For those of you that want to see Colette Hosmer’s work, go to her
website: http://www.colettehosmer.com/index.shtml….she has done
I remember going to Kelvin’s one night when I was a girl and watching a large crowd dancing. After one song a hush came over the crowd. With respect the crowd receded allowing these older gentleman in new bib overalls and sunburned shiny faces to step forward. In silence the men formed a circle. When the new music began they did some sort of, physically demanding stomp, clog, or dance. I was in awe and remember tearing up. Does anyone know anything about this? It was one of those moving and vivid childhood memories that has stuck in my mind.
P. LaCroix Chisholm 68
Mel Kuhn (70) – Question with a memory:
Hi Gary, I remember when we would walk out to Lake Shooty, by way of the gravel pit, to swim all afternoon and hope we wouldn’t have to walk home. Sometimes we could talk Frank Flynn into taking us out in his old pickup. One summer Don Johnson was the life guard and he and the bigger boys built a raft. The boys would take it out so far that we younger kids couldn’t swim to it, or sometimes they would let us on and then throw us off. We would walk up towards the San and pick berries, filling our bathing caps and eating as we went. When we were too young to know better, we thought Lover’s Lane was spooky. Another great pasttime during the summer was to ride our bikes up to the San and then see how far we could coast down the hill. At that time there were two hills, the big hill and then a smaller hill that could get us past Craig’s Corner (?). Our goal was to coast as far as Morgan’s lumberyard. Another great pastime was to “Run the Barrels.” At Lamoreaux’s garage, across from our café, there were 3 or 4 rows of oil barrels laid on their sides. We would run these barrels several times a day and have to jump the places where barrels had been removed. What a challenge! One summer Bonnie and I walked to the cemetery 3 or 4 times, usually a Saturday, pray over the tombstones, and have our lunch. It sounds stupid now but we thought we had done our good deed for the week.
Janice Leonard Workman
Dick Johnson (68) – Memories:
Gary and friends
Dave Wugler asked about the years of the parades. I think the
other pictures we have of the parades put the first in 1976 and
the second {K.C.s 1930 Ford Model A is restored] is in about
1982.Not sure could be 1989, we had another big parade.
Leland said it was his back and not his leg that broke. Time
has clouded my memory on the event. I do remember the agony and
Russell Fauske being there to help. There were several out
there that day. Anybody else remember? I believe another time
while skiing in the road ditch behind a car, Robert Berube ran
into a culvert and broke HIS leg. Berubes is this right? Thanks
Gary!!
Dick Johnson
Picture from Glen Williams (52):
This Cat was shot outside of Mapleton ND. Mapleton is close to Fargo ND about
15 miles west. More Big cats have been spotted in the Casselton area as well as
South of Moorhead MN by the Red River.
