Interview with Everett Van Voorthuysen (2)

MHH:  I’d like to explore that just a little bit further.  What was the thinking or the impetus behind the establishment of the school and the re-establishment in Redlands? EVV:  Rev. C. Hanko was our minister, and he really promoted that. We had DeBoer, then Vermeer, then Kuiper after ’53, then H. Veldman for four years.  We bought our church when Veldman was there, just before he came.  We bought a Methodist Church and parsonage for $24,000—the whole business.  Can you imagine that? It was...