Folks, I’ve got electricians here today, Sunday, pulling wire thru all the conduit that is buried in the cement walls of our addition. They need to have all the wire pulled and in place before the final ceiling is installed. These guys have regular jobs, so they are working my job on Sunday’s and evenings. All total for the electrical, telephone and TV cables, there is close to 4,000 feet of wire. They’re using single stranded wire. This country has 220 volt electricity and can you believe without a ground. We have a lot of 110 volt appliances, etc that we brought from the states, so we have everything wired for both 220 & 110. Gary
Reply from Keith Pladson (66): Stafford, VA
Hi Gary,
This is a response to Dwight Lang’s input on the Tucker.
Thanks Dwight for sharing. Wow! The photos show a spectacular car that appears to have been in great condition at the time the photos were taken (except for some discoloration of the chrome on the rear bumper).
I’ve watched several of those car auctions on television at which restored old cars are sold. However, in all the shows I’ve watched I’ve never seen or heard mention of a Tucker. (That’s not to say they have never had them on or sold some of them, just not on the particular shows I’ve watched.) In fact, I have to admit that I have never previously heard of the name Tucker, so everything about the car was news to me. It sounds like Mr. Tucker was a bit ahead of his time in both safety and mechanical aspects. One can only wonder what might have been. Thanks again.
Keith Pladson (66)
Hilmar Berg
Reply from Diane Berg Rheault (79): Moorhead, MN
Thank you, Neola for posting the “Sons of Norway” picture with my uncle, Hilmar Berg sitting in the front row. A correction…. He just had his 93rd birthday Oct. 7th this year. We plan to see him over Thanksgiving.
Diane (Berg) Rheault
Diane, Has it been 3 years since Hilmar celebrated his 90th. It seemed like yesterday, that is why I said he was about 91. He looks great! Hilmar is for sure a Norwegian, with his accent and all. Neola told me that her brother Jim and Hilmar are very close friends too. As you know your Berg family is connected to my dads family in a round about way. Your uncle Clarence’s wife Mabel was a sister to my dad’s brother Nel’s wife, Helga. Nels and Helga lived in Everett, WA. I frequently saw Clarence and Mabel with their visits to Washington. Back to Hilmar, I remember well in 1967/68 when Hilmar spent the winter months with Nels and Helga in Everett. Hilmar is such a nice guy and easy going too. To my knowledge he has never been married. Please give him my regards when you see him. Gary
Lloyd Nelson
Reply from Sharon Zorn Gerdes (62): Windsor, CO
Gary, on the sons of norway photo, that’s Lloyd Nelson holding the plaque. He used to own a grocery store in Bottineau, very very nice person. sharon gerdes
Follow up reply from Sharon:
OH MY GOSH!! If I had read further down I would have seen the names on the sons of norway. OK, disregard this crazy broad today. sharon gerdes
First off Sharon, don’t feel bad. I replied to Neola asking if that was Hilmar Berg in the front row of this very same picture.
Yes, that is Lloyd Nelson holding the plaque. I second your words of Lloyd being a “very very nice person”. Lloyd was a very close friends of dad’s and always took the time to listen to his stories, often times in the midst of his busy times, in the store. As a child I remember well, Lloyd working for Armand & Evelyn Bjornseth Hall in Hall’s Fairway in Bottineau. Lloyd later purchased the Fairway store from the Hall’s. A few years later he open “Lloyd’s Supervalue” on Highway 5 in Bottineau, a very thriving business. Going into retirement he sold “Lloyd’s Supervalue” to a guy buy the name of Wayne. It then became “Wayne’s Supervalue”. It was a very thriving business up until several years back when it was totally destroyed by arsonists. Lloyd knows me thru my dad. Dad always took me into Lloyd’s office to shoot the breeze with each of our trips back. To this day, Lloyd always has time to visit whenever I see him out and about town, with our trips back. His friendly outgoing personality for sure was a contributing factor to his success. Gary
