Clinton News-Record, 1986-04-23, Page 66Ann and Herman Van Baaren display an old picture of
windmills from the homeland.
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One Holland...
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and no family and I got kind of
homesick," recalled Mrs. Van
Baaren."It got so bad that Her-
man wanted 'to send me back.
We couldn't speak the language
and we felt like we were really
cut off from people.
"I have always felt
homesick. It took me a long
time before I was over it. But,
Holland is still home. It doesn't
bother my kids because they've
always lived here. But, the first
years were very tough,"
However, when faced with
the prospect of staying in
Holland, a country devastated
by war, they chose to leave the
country to build a new life in
Canada.
"Holland was very poor dur-
ing the war, You couldn't get
proper clothes and food was
very scarce. That's why we
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