Corney Ferries Across the Flooded River

April 7, 1930  The boys and I went to the farm to shovel snow and take care of ice.  In the evening we had guests, Peter Loewens, Heinrich Friesens, Johan Thiessens, and Martin Friesens.  Corney got them with the boat and also took them home with the boat.  We have a big flood.

 Since the Siemens lived next to the Morris River, when it flooded in spring it could be impossible to drive to their house from the other side of the community.  So Corney went to get the guests in a boat and ferried them across the flooded river, which was probably a tricky task.  Fortunately everyone got across safely.  Since most of the villages of Rosenort and Rosenhoff (now Riverside) were on the other side of the river, they were cut off from most neighbors during floods.  Even Cornelius’ close friend, Peter J. Loewen, who lived just across the river from the Siemens, had to be ferried across.