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The accident that Sally Longie was in was the same one that the Bercier boy got killed in…….
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my prayers and good thoughts go out to the sally longie family
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From Vickie Metcalfe (70):
Gary, Heartfelt prayers to Stella Longie and family as they aid Sally in recovery. Many years ago, Danny and Sally Longie were great third graders, with excellent involved parents. What a wonderous world we live in, that you, a former Dunseith kid living half way around the world could communicate the care, concern and prayers of us other former Dunseith kids, reaching and connecting so many. That’s Character! Thanks. Vickie
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From Bev Morniville Azure (72):
Sharon , I am so sorry to hear about Sally , i am praying for her , I just talked to her Mom the other day after church, Please keep me informed ok hey Also talked to deb the other day she said u may be coming home for Diana and Cody’s wedding …….wow that would be great. keep me informed ok mdf Bev Azure (72)
sharon i will try and get ahold of debbie on thrusday when i get bk from minot and see what she has heard ok. bev
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You are in our prayers.
Cheryl Larson Dakin
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Note: Felicia was in a really bad car accident several months ago. She is the daughter of Dean Lamb (70) (Deceased) and the niece of Martha Lamb Schepp (68). Martha, can you please fill us in on the details again? I noticed that 1,077 folks have signed her guest book. That is amassing support.
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Dear Gary and All,
I just read the articles and Obituary on Urbain Cote.
I copied it all and am sending it to Howard as he doesn’t do e-mail.
My brother Howard Landsverk has talked about Urbain a lot and mentioned his visits to him. On the picture you sent Howard is the first one in row 2. It looks like he has his army uniform on.
I also have history with the round Cote barn. I got engaged out there in 1958,
I was married for 47 years to Lyle Fish. I lost him to cancer in 2005..
I am glad I got Erling Landsverk into your E-Mail chain. I’m sure he finds it very interesting. He is my first cousin and lives in Portage Wi. I live in Horicon Wi.
Thanks Gary for all your work everyday on the e-mails. It’s sure too bad that people have to steal wire, gas, deisel fuel now and etc. I hope things get better and not worse.
Marjorie Landsverk Fish
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To Gary and all,
It is funny how we each remember things that happened just a little differently. 1966 was a big year for me, because I graduated that year, yet I don’t recall us having a big snow storm. That’s not to say we didn’t, I just don’t recall it. However, I very well recall the storm of 1969. That too was a big year for me, as I entered military service (US Army) on April 3rd of that year. I lived in Bottineau at the time, and the day after it finally ended, I and some friends went for a snowmobile ride up Main street. We couldn’t see any cars parked on Main Street, but we knew they were there because you could see their radio antennae sticking our of the snow drifts. We would then stop and dig down in the drift to see what kind of car it was, etc. Wow, a lot of snow!I was in Ft. Lewis, WA (basic training) when all the spring melting took place, but my sister Fern (1967) was living in Minot at the time and she sent pictures of the horrible flooding that Minot experienced when all that snow turned to water. It doesn’t seem like ND gets many of those BIG storms anymore — or at least not that I’m aware. Here in VA, we get a different kind of snow. We have gotten several big storms of 12 to 20 inches over the years, but usually the temperatures are around the freezing point when the snow falls, so it’s wet heavy snow with very little drifting. Our biggest storm in the (almost) 40 years my wife and I have lived here was January 7-8, 1996 when we got around 30 inches. Two weeks later it was all gone. It flooded everything. Most winters we get only a few inches of snow and some years, like this past winter, we get nothing — not that I miss the snow. And, I sure don’t miss those 40 below zero temperatures of ND fame!!! Brrrrrrrr.
It is funny how we each remember things that happened just a little differently. 1966 was a big year for me, because I graduated that year, yet I don’t recall us having a big snow storm. That’s not to say we didn’t, I just don’t recall it. However, I very well recall the storm of 1969. That too was a big year for me, as I entered military service (US Army) on April 3rd of that year. I lived in Bottineau at the time, and the day after it finally ended, I and some friends went for a snowmobile ride up Main street. We couldn’t see any cars parked on Main Street, but we knew they were there because you could see their radio antennae sticking our of the snow drifts. We would then stop and dig down in the drift to see what kind of car it was, etc. Wow, a lot of snow!I was in Ft. Lewis, WA (basic training) when all the spring melting took place, but my sister Fern (1967) was living in Minot at the time and she sent pictures of the horrible flooding that Minot experienced when all that snow turned to water. It doesn’t seem like ND gets many of those BIG storms anymore — or at least not that I’m aware. Here in VA, we get a different kind of snow. We have gotten several big storms of 12 to 20 inches over the years, but usually the temperatures are around the freezing point when the snow falls, so it’s wet heavy snow with very little drifting. Our biggest storm in the (almost) 40 years my wife and I have lived here was January 7-8, 1996 when we got around 30 inches. Two weeks later it was all gone. It flooded everything. Most winters we get only a few inches of snow and some years, like this past winter, we get nothing — not that I miss the snow. And, I sure don’t miss those 40 below zero temperatures of ND fame!!! Brrrrrrrr.
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From Diane Larson Sjol (70):
I guess I never knew they made Jumbo’s at Patti’s place until several
years ago when I moved back. Colette Pigeon (Schimetz) one of my best
friends and her husband Reid (a third cousin) made some darn good
Jumbos….It is something you just can’t get anywhere else. When we
take visitors to get a jumbo, especially the little kids, they can’t
believe there is a hamburger that big! Bev, expect some company from
Cheryl, Norma, Karen and me the week of the 12th of May..Karen’s
daughter is getting married the 16th in Minot and the sisters will be
home so we will come a callin!
years ago when I moved back. Colette Pigeon (Schimetz) one of my best
friends and her husband Reid (a third cousin) made some darn good
Jumbos….It is something you just can’t get anywhere else. When we
take visitors to get a jumbo, especially the little kids, they can’t
believe there is a hamburger that big! Bev, expect some company from
Cheryl, Norma, Karen and me the week of the 12th of May..Karen’s
daughter is getting married the 16th in Minot and the sisters will be
home so we will come a callin!
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From Cheryl Larson Dakin (71):
Happy May Day Everyone!
Does anyone make May Baskets anymore? I remember making them out of cupcake papers and pipe cleaners, filling them with treats and leaving them at the door steps of our friends. It was almost as fun as Valentines Day parties!
Cheryl Larson Dakin (71)
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Gary and FriendsThe attached picture was taken in 1959, at what I believe was Grandma
Anderson’s birthday party. She was the mother of Gertrude Awalt and
Charlie and Walter Anderson, and spent the last part of her life living
in a small house in Awalt’s backyard. I used to walk over to her house
and she would give me cookies and milk. If I remember right, she had a
wood cookstove that she baked in and cooked on. This picture shows a
group of neighbor ladies with her in front and center. It has been a
very long time but I am quite sure this is Grandma Anderson, if not
please correct me, or if I have anyone else wrong please feel free to
send the right name. I am doing this from memory as there are no names
on the picture. Thanks again Gary!The ladies L_R:
Standing—Irene Teal, Dorothy Egbert, Rose Kalk, Thelma Johnson, Joyce
Evans, Marie Allard, Marie Thompson, Lela Cota {nearly hidden},Joy
Nordquist, Arla Millang, Bernice Johnson, Agnes Berg, and Aggie Nicholas.
Seated— Beatrice Olson, Grandma Anderson, and Myrtle Olson.
Anderson’s birthday party. She was the mother of Gertrude Awalt and
Charlie and Walter Anderson, and spent the last part of her life living
in a small house in Awalt’s backyard. I used to walk over to her house
and she would give me cookies and milk. If I remember right, she had a
wood cookstove that she baked in and cooked on. This picture shows a
group of neighbor ladies with her in front and center. It has been a
very long time but I am quite sure this is Grandma Anderson, if not
please correct me, or if I have anyone else wrong please feel free to
send the right name. I am doing this from memory as there are no names
on the picture. Thanks again Gary!The ladies L_R:
Standing—Irene Teal, Dorothy Egbert, Rose Kalk, Thelma Johnson, Joyce
Evans, Marie Allard, Marie Thompson, Lela Cota {nearly hidden},Joy
Nordquist, Arla Millang, Bernice Johnson, Agnes Berg, and Aggie Nicholas.
Seated— Beatrice Olson, Grandma Anderson, and Myrtle Olson.
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Dick & Folks, I have found and pasted below some of the class of 65′s conversations, from February 2007, talking about Grandma Anderson. At the moment these are the only messages that I can find, but I know there were many more comments, but I just can not find them all that the moment without sifting through hundreds of email messages. Grandma Anderson was well known and well like in the Dunseith community.
” Mrs John Awalts Mother”, Mrs Bill Anderson (Myrtle). (John’s Grandmother)
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ANDERSON, MYRTLE C
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From: “McKay, Phyllis”
Subject: RE: John Awalts GrandmotherOh how my family loved Grandma Anderson!! I couldn’t wait to be taller
than she was. I’m not sure I ever achieved that goal!! I remember going
to see her when my brother Dan was small and we were outside playing
when Dan ate some dirt. Don’t ask me why he would do such a thing but he
did!! My mother was trying to wash out the dirt from his mouth when
Grandma Anderson said “Good Lord, dirt anent anything to worry about. We
all eat 7 pounds of dirt before we die anyway!” That was something I
remember raising my own children. Don’t sweat the small stuff. A
philosophy to live by!!After Grandma Anderson passed, we had a few parties in her little house.
Her house was located real close to John’s parents’ house. Do you
remember that John? It was about the time the twist came out. You
brought your record player with all the latest songs. Oh the fun we
had!!
Phyllis
Subject: RE: John Awalts GrandmotherOh how my family loved Grandma Anderson!! I couldn’t wait to be taller
than she was. I’m not sure I ever achieved that goal!! I remember going
to see her when my brother Dan was small and we were outside playing
when Dan ate some dirt. Don’t ask me why he would do such a thing but he
did!! My mother was trying to wash out the dirt from his mouth when
Grandma Anderson said “Good Lord, dirt anent anything to worry about. We
all eat 7 pounds of dirt before we die anyway!” That was something I
remember raising my own children. Don’t sweat the small stuff. A
philosophy to live by!!After Grandma Anderson passed, we had a few parties in her little house.
Her house was located real close to John’s parents’ house. Do you
remember that John? It was about the time the twist came out. You
brought your record player with all the latest songs. Oh the fun we
had!!
Phyllis
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From: “John Awalt”
Subject: Re: Phylliss – RE: John Awalts GrandmotherMy grandmother what great memories it’s amazing how little things can all
the sudden flood your mind with all these memories, Grandma was under
five feet tall and a very easy going person and so was my mother. The
parties we had at grandma’s old house were great fun and only a whisper
away from my parents bedroom window, but they never said a word about the
noise. I still have the record player and all the records, the grandkids
love them. One great memory is when my mother made cupcakes and had me at
four years old take some over to my grandmother after I came back to the
house grandma came over with the cupcakes and showed mother and asked why
they had no frosting on them when it was pain to see that they had at one
time. They both had a good laugh and nothing was said to me. I also
remember your parents coming to town and getting the mail with horse and
buggy.Thanks Phyllis for the memories
Subject: Re: Phylliss – RE: John Awalts GrandmotherMy grandmother what great memories it’s amazing how little things can all
the sudden flood your mind with all these memories, Grandma was under
five feet tall and a very easy going person and so was my mother. The
parties we had at grandma’s old house were great fun and only a whisper
away from my parents bedroom window, but they never said a word about the
noise. I still have the record player and all the records, the grandkids
love them. One great memory is when my mother made cupcakes and had me at
four years old take some over to my grandmother after I came back to the
house grandma came over with the cupcakes and showed mother and asked why
they had no frosting on them when it was pain to see that they had at one
time. They both had a good laugh and nothing was said to me. I also
remember your parents coming to town and getting the mail with horse and
buggy.Thanks Phyllis for the memories
john awalt
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Ø Johnny,I, too, have fond memories of “Grandma Anderson” and Charlie. I think
your mother had another brother, but I can’t remember what his name was.
My father’s family must have grown up with the Anderson ‘s because I have a
picture of my dad and his brothers with Charlie Anderson when they were
just little maybe 6-8 years of age. They look like the little rascals and
I’m pretty sure they were.I don’t remember where her house was but I remember going there with my
parents before I was in school. She and my Grandma Evans were good
friends. If I remember right, she had as much spunk as grannie on the
Beverly Hillbillies.
your mother had another brother, but I can’t remember what his name was.
My father’s family must have grown up with the Anderson ‘s because I have a
picture of my dad and his brothers with Charlie Anderson when they were
just little maybe 6-8 years of age. They look like the little rascals and
I’m pretty sure they were.I don’t remember where her house was but I remember going there with my
parents before I was in school. She and my Grandma Evans were good
friends. If I remember right, she had as much spunk as grannie on the
Beverly Hillbillies.
Yes, the people in Dunseith were all pretty much family when we grew up;
everyone seemed so connected.
Margaret Metcalfe Leonard
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Lola Metcalfe Vanorny, ew
HI!_ just had to add my two cents worth–about Gramma Anderson–I remember her because she and I were roommates in the Rolla Hospital when
she broke her hip- I was 2nd or 3rd grade I think with ear infection. I
loved her — a tiny little lady that was fun to talk to even for a 9 year
old– I don’t think she ever came home after that- I could be wrong
though–Lola
HI!_ just had to add my two cents worth–about Gramma Anderson–I remember her because she and I were roommates in the Rolla Hospital when
she broke her hip- I was 2nd or 3rd grade I think with ear infection. I
loved her — a tiny little lady that was fun to talk to even for a 9 year
old– I don’t think she ever came home after that- I could be wrong
though–Lola