Editing Herbert W. Armstrong (section)

==Early life==
Herbert Armstrong was born on July 31, 1892, in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], into a [[Quaker]] family, the son of Eva (Wright) and Horace Elon Armstrong. He regularly attended the services and the Sunday school of First Friends Church in Des Moines.<ref name="Ch1">{{harvnb|Armstrong|1967|loc=[http://www.cgca.net/pabco/v1c1.htm Chapter 1]}}</ref> At age 18, on the advice of an uncle, he decided to take a job in the want-ad department of a Des Moines newspaper, the ''[[Daily Capital]]''.{{sfn|Armstrong|1967|loc=Ch 2, Heading "Learning Important Lessons"}} His early career in the print advertising industry which followed had a strong impact on his future ministry and would shape his communication style.{{sfn|Armstrong|1967|loc=Ch 3, Heading "Learning Effective Ad-Writing"}}

On a trip back home in 1917, he met Loma Dillon, a school teacher and distant cousin from nearby [[Motor, Iowa]].{{sfn|Armstrong|1967|loc=Ch 9, Heading "I Meet Two Pretty Girls"}} They married on his 25th birthday, July 31, 1917, and returned to live in Chicago.{{sfn|Armstrong|1967|loc=Ch 10, Heading "The Wedding Day"}}

Within a month or two after their marriage, (the US had entered World War I on April 6) Loma had an unusual dream or vision. She was with Herbert, at a road intersection, where she saw in the sky, a banner of dazzling stars, appearing then vanishing twice-over.  She was happy, but sad for others, and thought she was witnessing Christ's return.  Angels then flew to them and said that Christ was not coming then, but would be "coming very soon".  Saying that God was giving them an "important work" to do, preparing the way before Christ's second coming. At the time, Herbert was not at all religious and it was only in later years that he came to believe that the vision "really was a message from God."<ref>Brethren and Co-worker letter, November 28, 1956</ref>

On May 9, 1918, they had their first child, Beverly Lucile, and on July 7, 1920, a second daughter, Dorothy Jane. In 1924, after several business setbacks, Armstrong and family moved to Eugene, Oregon where his parents lived at the time. While living in Oregon, they had two sons, Richard David (born October 13, 1928) and [[Garner Ted]] (born February 9, 1930). Armstrong continued in the advertising business despite the setbacks.<ref name="Ch15">{{harvnb|Armstrong|1967|loc=Ch 15}}</ref>