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Squirrel Story
From Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
Squirrel stories seem to be going over pretty well these last few days. I have one that isn’t as ‘exciting’ as Vickie’s story about her dad in the granary with the wild squirrel but sure, at the time it happened, got my attention pretty quickly. During harvest, we would often park Dad’s old ’51 GMC two ton in the alley way of the barn overnight if we had a load of grain on it and didn’t want it rained on.
One morning I went up to the barn to get the loaded truck out to empty it into the bin and when I rolled open the barn door, I startled a squirrel that had been sampling some of the grain near the back of the load. He took off over the grain and disappeared somewhere up toward the cab of the truck. I didn’t give it a thought until I walked around to get in and noticed the driver’s side window was down. I thought, did he go in there, I doubt it but where did he go? I opened the door and pounded on the seat with my hand to scare him out from under the seat if he was under there. No squirrel so he must have gone down off the front somewhere. I got in and started the truck and thought I better roll the window up because he might jump back in if he is around the truck somewhere? I started backing the truck out of the barn and all at once he shot out from under the seat and ran across my arms and hit the window he thought was open– but wasn’t now. He bounced off the glass and ran across my shoulders and back across the seat and turned and did it again…and then a third time. I was half way out the barn door and couldn’t open the truck door or let the old truck roll down backwards into the lake so I had to keep backing out until I could open the door and let him out. It was exciting at the time and when it was all over, I noticed a stinging on my left arm. It was covered with little slices from his claws from every time he went around and tried to get out the window. I guess we both had a little excitement that morning. Thanks Gary!
Dick
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
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Blog (229) posted on September 21, 2008
From Lee (Leland) Stickland (64):
Gary and all present, former, future Dunseith citizens.
I enjoy the information and the stories so much,
Some may recall a gentleman named Pete Poole.
I believe he ‘circulated’ in the area near and around Kelvin Store.
He had a saying that he owned
40 ACRES OF WHITEFACE COWS AND A FLEET OF FORD V8s.
There are many stories; some true, some nearly true, some subject to source of, etc…
Whatever, my few words from South West North Dakota. Lee
From Gary Morgan (54):
Gary & All,
In the Early 50s Beulah Shurr had a class project where her students went out and interviewed some of the old timers around Dunseith and then wrote up the interview. Some of the results showed up in the Dunseith history book ” Prairie Past and Mountain Memories”. My brother Dick’s effort is on page 323.
He interview Lillie Kotchevar about the Dunseith bank robbery. Lillie was a little girl at the time and the robber also robbed her father’s store. I thought possibly your readers would be interested in seeing a newspaper account of this incident. Also, a picture of the would be robber laid out on a slab.
Unfortunately, I don’t know what newspaper this was taken from. Possibly the “Willow City Eagle”.
This incident brings a couple ot things to mind: 1.Did Cashier Tucker exagerate the amount of the take or is there still $700 stashed somewhere within an hours horseback ride’, round trip, between the hills & Dunseith?
2. If this were to occur today, the citizens of Dunseith would certainly be in deep do do. Especially the Major, he killed the man’s horse!
Gary Morgan
Folks, If any of you see any corrections that need to be made with any of these class lists that I am sending out, please let me know. I have not yet made a formal distribution of the class lists from 1930 thru 1945. I will be doing that in a few days, when I’m finished with the rest of the 30’s classes. I will be mailing hard copies to those that do not have email. Gary
Dunseith High School Class of 1942
| Last | First | Address | City / State / ZIP | Phone | ||
| 1 | Braaten Carpenter | Jean | PO Box 233 | Plummer, MN 56748 | (218) 465-4405 | No email address |
| 2 | Campbell | Alan | 255 Burnetts Rd | Bottineau, ND 58318 | (701) 263-4697 | campap26@yahoo.com |
| 3 | Fassett | Norman | Born January 29, 1924 – Died December 1984 | Deceased | ||
| 4 | Hiatt Fauske | Eleanor | 1252 Lake Rd | Bottineau, ND 58318 | (701) 228-3514 | No email address |
| 5 | Johnson | Warren | Born July 2, 1923 – Died July 25, 1992 | Deceased | ||
| 6 | McDermott Hiatt | June | Born February 14, 1923 – Died September 1, 1986 | Deceased | ||
| 7 | Murry | Emerson (Charles) | 5505 Ponderosa Ave | Bismarck, ND 58503 | (701) 223-1914 | murryce@webtv.com |
| 8 | Myhre Lary | Margaret Ann | 9808 W Wescott Dr | Peoria, AZ 85382 | (623) 566-0252 | muggsyann@cox.net |
| 9 | Nelson Asch | Barbara | 1901 California Ave SW | Seattle, WA 98116 | (206) 933-2703 | lisa-pat@comcast.net Daughter Lisa (206) 708-6621 |
| Orvik | Thomas | Born February 17,1925 – Died August 30, 2006 | Deceased | |||
| 10 | Orvik | Virgil | Born Sepember 22, 1923 – Died Dec 1971 | Deceased | ||
| 11 | Sanders | Lee | Born April 10, 1925 – Died September 5, 1991 | Deceased | ||
| 12 | Schneider Hardy | Dorothy | 2940 May Road | El Sobrante, CA 94803 | (510) 223-2030 | No email address |
| 13 | Wicks Schley | Blanche | 2005 First Ave N | Grand Forks, ND 58203 | (701) 775-8478 | bschley@Medicine.nodak.edu |