Birthday wishes to Bill Krause (’74)
From Mel Kuhn (’70): St. John, ND
Howdy Gary,
Send out a Happy Birthday to Bill Krause for me. He must be getting pretty close to being forty now.
Mel
Reply to Bill Krause’ Birthday posting
From Allen Richard (’65): Midland, MI.
Who is the old guy with the pup???????
Allen Richard
Reply from Margaret Metcalfe Leonard (’65): Rolette, ND
Yes I remember meeting at the bowling alley with a small group from the class of 65. It was kind of spur-of-the moment, but good memories. Thank you for the invitation to bowl in Cebu. I’m putting that on my bucket list. I don’t think I can resurrect my bowling shoes or ball from the carnage, guess I will resort to renting. I think North Hill Bowl in Minot might be the closest bowling alley to Rolette, a little too far for our team to travel every week. It sure was challenging but always a great time. See you at the lanes in. cebu someday…
Margaret,
We are so happy that you are putting us on your bucket list to visit us here in Cebu. You are welcome to come and stay as long as you like. We have several spare bedrooms and a guest apartment. You will fit in well with our social group of friends too. Of coarse that you do wherever you go. You will have to arrange to be here in the winter when Art Hagen and Rose are here too. Yes, they have plenty of Bowling balls and shoes that you can rent. The balls are free and shoe rental cost is about 50 cents.Gary
Reply from Dennis Dubois (’63): Minneapolis, MN
Gary, very nice picture of you, my buddy Warren Anderson and Margaret Metcalfe. Life has been good for a lot of us hasn’t it? You, maybe, more than others, as the only pictures I ever see of you are with a bevy of young, good looking women and a large plate of food. Yes, life sure does appear good for a kid that was milking cows not too long ago. As you sat on that stool did you ever think that life would turn out like this. I know I have to pinch myself sometimes. I hope you have the gratitude that I have for the life that we turned out to have. I see you doing so much for others and that makes me so happy for you and your upbringing on the farm. aren’t we fortunate. Thank God for such a wonderful life. Have a good day and keep up the good work.
Yes Dennis, life has come a long way from that old log barn with an uneven log floor and with a straw roof that leaked like a sieve with the melting snow and the rains. Getting slapped in the face with a wet dirty cow tail while milking too was just part of the game. Our new barn was very welcome in the fall of 1961, the year I started High School. Those growing up years molded all of us into being who we are today. Most of us were dirt poor and a few had a bit more, but not much more. At the time we didn’t know any better life, so it was OK. Our youth was inspirational to our successes in adult life, that is for sure a fact.
In answer to your comment above, the women here in the Philippines are blessed with young looks and beauty and they love to have their pictures taken too and with lots of different folks. The ones with me in them are the ones you see with some of my postings. It is very hard to be on a diet here too, especially with all of eating out and dinner gatherings that we go too.
Yes, life is good and we live it to the fullest with the memories of the past that make today’s living so special. It is like being on one continuous vacation.Thanks for the memories Dennis.Gary.BowlingReply from Mark Schimetz (’70): Rolette, NDBowling, what a game. Mel Kuhn and I used to skip afternoon classes to go bowling, Rugby, Bottineau. Later I got on a team with Terry Wenstad while I lived in Grand Forks. We had a blast. I continued my bowling in Lubbock Texas where I got on a league. I could bowl for 4 hours for like $4.00 and use the two lanes specials on Sundays. I got up to about a 240 average. My high game was around 280, I just kept falling short of the 300 game. I got close a lot of times but no win. My Uncle Tuffy (Everett) Acheson, Married to Francis Schimetz, hit the 300 games several times. Regardless of the scores, Bowling was a great exercise, loaded with fun, excitement ,challenging, disappointments, and determination to perfect body movements, ball releases, curves, hook shots and so much fun. I continued to play until my hands got too arthritic. Those were great times.
Water lines
Reply from Lloyd Awalt (’44): Bottineau, ND
Hi Gary, nice bowling. To answer Dick’s question about when the water was put in. We lived in a basement house by my parents from 51 to 54 and we didn’t have water then. I would say it was put in 54 t0 56. The reason that the water pipes are still good is when they dug the first well it was hard water so they went back north farter up the hill and hit a soft water well. That’s why all the appliances have been good and the main water lines . It was in 49 & 50 when the pipe came in . Lloyd