Happy Birthday Alan Poitra (DHS’76): Bloomington, MN
Obituary
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Wesley Paul Schneider
(December 27, 1920 – February 20, 2013)
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Lois Tweten, Helena, MT, formally from Rolette, Passed Away
Kim Fugere Ogilvie: Renton, WA
It is with much sadness that I must say that I received an email tonight from Michelle Matz Patterson saying that her Mom (Lois Tweten) passed away today. She asked me if I would let everyone know without posting it on FB. Please let anyone know that I missed sending this email to.
Gary’s comment
I am so sorry to hear of Lois’ passing. She met Bev Morinville Azure in the log house in June 2009. Bev introduced her to us. Bev is no longer with us either. Since that time, Lois has posted a number of messages on our daily blog too. Lois was a very kind hearted giving soul. With her generousity, she sent me a number of checks, pretty large sums too I might add, to help the needy Filipino folks in our area.
Our condolence are with Lois’ family with her passing. She will be missed.
Gary
Posted with message 491 on June 17, 2009
Reply from Lois Tweten: Helena MT
Folks, Lois, originally from the Rolette area, is the lady that Bev Morinville Azure met at the Log House in Dunseith several weeks ago. When Bev told her about us, she requested to be on our distribution list. Lois, it’s a pleasure adding you to our list and thank you so much for this reply. I’m sure that many of our readers will remember your family and you too. Gary
Hi Gary & Bev,
Bev it was so nice to meet you. As I said before you’re the perfect
person to work there as you are so friendly and gracious and made me
feel like I was coming home! And to think your folks remembered the
accident.
No I’m not the Lois from Grand Forks….I’m Lois Ann Tweten (returned
to my maiden name some years back), 907 N Washington St in Helena MT.
I have lived here for 30 years and retired from the MT State Health
Dept as an accountant for the Special Children’s Services five years
ago. So since then I enjoy traveling around, thus the trip to ND with
my brother. Carol Sletto Johnson, 5 miles S of Overly is my lst
cousin and I stayed with her. Also the Tweten Hereford Ranch was 2
miles S of Rolette that my Aunt Eleanor Tweten Mattson lives on now.
So it’s the Mattson, Follansbee, Martinson’s that are my clan in the
Rolette area. Many of my Mom’s (Ann Shjerve Tweten Skjervem-now
deceased), relatives are in the Rugby/Barton area.
Will chat later, in “coming home” friendship, Lois Tweten
Dunseith Picture
Reply from Diane Larson Sjol (’70: Lake Metigoshe, ND
Thank you Dick, for posting the picture. It puts it in perspective now. You should write a book…you are such a great historian. Rod, I loved the joke! Well, I went to the dentist this morning…a nice calm morning..came out and it is snowing so hard! Kind of pretty really if you don’t have to go anywhere. Have a good day all.
Diane
Here is another baseball team picture from 1953.
Posted by Susan Fassett Martin (’65): Spearfish, SD
Thanks to Dick for comments on the boy band picture. That was sent to dad from John Float who was an old army buddy of dad;s . I don’t know how he got the picture but it was in dads stuff. Hope someone of the “older” generation can identify some of the kids. Thanks all. Hugs, Susan
L to R Standing: Donald Fassett, Duane Fugere, Guy Knox, Roger Johnson, Virgil Vanorny
Front Row L to R: Bob Leonard, Jim Footit, Darrald Grenier, Lloyd Awalt, Gary Morgan, Darrel Fassett.
Mascot: Johnny Leonard.
Cebu Monthly Expat dinner last night at the Radisson Hotel
Last night was our monthly dinner at the Radisson. Outside of our home, this was Bernadette’s first major social gathering in two months. I thought she would get tired, but she did not. We were the very first ones to arrive at 6:00 PM and the very last ones to leave at 10:00 PM. Rose and Art Hagen arrived several minutes after us and left the same time as we did as did a whole lot of other folks too. We had a great turn out last night too with 40 plus folks.
Joke of the day
Posted by Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND
NORWEGIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT
One dark night outside the small town St. Peter, Minnesota, a fire started inside the local chemical plant, and in a blink of an eye it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around.
When the volunteer fire fighters appeared on the scene, the chemical company president rushed to the fire chief and said, “All our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved. I will give $50,000 to the fire department that brings them out intact.”
But the roaring flames held the firefighters off.
Soon more fire departments had to be called in as the situation became desperate. As the fire fighters arrived, the president shouted out that the offer was now $100,000 to the fire department who could bring out the company’s secret files.
From the distance, a lone siren was heard as another fire truck came into sight. It was the nearby Norwegian rural township volunteer fire company composed mainly of Norwegians over the age of 65. To everyone’s amazement, that little run-down fire engine roared right past all the newer sleek engines that were parked outside the plant.
Without even slowing down it drove straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside, the other fire fighters watched as the Norwegian old timers jumped off their truck in the middle of the fire and fought it back on all sides. It was a performance and effort never seen before.
Within a short time, the Norske old timers had extinguished the fire and had saved the secret formulas. The grateful chemical company president announced that for such a superhuman feat he was upping the reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally thank each of the brave fire fighters.
The local TV news reporter rushed in to capture the event on film, asking their chief, “What are you going to do with all that money?”
“Vell,” said Ole Larsen, the 70-year-old fire chief, “Da first thing ve gonna do is fix da brakes on dat damn truck!”
