MHH: So on short notice, you headed for Guam. VH: Right. MHH: And he did have a job? VH: He did have a job. He was the superintendent of the workshop for handicapped adults. We were there for five years. Rev. Wade died of his cancer during the time that we were there. During the […]
VH: Next I got discharged. No, I never did get a discharge. I was separated from the service. They could call me back at any time. I went home to my family because I’d been gone for all that length of time overseas. I’d made up my mind that I was not going back to […]
It is March 2, 2009, and I am at the residence of Mrs. Vivian Hunter in Edgerton, Minnesota. MHH: Mrs. Hunter, where and when were you born? VH: I was born in Philadelphia, PA, May 31, 1921. MHH: Who were your parents and what can you tell me about the circumstances of your early […]
It is January 6, 2009, and I am at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schipper in Holland, Michigan. MHH: Mr. Schipper, where and when were you born? HS: I was born in Holland, Michigan, on 236 East 11th Street. MHH: And when was this? HS: January 14, 1926. MHH: Who were your […]
January 5, 2009 Mr. Terry Elzinga, Zeeland, Michigan MHH: Mr. Elzinga, where and when were you born? TE: I was born in September of 1940, in Borculo, Michigan. MHH: Who were your parents? TE: My parents were Tom and Edith Elzinga. MHH: Where did you grow up? TE: When I was about four months […]
“I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” —Psalm 37:25. These words apply to me as I write my last editorial as editor. During my tenure as editor of Beacon Lights, I have studiously avoided or minimized interjecting a personal element into […]
It is June 21, 2008, and I am at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Poortinga in Dyer, Indiana MHH: Mr. Poortinga, where and when you were born? RP: I was born in Munster, Indiana, not too far from here. December 25, 1924. MHH: A Christmas baby! RP: A Christmas baby, yes. It […]
As is our custom, in this issue we are publishing four essays from the annual scholarship contest. This contest is open to those who are pursuing an education directed toward either the ministry or toward teaching. These papers are the ones the committee determined were the best from this year’s submissions. Two are written by […]
MHH: Nick, do you have comments on all of this? NK: Well, back in 1975, Prof. Hoeksema and Rev. [Cornelius] Hanko came over. And they came to Winnaleah where we actually lived. We lived in LaPort, just only a few minutes out of Winnaleah, and we have to be to the airport at five o’clock. […]
As our regular readers know, Beacon Lights has recently sponsored a writing contest. The intent was to encourage our readers to think, as well as to develop their writing skills. The entries have been received and judged, and the winning essays are published in this issue. We received disappointingly few entries in three of the […]