Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

5746

Title

Vander Vegte kids with friends sitting on the hood of a car in the driveway of the Dixon house.

Date

Jun. 1963.

Description

Vander Vegte kids with friends sitting on the hood of a car in the driveway of the Dixon house. From left to right: Niesje Booy (family friend), Nancy Vander Vegte, Melvin Rusticus (family friend), Janie Vander Vegte, and Elizabeth Elgersma (family friend). Pat and Merv Mufford's farm is directy across the road.

Photo Inscription/Caption

Jun 63 - Mufford's (Pat and Merv) farm across Glover

People/Subject

Automobiles

Dixon House and Barn

The Dixon House and Barn was built between 1916 and 1918 by Bill Maxwell and Roy Hallack for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. and Emily Jane Dixon. In about 1935 the Dixons sold the property to Mr. and Mrs. William Cumming, and in 1958 Catherine and John Vander Vegte purchased the farm from Mrs. Cumming. John renovated the barn, which had wooden aisles, gutters and mangers. Concrete was poured and they milked 20 Guernsey cows as the first herd. They then switched to Holsteins and ran the dairy farm until about 1968, when they auctioned off the cows and sold the milk quota. They then raised heifers until they moved into a condo in 1977. John passed away in 2003, and in 2004 Catherine sold the farm to the Township of Langley.

Vander Vegte, Janie

Daughter of Catherine and John Vander Vegte.

Vander Vegte, Nancy

Daughter of Catherine and John Vander Vegte.

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