Josephine Poitra Family
Posting from Vickie Metcalf (’70): Bottineau, ND
Gary, Dunseith blog friends and
To the family of Josephine (Davis) Poitra,
A few short years ago, I met Lesedo and her son at the Bottineau Family bakery.
On that first meeting with Josephine Poitra, I called her, Mrs. Mike.
With every opportunity thereafter we filled with pleasant chats.
With her, I recalled when I was a child many years ago my Dad bought a gentle little black milk cow from Mr. Mike Poitra a farmer living SE of us. He wore blue bib blue bib overalls in contrast to my dad who wore striped.
And, Mrs. Mike shared she knew my sister Nancy who worked with her one summer in the kitchen at San Haven .
She also recalled many Metcalfe Kin; my Aunts and Uncles including Aunt Mary and Uncle’s Bill, Charlie, Lucky, Jim and Emil..
With Mrs. Mike’s phenomenal memory and bright positive personality, I thoroughly enjoyed many warm visits while her son would be inside a local grocery store doing the shopping or slipping in to sit with them in a booth at a local cafe.
Lesedo was a lady of substance.
She was filled with quality and optimism.
Whenever around her I felt an aura of a true elder filled with calm grace and peaceful with her faith.
Sincere sympathy to her family.
Vickie Metcalfe
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Blog (513) posted on July 16, 2009
Posted on July 16, 2009
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Reply from Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND.
Gary,
I love all the pictures people are sending to you to include in your newsletter.
Thanks to Dave Slyter for asking about receiving your newsletters while you are on vacation. Now I know we won’t be. Have a wonderful trip.
Neola
Reply from Dick Johnson (68):Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
That’s some good detective work, Paula! The concert was 1964. There
were at least a couple Community Choir Christmas concerts in those
years, but the pictures were from the ’64 concert. As far as my piano
days, I never got through the first book. I hated every minute of it!
You are right about Elsie Schneider being a good teacher and she had to
have extreme patience to continue giving lessons to me. I can’t remember
the song I had to play for the recital, but that is probably something
that I tried to forget! I do remember a piano song from the Fassett crew
and can still play it! The words were, “Once I had a violin, it’s
strings were made of twine—the only thing I could play on it was ‘The
Girl I Left Behind’. I think Crystal and Paula taught me that from their
dad’s songs. Maybe it has some verses that we shouldn’t repeat! I only
remember this one. We used to play piano with two people at a
time—this song and ‘Chop Sticks’, were the only two I could do! Sorry
Elsie! I’m sure Elsie thought I should be able to do much better because
of Dad’s abilities. It must have been disheartening for her to see my
lack of interest in the piano. In band I wanted to play the drums. Dad
said, “No way, you won’t learn music that way”. I ended up on the alto
saxophone and went to baritone sax and then the baritone horn, and
finally the valve trombone played in treble clef, for the last year of
school. He was right, I learned music and band was fun! Thanks Gary and
Paula!
Dick
Dick Johnson’s reply to Neola’s question:
Gary and Neola,
Maryville and Shell Valley are two townships south and west of
Belcourt. Charlibois’ had a store along the road to Belcourt, six miles
east of Dunseith. I was at the store a few times with my dad when we
were over that way, many years ago. The paved road north out of Rolette
meets Highway 5. This is the corner where Betty’s Bar and the casino are
now located and is close to where Charlibois’ Store was. Maryville Twp.
is east of the Rolette road and Shell Valley is west of it, both on the
south side of HWY 5. My old buddy, Bob Roberge, is buried at St.
Marys-Maryville Cemetery which is about 5 miles straight south of
Belcourt. I hope this answers your question.
Dick
Reply from Ele Dietrich Slyter (69): Dunseith, ND.
| I noticed the phone number on the Theel advertisement…479. Our number, if you can call it that, on the old farmers line was one long, two shorts and one long. Plus you had to check to be sure no one was using the line before you started ringing someone. Ahh, the good ol’ days.
ele
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1953 Dunseith & Belcourt news posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: neola@min.midco.netMinot & Bottineau, ND.
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