Beckers Turkeys Featured at Local Holiday Feasts
John B and Evelyn Becker of Banks RDI raise and dress over 2 000 turkeys annually for Thanksgiving Christmas and other dinners Their operation supplies about 1 100 birds for this Thanksgiving with a largest single order of dressed turkeys for the Plain and Fancy restaurant The Beckers source birds from Harvey High Bareville and raise them on a 102 acre farm east of Strasburg They grow corn wheat barley hay tobacco and offer some custom work Their family includes son Clair 21 and daughter Alma 17 a high school senior and student at Brownstown Vo Tech School.