Happy Birthday Allen Richard (’65): Midland, MI

 

1982 Dunseith Bi-Centennial Belt Buckle
Request from Randy Kelly (’69):  St. Paul, MN

Gary,

I was reading your blog today and noted a 2008 post re: the Dunseith cent. belt buckle that Dick J. had designed and was wondering if anyone had one they would part with or if one could still find one somewhere.  I have a collection and would certainly pay to get one.  Let me know if you have any ideas.  Thanks again for all your effort regarding the Dunseith Connection you manage so well.

Warmly,

Randy

 

Freddie Hiatt Story
Reply from Connie Zorn Landsverk: Bottineau, ND

Love this story Orval Moren wrote!  Roger ( my husband)  talked  about the Freddie Hiatt,

Farm, but he never took me there!!

 

Reply from Jim Kofoid:  Bottineau, ND

Hi Gary and family!  Is partying all you expats do over there!!??    (Seems

Like a lot of fun!)

Jim K

 Jim,

The saying here among our Expat friends, from many countries of the world, is that the social life here far exceeds the countries we all come from. We are all the same, without a lot of the status pressures that can exist in our parent countries. We all have the same status with that being Expats (Foreigners). Blue collar, White collar, Doctors, Lawyers  – makes no difference.  We have them all in our group too.

Gary

 

Frozen Fingers Festival – Feb 13^th  and 14^th
Posting from Dick Johnson (’68):  Dunseith, ND

Gary

We’ve been busy working on our annual Frozen Fingers Festival that will be held on February 13 and 14.  Maybe some of the folks might be interested in this.  I’ve attached a copy of the poster and the one for Highway 43.  Thanks.

Dick

 

          Mark Perry

(December 10, 1947 – January 23, 2015)

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JAMES MARK PERRY

James Mark Perry, age 67 of Dunseith, died on Friday, January 23, 2015 in his home. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Burial will be in the Rendahl Cemetery of rural Dunseith. Visitation will be on Thursday beginning at 10:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. in the Nero Funeral Home of Bottineau.

James Mark Perry, was born in Ashland OH, December 10, 1947 to Marty (Mueller) and James Martin Perry. He was the oldest son of five children. In his youth he moved to Akron, OH, Sunnyvale, CA, and eventually to Cocoa Beach, FL where his family settled and some still reside. Mark was in the first graduating class at Cocoa Beach High School in 1965. Mark moved to Las Vegas in 1975 where he met Ann and they were married on May 20, 1978. Once they were married he adopted her daughter, Eloyce. In 1979 they moved to North Dakota, where their daughter, Jana was born. Later that year they moved to Brevard County, Florida. In 1982, their daughter, Franki joined the family. In 1983 they returned to North Dakota where he enjoyed the quiet country life, exploring the back country roads in many different areas of the state where he lived. Most of his time was spent in Bottineau and Rolette counties. The wildlife roaming free through his front yard was a highlight of his day.

Mark will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Ann. His daughters, Jana (Kris) Bellamy, Washburn, ND and Franki (Steven) Wolhart, and their children, Jacqueline, Samuel, and Kevyn, Bottineau, ND. Mother, Marty Perry of Cocoa Beach, FL and mother-in-law, Eloise Boppre, Bottineau, ND. Sisters – Carol (Jim) Simpson, Ormond Beach, FL, Betsy (Chuck) Blair, Port St. John, FL, and Bobbi (Bill) Gnan, Oviedo, FL; Brother- Jon (Diana), Liverpool, NY. Sister-in law, Donna (Walt) Weaver, Apache Junction, AZ and brother-in-law, Joe Boguslawski, Dunseith, ND. Several aunts, uncles, numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and cousins. He also leaves behind his pets, Shadow, Buster, Tommy, Snowball, and Junior. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Eloyce; his father, James; father-in-law, Donald, and his sister-in-law, June.

 

Class of (’63) 50^th reunion Pictures
Posted by Roberta (Gary ’63) Houle: Champlin, MN

Hi Gary–

Gary Houle(’63), my husband, helped me label these pictures.  If any are mislabelled, feel free to correct.  Sorry I did not get them to you sooner.  Since I do not know how to put the names with the pictures, hopefully Gary you can do it for me.

Gary and I enjoy the info in the “Dunseith Alumni” postings that you do.  Since I work on genealogy, it is fun seeing who is related to who.  It was very similar to the small farm town where my Dad grew up.  I(Roberta) did not grow up on a farm though.

Thanks for all you do, Gary.

Roberta Houle, spouse of Gary Houle (’63), Champlin, MN

 

Cousins and brother –  Marlys, Dennis, Lois, Janet, Jim at Gramp’s place.
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe:  Bottineau & Minot, ND

 

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Blog (238) posted on October 1, 2008
Reply from Bill Lamb:

Gary:

Reading about Peter Poole brought back a lot of memories.  Pete lived 3/4 of a mile east of our farm on Highway 43.  My parents often hired him to help with haying and harvesting  He was a good friend of my parents.  As a kid, I liked to run over to his log home at meal time as he always had fried potatoes and fried wieners.  Pete owned a 160 acre farm and a 40 acre farm where he lived.  When I was about fifteen years old, our family bought the l60 acres which adjoined our farm.  Vickie Metcalfe’s family now own that land.  The note about Agnes and Martin Murray also brought back memories as I left my pony in their barn each day while I attended Central School on the south side of Carpenter Lake.  This was Don Johnson’s first teaching job, I believe.  Don used to tell us students we were teaching him as much as he taught us.

Another colorful old gentlemen that lived around Dunseith was Lynn Gilbert who had some colorful stories about the prohibition days.  Lynn would entertain several of the younger guys on a Saturday night at the Crystal Cafe with his many stories.

Gary, we appreciate everything that you do.  Bill Lamb

 

From Shirley LaRocque Wendt (59): 

HI GARY, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WILL BE GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY ON MY HEART, MOST LIKELY OPEN HEART, I NEED TO  HAVE A VALVE REPLACEMENT.  NEXT WEDNESDAY I WILL BE GOING FOR A COUPLE MORE PROCEDURES THEN I WILL FIND OUT WHEN THE SURGERY WILL BE.  SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE LOTS OF PRAYERS. THANKS SHIRLEY Shirely, Our prayers will be with you.  Please keep us posted.  Gary   Reply from Rod Hiatt (69):  Hello Gary I did get the buckles made and handled the sale of them through my Western store. I sold the remaining buckles that I had left to George Gottbreht. I am not sure how many I had left, but George may still have some. The company that cast the buckles was Award Design Medals from Norman Oklahoma. They also made the Bottineau Centinniel buckle and I believe I did 1 for Willow City and the 100 years of the Botno County Fair. We made up a number of the brass buckles that were sold for $20.00 and 1 sterling silver with 24k gold plate that was auctioned off during the centennials and the proceeds of the silver buckle was donated to the committee. I believe my cousin Dwayne Lang ended up with the Dunseith buckle and I think it brought around $1500-$1600. I know that Jim Holwell got the Bottineau buckle, I believe Paul Heidbreder the fair buckle and not sure on the Willow City one. Dick also forgot to mention that the head of the design department of Award Design told me that if Dick ever wanted a career as a design artist to give them a call. He said this was one of the first drafts that they didn’t have to do any touch up work on. These buckles and Dick have something in common, when they were cast the molds were broke and they will never be duplicated. God only knows that 2 Dick Johnsons would be too much.   Rod, I had a nice visit with your Mother, Vida, several days ago. She sounds great and is doing well.  Gary   Reply from Carmen Leonard Richard (Rolette):  Class of 1936 – Estelle Charlebois — born 1916 – married Leo Mongeon 1939 — died  April 7 1992 Carmen’s reply to Gary: She was my aunt. My mothers maiden name was Charlebois. I see that I have made a mistake in the year of her birth, I will have to change it in my book. Her obit was not clear on the date of her birth. sorry!. I was surprised that she graduated from DHS I always thought she had graduated from Rolla. Charebois Mongeon Estelle Born March 22, 1918    –    Died April 7, 1992 Deceased   Question from Sharon Longie Dana (73):  Reply to Ann Boppre Perry, Am I right in reading that all the old trophies are not being kept at the school. You are giving them away for postage. Sharon Longie Dana(73)                                      Dunseith High School Class of 1937   Last First Address City / State / ZIP Phone Email   Bedard Nader Georgette 41130 Fox Run, Apt 110 Novi, MI 48377 (248) 960-7565 No email address 1 Berube Bauer Laura Born August 7, 1918    –    Died April 12, 2006 Deceased 2 Bibeau Henry Born June 11, 1917    –    Died September 5, 1997 Deceased 3 Cornell Royden Noyes Born August 30, 1919    –    Died August 17, 2000 Deceased 4 Dailly Ohlsen Flora Born September 7, 1918    –    Died August 13, 2002 Deceased 5 Gehres Gladys       Unable to locate 6 Murray Eileen Born August 4, 1921    –    Died January 1, 2003 Deceased 7 Pritchard Eurich Winifred Bottineau, ND 58318 (701) 263-4827 (daughter Eileen) St. Andrew’s Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Bottineau 8 Richard Herbie Source: Prairie Past and Moutain Memories 1882-1982 Deceased 9 Salmonson Duchesneau Esther Born June 8, 1919    –    Died June 24, 2005 Deceased 10 Satrang Alfred 816 Eastern Ave Grafton, ND 58237 (701) 776-5595 (701) 352-1634 nursing home Rugby. Daughter/Corrine address csatrang@gra.midco.net 11 Satrang Berdella Born June 3, 1918    –    Died March 1, 1984 Deceased 12 Stadheim Pearson Lorraine Born September 16, 1918    –    Died August 14, 2001 Deceased   Dunseith News provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe: