Gary, It was very nice seeing the picture of Herman Martinson. He was a very nice man and I remember those date filled cookies so well!!! I used to love going in the bakery with my mother and I always managed to get a cookie or two out of the visit. Terry was in my class and the year I went to music camp he delivered rolls and buns to the camp. I’ve never had one of those that was equaled in taste either. The picture brought back alot of memories. Jean Nicholas Miller (66) Replies from Diane Larson Sjol (70): Minot, ND I just have to say one thing…well two things….first…Herman Martinson made the best date bars I have ever eaten in my whole life!!!!!!!!!Second, Bev, your mom is gorgeous in that picture….brings lots of memories cuz…Diane Diane’s reply to Mark Schimetz: Mark, Thanks for supplying the photo of Arsain and Melinda Fontaine. I can’t get over how much Margaret Fontaine Sebelius looks like her grandmother! I have wonderful memories of playing at Joe and Margaret’s house as a kid in the second grade…the convent used to be right next door….we lived across the street from the convent in a green and white house shaped like a barn. The Grossman’s lived kind of behind us if I remember correctly. We had alot of fun times playing over at their house too, climbing trees with Patty, Paul, Peter and Parrell…..long time ago.Diane Larson Sjol Bobby Slyter’s (70) reply to Mark Schimetz (70): Wichita, Kansas TO MARK SCHIMETZ: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PICTURE OF YOUR MOM AND DAD, YOUR MOTHER HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, AS SHE WAS ALWAYS SO GOOD TO ME WHILE WE WERE GROWING UP AND SHE WAS COOKING AT THE SCHOOL, A WONDERFUL WOMAN THAT GOD CREATED IN YOUR MOTHER JUST LITTLE OLE ME FROM KANSAS

Gary and Friends,Aggie Casavant wrote a real nice letter about my parents. I appreciate
it. There are a few things I can remember about her family that are of
equal esteem. I remember her mother, Marie ( I believe that’s her name
but we always called her Mrs. Casavant), always was smiling and friendly
as we picked up our noon lunches at school. If I remember correctly, she
didn’t drive and for quite a while she rode to work on the school bus.
That is dedication. One thing I remember about Rene, Gerald and Joe
(twins), and Aime was when they saved up their money and bought a really
nice little black ’47 Chevy coupe. It was like a ‘little old ladies
car’, in that it was immaculate. They drove it to school for a while and
then on one fateful trip home they crested a hill and hit someone’s cow
that was on the road. The beautiful little car was totaled. I remember
how disgusted we all felt about the boys wrecking their car. They just
smiled and said, “Oh well.” One time in choir practice, Joe was holding
his music with both hands and suddenly sneezed. Gerald said, in his slow
‘Frenchy’ brogue, “Mister Johnson, I think you’ll have to keep that
music for Joe, for next year!” The entire choir roared with
laughter—including the Casavant boys! They were a fun bunch to be
around! Tim Hill and I made a ‘road trip’ to Wahpeton in 1970, to visit
John Bogus and the other guys from home. John lived in a basement
apartment with some other local guys. Gerald or Joe (sorry but I don’t
remember which) was living with them. He had just returned from a tour
in Viet Nam, where because of his small size was assigned the duties of
a ‘tunnel rat’. After all that, he still was the same fun guy he was in
high school. To me this was amazing, as many of the vets at Bottineau
School of Forestry were carrying visible emotional scars from their
experiences. The entire Casavant family is one of the nicest bunch of
folks you could ever hope to meet! Thanks Gary!

Attached is a picture of a car very similar to the one the Casavant boys
had. It’s not the same one, just one from my wheeling and dealing, that
may bring back some memories of their car.

Dick

Casavant family siblings
	Last	First	Address	City / State / ZIP	Phone	Email	ClassYear
1	Casavant	Bernadette		Rolette, ND 58366
2	Casavant	Paul		West Fargo, ND
3	Casvant	Yvonne		Bismarck, ND 58504
4	Casavant Boucher	Annette	Rolette, ND 58366 61
5	Casavant Aamodt	Lorette	Rugby, ND 58368 61
6	Casavant	Joseph	Lester Prairie, MN 55354 65
7	Casavant	Rene	Bismarck ND 58504 65
8	Casavant	Aime	Jamestown, ND 58401 66
9	Casavant	Gerald	Jamestown, ND 58402 66
10	Casavant-Boucher	Mary Ann	Rolette, ND 58366 67
11	Casavant	Aggie	Fort Mill, SC 29715 69
12	Casavant	Eddie	Bismarck, ND 58504 71
13	Casavant	Robert	Bismarck, ND 58504 71
14	Casavant	James	Jamestown, ND 58401 73
15	Casavant Ellingson	Kathy	Bismarck, ND 58504 74
16	Casavant Halvorson	Carolee	Bismarck, ND 58501 75