In behalf of my siblings and I this is to let you know our brother Jerry Lee Pladson has passed on. Funeral services will be held in Bottineau on Saturday, May 21st. Don’t have all details at this time, but will try to provide later.
Keith Pladson
To Keith and all of you Pladson siblings, I am so sad to hear of Jerry’s passing. I remember Jerry well. You guys lived 1/8 of a mile down the hill from the Ackworth Cemetery from our place. Our condolences are with you with his passing. Please keep us posted with his funeral details. I do not have Jerry in any of my files, so I don’t know where he was living. Gary
The picture of the old Metigoshe Store really brings back a lot of
good memories for me. My folks used to take the boat across the lake to
the landing just south of the store and then we would walk up to the
store for supplies. I would usually get one of my favorite chocolate
sundaes while they shopped. Dad and Mom knew Harvey and Arvilla Hobbs
from Dunseith so they had to visit a bit every time we went there. They
had everything you might need for a weekend at the lake. I remember Dad
getting us a new ski rope with a red plastic float on it so you could
always find the end in the water. It was a new invention in the 50s.
Sometimes the wind would be strong and we would have to pound the waves
all the way from the south end of Lake Metigoshe to the store. The
aluminum boat wasn’t anywhere near as heavy as boats today are so by the
time we made the couple miles north, your teeth were about rattling. It
was well worth the trip though to get that prized chocolate sundae.
Thanks to Doreen Larson Moran for sending the picture and to Gary for
posting it—made my day! One other question. How many of you can
remember the outdoor roller skating rink just west of the store? There
were even outdoor lights so the skating could go on at night. The area
is now sort of a picnic area. Time marches on. Thanks Gary!
Dick
Reply to Dick’s message:From Doreen Larson Moran (BHS 61): Hazelton, ND & USK WA.Ahhhh – but how many of you remember the ice house on the hill? Or cutting
the big blocks of ice off the Lake and packing those chunks of ice in
layers of sawdust?
Thanks for sending this. Brought back a lot of great memories. Just west of the store, they built a roller skating ‘rink’. I spent a lot of time there. The snow picture changed when snowmobiles became popular. I think the store stayed open year around after that in the late ’60s. Lake Metigoshe was one of the ‘proving grounds’ for Skidoo, Larson, Scorpion, Polaris and Arctic Cat not to mention a lot of home-made units mostly from Canada. I remember one that used a feeder chain from a 55 John Deere combine for its track. They put on quite a show racing on the ice.
She mentioned Ross Lake. It, indeed, would be a great place to teach survival training. Between the mosquitoes and the leeches, you really didn’t want to be near that lake. They should have done ther training on Lake McDonald next to the BS Camp, that was where the BSA had the canoes & rowboats. I went to BS camp 7 years starting in 1961 and always hated stepping into the water.
I did my overnight ‘Ordeal’ for the Order of the Arrow on the shore of Ross Lake. That is where they take you out to the middle of nowhere, tell you to take fifty paces, lay down and go to sleep – they will be back to get me in the mornng. Now its 85 degrees and I have a sleeping bag made for winter camping (5.5 LB dacron fill). The choice was to sweat to death or be eaten alive by mosquitoes. I could tell I was near a freshl cut field of hay. I got up, grabbed by bag and started walking. After about twenty steps, I ran into a bale of hay. Having no flashight or matches (they made sure of that) I was running blind. I managed to find six bales and made myself a nice little hut. My mther had sewed aflannel liner into my sleeping bag (for winter camping) which I pulled out and used to cover the ends of my hut. I layed on top of the bag & slept like a baby.
Have a great day
Jerry O
Dear feeding on the Snowmobile trail near Lake Metigoshe
This picture with the caption at the top was floating around the nation as a joke. I received it in January 2010. Gary
