WITHOUT THIS (in)FAMOUS CALVIN COLLEGE ALUMNUS , THERE WOULD STILL BE THANKSGIVING BUT MAYBE NOT THE FAMILIAR BUTTERBALL TURKEY "Some Thanksgiving turkey trivia - ...The name Butterball was originally trademarked in 1940 by Ada Walker of Wyoming, Ohio, who sold the trademark in 1951 to Leo Peters for $10, who licensed it to Swift and Co., a meat-processing company in Chicago. Leo Peters eventually founded Butterball Farms Inc., a butter company in Grand Rapids that has nothing to do with turkeys. And, there is no butter in these branded turkeys."
Butterball farms still sells beautiful butter patties including the tiny ones served with hotcakes at many McDonalds . the late Leo Peters son Mark now runs the company - he also attended Calvin as well as GRCH.
