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Resolutions—1971
H. R. 445 RESOLUTION 28
A JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE FAMILY OF GERRIT BOEREMA,
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION'S FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR IN
AMERICA.
Whereas, the Farmers Home Administration has named the Gerrit Boerema
family as the North Carolina family of the year; and
Whereas, the Gerrit Boerema family has been named the American family of the
year; and
Whereas, Mr. and Mrs. Boerema, natives of Holland, immigrated to the United
States in 1949. When they first sighted the Statue of Liberty twenty-one years ago,
they had only $100.00, could not speak the language well, and had no one to turn to
for advice. They came to Hyde County, along the coast of North Carolina, and took
over some marshland covered with reeds and scrub pines, drained it and converted it
into one of the most modern and efficient dairy farms in North Carolina. This was
accomplished through ambition, hard work, dedication, and assistance of the
Farmers Home Administration; and
Whereas, the Boerema family was chosen by a panel of seven nationally
prominent judges from among thousands of farm families all over America. This
recognition has come to a mother and father and four children, Barbara, Renea,
Dennis and Eddie; and
Whereas, their dedication to the soil and their love of their adopted country
stamped them indelibly as the farm family of North Carolina and America; and
Whereas, the Boerema family has turned the original $100.00 into material assets
today valued at $7Q,246.00. It came about as a result of hard work, resourcefulness,
coupled with ambition, faith in God and a common bond of love of farming, of
America, and of each other; and
Whereas, the Boeremas have two gardens, a beautiful brick home, and a true and
intense feeling of neighborliness and friendship to those who live about them. Their
Church and their God, along with their America and their home and their friends are
their life today. They are members of Terra Ceia Christian Reformed Church, Farm
Bureau, Ponzer Ruritan Club, Hyde County Drainage District, East Carolina Milk
Producers Association, Hyde County Home Demonstration Club, REA, PTA and all
community activities; and
Whereas, this family's story is a realization of the offer of the inscription on the
Statue of Liberty which to them in 1949 stood tall in New York Harbor: "Give me
your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched
refuse of your teeming shore; send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me; I lift
my lamp beside the golden door." Truly, the Boerema family ranks among those of
whom Thomas Jefferson spoke when he said: "Those who labor in the earth are the
chosen people of God"; and
Whereas, the Boerema family has just received personal congratulations from
President Nixon, coupled with a luncheon at the White House attended by North
Carolina Congressmen, Senators, Members of the House and Senate Agricultural
Committees, and other prominent Congressmen and Senators;
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring:
Section 1. That the North Carolina General Assembly do hereby express its
admiration and extend its congratulations to the Gerrit Boerema family.
Sec. 2. That this resolution shall become a part of the public records of this
1858
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| Full Text | Resolutions—1971 H. R. 445 RESOLUTION 28 A JOINT RESOLUTION HONORING THE FAMILY OF GERRIT BOEREMA, FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION'S FARM FAMILY OF THE YEAR IN AMERICA. Whereas, the Farmers Home Administration has named the Gerrit Boerema family as the North Carolina family of the year; and Whereas, the Gerrit Boerema family has been named the American family of the year; and Whereas, Mr. and Mrs. Boerema, natives of Holland, immigrated to the United States in 1949. When they first sighted the Statue of Liberty twenty-one years ago, they had only $100.00, could not speak the language well, and had no one to turn to for advice. They came to Hyde County, along the coast of North Carolina, and took over some marshland covered with reeds and scrub pines, drained it and converted it into one of the most modern and efficient dairy farms in North Carolina. This was accomplished through ambition, hard work, dedication, and assistance of the Farmers Home Administration; and Whereas, the Boerema family was chosen by a panel of seven nationally prominent judges from among thousands of farm families all over America. This recognition has come to a mother and father and four children, Barbara, Renea, Dennis and Eddie; and Whereas, their dedication to the soil and their love of their adopted country stamped them indelibly as the farm family of North Carolina and America; and Whereas, the Boerema family has turned the original $100.00 into material assets today valued at $7Q,246.00. It came about as a result of hard work, resourcefulness, coupled with ambition, faith in God and a common bond of love of farming, of America, and of each other; and Whereas, the Boeremas have two gardens, a beautiful brick home, and a true and intense feeling of neighborliness and friendship to those who live about them. Their Church and their God, along with their America and their home and their friends are their life today. They are members of Terra Ceia Christian Reformed Church, Farm Bureau, Ponzer Ruritan Club, Hyde County Drainage District, East Carolina Milk Producers Association, Hyde County Home Demonstration Club, REA, PTA and all community activities; and Whereas, this family's story is a realization of the offer of the inscription on the Statue of Liberty which to them in 1949 stood tall in New York Harbor: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore; send these, the homeless, tempest tossed, to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door." Truly, the Boerema family ranks among those of whom Thomas Jefferson spoke when he said: "Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God"; and Whereas, the Boerema family has just received personal congratulations from President Nixon, coupled with a luncheon at the White House attended by North Carolina Congressmen, Senators, Members of the House and Senate Agricultural Committees, and other prominent Congressmen and Senators; Now, therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: Section 1. That the North Carolina General Assembly do hereby express its admiration and extend its congratulations to the Gerrit Boerema family. Sec. 2. That this resolution shall become a part of the public records of this 1858 |
