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The birth of a new generation...
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misunderstanding.
"I was nervous," Mr.
Harkema noted, "I understood
the border guard to say go, but
he said go around. I went
through and had five guys poin-
ting guns at me."
When the Harkemas arriv-
ed in Michigan they spent a
month with relatives.
"No one wanted to rent a
house to such a big family as
ours. Often we thought of pack-
ing up the truck and coming
home."
By September of that year
they found a home and Mr.
Harkema was working 10 hours
a day, for 75 cents an hour,
trimming celery crops in the
. field.
"I thought, what am I doing
in America. The people weren't
as friendly as Canadians."
However in November of that
Sam and Tina Harkema
same year he secured a better
job, with the Chesapeake -Ohio
Railway Line. It marked the
beginning of a career that
would last 30 years.
Today Mr. and Mrs.
Harkema are retired and live in
Byron Centre, Michigan. They
enjoy the comforts of a good
life, a 46 year marriage, the
company of their children who
live close by, as well as 23
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
The Harkemas enjoy yearly
vacations to Canada, to visit
with relatives in Ontario, Gary
and Cory Haak of Hullett
Township.
The journey from Michigan
to Ontario is much easier now
as the Harkemas travel in the
comfort of a new van. They look
forward to their yearly visits to
this area, and they have fond
memories of their life here
more than 35 years ago, but as
far as returning on a more per-
manent basis they clearly
state, "we'll never move
again."
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