Bernadette Stokes’ condition.
Bernadette was recovering so well and was nearly back to normal. The past few days she has relapsed. Her words are sometimes slurred and her motor skills are affected. Hopefully this faze will pass too.
Gary
Happy Birthday Linda Gardner (BHS ’68): Vienna, VI
Reply form our former Ackworth teacher, Mrs. Phelps’ son, Terry.
Gary Yes you got the right Terry. It was great to see those pictures, It brought back a lot of memories. We are retired and live in Sebeka MN. We haven’t been back to Turtle Mountains for some time.Thanks for sending the info. TERRY
Gary’s reply to Terry.Hello Terry,Your mother was my teacher from Grade 3 thru Grade 7. Arlene was in my grade too and attended Ackworth the years that your mother taught there. She and I were the only two in our grade. The rest of the years I was Solo. Your mother was highly respected and a great teacher too. We Ackworth kids were very fortunate to have had her for the four years she was at Ackworth.I remember well hearing of Arlene’s death too. I was in the hay field when I got the word. As I remember it was in the fall of 1964. The word was she died of an aneurism at the St. John HS. She left us much too early in life too.As I remember, I only met you several times, but your mother and Arlene often spoke of you, so we all knew well who you were. I remember visiting your folks several times. As I remember they lived on the south side of Highway 43 a few miles west of St. John.It is great hearing from you and I am glad that I was able to locate you.Take care,Gary
Reply from Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends, The girl on the left in the Salem Bible School Picture sure looks
like Carol Pritchard to me. If you compare the picture of Carol in the
the Pritchard family photo in message 1755 and the girl in the Salem
Bible School picture in 1759, they look the same to me. I might be
wrong so I can certainly be corrected with no problem. Gary, your old Model A was actually a ’30. I see it has a ’35
Ford 16″ rear wheel and a probably a ’30 Model A 19″ wheel up front with
a bigger tire than normal. ‘Run what you have’ is the way it was done
back then. Lots of those old Model A cars were cut off to make
pickups. They were just old junk cars back then so why not make
something useful? I remember being on the south side of the grade
school ( It was the ONLY school at the time–1960-61) in Dunseith and
seeing Joe Boguslawski driving a cut off Model A that had just the
windshield and the cowl left on it for a body. He had a wooden plank
bed built on the back and there were a bunch of kids sitting across the
back of the bed, which stuck way out behind the rear axle. They were
all laughing and having a good old time. I watched as Joe revved up the
old engine and dumped the clutch and with all the kids way out on the
back, he could do a ‘wheelie’ with the old jalopy. I was pretty
impressed as a 10 year old kid. First vehicle I ever saw do an actual
dragster type wheelie! It was running all of 35 horsepower, I
suppose. I kind of doubt there was a license on the old crate either
and my guess would be ‘Fred Flintstone’ type brakes like most of them
had. The bunch of kids that day didn’t care! Thanks Gary!
like Carol Pritchard to me. If you compare the picture of Carol in the
the Pritchard family photo in message 1755 and the girl in the Salem
Bible School picture in 1759, they look the same to me. I might be
wrong so I can certainly be corrected with no problem. Gary, your old Model A was actually a ’30. I see it has a ’35
Ford 16″ rear wheel and a probably a ’30 Model A 19″ wheel up front with
a bigger tire than normal. ‘Run what you have’ is the way it was done
back then. Lots of those old Model A cars were cut off to make
pickups. They were just old junk cars back then so why not make
something useful? I remember being on the south side of the grade
school ( It was the ONLY school at the time–1960-61) in Dunseith and
seeing Joe Boguslawski driving a cut off Model A that had just the
windshield and the cowl left on it for a body. He had a wooden plank
bed built on the back and there were a bunch of kids sitting across the
back of the bed, which stuck way out behind the rear axle. They were
all laughing and having a good old time. I watched as Joe revved up the
old engine and dumped the clutch and with all the kids way out on the
back, he could do a ‘wheelie’ with the old jalopy. I was pretty
impressed as a 10 year old kid. First vehicle I ever saw do an actual
dragster type wheelie! It was running all of 35 horsepower, I
suppose. I kind of doubt there was a license on the old crate either
and my guess would be ‘Fred Flintstone’ type brakes like most of them
had. The bunch of kids that day didn’t care! Thanks Gary!
Dick
Dick,Comparing the two pictures, I am very sure you are right about that being Carol Pritchard in the Bible School photo. For comparison, I have cropped the two pictures side by side from both photos. I think I remember Carol attending Bible School at Salem that year too. I know that Mavis Fulsebakke attended Bible school at Salem too and I am thinking it was this same year. The gal sitting recessed between Carol and Susan Hagen may very well be Mavis and not Roberta Hagen as I thought yesterday.Gary
Thorn picture
Reply from Carmen Richard: Rolette, ND
The picture of the “Young Men from Thorne” is printed in the Rolette Centennial book-page 502. It was taken in 1916 and they are named as follows
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back row- Charle Marcil,Exphrin Robert,AD Robert,Joe Menard,
middle row-Albert Casavant, Octance Morin, Toby Daily, and Aldrech Blanchard
front row- Gene Casavant, Joe Boucher.
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How about those French names !!! They were identified by Bernadette Casavant Boucher when she submitted the picture for the book.
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back row- Charle Marcil,Exphrin Robert,AD Robert,Joe Menard,
middle row-Albert Casavant, Octance Morin, Toby Daily, and Aldrech Blanchard
front row- Gene Casavant, Joe Boucher.
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How about those French names !!! They were identified by Bernadette Casavant Boucher when she submitted the picture for the book.
Willow City Threshing Crew:
Reply from Mildred Crum Rude (’55 and deceased) daughter Tarri Rude Steiger.
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
Hi Neola,I have thought a lot about this photo since you sent it out a couple of years ago. My dad said he just could not see good enough to help me id people in it so i decided to send a print to my uncle Rick Rude in Overly. He is not positive the man in the center is my grandpa (Clarence Rude) but we talked and we both are fairly certain it is. He is going to show the print my uncle and his wife and see what they think. You likely know them, Don & Doris Rude.He was able to add a name, the man on the bottom row with all the hair is Charlie Jensen.
Hope you are well,
Tarri Rude Steiger
1932 Willow City threshing crew
4th Row: (1)Boone (Lady), (2)Jim Egbert, (3)Charley Schultz, (4)Henry Durdle
3rd Row: (5)??, (6)Andrew Stockburger or Clarence Rude, (7)??
2nd Row: (8)Dave Eurich Sr., (9)George Egbert
1st Row: (10)Dave Eurich Jr., (11)Charlie Jensen
Joke of the day
Posted by Rosemary Smith: Bottineau, ND
BLIND CASHIER AT CABELA’S:
A WOMAN GOES INTO CABELA’S TO BUY A ROD AND REEL FOR HER GRANDSON’S BIRTHDAY. SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHICH ONE TO GET, SO SHE JUST GRABS ONE AND GOES
OVER TO THE COUNTER. THE CLERK WAS STANDING BEHIND THE COUNTER WEARING DARK GLASSES. SHE SAYS TO HIM, “EXCUSE ME, SIR. CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT
THIS ROD AND REEL?”
HE SAYS, “MA’AM, I’M COMPLETELY BLIND; BUT IF YOU’LL DROP IT ON THE COUNTER, I CAN TELL YOU EVERYTHING FROM THE SOUND IT MAKES.” SHE DOESN’T BELIEVE HIM
BUT DROPS IT ON THE COUNTER ANYWAY…… HE SAYS, “THAT’S A SIX-FOOT SHAKESPEARE GRAPHITE ROD WITH A ZEBCO 404 REEL AND10-LB. TEST LINE. IT’S A GOOD
ALL-AROUND COMBINATION, AND IT’S ON SALE THIS WEEK FOR ONLY $20.00.”
SHE SAYS, “IT’S AMAZING THAT YOU CAN TELL ALL THAT JUST BY THE SOUND OF IT DROPPING ON THE COUNTER. I’LL TAKE IT!” AS SHE OPENS HER PURSE, HER CREDIT CARD
DROPS ON THE FLOOR. “OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MASTER CARD,” HE SAYS.
SHE BENDS DOWN TO PICK IT UP AND ACCIDENTALLY FARTS. AT FIRST SHE IS REALLY EMBARRASSED, BUT THEN REALIZES……THERE IS NO WAY THE BLIND CLERK COULD
TELL IT WAS HER WHO TOOTED. BEING BLIND, HE WOULDN’T KNOW THAT SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON AROUND?
THE MAN RINGS UP THE SALE AND SAYS, “THAT’LL BE $34.50 PLEASE.”
THE WOMAN IS TOTALLY CONFUSED BY THIS AND ASKS, “DIDN’T YOU TELL ME THE ROD AND REEL WAS ON SALE FOR $20.00? HOW DIDYOU GET $34.50?”
HE REPLIES, “YES, MA’AM. THE ROD AND REEL IS $20.00, BUT THE DUCK CALL IS $11.00, AND THE CATFISH BAIT IS $3.50.”
SHE PAID IT AND LEFT WITHOUT SAYING A WORD.