Folks,  I screwed up the numbering of these messages yesterday.  Yesterday’s message should have been 148, not 146.  There are now two messages numbered 146.  Gary

From Vickie Metcalfe (70):

Gary,

As Velma Wondrasek downsizes,  she, and her family have left many photo’s at the Bottineau County courthouse. Many folks, here in Bottineau are having fun looking through them and identifying folks. These pictures are from many, many, decades of  Wondrasek photography in the area, from Westhope to Dunseith, Belcourt and Rolla.

Also some wonderful old time photos that they restored for folks.

If anyone out there recalls having their class pictures, passports, weddings, restorations or family pictures etc. done at Wondrasek Photography in Bottineau go to the Bottineau courthouse and search.  Be prepared to dig like an archaelolgist as they are not labeled in any order!

There’s some  rediscovery of forgotten photos going on!

Vickie Metcalfe

From Ivy (Eller) Robert (74): 

Gary…….In Mike Poitra Family picture, middle row, second one from the left is Esther Poitra Eller. She was my ex-sister-in-law. She had married my half-brother Herman Eller Jr. They had two children together Carl & Cindy. She pass away a few years back. I don’t remember what year. I think either Carl or Cindy sill live in Dunseith, I’m not sure. I do recognize some of the others in the picture, but I don’t remember their names. Esther & Herman divorced many years ago. I think I was still in grade school when that happened. Esther stayed in the Dunseith, but Herman Jr. moved to California, then Alaska, but retired to Prescott Arizona.

Thanks, Ivy (Eller) Robert
Mike Poitra Family picture provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe: 

Gary,

If someone from this family (Mike Poitra) lives in Bottineau, and I get an address, I’ll deliver it to them.  It’s a nice fairly large picture.

Neola

     Do any of the rest of you know the Mike Poitra Family?

Picture/message from Dick Johnson (68):

Gary and Friends,

I have quite a few pictures of my mom’s that were taken in the mid

forties. I think she was a ‘shutterbug’ as there are many pictures that
are not for any real occasion, that I can see. It would appear she just
liked to take pictures! Now, 60 years later I’m glad she did! These two
attached pictures are of Mom’s sister, Shirley Olson Warcup [black
skirt] and Shirley Sunderland and both were taken in 1946. A couple
cuties! [Sorry Snookie!] Thanks Gary!

Dick

From Paula Fassett Pfuhl (71): 

I’m guessing the photo that Tim Martinson posted was of a “CC”Camp (Civilian Conservation Corp) in the 1930’s.  They were established by the government to provide work for young men, or some such thing.  My dad (Bill Fassett) worked at/in one – and one of the projects he was involved in was building the Clark-Sayler Refuge over in the Towner area.  My sister Susan has by dad’s history books that he put together and probably has tales of the cc camps…….  As you can tell, I’m not the historian of the family and probably have my facts all “bass-ackwards” as my dad would have said….

Paula

From Betty Jane Schneider Lamb (54): 

Dear Gary:  Thanks to Neola Kofoid Garbe for sending the picture of my parents, Sophie and Peter Schneider.  I am married to Bill Lamb, retired State Farm Insurance Agent, and we live in Grand Forks.  Larry owns Bismarck Gold and Silver Exchange at 212 North 4th Street in Bismarck.  Both Doris and Stanley passed away from cancer in 2003.  Rochelle Pigeon Schneider lives in Sioux Falls.

Thank you Gary for forwarding all the E-mails and we look forward to them.  We appreciate all the work that you are doing.  Betty Jane Schneider Lamb

Message/picture identification from LeaRae Parrill Espe (67):
Picture provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe: 

Back row Janet ’68, Clayton, 72, Thurman
Seated Lynda ’69, Rodney ’73, Myron ’76 and Marie
Janet (George) LeNoue lives in Lexington, Kentucky.   Lynda (Curt) Jordan lives in Yarington, Nevada.  All three sons live in Bottineau.

The older kids attended Willow Lake School and then Dunseith Public, but they redistricted and since their home was in Bottineau County, Homen township they all ended up graduating from Bottineau.  I think Rodney and the girls would like to get on the email lists.  The girls are coming in July.

As you know we are double cousins and have every single relative the same so we are very close to them.

Back row: Janet ’68, Clayton, 72 and Thurman
Seated: Lynda ’69, Rodney ’73, Myron ’76 and Marie
Mike Poitra Family picture provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:
Gary,
If someone from this family (Mike Poitra) lives in Bottineau, and I get an address, I’ll deliver it to them.  It’s a nice fairly large picture.

Neola

Do any of you know the Mike Poitra Family?

From Debbie Poitra Rondeau (77): 

Good Morning, Gary again

Found out who the Lavendure couple are.  Jeannie Jollie and Ron Lavendure. Ron parents are Nora and John Lavendure.

         Jeannie Jollie and Ron Lavendure

From Alan and Phyllis Campbell:

Picture provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:

There are 9 pictures of this cutie–(one) 8 X 10 picture, (3) 5x 8′s in paper frames, and (5) 3 X 5′s in paper frames.

    Does anyone Know this little girl?

Picture Provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe: 

             Does any one know this couple?

Picture Provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe: 

           Does any one know Bill Lord
 

Picture Provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:

I’m not sure where Neola found this one, but it’s the Stokes family in about 1968

                  L to R: Elaine, Darrel, Allen, Gary & Bob