Beautiful Trutle mountains this time of year
From Carmen Leonard Richard: Rolette, ND
Today, I attended my grand-daughters 6th grade basketball game in St. John. On my return trip, I drove west of St John on highway 34, to highway 3 and on to Dunseith and then back to our farm south of Rolette. I do not have words to tell you how beautiful the Turtle Mountains are right now. I recommend everyone who has to opportunity, to take a fall foilage tour between St John and the Peace Garden, you will be impressed.
Stella Schimetz email address:
From Mark Schimetz (70): Rolette, ND
Well lets see if this works Gary? I set an email up for her here at Hotmail .com, then I can just bring my notebook to the school and she can view them, providing the school has a wireless site. If not she can read all of them when we go to Minot. I can plug into Kathys Internet services.
Mark, Folks have been asking for a good mailing address for your mother to mail cards too. If you can give that to us it would be most appreciated. Thanks, Gary
Travis Metcalfe (76) and Vickie Metcalfe (70)
Email exchanges from Vickie: Dunseith, ND
and Tavis: Mesa, AZ
Gary another fwd of communication from me and Trav
Thanks for this fwd. Trav.
I know lots of Metcalfe’s knew folks employed by Boeings Uncle, George Oswell for one. I don’t think he ever retired from there, he liked working for Boeings. When ever in Seattle Uncle George Oswell often tried to convince me to go apply at Boeings. He’d say something about “North Dakotans are hired alot by Boeings because of their work ethics.
Leona Metcalfe met George Oswell on the Boeings assembly line. She was a true blue WWII “Rosie the Riveter.”
Trav’s reply
“Ya…so did Leona….I remember George saying (or Mom saying George sayng) that He and Leona met on the B-17 assembly line-“It was love at first bombsight” He had quite a wit…….
TRAVIS
History rolls out and on.
Phone number correction for Orvin Hagen – (701) 478-3947
From Leland Hagen (50): BRYAN, TX
Hi Gary,
When I read this message the phone number for Orvin just didn’t look right so I checked it out. He will never get a call using the number posted above his picture! It should be (701) 478-3947. He was all excited about Geri’s visit. In fact he told me all about it a couple times!! As she said in her email he enjoys phone calls and visits but he can be hard to catch sometimes. Just keep trying.
Thanks,
Leland Hagen (50)
Leland, Thank you so much for this correction. I have corrected my files. Yes, the Metcalfe’s were close neighbors to Orvin when he worked and lived at the Peace Garden. Gary
Hostfest:
Reply from Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
Gary,
It sounds like your workers are on the ball. I bet your new major addition will be a nice one! We are off to the Hostfest with two shows a day—9:30 AM and 3:00 PM each day. We were down yesterday and did a sound check with the sound system folks. This eliminates lots of wasted time getting the settings right when we play. They mark down the settings and can then just go back to their same points for each group and away we go. Lots of nice friendly people were already there yesterday and even more displays than before. There are beautiful Norwegian and Swedish displays of ethnic clothing and crafts. Absolutely beautiful—to a Norskie anyway! Good luck with the building. Later!
Dick
Folks, Please stop by and say hi to Dick, Brenda and Ron. This is their 2nd year being hired by the Hostfest folks for their entertainment. We all know that if they were not good and well liked, they would have never hired been back this year. Gary
Highway 43 will be performing at the Hostfest:
Posting from Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
Hi Gary,
As you can see, Highway 43 is scheduled to perform at the Hostfest. Stockholm Hall, where they are performing, is the first door/hall to the right when you enter the main doors at the Hostfest. They will be performing all four days, twice a day. When you enter the main doors, you will either be given, or you can pick up, a schedule for the four days.
I like Stockholm Hall, as, besides having excellent music, it has many vendors. I enjoy checking what the vendors are selling; it’s especially fun when there is good music to listen to, also.
Neola
Request from Dwight Lang (61): Tucson, AZ
Hey Gary,
Get that camera out and give us a few “work in progress” shots. Nothing wrong with the old water tube and plumb bob methods.
Dwight Lang,
Past PE, ASCE Member, Currently Old Fart!
Dwight, These are several pictures that I just took. It rained hard last night, so things are a bit wet this morning. Construction here is mainly cement. First they erected the cement posts and beams with lots of steal bar. Then they filled in the walls with cement block inclusive off all the interior walls. Now they will plaster all the wall surface areas with a mixture of half cement and fine sifted sand. When finished these walls will be as smooth as a glass table top. All of the door jams and window sills will be finished with cement too. Other than for the doors, from the roof down there is no wood. The windows have been measured and are being manufactured. When installed, they will be welded to the steel bars imbedded in the walls. The cement window sills and frames will be finished after the windows are installed. The trusses and roof framing are ready for the roofing. The roofer has taken all the measurements and will start installation in a couple of days. The Electrical and plumbing will be installed shortly too. Gary
