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“Society for Migrant Work Publishes Annual Report” from the August 27, 1963 Door County Advocate
Without the liberal cooperation of all participating churches of Door County, our ministry would have been impossible.
“Ivory soap, makeshift gum, Pleck’s pop among her memories” from the July 24, 1979 Door County Advocate
Grace Samuelson recounts memories from the month of July when she was young.
“Migrant Staff Plans Busy Program for ’59 Cherry Harvest Time in Door County” from the July 9, 1959 Door County Advocate
As the cherry industry stands poised for the harvest of another cherry crop, so the staff of the Door County Christian Society of Migrant Work stands…
“Writer pays tribute to the real and ‘adopted’ mothers in his family” from the May 10, 1979 Door County Advocate
I have always felt that Mom and Dad were so close to each other that one could not survive without the other. They seldom went visiting and were not…
“Still Picking in Cherry Orchards” from the August 26, 1932 Door County Advocate
People are still coming to Sturgeon Bay to pick cherries. The Martin orchard has a num­ber of people in its orchard each day, and yesterday was the 52nd…
“Migrants’ departure ends dispute over camp closing” from the August 20, 1974 Door County Advocate
Mrs. Werner Johnson, whose husband and his brother Penfield operate the camp, said the pickers left somewhat reluctantly.
“Cherry Growers, Canners Find Negroes Satisfactory Workers” from the August 10, 1948 Door County Advocate
A survey made by The Advocate this week reveals that most cherry orchard and cannery officials are satisfied with their Negro labor and have no serious…
“Summer had different delights when Grace was a youngster” from the July 12, 1977 Door County Advocate
Somewhere around the Fourth, in days before the first World War, the cherries were ripe, or at least ripe enough to pick on the stem, as most were sent…
"75 Pickers Quit, Escorted Out of County by Police" from the July 20, 1948 Door County Advocate
75 Pickers Quit, Escorted Out of County by Police
"'Father Bob' finds Sturgeon Bay cherries on Formosa" from the March 9, 1965 Door County Advocate
A few weeks ago I almost caused a riot when I saw a case of Sturgeon Bay cherries on a shelf in a store in Taichung and very likely bought on the black…
"No. 2 in a series 'Meet Your Minister'" from the August 9, 1956 Door County Advocate
Rev. Albert Harke of Sister Bay Moravian church was checking cherries in the orchard of one of his parishioners when we stopped to visit.
"Reynolds dream ends in plane crash that takes three lives" from the December 7, 1978 Door County Advocate, with a response printed in the…
By JOHN ENIGL
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