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Family Bible saved from garbage heap
Bessie LINDE (born LOOCK), a resident of the Kokanje retirement home in Modimolle (Nylstroom), saved a family Bible from the garbage dump. The Bible was found by Thelma SETHOLE, who took it to Bessie. She took it to Prof. Petra KAHL at Randse Afrikaanse Universiteit. There was a family tree in the Bible, which made tracing the rightful owner easier. Prof. KAHL eventually handed it over to Jack LOOCK, a former Senator. The family had moved from Willowmore to Middelburg, Mpumalanga. It is estimated that the Bible is more than 100 years old. It has now been bequethed to Johan Hendrik LOOCK.