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Lenore (Watkins) Hoover (DHS ’45) 90th Birthday celebration
Posted by Paula Fassett (’71):  Walhalla, ND

Hi Gary. … and all:

I should have posted this earlier – but for anyone who knows my mom’s sister, my Aunt Lenore (Watkins) Hoover……she turns 90 on Saturday – July 29th.  Lenore lives in Minot, has a cabin at Metigoshe.  She doesn’t want a huge shin-dig, but a few of us cousins/nieces, etc., are going to the lake on Sat to have coffee/cake…and gab, of course!  Although she didn’t want an organized party, per se, I’m sure if anyone in the area would like to drop in, not only would she be surprised…….I KNOW she would be thrilled.  Lenore is still sharp as a tack – still kayaks on the lake, hikes, etc…………. OR if you would like to send her a card…..her Minot address is 232 11th Avenue S.E…..58701.  Again, I know she would be thrilled to get cards also.

I’m not sure how to give directions to her cabin, but I’s about 6 cabins north of where the old “Happy’s Dock” used to be.  The cabin just north of what was Mark Nero’s cabin……….
Anyway….I know she would be surprised and happy to see some birthday greetings!

Thanks.

 

Class of 1967 50th Class Reunion
Posted by LeaRea Parrill Espe (’67):

Gary, Thanks so much for putting this on the blog.  I forgot to include my email and phone number.  I wanted folks to contact me if they received this message.              phone  – 701-228-2911

 

Questions – 1: Seidel Murders in 1908? – 2: Somber?
Posting from Kaye Lystad Kirk:  Fargo, ND

Hi Gary,

My laptop crashed so I had to find an email addy for you online. I hope this is a valid one!

I’m reading some memoirs that my Grandma Thelma (Torgerson) Emerson’s aunt Alta Bjornseth had written back in 1963. I have a couple of questions regarding some things Alta writes about, with which I’m sure your readers will be able to help me.

First, Alta writes of when she was young and how they used to travel 12 miles to go shopping at “Somber.”  She also mentions that Somber eventually got a post office.  Can anyone tell me where Somber was?

Secondly, Alta refers to the tragedy of the “Seidel Murders.” The murders took place on June 21, 1908, and involved Mr. Seidel and his niece. Can anyone enlighten me about that?

Thank you, Gary, and thank you for your blog!

Kaye K. Lystad Kirk
Fargo

 

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
Hardware

 

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Blog (619) posted on November 11, 2009

11/11/2009

Posted on November 11, 2009

San Haven Memories

From Shirley LaRocqueWendt (59): Tukwila, WA

I too have a few memories of San haven, I had several uncles who were patients up there, my uncle Art met and married. Jimmy, Billy and Denny, also my grandpa LaRocque died the in June of ’56’. MY MOTHER MADELINE WORKED THERE FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, SHE WAS DR.LOEB’S HOUSEKEEPER FOR A LONG TIME. WE MEANING MY SISTERS LANA, GINGER AND MYSELF WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM IN 2007 AT THE REUNION.

Shirley, I met Hannah and Karen Loeb for the first time at the 2007 reunion. Karen was in our class of 65, but they moved before she started High School. Karen and her mother are such nice friendly folks. I could tell they really enjoyed being reconnected with all of the Dunseith folks. In the late evenings when Hannah got tied, Karen would take her back to their hotel room in Belcourt and then return. We and everyone else truly enjoyed their company. I got connected with Karen putting our class list together prior to the 2007 reunion. I had the wrong spelling of her married name and was unable to locate her, but Evie Gottbreht came to the rescue and found her. We have all remained well connected since. Gary

Philippines

Folks, I have a little extra room today, so thought I’d include several pictures of our place following the installation of ceramic tile on the upper area between my work shop on the left and our office on the right. The first picture was taken from our Bedroom window. Our next project will be to erect a high roof over the area between the workshop and the office. Being a farm boy from ND I had quite a collection of tools that I did not want to part with, so we had them shipped with the rest of our stuff to the PI. I have all these tools in the work shop. I’ll be honest, I don’t use many of these tools anymore. Our helper uses them a lot though. Gary

From the achieves:


 TMS – 1940