly had
family land two children,
between Canyon a son and a
and Claude where daughter. They
they farmed for have two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
11 years. With
the drought of This man has many stories to share. He has written
the 50s and his memoirs of his life to share with his family so his
asthma, dryland legacy will live on.
farming was
not an option,
so his little
family moved
northeast where
he worked for
a small aircraft
company in
Wisconsin.
Deterred by
the cold and
motivated
by a desire to be closer to home and family, they
returned to Texas. They lived in Dumas where he
operated the Moore County Airport and opened
Dumas Flying Service, which provided flight
instruction, aviation charter service and agricultural
spraying for more than 20 years.

After the children left home, he and Polly moved
to Amarillo, where he went back to school to
learn about property appraisals. He worked as
an independent land appraiser, along with doing
contract mapping and aerial photography in
Canyon and Amarillo, for a few years. Donley
County offered him the opportunity to serve as the
manager of the Donley County Appraisal District
which he did – that, plus the mapping business –
for the next 20 years.

Born in Randall County, March 23, 1927, Charles
SoRelle had two older sisters and an older brother;

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