Happy Birthday Laurel Wenstad (’63): Dundas, MN
Happy Birthday Kathy Salmonson Helgeland (’63): Dunseith, ND
Looking for a guy named Cossie
Message from Dale Pritchard (’63): Leesville, LA
Gary,
I have a question then an explanation of why I’m looking for the answer. Do any your readers have knowledge of, or have heard of a guy whose name or nickname was “Cossie?” He would have been in the Dunseith area between 1900 and about 1920. He moved to Eugene, OR and ended up in Los Angeles, CA about 1925. Supposedly, he was a carpenter and oil field construction foreman, he was married with one child and his wife worked in the Goodyear tire factory in Los Angeles.
Reason for the question: I’m just trying to figure out who he was. Herschel Ingalls was a homesteader overlooking Boundary Lake, west of your old farm. He wasn’t really suited for that and ended up working for a hardware store in Dunseith. I understand also that, at one time, between 1905 and 1915, he was the Mayor of Dunseith. About 1917 he, his wife (who was my dad’s aunt) and his family left Dunseith and moved to Eugene, OR. In 1927, Herschel’s son, Keith Ingalls, was working to pay his way through college. He took a summer job in Los Angeles. The Boss was a guy named or nicknamed “Cossie” and said he knew Keith’s dad, Herschel Ingalls, from his days in Dunseith. Anybody out there have any idea who “Cossie” might have been??
Dale Pritchard
Bedard Twins and Triplets.
Reply from Lee Stickland (’64): Dickinson, ND
I believe that Nichole and Nick Bedard were twins? Jean, Juey, and Jim were the obvious triplets of the family.
Nick was a wonderful football teammate. He was about 3 years ahead of me; I began playing on HS football team when I was in the 8th grade. Robert Jury and Donald Prouty were the coaches.
16 degrees, icy streets, sidewalks. Employees coming to work on Sunday morning were experiencing, OOPS !
and then getting up from the ground. Warm shoes when riding in car to work and then stepping on ice is a special
LEE
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
NOTE: Paul Wagar’s son, Scott Wagar, is the Editor of the Bottineau Courant.
With our trip back to the area for the whole month of July 2013, I had
many conversations with Paul at the Bottineau Bakery with our
morning Breakfasts. Paul was such a nice friendly guy. I dearly loved
visiting and talking with him. He will be missed.
Gary
Paul Wagar
(Died February 9, 2015)
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Guest Book | Sign Guest BookPaul Wagar, age 81 of Bottineau, died Monday at a Bottineau hospital. Funeral will be held on Friday at 2:00 pm at the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Visitation will be Thursday from 2:00 pm until 9:00 pm and again on Friday from 10:00 am until service time the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Burial will be at the Oak Creek Cemetery in Bottineau.
Paul Duane Wagar was born June 20, 1933 in Inkster, ND to Eldon and Alice (Carlson) Wagar. Paul grew up in Wannaska, MN where he spent most of his childhood growing up on a farm and playing Hockey. Paul was employed as an Electrical Apprentice at Jamestown, ND where he met Janet Gillies who was working as a Student Nurse. They were married on April 5, 1959 at Turtle Mountain Church, Carbury, ND. They made their home in Jamestown until 1963 and then moved to Kenmare, ND where he was employed with the Missile Program and Graveson Electric where he obtained his Journeyman’s and Master’s licensees. He then moved his family to Bottineau, ND in 1969 to work with North Central Electric where he worked for 32 years, making Bottineau his permanent home.
Paul attended the First Baptist Church in Bottineau. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved watching hockey.
He is survived by his wife, Janet Wagar and Mother-in-Law Victoria Gillies of Bottineau; children, John and Lori (Simonson) Wagar of Bemidji, MN; Mary Wagar Minot, ND and Scott Wagar Bottineau; grandchildren, Miriam Wagar Bemidji, MN and Joshua and Jia (Lu) Wagar Bemidji, MN; siblings, Joseph (Elinor) Wagar Lancaster, WS; Ida (John) Berger Moose Lake, MN and Brother-in-Law Abraham Bontrager Elkhart, IN.
Paul was preceded in death by his Parents; father-in-Law, Alexander Gillies; sister, Ardell Bontrager and nephew, James Wagar.
Arrangements were with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Friends may sign the online register book at www.nerofuneralhome.net.
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Blog (250) posted on October 13, 2008
From Vickie Metcalfe (70):
Sunday morning
Gary,
I just got back to my room after helping (7 a.m.-10:00a.m.)
with the Mavis Hagen pancake and sausage benefit in the cafeteria, it
will continue to go until around 1:00.
It is a very windy, cold, dark and rainy fall day. Reports of some
snow in the Turtles.
Dog gone it, those UffDa area North Dakotans came out! A nice turn
out of folks coming here before and after their respective church
services. Thrivent for Lutherans is helping to sponsor this event.
Also, Some friends put together a silent auction, yet others a raffle
for an antique desk, their wish is for Mavis to take the cash to
help with a wig and traveling expenses to Bismarck this week.
As I wiped tables, there was the sound of an applause and
Mavis came in wearing a mask over her mouth and nose. Her devoted
Art, brought her over. Clarence and Mary Ann were also here.
Other former Dunseith grads also came, among them, the Davy
Abrahamsons from the hills by Carpenter Lake.
Thanks Gary.
Vickie
Happy Birthday Patti Metcalfe Woods (67):
Patti, the following message appeared on my computer screen. I wasn’t aware that I was signed up for this service, but it’s wonderful that I am. This is a milestone birthday for you too. Go out tonight and celebrate with Jack, friends and family members. Have fun and enjoy. Gary
| Patti Woods’s birthday is today, October 13! | ||
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| First Name: | Patti |
| Last Name: | Woods |
| Maiden Name: | Metcalfe |
Dunseith News provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:
Dunseith High School Class of 1955
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