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Weekly Visits With Friends in Town and Country
A rural trip on April 18 visits three farms east of town. Louis Van Heukelom and Julia Vander Schaaf share stories of family, farming and city noise. The Jonker family hosts and notes multilingual roots and farm life, with reflections on schooling, road improvements, and a local murder case discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis van Heukelom
Julia Vander Schaaf
H. P. Lankelma
C. Kloosterman
Cleveland
Ohio
van Heukelom
Gerrit van Heukelom
Leighton
Cupid
D. Kolenbrander
Sibley
Iowa
Peoria
Louis van Heukelem
Pella
Shinn Hatchery
van Veukelom
Peoria Christian School
Viith Louis
Ray Gosselink
C. A. Gosselink
Gosselink
Paul Eugene
Ray
Ethel van Zante
Clara
Liberty
Warren School
Centennial
Rock Island
Warren
Gooselink
W. T. van Zante
Marri
S. Vander Schaaf
Carl Edwin and
Shirley Maxine
Fred Vander Schaaf