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Migrant Workers Life Improves In Area Farms
Migrant families travel with the seasons as new housing improves for laborers at Le Grammer farm near Murphysboro. Families like the Poes, Sermons, and Hamels describe better facilities, licensing standards, and the freedom of the road, while noting education and health advances for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Hodges
Roscoe Poe
Bask Prairie
Wee
Chester
Ray Grammer
Murphysboro
Mull Pickey
Poe
Missouri
Ivory Sermons
Winterhaven
Pia
Iitais
Netyport
South
Sermons
Unis
Richard Hamel
Jacksonville
Herusband
le Grammer Farm
Grammers
Melvin Brook
Southern Ilinois University
Grammer's