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Posted by Juke Van Oss on

EVERYBODY REMEMBERS THEIR FAVORITE BRUTAL WINTER  MINE WAS THE WINTER OF 1936. ON JAN 30, WE HAD AN ALL DAY BLIZZARD.  SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS. IF YOU LIVED IN THE COUNTRY, YOU HIBERNATED. TRUCK PLOWS COULD NOT GET DOWN THE ROADS.  FINALLY IT TOOK BIG DIESEL TRACTORS WITH WING PLOWS TO OPEN UP THE ROADS.  THE SIDES PLOWED UP WERE NEAR THE TELEPHONE WIRES.  WE MADE AN EMERGENCY TRIP TO HOLLAND WITH A TEAM AND SLEIGH, TO GET FEED, COAL AND NEEDED GROCERIES.  TEMPERATURES REACHED 22 BELOW.  WHAT WAS YOU FAVORITE WINTER?

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