Naturally I was unhappy. It was a new home that was inhabited by the guy who had built it. It was in that time that mother became pregnant. There I stood, and I lied and dissembled and played the hypocrite and in the end I was congratulated by the judge and let go.17 The others have never come back.18. If I remember correctly, Acres paid $1.4 million for the company. Right across from the station on the corner of Broadway and Main was a small deli. For Weert the separation had unfortunate consequences. I believed that the less you knew the less you could betray if you got caught and interrogated by the Germans. All onderduikers were in the same large room with the judge. He also needed proof that he was qualified in the particular trade he wanted to enter. after the Napoleonic Wars. I had not expected that at all and because I had heard mostly negative comments from Frans and Harry about their officers I declined the offer. On Sunday German soldiers were blowing up switches in the railway yard in Lutterade. We had a living room which also served as kitchen, a shower, a bedroom and a bathroom. Actor David Janssen prepares to film a scene for the ABC-TV series "The Fugitive" in 1966. There were a few exceptions such as the ceramic and pottery works of Regout, an early great-capitalist in Maastricht. The rural areas on the other hand had no economic links with the republic. There were probably some fifty or sixty persons from all over the country writing the tests. Enough about the economy in and around Horst at the turn of the twentieth century. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Michael Janssen (Marshall, Minnesota), who passed away on April 13, 2021, at the age of 68, leaving to mourn family and friends. He said that I could pick up the keys in the office of the Indian Agent in Battleford anytime. Piet and his wife Jacqueline had recently come to live in Geleen where he had been hired as a. 255 6th Street E, Sixth Floor, St. Paul, MN, 55101. She was afraid that it would stay that way after the delivery but luckily that was not so. In the afternoon of May 14 the Luftwaffe bombed the city of Rotterdam with terrible results: more than 800 civilians dead. “Tomorrow morning you will have a bad case of eczema”, he said, “if the doctor asks if you have had it before just say that it comes and goes, about every three or four months” The next morning I had great difficulty riding my bike to Hoensbroek but the examination worked as promised, I was declared unfit and was given an Ausweis. In early March I got bronchitis which turned into pneumonia. After I had seen her a few times at the groentewagen I asked her out to a dance. Although that made her laugh she made me ask again in our own language before she would give me one because she did not want me to forget our own language. At the bottom of it all are hundreds of years of very different histories. In June of ’55 I bought my first car, from Paul Pleski, a rebuilt Dodge Mayfair. If there was one experience that was shared by the vast majority of the people in all parts of the Netherlands in the nineteenth century it was poverty and misery. i.e. We scraped and washed the walls as well, then sprinkled DDT powder all along the walls before putting the baseboards back. Father had seen, rightly, that coal delivery was a good complement to the groenteboer business. or. The American soldiers sought no contact with the people except when they were looking for female companionship. Even when I sat on the frame my feet could not push the pedals round because my legs were too short. I also remember that a sewer line was laid on the other side of the street. cycle that is. I applied there and was hired. The federal government had similar concerns and had set up the Agriculture and Rural Development Administration, ARDA for short. Father didn’t have the money to hire a lawyer. Most trains in Germany were made up of single cars with no walk through connections. So it was decided that I should go to the Mulo school in Sttard. or, how are we going to cope?) Around 1911 or 12 vader came back to Horst for good. The baby weighed 3600 gram. The Department of Education let me know that I was eligible for a student loan which would be granted when I actually registered at Teachers’ College. When he was twelve years old he was called back to help at home when yet another child was born and his father couldn’t handle the work alone and his mother had more than her hands full. I didn’t dare to move another step while crying all the time. Here is Michael Janssen’s obituary. Join Facebook to connect with Mike Janssen Janssen and others you may know. they had “tried out” several of the school teachers but they were not very happy with any of them. Mariet and I got the largest bedroom in the front of the house. (I don’t know if I spell all of this correctly, wrote Sjaak). Goldie Flo Cal Jake Bert Ruth Billie Mike. There we could do our homework and be quiet while teaching to the class that belonged there went on. Limburg has always been part of the Netherlands, but you may notice that the shaded area on the map named Limburg, including the town Limburg (Limbourg in French) is a good deal to the south of the present-day province. I talked with father and mother and they both were happy that I was going to study to improve myself. In 1869 there were in Horst: There was no mention of the number of farms in that report which is odd because agriculture was the mainstay of the economy. Wim in front of the Eschdoornstraat home – 2010. Coba was taller and stronger than mother and so the farmer’s wife decided that mother was better suited to help in the house. "DAVID JANSSEN Our Conversations is a heartfelt tribute to a beloved Star, still adored by millions of fans around the world today." Norma Budden, author Each was fairly autonomous. For subjects that required a book — such as reading, grammar, and arithmetic — books were handed out at the beginning of the lesson and collected when the lesson was over. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Reusen were not happy to see their only child move to Canada and followed her and settled in North Battlefored. She always said that during pregnancies she had to throw up every morning and now was no different with the nasty consequence that she could not keep the lower dentures in; if she tried it made her retch. The children had woken up and came downstairs. Academic qualifications were not in demand. After we had talked a bit about my job and the plans for the junior college he showed us around the school and then gave me directions to two houses that were for rent. The German army would not do us any harm as long as we remained peaceful. A few months later I passed the final Mulo examination. We thought that the Germans were defeated and that the war was over. In Limburg the great changes did not begin until after the turn of the century when, in 1902, the Staatsmijnen were established. When the army surrendered on the fifteenth of May 1940 the Queen and her family together with most ministers of the cabinet (and most of the gold held by the Nederlandse bank) had fled to England. That summer Nellie who had been working for vrouw Kusters fell ill and came home. Once a month a special collection was held in every church in the diocese for the “special needs of the bishop”. “They don’t make people like Doc anymore. We now had five children but were still living in the same one-bedroom apartment. We arrived in Brussels in the afternoon, checked into a hotel and the next morning reported to the recruiting bureau. Jane Hofbauer Bertha Schutter Florence. In 1830 the Belgians revolted, Britain and France stepped in and the country was divided. Because we lived so close to Germany workers could go there as. Later that year or early in 1942 Jack quit his job with Thuis Best and went to work in a furniture factory in Heerlen. To be sure some homes were built by private developers but they were only a drop in the bucket. live at home and commute to work by bus. I acted accordingly and in due time I was notified to appear before a Judge of Queen’s Bench in Battleford. Father would take over my vegetable route on Saturday afternoons. Ralph promised to develop a model and put it to a vote among the professional staff. In 1897 a law was enacted that set the work day at 11 hours. Jake and Jane's family (except Ruth)1972. The Germans began a system of mass conscription to work in Germany. Several had to be torn down after the war. I wrote bank drafts to pay the bills and I prepared the pay envelopes for the workers and sub contractors (workers were still paid in cash those days). Clive Davidson who was retired from the Canadian Wheat Board knew everything about the grain trade; so did Jim Clarke who had been president of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. test. It turned out to be a waste of time. He introduced a Bill of Rights Act in parliament that easily passed. Hence the people did not feel any loyalty towards them. 1950 – 8 August – Marriage mass St Martinus kerk, Weert, 1950 – Wim & Mariet; and with Flower girls Corrie & Nellie. Of course we did not have the money to go. They had come from all corners of Europe in search of a better life and they had found it. I told the smith that I was going to take that Monday and Tuesday off to go with my dad on a trip to visit his family. I didn’t accept it, but I was devastated. In the fifteenth and sixteenth century the area known as the Netherlands consisted of some seventeen “provinces”. The customs officer checked our passport and asked a few questions – among others if we had brought any meat with us. The officer spoke fluent German but he could not read Dutch. happy janssen!!!! The train was pulled by a steam locomotive. Father Paradis drove me there. Our classes were conducted by teachers from the regular mulo program whose attitude indicated that they considered the extra work an imposition. The growth came from more students switching from the residential school to mine and from more children in the beginners grade. Mike Evans, the actor best known as Lionel Jefferson on the TV series "The Jeffersons," sadly passed away when he was only 57 years old. On the basis of census data ARDA declared Census Division 16 in Saskatchewan a low-income region that was eligible for development assistance. Other changes in regulations favoured farmers who farmed on leased land by extending the term of leases to five years with a right to renewal.That gave the farmer greater security and promoted better husbandry. On set of the 1967 film Warning Shot. . Jack was also more daring than I was. I was not in a mood to put up with that and I simply said good bye and quit. The first things to disappear from the shelves of the stores were goods Nederland used to draw from her colonies like coffee, tea and tobacco. The judge said then that we should be really happy that we could make a contribution to the public good, and that we all under the leadership of Hitler were moving to a better future. As a little child you become aware that there is little money left over for goodies, but later on you learn that father and mother have had to forego much and have had to do all kind of work to stay afloat. Butter and meat were also among the products that became scarce shortly after the Germans invaded. The head of the company in Canada thought that was a big mistake but he had trouble convincing headquarters. Boys and girls could not make use of the swimming pool at the same time because the Church frowned on mixing of the sexes in swimming pools as well, and few if any municipal councillors could be found who would defy the church even though the pools were owned and operated by the gemeente. So father set to work digging and cutting out the stumps and had them hauled home by a local dray man. He could not have married a stronger and more devoted wife than Nettie. I worked there until the Saturday before school started the day after Labour Day. If the bomb had fallen ten meter our way it would have set the whole house on fire, We decided to evacuate to the school playground which we could reach through the garden in the back of the house where there was a gate that gave access to the playground. He brought me down to earth by offering me what sounded suspiciously like a minor clerk’s job with a commensurate salary. It has a castle surrounded by a moat, a beautiful flower garden, and a spruce forest behind it. had been telling us. The milkman did not come because the dairy had no milk. She visited us several times when we lived in Geleen, a few times with two of her sisters. Instead we got, coffee made from tulip bulbs and cigarettes made from tobacco grown in Belgium or France. Diefenbaker was a lawyer and a strong believer in human rights. The outcome was catastrophic for the Germans. Unfortunately I had received no offer so far, and now the pastor gave me hope that some doors might open. Fortunately, men who were laying sewer pipes alongside the street kept the dog in check and I ran all the way home. From the Dutch radio broadcast we learned that German paratroopers had been dropped in and around Rotterdam and also south of The Hague. The coal thus treated became cokes which was sold to the steel industry. We were told that when the tests were marked we would be assigned to one of nine classes of about 40 students each. The situation was confusing for us We didn’t know where Jack was – he had left a few days earlier to go and meet the Americans. In addition, many beambten were Hollanders and protestants who sent their children to different schools. Today, it is hard for us to imagine that the canal was pretty well completely dug by spade. Hedlin was so angry that he had not held out for a price that was at least twice as high that he did not want to present the report to Shell himself and let me do the presentation and answer the questions the Shell people had. There were brand new desks and books and plenty of school supplies. Limbug had been a battleground in the many wars that were fought in the wake of the protestant reformation and the emergence of nation states. Two days later they had found the cause. Mandatory school age was fourteen years or completion of grade six. There was also a park with trees and shrubs with a walking path through it. The mine gave preference in hiring to children of its workers, but most of its hiring was for work underground. That is why he called on us to do a study of the animal feed division and its prospects. Not a good start as far as public relations were concerned. For years I asked myself what could have brought about that sudden change until several decades later Tiny suggested an explanation. Jack also became friendly with Wim Rutten who was a teacher at the school in the Kastanjelaan, and who had become involved in hypnotism. The bus was of the school bus type but with manual transmission. At the time we could also walk from Urmond to Berg over the dike along the Maas but I was always afraid that the boys would fall and slip down the dike into the river. The greatest damage was done in Lutterade. It was a three story house with four bedrooms on the first floor and one bedroom in the attic.It had a big annex with an equally big basement and a stable for two horses. If he is prepared to come to our home for one gulden then I am prepared to donate one gulden every month.” So the pastoor had been coming to our house every month for more than 15 years. Prior to joining the station, Mike served as a meteorologist and also a reporter at WSIL-TV based in Carterville, Illinois, WYIN-TV based in Merrillville, Indiana, as well as WGNO-TV located in New Orleans. That sounded very interesting and a few days later we all got into the station wagon and drove off to Winnipeg. In time, just about everything became rationed except potatoes, fruit, and fresh vegetables. Maastricht was in the jurisdiction of the prince-bishop of Luik (Liege). We had holidays around Christmas and Easter and on certain religious holy days, such as Drie Koningen (epiphany), Ascension day, Pentecost Monday, All Saints Day. He is 45 years old. The sad fact was that the people north of the great rivers were going through the most terrifying months of the war. Inside SOTW Mag: Women Of Substance—Yvette Kirsten. We had holidays around Christmas and Easter and on certain religious holy days, such as. He and his wife were very nice and we soon became friends. He had been sick for quite a while and father had talked with him about the illness several times but they didn’t know what caused it. Wages for men were typically one gulden (guilder) per day; some peat moss plants might pay as much as 1.50 per day. Power brought the power line right into our yard, but that is where it stopped. When we moved to Geleen- Lindenheuvel I was still too young to go to school. What I have written is meant to be the story about our family background and our experiences in our struggle to make it in this country. Harry and Lies married on the same day that Nellie and Giel got married , so we had a double wedding and wedding feast. There Mariet and her brothers and sisters grew up. I was so used to it that I sometimes asked my mother in German for a sandwich. Jack had always been more impulsive, more adventurous and less predictable than his brothers and sisters and his experiences during the war had probably made him more vulnerable. From the family tree you can see that my great-grandfather was Leonard Janssen who was also born in Horst. The task of getting catholic schools built in the new settlement Lindenheuvel fell to the newly appointed pastor and his church council. I am grateful that I could repay some of the debt I owed her by taking care of her in the last days of her life. I got credit for several classes in economics on the strength of my M.O. What to do next? They gave us bread and other food stuff and that was very welcome. However, king Willem did not agree with the terms of separation, and so a new deal was worked out in 1839 that saw Limburg split up into a Belgian and a Dutch province. Now we knew that we were prisoners , and we began to scheme how we could escape from the island. He was an enthusiastic teacher. I don ‘t remember the name of the place. the class that belonged there went on. The first steam engine came to Horst in 1850 to power the milling of grain and oilseeds. I received notice that I had to report for a physical in Hoensbroek on a given day. She was born and brought up in Kankakee County, Illinois, the United States by his father and mother. There we lay in the grass until the bombardment was over. An 18th century forefather, Joannus Mattheus Clercx (1759-1840) was a large landowner and held several important positions. The Ruttens lived on the Graetheide close to where now the A2 runs, and Jack spent many evenings there. There was a bathroom and septic toilet. He was told that he needed not only a middenstands diploma but also a certificate of proficiency in the specific trade of vegetables and fruit. While I was going to the Mulo, parliament passed legislation to make it more difficult for people to get into business. To no avail, as we know, but it goes to show that at the time Limburgers felt closer to the south than to the north. I fell asleep more than a few times with my head on the book I was supposed to read. On red days the fare from Saskatoon to Montreal was only $29 one way. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — WGN meteorologist Mike Janssen rappelled down a 21-story building on Friday for charity. When he heard that we were on a farm he said that if we were looking for something different he might be able to help. In November of ’44 we moved from Esdoornstraat 27 to Kerkhoflaan 43, a big house that had belonged to, r,(greengrocer,vendor of fruit and vegetables) who was a German and a Nazi who fled with his family to Germany when the German army withdrew from Geleen. Existing businesses were grandfathered in. It is with profound sadness to announce that at Beattie Manor, Wardsville, on Thursday, July 15, 2021, Wilhelmina "Wilma" Janssen of Glencoe passed away peacefully surrounded by family, in her 88th year. I liked him very much. When the sun shone we saw the colours of the rainbow. I believe it was called Benschop. The small farmers were self-sufficient to a high degree, which implies that their standard of living was low. Krekor Ohanian (August 15, 1925 – January 26, 2017), known professionally as Mike Connors, was an American actor best known for playing private detective Joe Mannix in the CBS television series Mannix from 1967 to 1975, a role which earned him a Golden Globe Award in 1970, the first of six straight nominations, as well as four consecutive Emmy nominations from 1970 to 1973. Nevertheless I do remember some things to add to Nellie’s story. Some time later I received a letter from the Superintendent of schools in Grande Prairie that the junior college could not start in the fall and had to be postponed for a year. Unfortunately, I was too small to ride an adult bicycle. To enjoy the complete feature on Michael Janssen and his incredible group of high-performance boating friends, subscribe to Speed On The Water digital magazine. One of the first persons hired for the Toronto office was Harry Weijs. He said ” Wim, I hear that you were interested in renting the store on the Bloemenmarkt.” I said Yes. She did not work every night but only when the owner asked her. It was not always easy to study at home. I passed that too and I was awarded my M.O. All the boys in our family went to grade seven. After the tests I was asked to stay . To make things worse Mother had a heavy bleeding after birth; the doctor had left so that father again had to go to fetch him. In Rotterdam and the Moerdijk the paratroopers succeeded in capturing and holding onto vital bridges and prevented them from being blown up by the Dutch. The plane was a DC – 6 and the flight took 13 hours. There were three dairies that employed 18 people. Many working class children went to secondary and higher technical schools and climbed the socio-economic ladder with the result that more and more Limburgers attained professional and managerial functions with the Staatsmijnen and in industry generally. 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