July | 2010 | Dunseith Alumni

San Haven reply:

From Bernice Belgarde (72): Bemidji, MN

Gary,

A lot of our parents met at the San and married. My mom Mable Oneside and dad Isaac P. Belgarde met there as TB patients and got married. This was probably in the early 1950s. Where can I get pictures of my parents during this time at the San? Plus it would be nice to identify other Native American patients from the San. There is so much history attached to San Haven with families, the workers and what the San meant to many people from healthcare to job security.

Bernice Belgarde – Class of 72

Email address change for Eleanor (Awalt 47) & Leonard Stickland (47):

Posted by Lloyd Awalt (45): Bottineau, ND

Hi Gary,

Here is Eleanor & Leonard Stickland’s new email address.

Very nice picture of you two. Happy birthday to your wife a little late.

Have a good day.

Lloyd Awalt

Thank you Lloyd for the nice comment. I have updated all my records with Eleanor & Leonard’s new email address. Gary

Old pictures from Lillian Thompson Bergstrom (36)

Thompson Bergstrom

Lillian

309 Homecroft Court

Superior, Wisconsin 54880

Posted by Keith Pladson (66): Stafford, VA

Gary,
I’m going to try to attach some photos. We lost our internet connection (Comcast cable) for several days, so just now got done reading the last half dozen or so of your numbered Alumni messages.

This first attachment is a photo of a group of men that include my Grandfather, Olaf Pladson. I got a copy of the photo from my sister Florence and neither of us could figure out what it had to do with. My best guess is that it would have been taken in the late 60s. You will note that all but one of those in the photo are wearing some kind of ribbon.. Also one of them is holding a violin (or fiddle if you want) so it may have to do with some kind of fiddle playing group (as Grandpa used to play one). Anyway, would sure like some help on identifying all in the photo and what group or occasion it was.

The next two attachments are photos that I copied from photos my Aunt Lillian has. They are not the best quality as I had no way of copying them onto photo finishes, so just copied them onto regular paper and then scanned them into my pc when Alice and I got back home.

Anyway, the first of these photos is of my Grandparents on Mom’s side of the family [Ulysses and Alice (Stokes) Thompson] and your adoptive Grandparents (Frank and Julia Stokes). Your Grandfather, Frank, and my Grandmother, Alice, were siblings as you know.

The last attachment is two different photos of your Grandparents. The first I believe, was taken at the same time as the one with both my Grandparents and yours in it (see the second attachment) and the second photo was apparently taken at a much later date.

Anyway, hope you enjoy the photos of your adoptive Grandparents. Please remember to either write or call my Aunt Lillian and thank her for providing them. I may also have some other photos I will scan in and send to you later. Thanks, Gary.
Keith (66)

Keith,

These are wonderful pictures. I have seen very few pictures of my Grandfather Frank Stokes. He died in December 1931. Years later my grandmother, Julia Stokes, moved to Alvarado, MN. She passed away in the early 70’s. They are both buried in Riverside in Dunseith. In these photo’s, Frank and Julia are a very nice looking couple. They adopted dad, when his biological mother died, when he was about 6 months old. His biological family, the Carl Petterson family, never forgot him and always considered him part of their family.

I will call your aunt Lillian Thompson, your mothers sister and my dads first cousin to thank her for these pictures.

Thank you Keith,

Gary