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Catalog Number
2018.15.9j
Description
Progran with red curtain on front and white letters at the bottom; "Behind the scenes in every successful community is an active Chamber of Commerce". The inside of the program provides a list of Chamber members, the order of events and a list of those being honored. Dick Smallenburg was honored for his role as Park Superintendent.  March 10, 1959.
History
Dick Smallenburg (1893-1960) was born in the Netherlands in 1893 and came to Holland, MI in 1921. He worked for awhile as the private gardener of Walter Lane before beginning with the city in 1928. On July 23, 1922, Dick married Bouwina Veenstra in Holland, MI. They are buried in Pilgrim Home Cemetery. Bouwina F. Veenstra Smallenburg was born on 10-22-1897 in the Netherlands to Bront Veenstra and Cora Rairdan. On July 23, 1922, Bouwina Veenstra (1897-1993) married Dick Smallenburg in Holland, MI. She came from the Netherlands in 1922.
Gift of
Haveman, Sarah