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Happy Birthday Esther Murray Fleming (DHS ’65): Flint, MI
 Metcalfe Oil Company – Arch Bigwood Oil company
From Keith Pladson (’66): Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gary,
Just some quick comments on a couple of items in your 1452 blog. You asked who the Metcalfe was that owned the oil company in Bottineau. I don’t know the answer to that, but thought I would mention that I worked for Archie for a year. He not only owned the Mobil Bulk Oil Operation, but also the Uptown Mobil gas station (next to Frykman’s) and the Highway 5 Mobil gas station. In mid 1967 I took a job working for the manager, Mr. Tom Boguslowsky (sp?) at the Uptown Mobil and worked there until Archie closed the station that winter. Tom and I then went to work at the Highway 5 Mobil with Tom continuing on as manager. In the summer of 1968, Archie sold the station to Merton Peterson. Merton (who was also the Business Administrator at the college) released Tom and asked me to stay on and take over as Manager, which I did until the following March when I resigned to go into the US Army (April 2, 1969). Archie was always a great boss and a true gentleman in my eyes and I had the pleasure of seeing him several times over the years when I was back in Bottineau. Secondly, congrats to Rodney and Evelyn Kalk for raising such a driven and successful son and, of course, congrats to Brian. I wish him well. I did not know Rodney as he graduated before I started school in Dunseith, but got to know Evelyn a little through my friendship with her brother Myron. Myron, Gary McNea, Mike Hagen, Laverne Laugson (sp?) and I became pretty close friends for a few years and had some interesting and fun times together. We remained friends until we each went our different ways in 1969. Gary and Laverne joined the Navy, Myron joined the National Guard and I joined the Army all within a few months of each other. Mike moved to the Twin Cities area within a year or so. Only Myron and Gary (after completing his enlistment) remained in the Bottineau area. Reply to the 1932 Threshing Crew Photo
From Gary Metcalfe (’57): Forsyth, MO
To Rod Evans, thanks for identity of your dad on the thrashing crew photo. Looks like a Dunseith crew, that has to be Bill Evans in front of him, next to Dave Eurich, Jr. First I thought Myron, but he would have been 12, so Bill at 16 would be a better choice. I proclaim that is Fred and Perly Gottbrecht’s threshing rig, which I heard so much about from my dad, as he worked for them.
The Dave Eurich,Sr. family lived a number of years on the place I bought from John Bedard, known as the Max Theel place, father of Bruce Theel. Their neighbors were those twin Egbert boys, Jim and George. Dave Eurich lived on the old Fred Gottbrecht farm about 3 miles west on old number 5 in later years. I doubt that Ole Evans would have worked on any other rig than the Gottbrecht’s.
Manvil could surely identify all the players, and if you want to know about early street battles in Dunseith, Manvil would be your man.
After all whoever submitted this photo in the beginning, seemed to think there was a Gottbrecht on it and Willow is just a stone’s throw + from Gottbrecht’s farm.
Rod, I could show you pictures where your dad looked like Bing Evans, also in a different time of his life he also looked like my Uncle Ole Evans without the mustache.
Gary Metcalfe
1932 Willow City threshing crew
4th Row: Edith Yerkie Semler?, Jim Egbert, ??, Emil Semler?
3rd Row: ??, ??, Ole Evans
2nd Row: Dave Eurich Sr., George Egbert
1st Row: Dave Eurich Jr., Bill Evans
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