122~The Mayor Who Cast Out Nines

Print Post The story of the unofficial mayor of Blawenburg was chronicled in a Van Harlingen Historical Society Oral History based on a 1997 interview with Lawrence Koplik. As I read the interview, I was reminded of how different it was to live in the first half of the 20th century. As you read about the mayor in this blog, I think it will be obvious how life has changed since that time. For many…