B4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 7, 1998

CELEBRATING THE BIG 50; Casey and Pini Braam have been happily married .

for 50 years. Congratulations to both of them.

Celebrating 50
years together

IT WAS 50 YEARS ago
when Casey and Pini
Braam were married in
Sassenheim, Holland.

They. suffered a long

separation during the war, ;

so when their wedding
day finally arrived Sept.

10, 1948, it was indeed a_

day for celebration.

It was also a time for
new beginnings.

Since decent jobs and
places to live were scarce
in Holland after the war,
the newlyweds had little
choice but to rent a room
in the home of an elderly
couple. In exchange for
rent, Pini helped take care
of the household for the
couple.

Casey, meanwhile,
worked in a bulb house,
packing flower bulbs for
export,

The couple was thrilled
when their first child,
Marianne, was born Au-
gust 15, 1949, She was

the first grandchild. ‘for:

hoth families.

Although, they were
overjoyed when their sec-
ond child, Ralph, was
born a year and a half
later, Casey and Pini felt
cramped in their small
foom and were tired of
their jobs,

Pini now looked after
two households and
Casey was frustrated with
work at the-factory.

This was when they be-
gan to think about
emigrating to Canada,
Pini’s brother had already
made his way to B.C. and
his letters were encourag-
ing.

Although it was painful
to leave their native
homeland, . Casey, Pini
and their two little ones
made the move of their
lives.

They travelled by ship
to Halifax and by train to
Southeast BC, In
Wynndel, they found the
family = who had
sponsored their immigra-
tion.

Here, they found a place
to stay. Casey worked on
farms and in a small saw-
mill.

The couple soon learned
English and began to ad-
just to life here,

Casey purchased his
first car a’ green 1939
Hudson for $100.

Meanwhile Pini’s
parents and other family
members had immigrated
and were living in Ter-
race. ,

So in the spring of
1954, Casey and Pini and’
their three children (their
daughter Janette was born
here May 1932) moved to
Terrace to be closer to
their family.

When they first arrived
in town, they stayed in a
small cabin on Agar Ave-

nue. Later they moved to -

: and his wife Jean came
from Michigan.

Emie Sande in. Sande.

a house on Eby Street.
Casey found work with

Sawmill.
February 12, 1955, their

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YVONNE MOEN

daughter Yvonne was
born. A year later, a son,
John wasborn,

In 1956 they purchased
five acres of land at the
end of North Sparks for
$100 an acre, .

Here Casey built the

Braam family - home,
where they still live
today.

While they loved

owning their own home,

‘and Pini’s sister Rita
from Houston.

- The second celebration

took place Sept. 12 with
an afternoon tea and open
reception al the Kin Hut.
While guests enjoyed
the goodics there was
also a wonderful display
of family photos to look
at. The children put to-
gether a very special fam-

ily photo album as a gift.

I wish both Pini and
Casey — my very good
friends — many more
years of happiness and
good health. May God
bless them both.

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living was a bit:on the...

rustic side, with the wood :
outhouses. >:

stove .-and =.
They reared chickens,
pigs, rabbits and grew a
large garden.

The Braams had another
child, Harved, in 1958.

Casey continued work-
ing for SandeLumber
mills until 1967 when he
started work at Skeena
Forest Products.

Their fourth daughter
Phyllis was bom in 1962.
And their last child, Gor-
don, their fourth son, was
born in 1967.

These early years in
Terrace were full and
very busy. Being long
time members of the
Christian

Church, they were active
in building not only the
church, but also the
Centennial Christian
School. .

Casey and Pini now
have 14 grandchildren. ‘

After retiring from the
sawmill in 1987, Casey
keeps busy with his
artwork and Pini enjoys
her knitting and crochet,

To celebrate the very
special SOth wedding an-
niversary Casey and
Pini’s children arranged
two special occasions.

First, on Saturday Aug.
29, the couple enjoyed a
catered dinner for the
whole family at the Kin
Hut. There was wonder-
ful food, lots of singing
and many stories told.

Out of town guests in-
their — daughter
Janette, from St. Albert,
her husband, Henry, and
their children. From
Kelowna came Alberta
and her son Gordon and
his wife Tracey.

Travelling a very long
way from Holland, was-

‘Casey’s sister Jo. His |

brothers-In-law Klaas and
Dirk came from Ontario,
atid -Pini’s brother Nick

Also present were Pini’s.
brother Len and his wife

Maria from Chilliwack

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