"The organization had welcomed Takens, a former Byron Center School District superintendent, as president in early February 2020. Takens replaced Bill Paxton, who had retired, but Takens in turn decided this week that he needed to resign for personal reasons, and the board reluctantly accepted that resignation "
APPRECIATING the LEO PETERS 2 FAMILY...because my late grandfather Leo Peters was the first to trademark the "Butterball" name (which he later sold to the turkey company ie armour, but retained the rights to use the name for his butter factory, ie butterball farms,) and was also involved in various meat endeavors, and my memories of Thanksgiving revolve around a big meal at the "butterball mansion" I am adding a thanksgiving section to this blog!
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Dan Takens suddenly resigns from Exalta Health |
Oh my goodness. He's a climber "Exalta Health taps retiring Byron Center Superintendent Dan Takens as its new leader - "
Dan Takens went to Millbrook, GRCH, & Calvin.
Oh my goodness. He's a climber ... what will be next ? Political ambitions ? "Exalta Health taps retiring Byron Center Superintendent Dan Takens as its new leader - "
https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2019/12/exalta-health-taps-retiring-byron-center-superintendent-dan-takens-as-its-new-leader.html
Monday, November 29, 2021
Friday, November 26, 2021
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Photo: heres a young Leo Peters & his bike..
heres a young Leo Peters & his bike... the late Peters went on to become a successful butter businessman (founder of #Butterball Farms) , known for "beautiful butter", & made $ comfortable by the small butter patties served with hotcakes at McDonald
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"Ok, now let's talk about Butterball Ham. In 2014, the Joseph Sanders Meat company of Custer, Michigan ("Sanders"), applied to the United States Trademark and Patent Office ("USPTO") to register BUTTERBALL HAM for ham products. Around the same time, Sanders also started snapping up domain names with the BUTTERBALL name in them, and even applied to the Michigan Secretary of State to change its d/b/a to the "Butterball Ham Company."
"The Origins of Our Favorite Nostalgic Thanksgiving Brands "
The late Leo Peters attended Calvin College. His son now owns & operates Butterball Farms which makes 'fancy butter'' including the little patties provided with hotcakes at McDonalds.
There is a special 'collection' of Peters papers at the Calvin Library. All the children of Leo & Helen Peters as well as his 2nd wife Nancy attended Calvin University as well.
Their names are Martha, Linda, Barbara, Diana (Di), Sandra (San), Andrea (Ani), Teresa (Teri), and the only boy, Mark. One daughter, late Brenda, did not attend college (she was born with downs syndrome).
"The next owner, Leo Peters, sold the name "Butterball" to Swift and Co., which would come under ConAgra ownership in 1990. The company did not become the largest turkey producer in the country (approximately one billion each year) until 2006, when it transferred ownership to Carolina Turkeys. But what really made Butterball synonymous with Thanksgiving was the launch of the Turkey Talk-Line, .."
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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
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1st T-Giving without π¦ πΊπΈ America'sVoice ,but u can still enjoy "The True Story of Thanksgiving - by Rush Limbaugh Show"
1st T-Giving π¦πΊπΈ without America'sVoice ,but u can still enjoy "The True Story of Thanksgiving - by Rush Limbaugh Show"
Tuesday, November 23, 2021
"What public schools won't teach about Thanksgiving (but you should) "
"Bradford specifically explained that the Pilgrims left the Netherlands in 1620 for three reasons – all three pertained in some respect to religious persecution or the hindrance of their faith, freedom and religious practice:.."
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
neat website re Jim Kok, Tony Diekema, Don Vroon & other Calvin & Holland Christian basketball players of the 1950's west Michigan
Jim Kok, Tony Diekema,
Don Vroon & other Calvin
& Holland Christian basketball players of the
1950's west Michigan
Saturday, August 14, 2021
"Van Genderen Name Meaning Dutch: habitational name for someone from Genderen in North Brabant."
"Van Genderen Name Meaning
Dutch: habitational name for someone from Genderen in North Brabant."
Saturday, March 20, 2021
3/10/21 LINKS TO PRAYERBOOK, REEL PRAYER, & AMERI PRAYER 123 (all searchable) &AmPrayer3 with side notes
3/10/21 LINKS TO PRAYERBOOK, REEL PRAYER, & AMERI PRAYER 123 (all searchable) &AmPrayer3 with side notes
All original material by
John Vander P.A.K.
REEL PRAYER 2nd edition
NEW PRAYERBOOK 2nd edition
AMERIPRAYER 1-3 (larger font)
incl chapter 3 thru Feb 2021
AmeriPrayer 3 (smaller font)
with side notes:
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020
REMEMBER THE PILGRIMS: HALL-of-FAME FAITH HEROES "Why we should consider the pilgrims superheroes of faith - .."
REMEMBER THE PILGRIMS: HALL-of-FAME FAITH HEROES "Why we should consider the pilgrims superheroes of faith - After arriving in America on November 9th, the first winter was very hard on them. By the end of March, 47 or nearly half of their original number had not survived the winter. Thirteen of the eighteen wives died.."
" FROM THE THANKSGIVING ARCHIVES: AND THANKS FOR MR. PETERS:"
"More than half a century ago, Evanston inventor Leo Peters bought the rights to the name Butterball for $10.
Nearly 20 years later, he sold the trademark to Swift & Co. for $1 million."
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
WITHOUT THIS (in)FAMOUS CALVIN ALUM, there would still be THANKSGIVING but maybe NOT THE FAMILIAR BUTTERBALL TURKEY "Some Thanksgiving turkey trivia - ...The name Butterball was originally ..
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.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
"This Thanksgiving NEVER FORGET: The So-Called Experts Were Wrong -- COVID Is Still Less Lethal than the Last Three Major US pandemics ....."
"This Thanksgiving NEVER FORGET: The So-Called Experts Were Wrong -- COVID Is Still Less Lethal than the Last Three Major US pandemics ...Tedros claimed in a press conference in early March that the fatality rate for the coronavirus was 3.4% — many multiples that of the fatality rate of the common flu which is estimated to be around 0.1%. This egregiously false premise led to the greatest global pandemic panic in world history."
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/11/thanksgiving-never-forget-called-experts-wrong-covid-still-less-lethal-last-three-major-us-pandemics/
Monday, November 23, 2020
"400 years ago this month, a weary band of Christians from England came ashore after a grueling 66-day voyage. ..
"400 years ago this month, a weary band of Christians from England came ashore after a grueling 66-day voyage. The Pilgrims came for one purpose, which they spelled out in writing: "for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith."
Friday, November 20, 2020
Every year around this time Leo Peters gets mentioned again. Here's a new one: "How Butterball Is Getting a Turkey on Your Table for Zoom Thanksgiving | "
Every year around this time Leo Peters ('grandpa') gets mentioned again. Here's a new one "How Butterball Is Getting a Turkey on Your Table for Zoom Thanksgiving | " "In 1951, food-industry researcher and entrepreneur Leo Peters was casting about for a name for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, company he had formed to develop a yellower margarine and heartier turkey breed. Stumbling on the Butterball trademark, which worked for both sides of his business, Peters bought up the rights. But a few years later, he decided his future lay solely in butter, and in the late 1950s, he leased (and later sold) the name Butterball to meat manufacturer Swift for its turkey business, marking the beginning of Butterball turkey appearing in supermarkets. (Peters retained the right to use the name Butterball for his thriving butter business, Butterball Farms, which to this day
sells actual balls of butter, among other items.)
Since then, the Butterball ..."
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Thursday, November 28, 2019
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Praise & Thanks to God:
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#ThanksgivingDay2019
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HAPPY #MacysDayParade
2019! π #HappyThanksgiving
"Did you know that each balloon at the #ThanksgivingDayParade has an NYPD supervisor .."
https://t.co/KFOjD5W4vt
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1200045441674465280?s=03)
HAPPY #MacysDayParade
2019! π #HappyThanksgiving
"Did you know that each balloon at the #ThanksgivingDayParade has an NYPD supervisor .."
https://t.co/KFOjD5W4vt
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1200045441674465280?s=03)
Monday, November 25, 2019
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Friday, November 22, 2019
Huh? "Have a selfish Thanksgiving - "
"The young and healthy men resented working uncompensated for other people. The strong reaped nothing from any extra work they did, and so had the exact same amount as those less fit for work. "This was thought injustice," according to Bradford. The women, called upon to provide "service for other men, as dressing their meat, washing their clothes, etc. they deemed it a kind of slavery, neither could their husbands brook it."
Monday, November 18, 2019
Saturday, November 16, 2019
another story about BUTTERBALL FARMS (undated)
"According to Mark, his father [Leo Peters] drew inspiration from Whitman's Sampler Chocolates, which are presented in different shapes and designs, offering a more creative exterior. "Butter should be beautiful," says Mark, quoting Butterball's philosophy. .."
11/16/19 this is the ORIGINAL "BUTTERBALL" PATENT APPLICATION by Ada Walker in 1939 from whom Leo Peters bought the rights to the name
this is the ORIGINAL "BUTTERBALL" PATENT APPLICATION by Ada Walker in 1939 from whom Leo Peters bought the rights to the name & used for his BOUTIQUE BUTTER (which is also used by McDonalds for the hotcake breakfast) .
Butterball Farms in Grand Rapids MI continues to sell the butter and uses the name Butterball, but it is more commonly associated with the Butterball Turkey who purchased the rights to use the name from Leo Peters, but a deal was made that Peters could continue forever to use the name with his butter.
see attached or see
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn71423319&docId=ORC20051101235008#docIndex=0&page=1
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
6/20/19 where MY MOM GREW UP : THE BUTTERBALL MANSION (still owned by mark peters
6/20/19 where MY MOM GREW UP : THE BUTTERBALL MANSION (still owned by mark peters ..
correction: apparently Mark Peters thought he had sold the mansion but the sale fell through...this is the information I received on 9/9/19
#Repent&BeBaptized ! #acceptChrist2bSaved2day !
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Friday, May 31, 2019
MARTHA VG MENTIONED IN FORBES (2017) "Spring Creek Ranch: Gateway To The Grand Tetons "
"Be sure to ask for the docent Martha Van Genderen whose knowledge, love and respect for the art shows in her every commentary. The museum's bright Palate bistro is a recent addition and makes for a nice break between sections of the surprisingly huge regional museum
..." [Martha is one of Leo Peters daughters]
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Monday, May 20, 2019
flashback to LEGENDARY CRC KINDNESS PASTOR (& Calvin alumnus 1950's) , PASTOR JIM KOK (still alive!) during his NATIONAL GUARD DAYS
flashback to LEGENDARY CRC KINDNESS PASTOR (& Calvin alumnus 1950's, & son-in-law of the late Leo 'Butterball' Peters) , PASTOR JIM KOK (still alive!) during his NATIONAL GUARD DAYS (June 23, 1953)
SEE PHOTO AT
https://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/2019/02/june-23-1953-pvt-paul-vander-leek-pvt.html#Repent&BeBaptized ! #acceptChrist2bSaved2day !
Sunday, May 12, 2019
(I learned how to golf there, sort of) BEAR BY INDIAN TRAILS GOLF COURSE "Bear found in Grand Rapids neighborhood captured by police, Michigan DNR " NEVER HEARD OF NO BEARS IN GR WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THERE
(I learned how to golf there, sort of) BEAR BY INDIAN TRAILS GOLF COURSE "Bear found in Grand Rapids neighborhood captured by police, Michigan DNR " NEVER HEARD OF NO BEARS IN GR WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THERE...(finally captured way over by butterball farms)
Friday, March 22, 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Bad news at butterball (not the farm)
@KTLA 51m
About 78K pounds of ground turkey is being recalled by
@butterball due to potential salmonella contamination
View summary ·
Friday, March 1, 2019
Thursday, February 28, 2019
(CRC PASTOR JIM KOK also national guard) June 23, 1953: "Pvt Paul Vander Leek, Pvt. Jim Kok, & Sgt Duane Rosendahl ...climb aboard a military vehicle .."
also see
https://keepthefaithbyvanderkok.blogspot.com/2019/02/june-23-1953-pvt-paul-vander-leek-pvt.html
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#Repent&BeBaptized ! #acceptChrist2bSaved2day !
Monday, February 11, 2019
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Monday, December 31, 2018
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Friday, November 23, 2018
TODAY IS ALSO A NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING 4 SOME NATIVE-AMERICANS "400 Years Later, Natives who Helped Pilgrims Gain a Voice"
"That triggered angry demonstrations from tribal members who staged a National Day of Mourning, a somber remembrance that indigenous New Englanders have observed on every Thanksgiving Day since..."
Thursday, November 22, 2018
"Presidential Proclamation on Thanksgiving Day, 2018 | The White House...re. The more than 100 Pilgrims who arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower, instilled in our Nation a strong faith in God that continues to be a beacon of hope to all ..."
"Presidential Proclamation on Thanksgiving Day, 2018 | The White House...re. The more than 100 Pilgrims who arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower, instilled in our Nation a strong faith in God that continues to be a beacon of hope to all ..."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-thanksgiving-day-2018/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wh
"Thanksgiving: The Odd Bird Holiday" – American Greatness
"But at the least we Americans can show gratitude, as generations of Americans have done. Immigrants often excelled in this trait, to the extent that we are astounded when they turn out to be ingrates. But it is impossible to demand love..."
Remember, today is #Thanksgiving . ππ♥️πΊπ²π¦ It is NOT thanksGETTING.
Remember, today is #Thanksgiving . ππ♥️πΊπ²π¦ It is NOT thanksGETTING. Enjoy ourselves, but find a way to GIVE as well... kindness, love, peace , joy...#FruitOfTheSpirit #HappyThanksgiving2018 #Thanksgiving2018 #thankful
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1065656979849338880?s=03)
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TODAY IS ALSO A NATIONAL DAY OF #MOURNING 4 SOME NATIVE-AMERICANS
TODAY IS ALSO A NATIONAL DAY OF #MOURNING 4 SOME NATIVE-AMERICANS π¦πΊπ² "400 Years Later, Natives who Helped #Pilgrims Gain a Voice" #Thanksgiving #thankful #sorry #pleaseForgive https://t.co/CLA3Eirue7
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1065665212576030720?s=03)
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1065665212576030720?s=03)
"Political Pistachio: Early Thanksgiving "
"The concept of a Thanksgiving Feast is not uniquely American. The Spanish Colonies also had thanksgiving ceremonies and meals as well. The colonists in the New World, be they English, Dutch, French, Spanish, or of any other European origin, were a deeply religious people, and felt it necessary to give thanks to God for their survival, and prosperity, in their new land. The Pilgrims had plenty to be thankful for, and so theirs is the story that has been most publicized (perhaps with a little help from the 1861 push for a Thanksgiving Holiday). However, Turkey was not the dominant item on the menu, nor was many of our other traditional favorites..."
Proclamation of Thanksgiving 1863 – Abe Lincoln
"...recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand .."
"Thanksgiving Proclamation 1789 " American Greatness
"Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor..."
We #PRAY4 #CampFireParadise victims
We #PRAY4 some BILLIONAIRES like #BillGates & #GeorgeSoros et al to PITCH IN & help the #CampFireParadise victims surviving at #Walmart parking lot to find a decent place to live. & everybody else too ..do what we can to LOVE ONE ANOTHER π✝️♥️πΊπ²π¦ #Thanksgiving
(https://twitter.com/PRAISETRIUNEGOD/status/1065615073614356481?s=03)
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
" How to carve a turkey like a pro on Thanksgiving"
https://www.today.com/food/how-carve-turkey-pro-thanksgiving-t143092
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" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9
"HOW TO WATCH THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE"
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-watch-macys-thanksgiving-day-parade/
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" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9
"The Thanksgiving Story You’ve Probably Never Heard"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/opinion/thanksgiving-pilgrims-puritans-democracy-.html
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" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9
"Here's what a Thanksgiving meal cost the year you were born"
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/11/21/average-thanksgiving-dinner-cost-year-you-were-born/38543307/
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" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9
"The Real Reason Why Thanksgiving Is Always on a Thursday"
http://time.com/5455162/thanksgiving-on-thursday/
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" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9
"The Open Secret of Thanksgiving, and a Recipe"
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/the-open-secret-of-thanksgiving-and-a-recipe
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" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9
WASH POST THINKS USA IS GREAT ? ! "The history of Thanksgiving dinner is proof of American greatness"
"Thanksgiving Day will be coldest in over a century for millions in U.S."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/thanksgiving-day-will-be-coldest-over-century-millions-us-n938926
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" If u declare with your mouth,
"Jesus is Lord," & believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
u will be saved."
Romans 10.9
πππππ ✝️π¦π π GIVE THANKS EVERY DAY
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✝️π¦π π GIVE THANKS: Yes, I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love—not death, life, angels, or ruling spirits...nothing now, nor in the future, no powers, nothing above us or below us—nothing in the whole created world—can separate us from the love God has shown us in Christ Jesus ♥️ -The Bible-π
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
YES U CAN COOK A TURKEY IN THE MICROWAVE SAYS #BUTTERBALL
YES U CAN COOK A TURKEY IN THE MICROWAVE SAYS #BUTTERBALL "Butterball's shocking response to 'turkey challenge' prank" #thanksgiving https://t.co/obHoOdJj5K
Monday, November 19, 2018
happy thanksgiving ! i ALWAYS SEARCH MY GRANDPA'S NAME AROUND THANKSGIVING for any new ITERATIONS of his BUTTERBALL STORY. HERE'S A NEW ONE
IT'S A REPEAT OF SIMILAR DESCRIPTIONS..although they don't mention that he retained the rights for using it with his butter as well, hence "Butterball Farms" is still in business to this day, their biggest contract being the small McDonalds butter patties handed out usually with the hotcakes. But they also make larger patties for fancy restaurants around the midwest.
"The Butterball turkey name was trademarked back in 1940 by Ada Walker. Leo Peters purchased the trademark in 1951 and licensed the name to Swift and Company. Ten years later he sold it to Swift, which was acquired in 1990 by ConAgra. In 2006 ConAgra sold the Butterball brand to Carolina Turkey, making it the largest turkey producer in the United States, producing more than 1 billion pounds of turkey each year. That's a lot of turkey!
-- JESUS SAVES !!
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Saturday, November 10, 2018
He didn't Know he was eating my grandpa's butter: I bought this fellow some hotcakes for breakfast ..he seemed down & out...cold night in Los Angeles #ThoughtsPrayersAction
I bought this fellow some hotcakes for breakfast ..he seemed down & out...cold night in Los Angeles #ThoughtsPrayersAction
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Saturday, October 20, 2018
THANKS "DeVos family earns spot on Forbes' list for doling out $108M "
"
ADA, MI -- Rich DeVos and his family donated $108 million in 2017, placing them at No. 25 on Forbes magazine's annual list of the top 50 givers in the United States..."
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Fwd: Steve Vanderwey might WRONGLY THINK that Leo Peters was a great conservative hero
Steve Vanderwey might WRONGLY THINK that Leo Peters was a great conservative hero ...i GET the feeling STEVE VANDERWEY thinks he knows more about the late Leo Peters than members of Peters' own extended family
above: young Leo Peters family in Evanston Illinois before Butterball fame & fortune
JESUS SAVES !!
JESUS SAVES !!
JESUS SAVES !!
Steve Vanderwey might WRONGLY THINK that Leo Peters was a great conservative hero
Steve Vanderwey WRONGLY THINKS Leo Peters is a great conservative hero ...i GET the feeling STEVE VANDERWEY thinks he knows more about the late Leo Peters than members of Peters' own extended family
JESUS SAVES !!
Wednesday, September 12, 2018
ADAM & ANI BLICKLEY IN TOGO , WEST AFRICA, A FEW YEARS AGO
ANI & ADAM ARE '84 EAGLES , or thereabouts. They also attended Calvin College ...they are CRC-Eagle-Knights ! Thanks for your service Adam & Ani !
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JESUS SAVES !!
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Monday, August 6, 2018
video: INTERESTING NEWS STORY BY CHANNEL 8 re the "BUTTERBALL MANSION" ESTATE SALE (12/5/17)
see video at
JESUS SAVES !!
ALL of the PETERS KIDS (from the 1st & 2nd marriages, that's 5 + 3) ATTENDED GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN HIGH and CALVIN COLLEGE(except one of the late daughters, Brenda, who was developmantally disabled) , and attended CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCHES in Grand Rapids growing up (and at least 4 of the grandchildren are also Eagle-Knights )
Mark was the only son of the late Leo Peters , and inherited the Butterball Farms business (also based in Grand Rapids). They continue to manufacture "fancy butter" , a tiny version of which is provided with the hotcakes at McDonalds around the USA.
Butterball actually began in Evanston Ilinois, and then moved to West Michigan. The older daughters from Leo Peters 1st marriage (to Helen, who died at a young age) helped their father as he began experimenting with making butter beautiful in their apartment home near Lake Michigan in the Chicago area. Once it began to sell well, Leo moved to Grand Rapids, bought the mansion, established a factory on Buchanan Avenue, and the rest, as they say, is history.*
Mark recently sold the "Butterball Mansion" and apparently left much of the estate to the new owner, who apparently is selling it off , and re-selling the mansion ?
see video at
JESUS SAVES !!
*albeit, while Leo Peters was a smart businessman, there are those family members who contend he was NOT a good person in terms of relationships & family, which, when all is said and done, is most important , right ? At least if it is properly aligned with a relationship with Jesus Christ: Father -Son- &- Holy Spirit. Being a successful business person and making lots of money means very little in the end if the bigger picture of one's life does not do something positive in the eyes of our Lord God. Leo attended LaGrave Avenue CRC. He also sent all his kids to the Christian schools, and he, himself, also attended Calvin College. For some, however, the Christian schools, are just a good "private" option.
How about any of you at Calvin or Christian High? Are you there because of CHRIST or because it's a good , private, option to public education ? I HOPE AND PRAY you're there for the RIGHT REASONS! Yes, I went there too (Calvin & GRCH) and now I am in southern California. I KNOW how easy it is to go thru the motions of church and Christian education. But at some point you have to make a SERIOUS CRITICAL INTROSPECTIVE DECISION to truly follow Christ and put your MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS... ; don't just go thru the motions ! GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS US. AND LET US BLESS GOD !
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
SHORT BEACH AGAIN AT GPA LEO PETERS COTTAGE ? ''Impact of high Great Lakes water levels felt at local beaches " Holland Sentinel
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"Another thing we've noticed is a lot of stairways from people who live on the shoreline have been washed out," Frifeldt said. "We are finding parts of people's stairways washing up and some of these pieces have nails in them."..."
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
REMEMBERING BELOVED AUNT BRENDA ON 'WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY'
My mom's late sister was born with down syndrome, RIP: Brenda Peters
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Friday, November 24, 2017
Verse of the day
W-TIAC: "Give Thanks In All Circumstances , for this is God's Will for you in Christ Jesus."
1 Thessalonians 5:18
1 Thessalonians 5:18
JESUS HEALS!
"Thanksgiving '17: DONT WORRY, TROOPS OVERSEAS WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TURKEY "
"Pentagon Sends 100,000 Pounds of
Turkey to Troops Overseas for
Thanksgiving"
Turkey to Troops Overseas for
Thanksgiving"
JESUS HEALS!
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
11/20/17 A NEW BUTTERBALL STORY IN THE NEWS that REFERENCES GRANDPA LEO PETERS
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Anyway, in 1951, Leo Peters purchased the trademark from Walker for $10. Having collected the interesting mark, Peters didn't know what to use it for at first (like I said, some of this story doesn't really pass muster), so while he was deciding, he licensed it to a Chicago meat processing company, Swift & Co., famous for having retained its status as a major food company even after serving as a poster child and punching bag for Teddy' Roosevelt's trust-busting crusade a few decades earlier.
The first BUTTERBALL brand turkey reportedly was sold by Swift in 1954. Based on trademark assignment records, the product must have been a hit because Leo Peters permanently and formally licensed or assigned the registration to Swift in 1956. Peters apparently retained non-poultry related rights in the BUTTERBALL mark and, in the late 1950's or early 1960's, founded Butterball Farms, Inc., a butter company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that is still in business but has nothing to do with turkey..."
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