From Carmen Richard: Rolette, ND
Have any of you read the autobiography of Dean Hulse intitled “Westhope” ? He tells what it is like growing up in small town North Dakota. He devotes one chapter in the book to San Haven as he had relatives who were patients there. I am not sure if we should be offended or not. I would like someone else’s interpertation of it. The chapter is called “Haunted”.I am sure that the book is available through the ND State Library and possibly at the Bottineau library. I am not sure if it is available at Barnes and Noble. It is published by University of Minnesota Press. email address is www.upress.edu . I know that conditions were pretty tough before there was a cure for TB. Many of you had a much closer connection to San Haven than I did. Please let me know what you think.
Margaret Seim Lawston (54) picture: Citrus Heights, CA
Posted by Dick Johnson (66):Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends, Margaret Seim Lawston sent me some pictures some time ago and this is one of them. It is the Turtle Mountain Cubs baseball team of the late ’20s-’30s. Her dad, Art Seim, is second from the left in the front. There are no names on the picture except for Art. There was a baseball diamond behind Kelvin where there were many games played in the early days. Somewhere I have a program from a Fourth of July celebration at Kelvin. It was a big deal for the community including speeches from dignitaries, band concert, and of course ball games. I would have liked to have had the program as I’m writing this but it’s somewhere in my ‘archives’ and may take some time to find. Thanks Gary!
Dick
Posted by Ellen Graff Myrick (58): Grand Forks, ND
