Hi Gary

We are not rich and we cannot afford it. Maybe when I hit the lottery.  Thought I’d drop a note to let you know that I am not going to make the Alaskan Cruise. We are not rich and we cannot afford it.  Maybe if I ever hit the lottery, lol but I guess not in this lifetime.   But whoever is going , please enjoy yourselves and have a lot of fun and think about me, hehehe.   Got to go for now     love you all

Esther and family

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Prairie Past and Mountain Memories is a masterpiece book, just compare with other county history, I guess we had a more diverse settlement.  However we can’t begin to retain the nostalgia of the years after the war, 1946-1950′s, young men settling issues, bar tenders tending, cops busy, Frank Flynn, John Hiatt, Walter Hiatt and more.  Frank had an old Chevy pickup with a spotlight on the cab, it was quite impressive.  Neighbors visiting, sidewalks jammed, we younger guys needed the bootleggers just as bad as did the Native Americans.  The cops were great, they did not make us feel comfortable in town after midnight, but they didn’t take our beer away or arrest us either, that was Saturday night.  All of a sudden it was Friday night dances in the fifties they had bands that even the drummer could entertain the crowd, standing ovation. Tommy Collins from that western part of Ok. that produced so many great country, western stars, was in Willow City one night.  Gary Metcalfe

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Gary and Friends, 

How many of you remember when Isadore “Zike” Boguslawski was the town
cop? He used to cruise town in his pink and white 57 Chevy four door
doing what cops do. There was one night though that Zike nearly met his
“Waterloo”! It was after midnight when Dad was up getting a drink of
water and he just happened to look out our south kitchen window toward
the back of Hosmer’s store. He saw Zike in the rear parking lot of
Hosmer’s, standing by his car and it appeared he was talking to someone.
There was a guy on the roof of the grocery store and Dad watched as he
got down and approached Zike. About that time Dad saw another guy come
around the rear of Zike’s car and start to hit Zike with some object he
had in his hand! Dad jerked on his boots and ran down the alley toward
the ruckus, yelling at the guys at the top of his lungs! They were not
only hitting Zike, but one was stabbing him with a screwdriver! Dad said
the guys saw him coming and took off to the south on the dead run! Zike
was hurt pretty bad and was really bleeding from his many wounds. Dad
thought about putting him in Zike’s car and taking him to the hospital,
but he wasn’t sure the old Chevy was up to the task, so he ran back and
got his black 62 Cadillac and loaded Zike and took off for Rolette as
fast as he dared drive, which I would guess was fast! He said even
though Zike was bleeding from everywhere there wasn’t one drop of blood
on the seat when they got to Rolette, not that Dad was worried under the
circumstances! There was a huge number of cop cars and investigators
that showed up within a short while and they found a bag of what they
considered “professional” burglary tools on the roof, where these guys
had tried to break in through a vent window or closure of some kind. As
far as I know, nobody was ever charged with the attempted burglary and
assault on a policeman. I suppose this was in about 1965 or 1966, if my
memory serves me correctly. Can anyone remember this incident and add
any details I may have missed? Thanks Gary!

Dick

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Folks, Neola was going through some of her stuff the other day and ran across these two

Obit’s of Hannah Nerpel Bedard and Ray Nerpel.  Neola never throws anything away and

most of time can find what ever she is looking for.  She has provide us with a lot of

interesting Dunseith memorabilia and Dunseith news.  She enjoys all these messages and

said she feels as though she has learned to know you guys quite well, just by reading these

daily messages.  She reads everyone of them.  Neola’s father was Johnny Kofoid.  He owned

the Corner Garage, back in the 50′s and 60′s, in Dunseith.  Johnny and my dad were first cousins.

Neola graduated from Bottineau HS in 1957.  She retired several years ago from

a career of 40 plus years teaching.  Most of those years were spent in Minot.  She has a home

in Minot, but also rents an apartment in Bottineau. She goes back and forth.

Back to these Two Obit’s. Hannah and Ray were Brother/Sister.  Looking at the their dates of

death, they passed on within one day of each other.  Many of you folks are children or relatives

of Hannah & Ray.  Hannah & Ray were very well known in the Dunseith Community.  The vast majority

of you probably remember them well.

Gary