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Weekly Visits With Friends on the Farm and Sully Notes
A field diary style piece from Sully recounts visits to Gerrit Meppelink and nearby families, detailing farm life, chinch bug concerns, dairy sales, and community ties. It covers Meppelink’s water well, tile, milk route, and cows. Veldhuizen family memories and a 13-child household. wage concerns and prices postwar. and social scenes with Bert De Jong and Pleasantville ties. The piece reflects local economy, agriculture, and recollections of Holland-born residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sully
Bert de Jong
Gerrit Meppelink
Nick Meppelink
Mr. Meppelink
Meppelink
Holland
J. H. Stubenrauch
John
Bert
Henry
Taintor
Herman
Leighton
John Vander Hart
Peoria
A. T. van Zante
Oskaloosa
Rempe
Henry Rempe
Will Rempe
James
Anne Rempe
Gerrit Veldhuizen
Joe Vander Heiden
Sully Creamery
Rozeboom
William Veldhuizen
Veldhuizen
Rockam
George
Andrew
Lynnville
Chas. Hubbard
Chicago
Minnie Jones
Boise
Idaho
R. V. Roupe
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Will Brennecke
Waterloo
Margaret
Laura
Will
Mr. van Gorp
van Gorp
de Jong
Joe Palster
Arnold Klein
Stoffel Huyser
de Jongs
Real Chronicle
Chronicle
Harry
Frank Andreas
Pella
J. Riemersma
Louis
Baxter
Fred
Conrad
Andrew van Rees
Art. Huyser
Jessie Carpenter
Reasner
Joe
John Paltzer
Pleasantville