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Dunseith Alumni WEB site:
Folks,
I am in the process of developing a Dunseith Alumni WEB site. This WEB site is not intended, in any way shape or form, to replace our daily email dialog. In doing that I think we’d quickly loose the comradery that we have developed. We still prefer for folks to request to be added our email distribution, rather than just going on line to view the posted daily messages.
I am not posting any personal info on this site. I strip all the email addresses and other personal info when posting the daily messages. I will post each days message as we go along and back fit all the others as time permits. I have posted the Alaska cruise and the Seattle Dunseith Alumni reunion on this sight as well. Please provide me with any items you’d like posted.
Gary
Thank you from Carmen Leonard Richard (Rolette), Bryan Schimetz’s aunt:
Thank you to everyone who sent birthday cards to Bryan Schimetz at the Good Sam in Bottineau. He was quite surprised, and appreciated them very much. It was a day brightner for him to know that so many people cared.
From Ginger LaRocque Poitra (65):
Gary,
I remember hearing of a family drowning, they (if I recall correctly) lived in a house on Main Street in Dunseith. Does anyone remember this happening? I seem to remember that they hadn’t lived in Dunseith for very long. I always wanted to know what happened. My parents didn’t discuss these types of happenings with us, in our day we left the room when adults were speaking, so I guess I overheard parts of their conversation. I could be totally wrong on all counts. I don’t suppose I was very old. Ginger(65) Reply from Gary Metcalfe (57):
It doesn’t get any better, town kid with farm experience. That old machinery had a lure for a kid that was all consuming and there were lots of three legged dogs. I knew it was Joe Lagimodiere when you mentioned the bib overalls.
Dunseith seemed like a larger town to me when you had shanty town and I do remember some the people who lived there. Joe, also Louis Bergan, Ann Grady, Slim Wallin, I am not sure when Axel Johnson moved there, Tommy Counts, Van Counts and many more. When we talk about people like Fred Morin, we can’t completely appreciate what a job that was, he had to know and understand the bootleggers and the people that were not allowed to drink in public. Not much backup for a law man in those days. By all means like Wyatt Earp, a hero. Great job on the pictures Sharren Shen. Correction to yesterday’s picture posted by Kenny Nerpel (65):
Gary,
The picture was actually taken in Denver. I forgot to include Kenny |
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