Folks, Today is our bowling day and then this evening we are invited out again by several of our friends, who are members of the ‘Casino Espanol’ club here in Cebu, for their monthly all you can eat Prime Rib buffet dinner. We were just there last Saturday and again on Sunday for Fathers day. They serve some mighty fine food at very reasonable prices. Gary http://www.casinoespanol.ph/
Gary Fulsebakke (71) in Leading Role – “The Pajama Game”
From Carmen Leonard Richard: Rolette, ND.
The Rugby ND Village Arts program always puts on a summer musical, this year it is “The Pajama Game” and in the leading role is Gary Fulsebakke with Michelle (Mears) Lind formerly from Rolla and the piano accompanist is Dave Schnakenberg who teaches in Belcourt. We attended last night and recommend it to any one in the area who likes musical -comedy. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Backstage Gallery in Rugby. It is on Tue. Wed and Thurs. so there is still time
Reply from LeaRae Parrill Espe (67): Bottineau, ND
Gary, Thanks for everything. We really enjoyed the reunion and also the evening in Rolette. I was glad to see that Rottos have kept in touch with Judy and Jim Olson. Quite some time ago I wrote to Marty Spriggs and he sure sent me a nice reply and I’m sorry I haven’t gotten back to him.
A few of us were discussing our teachers that night at the Bingo Barn. I mentioned Marty Spriggs and Larry St. Claire remembered him well. Spriggs was coaching baseball and Larry was a pretty unexperienced pitcher and he was put into to pitch. Larry said he was very nervous. I can’t remember if the ball has hit back to him or just returned back by the catcher-anyway Larry reached out and grabbed it with his bare hand instead of the glove hand. I think Spriggs just shook his head and said Larry was so big he didn’t need a glove. (Larry can tell it better!)
We (Class of 67)had some great teachers just out of college. They had lots of energy and new ideas. I had Judy Olson for Speech and Jim Olson for Bookkeeping (Accounting). Mr. Twaddle was from Langdon and I don’t know if anyone knows his whereabouts. He was one of the reasons I majored in Math, also Vivian Hewson and Arden Fehr. Hewson taught Algebra I and I loved it. Fehr taught Geometry and Twaddle Algebra II. I loved those classes also. We also had Dorothea West for Senior English. We didn’t appreciate her at the time, but she was trying to get us to write. I got to know her later as a fellow educator and she was really dedicated. Marty Spriggs taught POD or PDP – he had us giving campaign speeches. I think we also had Mr. Spriggs for US History for the last quarter of our jr. year. These teachers were only in Dunseith one or two years. We had many great teachers who stayed much longer, but these just kind of popped in and touched our lives.
LeaRae Parrill Espe
Art Rude Sr. update:
From Art Rude (71): Bismarck, ND.
Hi Gary,
Well, on the way to the hills, I saw Dad and he looked pretty good today. The plans are changing however. Dad will have to have IV antibiotics for six weeks, and the Dunseith Nursing Home is not certified for IV patients. So, it looks like he will have to be in the swing bed unit in Rugby. He was disappointed, but handled it well. I think he might be pleasantly surprised with the number of Dunseith, and other communities around the county residents and visitors he might see in Rugby. Time will tell.
Thanks again for the interest, and all the support.
Peace and Power,
Art
Thanks for checking out Art Rude Productions,
webpage address: www.artrude.com
and Art Rude TV at: artrudetv on Utube!
Art, Please provide your dads contact info in Rugby once he gets settled. Thanks, Gary
Reply from Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND.
Gary and Friends,
Paula’s memory of the boys quartets brought out a dusty memory from
one performance we did in the high school gym. I think it was for the
JCs convention or possibly for the Governor’s Choir selection banquet,
although I don’t remember the exact function.The entire gym was full of
tables and was filled to capacity with people. Anyway, Governor Bill Guy
was in the gym and seated at the head table with other dignitaries and
our quartet had to sing a couple songs. The members of the quartet
changed over the years so it could have included Don Berg or Gary
Fulsebakke as tenors, but for sure the others were Randy Kelly and I for
this deal. Randy was never nervous no matter what and could wade into
anything with a cool head. We walked out and stood side by
side—everything was cool—until I felt Randy’s pants leg shaking
against mine! For some strange reason he got a bad case of stage fright.
I usually did, but counted on him to keep me calm. I still remember
thinking–if Randy’s shaking, this is bad! I think we did fine and
everything went without a hitch, but I still remember poor Randy Kelly
shaking like a leaf! I would venture a guess that Paula was probably our
piano accompanist although Jill Flynn also played for groups, earlier.
Thanks Gary!
Dick
Reply from Bill Grimme (65): Birmingham, AL
Gary,
It was another proud moment of historic attendance by the Class of ’65 at the Dunseith reunion. And wasn’t it a great time? Class of ’65 – seniors again – an great seniors, at that.
I picked up a little book of 1965 stats and thought I would start sending them to you every now and then. I enjoyed reading them – hope others do, also.
1965 What a year…for great new things!!
President of the United States Lyndon Johnson
Vice President of the United States Hubert Humphrey
Time Magazine Man of the Year General William C. Westmoreland
Miss America Vonda Van Dyke – Phoenix, AZ
National Spelling Bee Champion Michael Kerpan, Jr. -Tulsa, OK (winning word: “eczema”)
Life Expectancy 70.2 years
U. S. Population 194,302,963 (now that’s a precise count!)
U. S. Unemployment Rate 4.6%
Spaghetti-Os are first sold
Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite, is launched
Pampers disposable diapers are patented
Sony introduces the first Betamax “videocorder”
Milton Bradley Co. debuts game OPERATION
Scottish terrier Carmichael Fanfare takes home the big bone-Best in Show- at the Westminster Dog Show
1965 Calendar Events:
January – Joe Namath signs his 1st pro contract
February – The 1st U.S. combat troops are sent to Vietnam
March – NASA launches Gemini 3, its 1st two-man space flight program
April – Americans celebrate Lava Lamp day
May – Patricia R. Harris is name the 1st black female U. S. ambassador (to Luxemborg)
June – Frito-Lay and Pepsi Cola merge to form PepsiCo, Inc.
July – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France with Italy opens
August – The Beatles tape an appearance for The Ed Sullivan Show
September – Sandy Koufax throws a perfect game against the Chicago Cubs
October – Henry Mancini receives a gold record for the soundtrack from the movie The Pink Panther
November – The Pillsbury Doughboy makes his 1st public appearance
December – The largest ever Sunday New York Times is published: 946 pages
More later
Bill
Pictures from Alan Poitra (76): Bloomington, MN
Hey Gary, here is a mugshot of the class of 76! Starting from the left we have Kevin Fugere, Bernard Morin, Alan Poitra, Everette Enno and Travis Metcalfe. And the second pic has from the left, Pam Wenstad, Delorie Enno, Troy Hill and wife and Allan Enno, notice the gifts that were won…almost a complete set…
Alan Poitra (class of 76)
Class of 76
L to R: Kevin Fugere, Bernard Morin, Alan Poitra, Everette Enno and Travis Metcalfe.
L to R: Pam Wenstad, Delorie Enno, Troy Hill and wife and Allan Enno
