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44 3 kids, only 1 finished high school/ -have bought land + a house in 2nd wife's kampong in Indramayu (other wives divorced years ago) -Pak Solari is head of his klompok -aware of thieves and pickpockets living in his klompok area, but say he doesn't care as long as don't steal from neighbors 8.[[underlined]] Pak Surip [[\underlined]] wealthier resident who buys flower pots from Tasikmalaya and sells to orchid dealer at Taman Angrek he earns between 100,000-150,000 a mo. - employs two helpers to whom he also pays a combined salary of 100,000 house just over the bridge when you enter K.S and used for meetings when discussing resettlement -originally from Klaten priyayi family w/ many children family lost its wealth when mother got cancer and high medical bills -after junior high he entered military but had to quit when called home because mother's illness [[end page]] [[start page]] 45 family not farmers, so some confusion as to type of work he should pursue -went to Sumatra in 1953 w/ a brothers and worked as a clerk in a school, later helped farm uncle's ladang and did some trading -preferred farming and trading because as a pegawai you have to be malu if you're penniless, but not if you're a farmer or trader. -married Jao. Women in Sum, had 3 kids, then left them there -in 1973, after 20 yrs in Sum., came to Java to help uncle who had a kebrun Anggrek at Taman Anggrek; took care of plants and guarded against theft at night; moved into K.S. nearby p201 -after 3 yrs began supplying pots and business boomed . -paid 90,000 ganti rugi to get his gubuk + 2000 extorted by threat from petugas Kam-Tib -all 3 kids finishing SMA; oldest has come to Jak and works in Hotel Taman Angrek -in 76 Pak Surip married a 2nd and younger wife (young girl) he met in K.S. but no kids -oldest sister killed in G30S and her son stays now w/ Surip also