The son of Ernest Carson & Ella (Cutler) Boring. Husband of Alice Ruth Milligan.
His early years were spent in KS, NM, WA, ID, and in 1911 the family moved to Eureka, CA. Elmer completed Eureka Business College in 1915. In 1916 Elmer went to Detroit and worked for the Studebaker Corp as a crane operator. He returned to CA in 1917 and enlisted in the US Navy on July 12, 1918. He served as a signalman and was discharged Feb. 25, 1919, at the end of WW1 returning to the Yuba City area. He became involved in the pump business in the Stockton and Yuba City areas. He did pump installation and maintenance for Byron Jackson Pump Co, C. Sterling Pump Co and also his father's firm, E. C. Boring and Son.
While living in Yuba City he met Alice Milligan, and they were married on December 8, 1923 in Marysville, CA. They moved to Visalia were they had a plumbing business. It failed during the depression. In about 1932, the family moved near Auburn where Elmer worked as a mechanic and gold miner in the Stockton Hill which was located off Lime Kiln Rd. between Auburn and Grass Valley. They lived there about a year and then moved into Auburn. They lived in an large old Victorian house where they were allowed to stay provided they took care of the house. During this time Elmer and his father built homes on Hollyvista Way just off highway 49.
From about 1936 to 1942 he worked in gold fields in Silver Peak, NV. Taking flight instruction he became a flight instructor for the US Army Air Corp during WW2. Elmer trained pilots at Rankin Field near Tulare from 1942 to 1945.
He went to Venezuela in 1950 to install a refrigeration unit for a Venezuelan businessman and became interested in an agricultural project. Elmer and his brother, Ralph, purchased land in the Colonia Turen in the state of Portugesa where they grew rice and sesame. Alice joined him in 1951. In 1954, he was seriously injured in a farm accident and spent the next year in the hospital in Valencia, Venezuela and New Orleans, LA. This left him crippled in his right hip and knee.
Returning to California, he operated a saw sharpening business in Escondido. After retiring he moved to Gilroy were he lived while building a home in San Martin doing all the work himself. There, he continued to be active. He built a boat which was launched in the Anderson Resevoir. He utilized his craftsmanship skills and made an entire bedroom set with inlaid trim, 3 inlaid jewel boxes, a blanket rack, a craft cabinet and numerous other woodwork pieces for his family. He continued to live there until he passed away on Feb 14, 1991.
His early years were spent in KS, NM, WA, ID, and in 1911 the family moved to Eureka, CA. Elmer completed Eureka Business College in 1915. In 1916 Elmer went to Detroit and worked for the Studebaker Corp as a crane operator. He returned to CA in 1917 and enlisted in the US Navy on July 12, 1918. He served as a signalman and was discharged Feb. 25, 1919, at the end of WW1 returning to the Yuba City area. He became involved in the pump business in the Stockton and Yuba City areas. He did pump installation and maintenance for Byron Jackson Pump Co, C. Sterling Pump Co and also his father's firm, E. C. Boring and Son.
While living in Yuba City he met Alice Milligan, and they were married on December 8, 1923 in Marysville, CA. They moved to Visalia were they had a plumbing business. It failed during the depression. In about 1932, the family moved near Auburn where Elmer worked as a mechanic and gold miner in the Stockton Hill which was located off Lime Kiln Rd. between Auburn and Grass Valley. They lived there about a year and then moved into Auburn. They lived in an large old Victorian house where they were allowed to stay provided they took care of the house. During this time Elmer and his father built homes on Hollyvista Way just off highway 49.
From about 1936 to 1942 he worked in gold fields in Silver Peak, NV. Taking flight instruction he became a flight instructor for the US Army Air Corp during WW2. Elmer trained pilots at Rankin Field near Tulare from 1942 to 1945.
He went to Venezuela in 1950 to install a refrigeration unit for a Venezuelan businessman and became interested in an agricultural project. Elmer and his brother, Ralph, purchased land in the Colonia Turen in the state of Portugesa where they grew rice and sesame. Alice joined him in 1951. In 1954, he was seriously injured in a farm accident and spent the next year in the hospital in Valencia, Venezuela and New Orleans, LA. This left him crippled in his right hip and knee.
Returning to California, he operated a saw sharpening business in Escondido. After retiring he moved to Gilroy were he lived while building a home in San Martin doing all the work himself. There, he continued to be active. He built a boat which was launched in the Anderson Resevoir. He utilized his craftsmanship skills and made an entire bedroom set with inlaid trim, 3 inlaid jewel boxes, a blanket rack, a craft cabinet and numerous other woodwork pieces for his family. He continued to live there until he passed away on Feb 14, 1991.
The son of Ernest Carson & Ella (Cutler) Boring. Husband of Alice Ruth Milligan.
His early years were spent in KS, NM, WA, ID, and in 1911 the family moved to Eureka, CA. Elmer completed Eureka Business College in 1915. In 1916 Elmer went to Detroit and worked for the Studebaker Corp as a crane operator. He returned to CA in 1917 and enlisted in the US Navy on July 12, 1918. He served as a signalman and was discharged Feb. 25, 1919, at the end of WW1 returning to the Yuba City area. He became involved in the pump business in the Stockton and Yuba City areas. He did pump installation and maintenance for Byron Jackson Pump Co, C. Sterling Pump Co and also his father's firm, E. C. Boring and Son.
While living in Yuba City he met Alice Milligan, and they were married on December 8, 1923 in Marysville, CA. They moved to Visalia were they had a plumbing business. It failed during the depression. In about 1932, the family moved near Auburn where Elmer worked as a mechanic and gold miner in the Stockton Hill which was located off Lime Kiln Rd. between Auburn and Grass Valley. They lived there about a year and then moved into Auburn. They lived in an large old Victorian house where they were allowed to stay provided they took care of the house. During this time Elmer and his father built homes on Hollyvista Way just off highway 49.
From about 1936 to 1942 he worked in gold fields in Silver Peak, NV. Taking flight instruction he became a flight instructor for the US Army Air Corp during WW2. Elmer trained pilots at Rankin Field near Tulare from 1942 to 1945.
He went to Venezuela in 1950 to install a refrigeration unit for a Venezuelan businessman and became interested in an agricultural project. Elmer and his brother, Ralph, purchased land in the Colonia Turen in the state of Portugesa where they grew rice and sesame. Alice joined him in 1951. In 1954, he was seriously injured in a farm accident and spent the next year in the hospital in Valencia, Venezuela and New Orleans, LA. This left him crippled in his right hip and knee.
Returning to California, he operated a saw sharpening business in Escondido. After retiring he moved to Gilroy were he lived while building a home in San Martin doing all the work himself. There, he continued to be active. He built a boat which was launched in the Anderson Resevoir. He utilized his craftsmanship skills and made an entire bedroom set with inlaid trim, 3 inlaid jewel boxes, a blanket rack, a craft cabinet and numerous other woodwork pieces for his family. He continued to live there until he passed away on Feb 14, 1991.
His early years were spent in KS, NM, WA, ID, and in 1911 the family moved to Eureka, CA. Elmer completed Eureka Business College in 1915. In 1916 Elmer went to Detroit and worked for the Studebaker Corp as a crane operator. He returned to CA in 1917 and enlisted in the US Navy on July 12, 1918. He served as a signalman and was discharged Feb. 25, 1919, at the end of WW1 returning to the Yuba City area. He became involved in the pump business in the Stockton and Yuba City areas. He did pump installation and maintenance for Byron Jackson Pump Co, C. Sterling Pump Co and also his father's firm, E. C. Boring and Son.
While living in Yuba City he met Alice Milligan, and they were married on December 8, 1923 in Marysville, CA. They moved to Visalia were they had a plumbing business. It failed during the depression. In about 1932, the family moved near Auburn where Elmer worked as a mechanic and gold miner in the Stockton Hill which was located off Lime Kiln Rd. between Auburn and Grass Valley. They lived there about a year and then moved into Auburn. They lived in an large old Victorian house where they were allowed to stay provided they took care of the house. During this time Elmer and his father built homes on Hollyvista Way just off highway 49.
From about 1936 to 1942 he worked in gold fields in Silver Peak, NV. Taking flight instruction he became a flight instructor for the US Army Air Corp during WW2. Elmer trained pilots at Rankin Field near Tulare from 1942 to 1945.
He went to Venezuela in 1950 to install a refrigeration unit for a Venezuelan businessman and became interested in an agricultural project. Elmer and his brother, Ralph, purchased land in the Colonia Turen in the state of Portugesa where they grew rice and sesame. Alice joined him in 1951. In 1954, he was seriously injured in a farm accident and spent the next year in the hospital in Valencia, Venezuela and New Orleans, LA. This left him crippled in his right hip and knee.
Returning to California, he operated a saw sharpening business in Escondido. After retiring he moved to Gilroy were he lived while building a home in San Martin doing all the work himself. There, he continued to be active. He built a boat which was launched in the Anderson Resevoir. He utilized his craftsmanship skills and made an entire bedroom set with inlaid trim, 3 inlaid jewel boxes, a blanket rack, a craft cabinet and numerous other woodwork pieces for his family. He continued to live there until he passed away on Feb 14, 1991.
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