06/29/2010

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Bernadette had a blast for her Birthday celebration last night. It doesn’t take much to get these Filipino women charged up and that they were. There were cameras flashing all evening. They love to have their pictures taken and were constantly getting into groups to have their picture taken. They haven’t hit facebook yet, but they will. I have not had a chance to down load the pictures from our camera yet either. Hopefully I’ll have a couple pictures to share with you folks tomorrow. There were 34 folks in attendance, so she had quite a party. Gary
 
 
Hannah & Karen Lobe:
Picture provided by Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
 
Gary and Friends,

Today was the final day of the annual St. John Days celebration. We
had an ‘all faiths’ church service in the Old Mill Lake Church on the
museum grounds. It was my turn to open the museum for the day so I had
to be there basically all day and that gave me time to look through some
of the items that have been donated recently. There is a box of old
photos from the late Mrs. Mildred Isaakson who was an RN at San Haven
for most of the time it was open. Many of the pictures are not labeled
so it’s going to be rough to identify those in the photos. Some are of
her house in Dunseith and some are very old San pictures which are self
explanatory and very interesting as they are from the first few years
of operation of the hospital. I will have to go through the box and try
to figure out the names and dates if at all possible. Some of the
readers of the blog may know who is in the pictures. One that I ran
across today is interesting to me and I’m sure will be to others also.
We have recently had posted a picture of Hannah Loeb holding her
great-grandchild. I will attach one of her doing the same with her own
daughter, Karen, in 1947. The inscription on the back reads, ‘Hannah and
Karen Loeb–Christmas ’47’. Several of these pictures should be given
back to family members as they are more important to them than to the
rest of the population. Art Rude, Sr. brought the box of pictures to the
museum and had put a note on the box that read that he had looked
through the pictures for ones that were of importance to the San Haven
display at the museum and that others maybe could be returned to
families of the individuals in the photos. I think we should proceed
with Art’s assumption. I will try to identify the ones that I can and
then post some for others to help identify. Thanks Gary!

Dick

 
1947
Hannah & Karen Loeb
 

 
 
 
Update from DeAnn Gottbreht O’Hara
 

Monday, June 28, 2010 1:41 PM, CDT

20 radiation treatments down and only 10 more to go!! I can hardly wait to be done. The treatments are going well. My skin is starting to get really red and burned from the radiation though. It can be pretty sore at times but they say putting lotion on it all the time should help so I hope so.

I have had enough of Fargo, I want to go home. Connor and I keep ourselves busy every weekend traveling to visit family so that really helps make the time go faster. We spent this last weekend with Patrick in Bismarck for a softball tournament. It was sure nice to spend a few days together as a family! Connor and I were both missing his Daddy very much.

Connor is growing and changing every day. He hardly spits up at all anymore so I think he is finally growing out of the reflux! It is nice to know he won’t be feeling the pain caused by it anymore. However he has started drooling all the time and chewing on everything so could he be starting to grow teeth already? I guess we’ll have to wait and see. He is also such a happy boy. He has a smile for anyone who will take the time to get close and talk to him. He is the highlight of the clinic everyday that we go in for my treatments. He is sleeping now so I thought I better get on here and type something. Maybe I’ll be able to squeeze in a little nap to. Take care everyone and enjoy your 4th of July weekends. Connor and I are headed for the lake to spend it with Patrick’s family!

 
 
 

Remaining six pictures

 

From Brenda Hoffman (68): Greenville, SC

 

 

 

Paula Fassett with her back to the camera, Dave (Brenda Hoffman’s husband),

 

Alice Hoffman, Dick Johnson & Brenda Hoffman

 

 

 

 

 

Verena Gillis holding her plaque for her services of appreciation for a job well done.

 

 

 

 

Bernadette and I holding up our gifts that were presented to us compliments of the Security State Bank. We would like to publicly thank the Campbell family (Security State Bank) for these gifts and also for the Peace Garden Season pass that were presented to us the night of the reunion by Les Halvorson. There was a note inside the package that said we could exchange these items at the Peace Garden Gift shop. With constant 24/7 80 degree temps here in the PI, we don’t have much use for outer garment clothing, so we did exchange them. These were $75 value items of which we exchanged for miscellaneous items. The total gift package with the Peace Garden pass was $100. Again, Thank you Jeff Campbell and company.

 

 

This brings up another story from when we were back there. I’m not sure if I have mentioned this on the Blog or not, but if I have, it’s a repeat. As we entered the Peace Garden to make our exchanges at the gift shop, we were stopped at the US immigration for a spot check. As they were inspecting us, I mentioned Patti Metcalfe’s name. Patti is a supervisor customs officer. The gal said “yes Patti works here, but she has not been a Metcalfe for a number of years.” I said, “oh, she is now Woods”. For me she will always be Patti Metcalfe. The customs gal then asked for my name to pass along to Patti. She then said “Patti is working today. You will see her on your way out of the Peace Garden.” Sure enough, when we came back thru the customs they waived us into the big building with high doors to the left for a full blown inspection. When we went inside they let us know that Patti was on a conference call. When she was finished with her call, she came out of her office and we had a nice chat. Patti is always so bubbly and friendly. When we got ready to leave, they had forgotten to open the door to let us out, so I went back in to get Patti to open the big door to the south. Terry Espe was the head customs officer for many years. He retired a year or so ago. Following 9-11 they have tightened things up and I think with the addition of a lot more personnel. Gary

 

 

 

 

 

Nice Picture of Bernadette. After her Birthday yesterday (6/28/)

 

we are the same age for 3 weeks.

 

 

 

 

Mel Kuhn (70). You are looking good mel

 

 

 

 

 

Dick Johnson & Brenda Hoffman – both from the class of 68