tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post8683839877623923737..comments2023-07-25T21:41:23.614-06:00Comments on Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakota: What’s Happening in Govert, South Dakota: Thursday, 5 December 1940Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-60527234466243462572014-01-15T20:10:43.143-07:002014-01-15T20:10:43.143-07:00I've enjoyed getting to know your old neighbor...I've enjoyed getting to know your old neighbors, Betty. Reading the Govert Advance is like sharing a pot of coffee over a chasm of the years. I've also enjoyed getting to know you through your column in The Nation's Center News!Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-21618562124044601722014-01-15T20:03:31.580-07:002014-01-15T20:03:31.580-07:00Hans, thank you for sharing your valuable perspect...Hans, thank you for sharing your valuable perspective as a Dutchman and historian. Every immigrant to the US left behind family and friends they might - for whatever reason - never see again. As the war progressed, the worries must have rested heavily on their minds. What incredible suffering for those within reach of the bombs.Thru Prairie Grass: Govert, South Dakotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882659793608166451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-84058850468927806642014-01-05T15:09:41.275-07:002014-01-05T15:09:41.275-07:00Loved browsing through the Govert Advance with you...Loved browsing through the Govert Advance with you Kate! Reading what the old neighbors were doing those many years ago just made me feel good. Thanks!Betty Olsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-59296413988511743272013-12-21T03:30:11.702-07:002013-12-21T03:30:11.702-07:00I love the down to earth news in this edition of y...I love the down to earth news in this edition of your blog and in the december 1940 edition of the Govert Advance. How different were the times indeed for our ancestors during that time. Holland was already being occupied by the Nazis for seven months. The first months had been relatively easy and though strange the occupying forces weren't that much in evidence in the first few months. Not so for Rotterdam and its inhabitants. The city had its complete old heart bombed out as a warnign what was about to happen when the Dutch would not capitulate. After that bombardment with thousands of old houses and buildings lost and almost 900 dead, the Dutch did indeed capitulated because the Germans threathened to boms more cities. Our newspaper news was as different from the New York news as the Govert news was from the New York news. There must have been many Dutch that would have loved to live on the American prairie at the time...<br /><br />That is just one aspect that makes your blog so interesting to read. It makes me see things in perspective and makes me look at family history with a different eye at times.<br /><br />Thank you Kate<br />HansHans van der Boomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044839031004507670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071098485617569087.post-12489438721806707542013-12-06T13:46:10.870-07:002013-12-06T13:46:10.870-07:00Sweetheart,
Thanks for another enjoyable and info...Sweetheart,<br /><br />Thanks for another enjoyable and informative blog posting.<br /><br />Again this week, you’ve given us a snapshot of “a day in the life of” Govert…this week the day is December 5, 1940. We see how life for the residents of Govert went on pretty much as usual despite the significant and dramatic events occurring elsewhere in the world. Even though “New Yorkers were now being warned to be alert for suspicious packages” (interestingly, a concern all too familiar to us in our day as well), Goverites are doing such routine things as farm chores, getting trucks serviced, receiving medical care, shopping, visiting friends and family, and sharing holiday meals. As you say, for the folks in Govert “life goes on,” even though we know war is “raging in Europe” and is on the near horizon for the U.S. as well (to include Govert).<br /><br />It’s also nice to see some familiar names again, like West, Lale, and Kulisich (especially Marie). Over the many weeks of your blog postings, we are coming to recognize and better know the various residents of Govert, and how they lived their lives at different points in time during the years Govert was active. We are learning about prairie life in the early 1900s, and we are becoming friends with many of Govert’s residents. So, you are very successfully fulfilling your “mission” as a researcher, writer, and historian to document, spread, and preserve the story of Govert and its residents.<br /><br />Thank you for educating and entertaining us with your wonderful blog postings. It’s a pleasure to read your entries each week, and to anticipate what we’ll see in the weeks to come.<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804651831910954606noreply@blogger.com