Dunseith Appreciation letter
From Bill Hosmer (’48): Tucson, AZ.
Folks,
I also posted this letter of Bill’s on Face Book. There were 11 shares and many nice comments of that posting. I have pasted the comments below.
Thanks Bill for this nice letter and your appreciation. We truly appreciate you too. You are such a humble guy with all of your accomplishments. We will always remember you.
Gary
Bill Hosmer’s letter
Gary,
I haven’t been very active in telling you how much your posts mean to me. All the images, words, and thoughts come to me with a great sense of the value system I was taught as a youngster growing up in Dunseith. I don’t get back to my home very much, but when I do I look around at all the places people I knew lived in. There were so many folks that encouraged me to be a “good boy” instead of a “jerk”‘.
I remember the Fassets, the Evans, the Johnsons, the Sunderlands, the Leonards, and all the others who gifted me with their attention and friendship.
All the years I was in the Air Force, I remembered those who gave me friendship and encouragement to do what I wanted to do. Now that I am 86 years old, I still recall the fun days of being a Dunseith guy, and recalling all the people in that town who encouraged me to do what I finally did.
I believe that I am the luckiest guy to have had the encouragement, friendship, and love of a community that gave me my start when I was young, and still gives me those gifts as I find myself in the senior citizen arena.
God Bless Dunseith, North Dakota for those who made it what it was and what it is.
Bill Hosmer
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Like · Reply · 2 · March 10 at 12:56pm
Kimberly Hosmer Lund · 9 mutual friends
That handsome man is my Uncle Bill! Love you Uncle Bill!
Like · Reply · 1 · March 10 at 1:52pm
Pamela Pritchard Smith Bill is a great guy! He was my dad, Floyd Pritchard’s friend and previous neighbor.
Like · Reply · March 10 at 10:59pm · Edited
Pat Corbin Miller Truly a Dunseith hero.
Like · Reply · March 10 at 10:31pm
Ed Skowron Hoz and I have had each other’s back for over fifty years. I can vouch he is a treasure.
Like · Reply · 2 · March 10 at 11:38pm
Nancy Baldwin Love you cousin Bill!
Like · Reply · 1 · March 10 at 11:59pm
Norm Turner · Friends with Bill Hosmer
Good photo Hoz
Like · Reply · March 11 at 1:44am
Geri Munro Bill Hosmer is a treasure—and Gary Stokes and Dick Johnson are, as well!!!!! Very nice picture of the three of you!
Unlike · Reply · 3 · March 11 at 1:47am · Edited
Norman Escudier Great post Gary , in esteemed company there.
Unlike · Reply · 1 · March 11 at 1:54am
Diane Sjol Love you Cousin Bill and Gary for keeping us all connected.
Like · Reply · March 11 at 6:16am
Diane Sjol 3 good lookers in that bottom picture
Like · Reply · March 11 at 6:16am
Christine Featherston Westwood Bill Hosmer is a great man hes my moms cousin…
Like · Reply · March 11 at 7:12am
Gary Stokes Bill Hosmer was a Vietnam war lead fighter pilot with hundreds of missions over North Vietnam. He is featured numerous times in this book, “The Birds Were Silver Then” https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Were-Silver…/dp/0971912831
The Birds Were Silver Then: Stories of the Vietnam Air War
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Blog (561) posted on September 27, 2009
Posted on September 27, 2009
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From Gary Metcalfe (57): Forsyth, MO Reply to Erling Landsverk I think there were 11 kids in that Larson family. The only ones I knew were Swede, who was married to Clara Hagen and Harold. Everyone knew Harold from Dunseith Baseball Days. Harold was a good baseball player and vocal as well. He and his wife taught at Russell School for many years. My grandmother, Randina Evans, babysat for their three children. My mother knew Harry Larson. Harry married Ernest Tennancour’s daughter, Esther. They had two children George and Janice. They moved to Montana where Harry taught, then he went to work for an oil company until he retired. Then moved to Yakima, Wa. His son George is a teacher in Pa., Janice a teacher in Spokane. I might add, Harold Larson gave up teaching to sell insurance. Harold has two daughters living in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. We knew Harold from Metigoshe Ministries Church. I have been meaning to ask why we have not heard about a famous Landsverk…..Halvor, a poet and reporter. for Willow Lake Community Gary Metcalfe Gary, You have sure been a great help with all this added info for Sharron Gottbreht and maybe others that have been trying to locate Harry Larson or his family members. Clara Hagen Larson (38) recently passed away. I have posted her Obituary below. She is from the Ackworth community. This one slipped through the cracks and I missed publishing it. Gary Clara Hagen Larson’s (38) Obituary: OVERLY Clara Larson, 89, Bottineau, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2009, in a Bottineau nursing home. She was born Jan. 4, 1920, to John and Agnes Hagen north of Bottineau. She married Clarence Larson in 1938 at Rolla. Survivors: daughters, Peggy Culhane, Columbia, Mo., Barbara Evanger, Mandan; son, Ronald, Overly; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Ina Anderson, Mondovi, Wis., Florence Marten, Modena, Wis.; brothers, Raymond, Kennewick, Wash., Oscar, LaCrosse, Wis. Funeral: Tuesday, 10 a.m., Willow Creek Church, Overly. Burial: Willow Creek Cemetery, rural Overly. Prayer service: Monday, 7 p.m., Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau. Visitation: Monday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., in the funeral home. Message/Pictures from Sharron Gottbreht Shen (59): Everett, WA. Hi Gary, There should be plenty of time to pack suitcases later today so I give you my first minutes. Many of your readers will find the 1938 list of teachers for Rolette County of interest. My cousin Mildred Gottbreht Solomon taught summers in the rural schools near St John at this time – she married in ’39. The picture of Ernest Boucher, Ronnald Tennancour, George Gottbreht and Sharron Shen was taken at Bob’s Cafe near the Missouri River front Sept 23. We then adjourned to Uncle’s apartment to enjoy a very delicious birthday cake. George was on the road to pick up Ronnie in Bottineau when he remembered CAKE! He called Wayne Barbot who arranged a beautiful cake with a baker he knew in Williston. It was all ready when Geo and Ron arrived – George keeps the controls at 2mph over speed limit, always! Uncle regaled us with several stories that evening. This is one I should tell before I loose it. North Dakota voted Dry when she entered the Union. Back in the early 30’s when Ernie delivered beer in East Grand Forks, it was always draft beer sold in kegs. The only bottled beer sold was to the bootleggers. Special boxes were built to fit under the car seats which held one layer of large bottles side by side. No one local in the industry thought bottled beer and cash and carry sales would be a success. But when prohibition and state law changed a Jewish gentleman opened a market in GF selling bottled beer take away. His huge success made the local retailers take notice and the rest is history. Uncle certainly enjoyed the visit. He teased Ronnie about the “strong” language he probably had learnt in the plumbing business and poked a bit of fun at the Mayor of Dunseith. Every niece and nephew was recalled and inquired about. Amazing man. Must run but wish to bring this visit to everyone at least one more time. Sharron Ernest Boucher’s 99th Birthday With George Gottbreht Note: Ernest Boucher was a brother to Yvette Boucher Brunsell and Alma Boucher Gottbreht. Yvette was Ronald Tennacour’s mother and Alma was Sharron and George’s mother. Gary Ernest Boucher, Sharron Gottbreht Shen, George Gottbreht & Ronnald Tennancour 1938 list of Rolette county teachers. Harry Larson, the teacher that Erling Landsverk is asking about, is listed in this list. |
