04/19/2012

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Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot ND

 
Norma is the mother of Gene ‘Ole’ Anderson (’67), Lorenzo (’63, Gerald (’58), and Glenda Bergan (’60). She was Oliver and Martha Handeland’s daughter and was Married to Arol ‘Bud’ Anderson, Audrey Smith’s brother.
 
Glenda, Gerald, Lorenzo and Gene, our condolense are with you with the passing of your mother. She will be missed.
 
Gary
 
 
 
 
 
Martin Rude’s Threshing machine collection
Question From Doreen Larson Moran: Usk, WA & Hazelton, ND
 

As to the threshing crews etc. Does Art Rude have pictures of the collection of old machinery that Martin Rude has accumulated? That could be quite a trip back in time.

Doreen,
 
Martin Rude’s collection of old Threshing machines and old machinery lined up along the road east of Long Lake that his son Kenny has displayed is most certainly an impressive sight worth seeing. The Threshing Machine row seems endless, there are that many of them. My dad took me over there several times to see them. I have pictures too, but at the moment I can not find them.
 
Folks, If any of you have any pictures of this collection, please share.
 
Gary
 
 
Memories
From Lois Tweten: Helena MT
 

Hi All,

The threshing “cook car” brought back memories to me also! My Dad, Ken Tweten, worked at John Deere in Botno. During “harvest”on the weekends our family, Dad, Mom-Ann, Johnnie and Lois, would go to Barton to help out the Shjerve’s & Dahl’s-Mom’s siblings! My Dad would help the men and Mom would cook. You are so correct – how did everyone endure the heat! On the raining days I got to sleep inside on the cook stove! Hard to believe! One day, I got a huge cut on my head. Mom put flour on my forehead to stop the bleeding – another WOW…BUT, because of that, I was allowed to take a nap on the blanket on the shady side of the cook car with my DAD! I could hardly believe it!! I was special then at age 5! The men came to the cook car to eat and napped a bit! Wish I had a picture of those cars. So enjoyed seeing yours Dick-a real gift!

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Floyd & Luella Dion and Ruth Peterson – it was really lovely to visit you at Good Sam in 10/10 in Botno-thanks for the greeting on this blog! And meeting Emma Kofoid along with Neola was just great too. After all these years for them all to know my folks and me as a little girl & Johnnie (now goes by Ken)!! SO greetings to you all again!

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Neola, wow to the pictures of our “dates” at Hostfest!! The picture of you & the date in 2004 & me and the date in 2010 – he really grew tall in those 6 years, ha! Again fun memories!

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AND a huge belated Happy Birthday to my Tweten cousin, Rhonda Hiatt!!

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With fond old memories, Lois Tweten
 
 
 
Threshing
Reply from Mary Eurich Knutson (’62): Dunseith, ND
 
Hi Gary
I found Dick’s article on threshing very interesting. I had one
comment. I had never heard of a spiker before. I know they had a spike
pitcher in the field all the time. He never got to leave the field and I
always thought he had it pretty rough. When one hay rack was full he
had to go to the next rack and help fill that one etc. etc. Seemed like
the haulers got a break once in a while but the spike pitcher had to
just hope for a break. Was he an entirely different person from the
spiker? Talk later. Mary K
 
 

 

Threshing Crew Picture

Reply Iris Senechal Knoke Wolvert: Willow City, ND.
 
Threshing crew picture..on the right back row, with the cigarette,
sure looks like Delbert Kyle Sr. don,t recognize any others ..enjoy
the your pictures everybody, any of Deer Heart Lodge?? Sincerely Iris
Senechal, Knoke , Wolvert….Mother was Bella Bedard from Dunseith.
 
 

 

Threshing Crew Pictures

Reply from Aggie Casavant (’69): Fort Mill, SC.
 
Hi Gary,
 
I found Dicks posting quiet interesting,especially about the cook car. We had one of those cook cars on our farm for a number of years. Us kids you use to kinda use it for a play house,and I remember opening a door in the floor and hiding when we would play hide and seek. I know it stayed on its wheels and frame for a number of years,then our Dad built a foundation behind our house and took it off the frame and set it on the foundation. He used it for a shop,and kinda a garage,for as long as I was at home. I know there is alot of pictures out there of it,I’m not so sure that I have access to any of them. We must of got the cook car a bit after they quit using them,cuz I have no recollection of ever using it for that purpose. Maybe Aime or Rene can add to this. Thanks for the pictures Dick…I see you have a treasure trove of yester-years in your possession….priceless, again thanks for sharing. :) Aggie
 
 
Threshing Pictures
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot ND
 
 
 
 
 
 
Request From Trish Larson Wild (’73): Southern CA.
 

Hi Gary,

 
I was wondering if you would be willing to share this link with the Dunseith blog readers. Annee Deering is a friend of mine, and a wonderful ICU nurse working at UCLA hospital. She is a contender for the Ironman Triathalon in Kona Hawaii this year, and in order to be allowed to run, she needs to show that there is enough interest in her story.
 
She is opening up to tell her story about overcoming the trauma of childhood sexual abuse through participation in sports. She does this in order to “show the world that anything is possible”. She’s been training like crazy and deserves a chance to tell her story and run for the rewards in Kona. If you don’t mind sharing the link below with your readers, they can check it out and vote for Annee. The more votes she gets in diverse parts of the world the better, so I thought it would be cool if the North Dakota contingent gets involved. She has a story to tell of great inspiration and strength. Vote every day if you want to support Annee, and then stay tuned to watch her performance. She recently was a top performer in the Iron Man in LA. Besides being a great athlete, she is a caring professional who wants to bring light to the abuse of children.
 
HELP MAKE IT STOP – VOTE FOR ANNEE!
 
 
Chad Dion: Floyd and Luella Halvorson Dion’s Grandson
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot ND