Class of 68 reunion picture.
Reply from Don Martel (Principal): Rosemount, MN
Hey folks, you are all ageing well. Great to see you all.
Don Martel
Clara Bjornseth Torgerson’s family
Reply from Luella Boardman Bjornseth (’49): Bottineau, ND
Hi Gary!
I don’t know how much of this information you want on the Torgersons but since they are Ralph’s cousins I thought I would let you know about them. Clara had 9 children : Arthur, Judith Thompson, Clemens, Verna Presnall,Viola Langhaug,Francis Venable, Thelma Emerson, Lillian Berg Schultz & Adeline Neilson. Adeline and Clem lived together at Oak Manor until Clem died in 2005 and Adeline still lives there. Viola and Verna were twins. Clara died in 1964. Lillian didn’t live at Oak Manor. Lillian married Alvin Berg in 1940. He died in 1952 and she married Reinhard Schultz in 1955. Lillian died May 10,2003 in a Bottineau Nursing Home. After Lillian died Reinhard moved into St. Andrews Hospital apartment and then to Grand Forks to an assisted living home until his death. Adeline is the only one of Clara’s children still living.
Happy New Year!!! The weather here has been wonderful for this time of the year. Today it got up to 40 degrees and tomorrow is supposed to be warmer. Some of our ice is melting off and we have just a little snow in the yard. It was so nice to have a Christmas when we didn’t have to worry about being snowed in like it was last year.
Luella, Thank you so much for this Torgerson family history. Until you mentioned that Ralph was a cousin to the Torgerson siblings I had no idea they were even related. Checking the Bottineau Centennial book, I see that Clara Torgerson was a Bjornseth, sister to Ralph’s dad Jacob and his brothers, Eric and Art. How well I’ve known these folks, the Bjornseth’s and the Torgerson’s, my entire life and did not know this relationship. I remember Art and Clem living with their mother Clara on the home place located about a mile north of Vinje Church. I remember dad telling me that Clem was living with Adeline in Bottineau too. In the latter years, not long before they departed this earth, Clem road with dad to church services up at the Lake. Dad and Clem were pretty close friends. Art and Clem never married.
Francis Atherton• 1927- 2011
Francis Atherton, 84, Minot, ND, formerly of rural Dunseith, ND, died Friday, December 30, 2011, at Trinity Homes in Minot.
Francis Orville Atherton was born August 22, 1927, a son of Frank and Anna (Evenstad) Atherton, in Bottineau. He was raised on the farm northwest of Dunseith and educated Willow Lake Schools. He spent much of his life in the Turtle Mountains, where he loved to spend his time. He and his father moved to Dunseith in 1974, following the death of his mother. In 1984, they moved to Minot, where he was able to care for his father for several years.
In the late 1990s, he entered the Kenmare Baptist Home, where he resided until moving into Trinity Homes in Minot in 2005. He was a humble man and loved the care he received from the nursing staff.
He was a former member of Rendahl Lutheran Church, rural Dunseith, ND, where he was baptized and confirmed.
Surviving family includes: sisters, Mavis (Robert) Sandstrom, Minot, Alyce (Ted) Selfors, Minot; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Francis was preceded in death by his parents; and sisters, Mildred Langehaug and Norma Wilson; two nieces and a nephew.
Funeral: Thursday, January 5, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Homes Chapel, Minot. .
Interment: Rendahl Lutheran Cemetery, rural Dunseith, ND.
Visitation: Thursday one hour prior to the service at Trinity Homes in Minot.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.
To sign the online guest register for Francis
To view the online guest register for Francis
Reply from Gary Metcalfe (‘(57): Forsyth, MO
Reply to Neola…Neola you missed a class act, Zike Bogus was better known as “pot licker”. He hung that moniker on most everyone he met. If Zike was sitting at the bar, and sometimes was, we knew not to touch him on the shoulder unless you were prepared to duck. He was town cop for awhile and he was lots of fun, kind of like Glen Weaver.
A Saturday winter day line up at your dad’s garage was Pete and Hank Schneider, Joe Spaeth, Adam Lang, my dad Jim Metcalfe. They enjoyed the stories of an earlier Dunseith time, and we had great stories. Ernest Tennecour worked for your dad for a long time. He usually worked at the till.
Aggie you sure gave Larry Hackman and Dick Johnson a run for their money with that story!! You should be a mystery writer. Keep them coming.
Gary Metcalfe
Follow up reply from Gary Metcalfe:
Reply to Neola…..Zike’s given name was Issadore Boguslawski. Your dad could fix a flat tire with a hammer and a pair of pliers quicker than anyone I have seen.
Reply with pictures
From Margaret Metcalfe Leonard (65): Rolette, ND
Hi Gary,
I love getting your pictures; they really speak way more than words!
Looks like a good time was had on NYE!
I have attached a wedding picture of my son Chris and Lisa who
were married in November! I was just thrilled beyond words. Lisa
has a little 6 year old son named Shamas so that makes me a Grandma!
What fun!!
The second picture is of my daughter, Nikki and her husband Keith.
They live on a ranch north of Towner so I sneak away and stay with
them in their beautiful new home where the neighbors ride over on
horseback for a visit or game of pinocle and the coffee is always on.
Picture identification:
Chris and Lisa Kramer Leonard
&Nikki and Keith Medalen.
Nikki and Keith Medalen
Main Street
Reply from Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
We’re getting closer to the correct information every day! It
only makes sense to me that Gary Metcalfe has it right when he says
Clarence Schultz and Eldon Hiatt owned the store and sold it to Joe
Morinville. The same two families, Schultz and Hiatt, moved to
Donnybrook, ND and ran a grocery store together there after they left
Dunseith. Eldon Hiatt left Donnybrook and went to Renton, WA, but
Clarence and Amanda Schultz stayed in Donnybrook and ran the store for
many years. I think they retired from that store. Amanda passed away
within the last year .
The little building between the Red Owl and the Snow White Bakery
was listed as Halvorson’s Bar. I remember it as being Alfie Dion’s shoe
shop in later years. Also, in Lloyd’s post he says ‘Z.’ Boguslawski
which I think is Isadore ‘Zike’ Boguslawski who did lots of jobs in
town. He bought scrap iron and batteries at the old Great Plains,
behind the bank, and for quite a while served as the town cop. He could
be seen in the night out cruising the back streets in his pink and white
’57 Chevy. As we talked about before, he nearly lost his life on one
such night in the 60s.
I really have to apologize for not proof reading yesterday’s
message that I sent. I was in a hurry and didn’t read it for mistakes.
Sorry. Anna Fish would have made me do it over! Thanks Gary!
Dick
San Haven Picture
Reply from Marge Longie Langan-Wilcox (’56): Vancouver, WA
My mother Urusla Longie worked for Beanie Vanorny and was also a surgical nurse for Dr. Loeb.
I also worked under Beanie in the lab as a dish washer for a short time.
I also worked in the kitchen for awhile.
Marge Langan-Wilcox
San Haven Picture
Reply Debbie Gunville Champagne (’76): Dunseith, ND
Reply to Lola Metcalfe Vanorny, the short lady infront with the uniform is
Vivian (Champagne) Poitra, she was married to Albert Poitra.
Folks, The lady to the left of the clock Peeking between Beanie Vanorny and Barbara Schlatt is the only one not identified in this photo.
Everett Olson, Ruby Olson, Andy Sands,Oscar Thone,Red Pearson, Grace Frovarp (nurse),Bennie Frovarp, Vivian Champagne Poitra (nurse), Pete Link behind the nurses, Muriel Mcdermott Rowe (nurse),Mary Louise (Hills) Dowling (nurse), Bernice ‘Beanie’ Vanorny (nurse), lady peeking between Beanine & Barbara,Barbara Schlatt (head covering bottom of the clock), Edna Mohagen in black and white dress,Marge Lillico – (short lady with gray hair in a black suit), Maxine Magnuson behind Margie Lillico, Eva Morin, Arlene Sands in beige jumper with white top, Eva Trafford in white, Mrs. Paul Decoteau, Stanley Dowling,John Gillis, Dan Kalk
Posting of day
Posted byLuella Boardman Bjornseth (’49): Bottineau, ND
Medical Alert: Worse than bedbugs!!
What is a calorie?
Calories are the little buggers that get into your wardrobe
atnight and sew your clothes tighter…
MY CLOSET IS INFESTED WITH THE LITTLE BUGGERS!
