November 8, 1933-June 10, 2003. Services for retired businessman and rancher, Bernard Glen Alberda, were held June 13, at Wards Chapel Church. He was 71, and a resident of the Standing Rock Community in Atoka County. Born in Grand Rapids, MI; he was the son of John Alberda and Jennie SWEERS Alberda.
Chinese New Year, known in China as the Spring Festival and in Singapore as the Lunar New Year, is a holiday on and around the new moon on the first day of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar. This calendar is based on the changes in the moon and is only sometimes changed to fit the seasons of the year based on how the Earth moves around the sun.
1 Major Chinese celebrations include the Spring Festival, also called Chinese New Year, the Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. 2  Many Chinese came to Australia during the gold rush in 1850s and 60s.