Folks, Floyd Richard is an uncle to Allen (65) & Marlene (65). Carmen is a sister-in-law to Margaret Metcalfe Leonard (65).

Sunday we went up to the Peace Garden, it is beautiful again this year. Connie (Peterson) Lagerquist and her crew do a wonderful job. The flowers were in all their glory. I just wanted to publicly thank her. I just marvel at the diversity of plants and the combination of color that goes into making it the beautiful “Pride of Dakota” place that it is.

On the way back we drove through the main street of Dunseith, and remarked how times have changed. Do any of you remember the chicken hatchery at the north end of town?. It was on the intersection of main street and the Lake Schutte road. It was operated my a Mrs. Pete or Peat- I am not sure of the spelling. My mother always bought 100 baby chicks and 10 baby turkeys from her every spring. She always gave us kids a tour through the hatchery, and we thought it was fascinating. Also, does anyone remember Ray Murray’s creamery.? My uncle, Tony Leire worked there. I remember seeing him make butter. I can picture him taking  huge amounts of butter out of the vats, and putting it in crates where it was chilled and cut up into one pound packages.- I can’t remember where the creamery was located though.

    There has been lots of emails about appreciating our military. A few years ago Floyd and I were touring the Washington DC area,all the historic sights etc. We were at the Arlington Cemetery where you see rows upon rows of white crosses and a lady, a total stranger, came up to me, with tears streaming down her cheeks and said “I can’t believe how many people have given their lives so that I might live in freedom”. It was very touching!!

From Bev Morinville Azure (72): 

Hi  everyone, Just wanted to  tell you I  went to the Dr  yesterday  to get my report  for  the  ct scan  and all my cancer is gone. Thank you  all for all the prayers and support you gave me through this  time.  I am truly  thankful  for each  and everyone of you.

  GOD  BLESS YOU …………BEV

Reply from Sharon Longie Dana (73): 

Reply to the pictures of the USS New York; having been a sailor myself and being married to a retired sailor, that ship really hits home. She’s AWESOME!!!!  My husband will say she’s a BEAUT!!!!!!! Haze gray and underway!!!!!  What an inspriation she is, she stands for alot of things. Gives me goosebumps!!!

Sharon Longie Dana(73)

Alice Vandal Leonard’s (Ed [53] Deceased) reply/Picture to Neola Kofoid Garbe: 

Hi Gary,

Here is the picture I was telling you about.  I am also including Alice Vandal Leonard’s reply to my email where I requested info about the picture.  It is with Alice’s permission that I am including her reply.  This picture might have been a reject (eyes closed), but it’s still good. 

Neola

Thanks, Neola:

I’m on the farthest left (already had 5
children and #6 was born 8 mos later) and my sister Grace is
Maid of Honor standing next to my sister.  Grace is married to
Duane Woodford of Dunseith and they live in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.  My sister, Jeannie (Eugenia) died of ovarian
cancer 10 years ago.  Her husband still attends all our family
reunions and lives in Henderson, NV.  He grew up in Regent, ND,
served in the Army and met my sister when they both were
graduate students at Columbia U, NY.

Thanks, too, for the football pic.  Yes, Ed is #3 on it.  One
of our grandsons resembles him in this pic.  I’d never seen
this one before.

Maybe I’ll see you sometime this summer?  I spent last week in
Fargo attending grandsons’ ballgames (my son David there
coaches both teams) and saw “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat” in Trollwood.  Next week, I’m off to Minnesota and
Kansas for my nephew’s wedding.  Summer is fleeting and I love,
love every minute.  Love, Alice

Message/News paper Article from Gary Morgan (54): 

Gary & All,

Attached is Garry Woodford’s writeup on the game Darrell referred to.  Also his wrapup of the season.
Any success I enjoyed on the football field has to be attributed to Virgel Vanorney.  We had two weeks of football practice in the spring of 1950 and another two weeks before school started that fall.  Since we didn’t have a football coach yet, Virgel drilled, and I mean DRILLED, us in the fundamentals.  He instilled in all of us two basic principles: “Stay low” and “If you hit them harder than they hit you, you’re not going to get hurt”.  I’m convinced that had Vidge stayed our coach, we would have had a more successful season that first year.  This is evidenced by the fact that we thoroughly dominated Towner in a preseason scrimmage but they beat us during the season.
I had another advantage.  Being a freshman the first season Dunseith fielded a team in several years, I had just as much experience as the upperclassmen.  This enabled me to start all four years.
Dick should hang on to that helmet.  It’s a relic of possibly the only undefeated seasons Dunseith ever had in football.

Gary Morgan