Folks, this is a personal message I received from Phyllis that I want to share with you. Phyllis’ grand daughter has been accepted into the Wahpeton School of Science dental hygienist program. Carol Allard was in our DHS class of ’65, but transferred to Bottineau in our Sophomore year with the redistricting.   Gary

Hi Gary,

I just returned from North Dakota where I attended my granddaughter, Chelsea’s college graduation from the Wahpeton School of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota. I called my granddaughter and read your email to her. It made her feel very happy about the path she has chosen. Chelsea has talked about going into the hygiene program since she was about an eighth grader. Here is an interesting part of her journey. Last year she introduced me to the head of the hygiene program at Wahpeton, Rhonda Edwardson. As we talked, I told Rhonda that I was from Dunseith. She said her mother-in-law was also from Dunseith, Carol Allard. I told her a story of my staying with Carol after a basketball game where we had both been cheerleaders. We came into Carol’s sleeping household around 1 o’clock in the morning. Carol asked me if I wanted a toasted cheese sandwich. Of course we were starved as usual and I quickly agreed. When Chelsea was accepted into the program, Carol’s granddaughter, Ashley was also accepted. So Carol’s daughter-in-law texted Chelsea to say now she and Ashley can share toasted cheese sandwiches in the middle of the night when they are having to stay up late to study just like their grandmothers!! The world is a small place.

Leo is having the second cataract removed today. He had the first one removed last month. We are looking forward to seeing you on the 28^th of June for Bernadette’s birthday party.

Phyllis

How well I remember the Filipino Jeepneys.  When I was passing through Clark AFB so much in the 60s and 70s they were still using the old original jeeps.  These were modified to hold four to six people on the bench seats but they usually carried eight or ten.  I don’t know how they kept those old jeeps running so long but they got the job done (with only a fair to middling amount of discomfort).  Like the one you pictured, they all looked great!

Great picture of you and your family as well.

Dale Pritchard

Dale,

 

The picture I posted was one of the more fancy jeepney’s. I often times cuss all the jeepney’s and the traffic problems they cause with their disregard to common sense traffic rules. They make many stops along the roads loading and unloading passengers. For that reason I try to avoid driving in the right lane. They are notorious for cutting right in front of you and then stopping, even in the left hand lanes. When they get my dander up I tell myself how lucky we are that all the folks riding those Jeepney don’t have cars. If they did, there wouldn’t be enough road space including driveway space to place all the vehicles.

 

Gary