Reply from Erling Landsverk (44): Portage, WI
Hi Gary and Everyone:
Thank you for the kind words Gary. You simply gotta quit saying those words. Next thing you know I will start believing them, and I know better. Just the same, it is nice to hear. I was especially happy to hear from Connie Halvorson Kester. I want to answer her with some more comments, but I will try to do it on a direct E mail. I don’t mind saying that the Halvorson family were wonderful people and I did get to know them quite well. I have nothing but the highest regard for all of them. It seems to me that I did meet a young lady who said she was a Halvorson, at the one room school Reunion. I don’t know or rather I don’t remember if her name was Connie or not. Thats what happens when you get t be an elderly senior who can’t see. I am making excuses and I shouldn’t do that . Just be assured that I am pretty darned old. By the way, my sister Borg graduated with Charles Kester . Could he be related to your husband Connie? We can discuss it later. Connie’s note sure made me homesick for those old stamping grounds. I am glad that she and her husband decided to retire and enjoy that beautiful country. Thank you all again, its always great to get word from Dunseith and from the old neighbors.
Erling Landsverk
Erling, you are most definitely an inspiration to a whole lot of us. You have not let your being blind interfere with all of your accomplishments. It’s so amazing how you independently read (listen to) and answer all of your email and computer correspondence with very few errors. It requires a razor sharp mind with great memory skills to accomplish all that you do. It’s amazing beyond belief. We are so proud to say that Erling Landsverk is from Dunseith and for me to add to that saying you are from the hills of the Turtle Mountains. You are still a young buck at 84 years of age. Gary
Identification of the 1946 Prom picture posted yesterday
From Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
Hopefully, I won’t ID the people in the picture before others do, but
the gal facing the camera is Theresa Cote Awalt (48). The guy dancing
facing the camera is my dad, Don Johnson (46). Behind them, seated and
also facing the camera, are ( I’m quite sure) Sal and Elsie Schneider.
I’ve seen dance cards from the old proms and all the attendees danced a
dance with all the other attendees, although they seemed to try to get
at least a couple dances with the date they brought. I don’t know who
Theresa is dancing with or the gal Dad is dancing this dance with. Maybe
some of the people who were there can answer that too. Thanks Gary!
Dick
A little fun for those with a little extra time on their hands.
THIS IS FUN AND ADDICTIVE. PLEASE PLAY THIS ONLY DURING YOUR BREAK TIME AND NOT WHILE WORKING.NO BETTING ALLOWED! LET ME KNOW IF YOU GET A PERFECT GAME (300)…click below –
Website update
From Art Rude (71): Bismarck, ND
Hi,
I’m emailing everybody I have email addresses for, to tell you about recent developments, but also to find out how many of my email addresses work. So, I hope you read the attached email, and check out the changes in my website, and check out my book if you haven’t already.
Thanks.
Hi,
I hope you will share some of my news with some of your friends that I may not know, but more than that I hope you will check it out. If you enjoy it, I hope you will pass the message along, as my promotional budget is pretty dry . . . worse than my humor.
I have made some dramatic improvements in my webpage!! It is finally close to what I had in mind from the start. I always wanted to do video, but always had difficulty making it work correctly. Well, that was one of the reasons behind my switch to Macintosh, and it worked! The video is finally functional, which allows me to essentially talk directly to people. I like that. I hope you do to.
So, now I have a video page which connects to my Youtube channel. That’s cool for a number of reasons. The nice part is, I hope you enjoy it, and you can look at it whenever you have the time and an internet connection.
I also have an “albums” page where I can put “old photographs”, and so did pictures from Brazil, Ireland, started a Rude family history album, and a family picture album from 2010. This is in addition to all the “regular” photos that I publish.
Also, I got a great article out of the Bismarck Tribune. Here is the link:
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/news/local/article_efc700ee-346b-11e0-9cbf-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story
so if you cut and paste, that should bring you to the Tribune’s webpage and the article, as well as the video they shot of me and Sadie. If you go to their video section, and follow the arrow for more videos, it’s called “A biscuit and a dream”.
I’m including some attachments I hope you find interesting
Peace and Power,
Art
Thanks for checking out Art Rude Productions,
webpage address: www.artrude.com
and Art Rude TV at: artrudetv on Utube!
