Happy Birthday to Murl Hill
From Glen Williams (’52): Missoula, MT
Those of us from the class of ’52 are right behind you.. and hopefully will reach 80 in a year or two…
And Yes there were a lot of very successful businesses in Dunseith in 1953….I recognize all of them..
Glen Williams…Class of 1952
Request for Murl Watkins Hill’s mailing address
From Lorraine Richard Nelson (’46): Messa, AZ
Hi Gary,
Really enjoy your blog and all the wonderful news of friends.. Thank you so much. Would someone please add Murl Watkins address to the blog. An old friend of mine, would like to send a card. Thanks.
Lorraine Richard Nelson
Reply to Larry Hackman’s posting
From Margaret Metcalfe Leonard (’65): Rolette, ND
Larrys advice was right on the mark. Thanks for those powerful words to live by.
Margaret Leonard
Reply to the 1932 Threshing Crew Photo
From Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
In the 1932 Threshing Crew photo, the guy in the middle of the
screen door and the man sitting right in front of the lady are the two
Egbert brothers, Jim and George. I don’t know for sure which is which
but that’s them. I don’t think the guy on the right that was ID’d as
George Gottbreht is in fact him. He was a bigger man than this guy.
Evie, wasn’t your Grandpa George over 6′ tall? I remember hearing that
he was like 6’4″ and his wife, Evelyn, was under 5′. This man looks
more like Bennie Schneider to me. Just a guess. How about it, Lloyd?
Thanks Gary!
Dick
Very good Dick. I think George Gottbreht is supposedly in this photo, but maybe not? Which one may he be? Gary
Reply to the 1932 Threshing Crew Photo
From Gary Metcalfe (’57): Forsyth, MO
Hello, Dwain and Lorraine Peterson could surely identify all the people on the threshing crew picture. Dwain kind of adopted George Egert as his chore boy. The 2nd man in the 2nd row is George Egbert. His brother, Jim Egbert is in the top row right of the woman. George Gottbrecht, Sr. was a really tall man, maybe 6’4″. The ones Dwain wouldn’t know, Lorraine may know because she is from Willow City.
George Egbert was a super guy. He always made me feel I was getting home really late because as I was going home from town, George’s yard light was already on and he was doing chores. He had a comical speech, for example I heard a guy tell George that he had six stacks of hay done already and George replied to him, ” I have tic tac too.”
Gary Metcalfe
Thank you Gary M.If we keep posting this picture enough, eventually we will have everyone identified.Off on another subject: I truly enjoyed my breakfasts with you on the cruise. We had breakfast together everyday but one. My brother Darrel and his wife Debby were pleasantly surprised to see you and Sue at Charlotte Kofoid Ovitt’s funeral several weeks ago too. They did not realize that Rodney Ovitt and Sue are first cousins. Charlotte was our 2nd cousin. It is a small world.Gary S.
1932 Willow City threshing crew
4th Row: Lady Standing, Jim Egbert, ??, ??
3rd Row: ??, ??, Bennie Schneider?
2nd Row: Dave Eurich Sr., George Egbert
1st Row: Dave Eurich Jr., ??
Jasmine, Bernadette’s little 7 year old Great Niece. Jasmine lives next door and
will be going into 3rd grade at the start of the next school year June 1st.
As of today, school is out for the year. April and May are summer vacation months.
There were 55 kids in Jasmine’s 2nd grade class with one teacher and no helpers.
Jasmine, with her 5 year old brother, Tyler.
These kids are Bernadette’s favorites. I tell her she should
not have favorites, but she doesn’t listen. They are good kids.
Joke of the day
Captured off of Bobbie Slyter’s (’70) FB wall