Folks,

I was without DSL internet and land line phone service from Friday until Monday, so I wasn’t able to get Friday’s and Monday’s blogs posted. There was a problem with our service box. I was able to monitor my email messages and use Face Book with my phone, but couldn’t send any bulk messages.

Gary

 

Denise Lajimodiere preserves history through ancient art birch bark biting
Posted by Vickie Metcalfe (’70):  Bottineau, ND

Fargo Forum Newspaper article web link

http://www.inforum.com/shesays/3957142-moorhead-woman-preserves-history-through-ancient-art-birch-bark-biting
Gary and friends,

I met Denise when she like me, was a student teacher at  Dunseith Elementary.

Throughout the years, although  our journey in education and  life diverged; I thoroughly enjoy our visits whenever our paths cross.

I value the ways  Denise continues to learn, then shares a vast and devoted knowledge of Ojibwa culture.

Two summers ago, Denise invited me to the Historical Center in Belcourt on Saint Annes Days, she introduced me to several  artisans and writers.

I  had arrived late in the  morning  to a quiet round table discussion, the sharing of  poetry and short stories.

 

I did not know a soul except for Denise, but through her warmth and courtesy,  I was heartily welcomed into the group.

 

After a little lunch shared, a local artist  brought in an  absolutely stunning work of scenic art,  made completely of dyed porcupine needles!

With the sun drawing  the afternoon close, Denise gathered several of us around a table and demonstrated her latest endeavor;

fascinating  birchbark craft, I learned  lessons in ecology of birch trees, history and the way oral stories were handed down whence creating with elders.

What a day!

I garnered a piece of  Denise Lajimodeire original  birch bark art and a copy of her poetry book.

I met one of her friends, another writer, one of the sisters of Louise Erdrich.

 

T’was a summer day,  I hated to see such enjoyable treasured experience come to an end….. I want to  repeat.

I was delighted to see the article  in today’s (02.28/16) Fargo Forum.

Thanks Gary and friends.

Vickie Metcalfe

Seim School Photos
Posting from Vickie Metcalfe (’70):  Bottineau, ND

Gary and friends,

RE; 2349  photos. They are from the treasure box of Marie ( Eurich) Beachler.

I asked  Marie if I could borrow them and ask Karen to scan them at the Spectrum.

Marie  gave her permission. So I took them into Karen and she sent them off to you.

I credit Marie identifying the  children in the Seim School photo.

She showed me a different copy of the same children which is the last photo.

I asked Karen to scan it for the blog  and  I will send the copy off to Carroll’s sister Ursella.

I think of those children in that photo at a critical time in our country, right before WWII.

I wonder,  what were there thoughts?

It was obivious  they were patriotic as they held flags and saluted.

Acht, and things endured through WWII.

Rationing, waiting for news of loved ones far and away?…..

Marie shared memories with me; recalling Grandma Rose Metcalfe staying with her and her siblings while their mother went away to the hospital.

She told me as a teen, her  older sister Olynda stayed  with Jim Metcalfe family and helped when Lola was born .

Marie shared she found work  at San Haven  caring for a  children whose parents were employed; She took care of Jay Vanorny as a baby.

Art Seim told me when the Eurich’s  were close neighbors, he did something helpful for the Eurichs.

It was never forgotten.

Eva Eurich repaid him with home made  sauerkraut.

Art said,  he told her, it was the best!    Mrs. Eurich continued treating him every fall with a quart of  homemade kraut.

Thankyou Gary,

Later,Vickie

 

World TB Day at the Central Library
Posting from Karen Loeb Mhyre (’47):  Bellevue, WA

Hello Gary!

Seattle library readers suggestions -that I subscribe to.  I thought these titles might be of interest to some of the people on your Dunseith List.

Karen LOEB Mhyre

New post on Shelf Talk

World TB Day at the Central Library by rablogspl TB IS THE WORLD’S #1 INFECTIOUS DISEASE KILLER.  EVEN MORE THAN AIDS.  If you found that statistic surprising, you’re not alone!  Tuberculosis seems like something our grandparents dealt with and then it sort of petered out, but that’s not the case.  It is widespread, and many of the more virulent forms in today’s world are resistant to regular antibiotics. But there are people working to turn this around, and many of the amazing local forces in the field will be on hand as the Central Library hosts World TB Day this March 24 (including a panel of experts moderated by KCTS 9’s Enrique Cerna).  Stop by the downtown library at 5:30 to browse exhibits, talk with representatives from seven organizations, and enjoy light refreshments, and then join us at 6pm for a panel discussion about the fight against TB. And, consider taking a look at these titles, which will give you information about the history and future of this disease and those who suffer from, research and will eventually defeat it. —Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis – Helen Bynum’s new (2015) book is the place to start.  She traces centuries– in fact, millennia– of humankind’s relationship with TB, and how it developed and spread.  She also shows how it is a disease of poverty, and mainly a disease of the developing world… except that the inadequate attention the developed world pays to defeating it comes at our own peril, as TB exists in urban areas, and in conjunction with HIV infection in “Western” countries.  It’s a fascinating and well-written book, as well as what The Guardian named “a call to action”. —Living in the Shadow of Death: Tuberculosis and the Social Experience of Illness in American History – This book delves more deeply into the American context.  We are more familiar with this story—which includes the age before antibiotics, when sanitoria were established in dry places such as Colorado Springs and southern California (at first for healing, and later for quarantining).  It presents patients’ experiences through their writings in letters and journals, some of them heartwrenching. —The Forgotten Plague: How the Battle Against Tuberculosis Was Won–and Lost – This book not only gives an overview of TB, but also  a deep dive into the role of scientific discovery as it relates to the disease.  It outlines early efforts to figure out its cause, to the discovery that it was a bacterium, to the efforts of multiple Nobel prize winners in determining how to fight it.  Part history, part scientific thriller, and part mystery, this is non-fiction at its best. From the Seattle Municipal Archives: “Nurse with Patient in City Hospital Tuberculosis Division, 1927” ~posted by Ann G. rablogspl | March 10, 2016 at 9:30 am | Tags: Ann G., epidemiology, TB, Tuberculosis | Categories: BOOKS, History and Biography, Library Events, LOCAL INTEREST, Nature & Science, Nonfiction | URL: http://wp.me/p4qrn4-djt Posting of the day From Larry Hackman (’66):  Bismarck, ND

Reply to Larry Hackman’s above posting
From Keith Pladson (’66):  Roanoke Rapids, NC

Larry, thank you.  I read your transmission “The Kiss” and must admit it brought a tear of emotion to my eye.  WOW!  What a wonderful story.

And I thought to myself, that is a really emotionally powerful email and one that won’t soon be topped.  And then I read this one and I had another tear of emotion, albeit, for a different type of emotion.

Keith

 

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Posted on April 18, 2009

Community Jam session posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND

Hi Everyone,

If you enjoy “old time/country” music, the Senior Citizen building in Bottineau, is the place to be this coming Sunday from 1:00-5:00. It’s great!!

This event usually takes place the second Sunday of the month (has only been one session so far), but because of Easter, it will be held this Sunday.

Musicians from throughout the area/Canada perform at this event. Performers at the last session (from north to south on stage): Larry Nelson, Minot; Floyd Borud, Minot/DesLacs?; Willie and Inez Rose, Minot; Carl and Shirley Knutson Melgaard, Turtle Mts.; Rita Langer, Belcourt; Gerry, Canada; Sandra Poitra–Rita’s niece; Lyla Roerick, Harvey; Dick/Brenda Johnson, Dunseith; Ron Hett, Bottineau; David Mettler, Souris/Bottineau; Tina Bullinger, Turtle Mts.

Larry, Floyd and Willie are part of the Dakota Rose band from Minot–Floyd and Karen Rath are first cousins. Dick/Brenda and Ron comprise Highway 43. David Mettler and Tina Pladson Bullinger are “Just Us”.

Rita has at least two CD’s for sale. I have the first one–it’s wonderful! I don’t know if other musicians have CD’s, or not. Dick would know.

See you on Sunday at the Senior Citizen Center in Bottineau!!

Neola

Reply from Jan Bergan Evans (66): MONTICELLO, MN

Gary when you did that line of Richards what program did you use to get it to tier? I have family tree and for the life of me I can’t see that??? II have been doing genealogy for years not real serious for a while but am getting back into it My grandfather Albert Laverdures dad was married to one of the Lords (Eugenie) a sister to Emma Lord Boucher so I’m interested on the Lords line. Art Richard always said they were related to us and I guess it is there, I enjoy your work very much thanks Do you do genealogy too? How do you fit it all in??? Wish I knew more about my grandmother side Clara Olson I need to try and use the ancestory.com . They have one at the Latter Day Saints Library but I have not gone there yet (lazy)

Reply from Theresa (Lloyd) Cote Awalt (48): Bottineau, ND

In regards to the Foster twins they are my nieces, Jane is married to Dwight Ormiston

& is retired from teaching & lives in Minot. Joan is married to Curt Anfinson & lives in

Mylo, she works at the Bank in Rolla.

Theresa Awalt

Reply from Debbie Mongeon Cernohous (66): RIVER FALLS, WI

Hi Gary,

I am replying about the Foster Twins. They are Joan and Jane and were our first cousins. Mom and Eileen were sisters. As you know Eileen just passed away and her funeral was last Sat. We had lots of good times with them. Now we all live in different directions and don’t see each other.

Debbie Mongeon Cernohous.

Debbie & Theresa, I feel like a complete fool for asking that question about the Foster twins after having posted Eileen, their mothers, obituary in message 424 on April 10th. When I posted her obituary the girls didn’t click in my mind. It was when Neola sent me a message that she was going to contact someone by the name of Foster originally from Omemee. Then it clicked that I remembered these Foster girls from Omemee, but I couldn’t remember if it was thru Dunseith or Bottineau folks that I knew of them. I didn’t really know these girls, but I remember folks talking of them in a very good way. Even when Neola told me their mother was Eileen, it still didn’t click. I didn’t put two and two together. It wasn’t until Eileen’s death that I realized you guys relationship either.

Condolences & reply from Shirley Olson Warcup (49): Ivans, UT

My condolences to the Myer family and belated condolences to the Foster and Cote families. I remember Patti Myer very well–she always seemed to be very energetic and very capable. I also remember Eileen Cote Foster–primarily because she was the sister of Theresa and Esther and of her twin, O’Neil. I believe it would have been in about 1944 when O’Neil and Jerome Christianson first came to a dance at the city hall. (I and a few other girls who were really too young to be at the dances–we didn’t dance much–just watched). These two young men, that we had never seen before, made quite an impression. When they found dance partners and started to dance, they made an even greater impression. O’Neil’s best dance partner was Eileen. I think most people on the dance floor stopped dancing to watch them. We had never seen anyone who could dance as they could. ( I believe Leona and Lydia, O’Neil’s sisters, were also capable of keeping up with him.) Sometime during the next few months Bernice, my sister, and O’Neil became friends. If someone had tried to describe him, I think they would have said–best looking, best dressed, best dancer. In the spring of 1945 he became seriously ill with typhoid fever.

This next information is my recollection of things and it may not be totally accurate. Eileen had gone to California to work sometime earlier–her parents tried to get in touch with her and couldn’t reach her. We got reports each day on O’Neil’s condition and it was not good–we also got word that they had not been able to reach Eileen. This went on for several days. Unknown to anyone, Eileen had decided to return to No.Dak. She had not informed her parents, and I was told she didn’t really know why she had felt she should go home but somehow it was a strong enough prompting that she just did it. I don’t remember if she arrived home before O’Neil died or not. I have heard there is a special bond between twins and I think that bond certainly played a part in her decision to come home. O’Neil has had to wait a long time for his “best dance partner”, but there was probably a lot of dancing when Eileen arrived. I’m not sure those who leave us miss us as much as we, who are left behind, miss them. (Theresa Awalt or Esther Fugere may be able to correct my recollections that are inaccurate.)

Shirley Olson Warcup

Reply from Bev Morinville Azure (72): Dunseith, ND

Hello everyone I just wanted to say to Diane I don’t think I was there ,It had to be Cheryl not me. HAHAHA Now on the serious side of life Clarence and I will be heading for Miles City in a couple of weeks to go see Debbie I call her each week and I talk she listens which is a switch for us. Usually Debbie does all the talking. I will let you all know how she is doing when I return. thank you all that sent cards to her. It brighted her days and she is working hard. She can say a few words like Hi and I LOVE YOU. she can also sing a little simple songs . Music was always a part of our lives so I know she enjoys that………… I have my appointment to check my mouth soon I am still cancer free. Thank you Jesus!!!!!!!!!!! We may be going to Colorado for a reunion in July with Clarences old unit . These are the people we were with for 5 years we all went to Germany together so we were like family its been 20 years already so that will be fun. God bless you all Bev GOD BLESS YOU …………BEV Reply from Colette Hosmer (64): Thanks for all the Richard work, Gary. Dad always said Mom was related to everyone in Dunseith, now I believe it. Colette

Reply from Floyd/Carmen Richard: Rolette, ND

Thank you so much Gary, it is a treasure. I especially liked the idea of putting each family a different color. It makes it so much easier to identify who belongs to who.

Replies from Allen Richard (65): Midland, MI

Laurel — thought I should introduce you to Gary Stokes. Gary — meet Laurel Ann (Lagasse) Manaois. Her mother was Dad’s sister, Irene Richard.

Laurel — Gary Stokes is my classmate and is responsible for our class reunion and bringing many former and current residents of Dunseith and the area back together with our daily blog.

Scroll down on this–There is a Richard Family Tree, but it left out your mom and all of you.

Gary — Trust me–you don’t want to bring this to the next generation unless you get a bigger server!

Allen

Gene Was a barber for many years in Minot. He ,married later in life and was widowed. No children. Gene moved back to Rugby at about age 70 and passed away at age 76 in 2000 —- Dad was in the hospital with leukemea at the time — also in Rugby. Dad and Floyd planned Gene’s funeral but Dad was too ill to attend. Dad passed away in Feb of 2001.

Gene was one of the kindest people I even knew.

Got all of us????? Jeez Gary — you are talking French Catholics here!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good thing you don’t plan to go beyond Generation 4!!! Wait til Laurel gives you the Lagasse clan–another 10 first cousins of mine!. Counting the Pigeon side, I have 59 first cousins. With Stephanie and me that makes 61 in our generation. Only two have passed away– both on the Pigeon side — Vivian Pigeon — from California and Gary Pigeon — a DHS grad. 1959 I think.

Allen

Laurel A. Lagasse Manaois Reply:

Hi Gary,

My mother, Irene G. Richard, was married to Arthur J. Lagasse:

Children:

Joseph (died in infancy)

Carole Jean (Dallas Brown)

Karen Marie (divorced)

Delores Theresa (William Cundy)

Kenneth Arthur (Teresa)

Ronald Raymond (Nancy)

Laurel Ann (Orlando Manaois)

Darrell Joseph (Shirley)

Beverly Irene (Jim Null)

Richard Lee (Abby)

Jeneil Marie (Shelley)

Sheri

Lynn (Scott Karnopp)

Gene Richard did not have any children.

I would love to see the finished product! Thank you, Allen

Laurel A. Lagasse Manaois

Allen & Laurel, I will update the Richard family tree to include your family memembers Laurel and also Gene. I will then repost this slide. This slide will really become busy now, but I think I can keep everything on one slide. Gary

Pictures from Sandy Zeiler Vandal (62): Elk River, MN

Gary~

Found this picture among many. This is Nancy Hosmer, Pam Fugere and me. The picture was taken at Pam’s house don’t know the year, maybe Pam can figure it out, she looks around 2, and is still as cute as a button.

Sandy

Picture L to R:

Pam Fugere Schimdt (73) Mandan, ND; Nancy Hosmer

Baldwin (62) Lake Metigoshe, ND & Sandra Zeiler Vandal (62)

Elk River, MN

Pictures/message from Allen Richard (65): Midland, MI

No–I don’t remember any round barn in the Thorne area. Dad and his siblings did spend some of their youth at farm known as “Grey’s” which is a couple miles East of Thorne. Here are a copula pictures of it from my trip to ND in 2007 for the reunion —

Gary — Most people didn’t know I had a brother that died at birth. Also – FYI — my first born was a son born may 14 1975, also died at birth. I have three older kids, Kelani, Marya and Nathan — all DHS grads. Alaina belongs to Susan and me and never lived in the Dunseith area.

Alaina Richard, Alan’s daughter, standing in the Grey’s House – 2007

Alaina Richard, Alan’s daughter, in the Grey’s House – 2007

The original Pigeon house — Where Mom and all her siblings grew up