Happy Birthday Dana Henriksen Johnson (’66): Meridian, ID
Toni Morinville Gredesky’s husband, Jerry Gredesky passed away.
Face Book posting from Toni Morinville (’68): Fairmount, ND
Lunch in Bismarck – Reply to Mel Kuhn
From Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND
Hello Gary;
I hope you and your family are doing well?
I thought I would write and give my view of my brother Henry and I meeting up with a couple of fellows from the hills. It was a tough decision deciding where to have lunch but it was all settled when Mel suggested we go to the Ground Round, as he would like to see his son, who works there and his other son, also came and had lunch with us. It was a pleasure to meet his sons who were both good looking and polite young men. We did have a good time and we will have to do it again someday.
Mel was right too about the patrons and staff of the Ground Round seeming to enjoy our time spent there, enjoying the great tasting burgers and each other’s company. I thought most of the looks and smiles were because these two fellows from the hills came in with their Turtle Mountain swagger and were wearing their caps sideways. Henry and I don’t wear hats and haven’t since we moved to Dunseith back in the 50’s, when the bigger town kids would steal them off our heads and play catch, keep-away with them and then once, one took my hat into the Crystal Café, took the seat off the post at the counter and put my hat on the post then put the seat down over top of it. My hat was a ball of grease. It was a long time before I ever wore a hat again and still seldom do unless I have to. Actually, if I remember correctly, it was Julian Kalk who told us that we shouldn’t wear our hats up-town as the bigger kids would take them from us and play games. He must have felt sorry for us kids from hills who were actually taught to dress for winter. Actually, he probably went through the same battle when his family moved to town and he didn’t want to see a replay.
By the way Mel that great waiter we had at the Ground Round gave me a call the other day and asked me to come back and pick up some items you and Dick left behind. He said he could not bear to throw away those pictures you and Dick colored while we were there. He said he never saw such color coordination and the way you two guys were able to color within the lines was uncanny. I guess he is an art student up at BSC and knows what he is talking about. After seeing them again I was impressed too, so I brought them home and showed them to my wife. She hung them on the front of the fridge with the Grand-children’s colored pictures. So, when you fellows decide to come down again, I’ll give them to you at our next meeting. By the way, the waiter thought you fellows might also want the crayons, so he put them in a baggie and gave them to me also. That art student was really impressed with your talent for coloring and he couldn’t talk enough the future you both could have in the art world. Something for you both to consider?
Yes, Henry and I both agree that it was a fun lunch and we all will have to do it again sometime. By the way Mel, Have you seen an “O’clock” laying around up there in the Hills? I lost one last night. Damn time change.
Keep on laughing,
Larry
Jose Balintino Family photo Info
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
Hi Gary,
At the time Marlene Plante Henderson (now deceased) and Mel Kuhn provided information for this family (October 25, 2008), I didn’t get the information added to the picture. I just added it now–thanks for resending the October 25, 2008. I don’t know if your readers are interested in seeing the picture with the information added, but here it is. 
Neola
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Blog (263) posted on October 26, 2008
Reply from Myra Henning Halvorson (72):
Gary,
You can’t believe how much Les and I enjoy reading your emails everyday.
Thank you for all the time and effort you put into this. We do appreciate
it! We watch closely the numbers on each email, and have not received
#255, 256, 258 and 261. We hate to miss anything!! Please re-send these
to me and thanks again for the great job you’re doing. Myra (Henning)
Halvorson
Folks, Please let me know if you don’t receive some of these messages. With these messages coming form overseas combined with the volume that I send, some of your email providers may trigger some of these as spam. More often than not, I don’t always get a return message telling me when messages don’t get delivered. Gary
Reply to Gary from David Slyter (70): f
Folks, I want to share this reply I got from David. I was asking him about his job and this is his reply. I know many of you are familiar with NDSU.
David, I see you go by Dave these days, but I remember you as David, Bob as Bobbie and Richard as Richard. Gary
Hi Gary:
Thanks for getting that corrected for me. I really appreciate it.
I work for North Dakota State University.(NDSU) I have been there now for 6 years and really enjoy it. I am a custodial supervisor. I have 14 employees under me and 7 building to look after as far as custodial care is concerned. It is challenging at times but I really enjoy it.
You just got up and I am just about ready to head for bed. ha Just a world a part huh? ha
You take care and have a great day ahead of you.
I really enjoy all the letters that you post daily on the Dunseith Alumni site. It is much appreciated by everyone.
Take care and God Bless
Dave
Reply from Lyle Olson (75):
Bernard inadvertantly left out what happened on the 9th hole of that little trip to Canada. I was quite happy that I had played the first 8 holes without losing a ball, and I was ahead in the game as a result. Well, the 9th hole at Wasagaming is a downhill dogleg to the right. There is such a deep drop from the tee box that the Canadians had set a mirror in a tree so that you could see if the group ahead of you had cleared the area. Before walking off the tee box to go look at that mirror, I had placed my lucky ball up on a tee. Keith Berg, who really is an excellent golfer but who had not a hit a straight shot all that day, stepped up to my ball and hit a perfect 250 yard drive — straight into the trees that line the road coming into the golf course. Needless to say I was quite put out about his little trick. Indeed, I double bogeyed the 9th hole and proceeded to pout all the way deep into the back 9 as well. Everyone thought that Keith’s “drive” was quite funny — everyone but me.
I remember that trip like it was yesterday. Bernard’s wife, Robin, had just given birth to Rachel, their first daughter. It was no doubt Rachel’s first trip to Canada. In any event, Bernard was the smart one because soon after that trip he gave up golf. If one were to listen to Bernard, he gave up golf to spend more time with family; however, I think he gave up golf after he backed his 3/4 ton Ford pickup over his golf clubs and he was too cheap to buy a new set!!!!!
From Lyle Olson (75):
Gary and all:
When I first sent in the story about playing basketball at Campbell’s and enjoying the never ending summers in Dunseith, I did so in the hopes that other ‘70’s alumni might share a few stories. Well, a few people responded but not as many as I had hoped. Perhaps a few stories about spending time at Morinville’s might spur some stories.
Joe and Frances Morinville were like second parents to me. In fact, Deb, Dewey and Bev are my siblings, just as much as Don and Rob are. Toni was out of the home at college when I started hanging out at Morinville’s so I really do not know her all that well. In any event, the Morinville house was always open to the kids. We spent hours playing kickball by the old City Hall before it burned down. If you could kick a ball in Henning’s back yard behind the Gambles, that was equivalent to a home run to be sure. I remember countless hours playing kickball and just hanging out on the back and front porches talking, teasing and planning trouble. Campbells, Melmers, Malaterres, Hagels, Hennings, Neameyers, Strucks, Parisiens, Colemans, Johnsons, Roberts, LaVallies, Azures, Faines, Berubes, Tookes, Krauses, Morins, Metcalfes and many, many others all seemed to hang out at Morinville’s at one time or another. If you were looking for someone, you did not go to their house, you went to Morinville’s to find the person!
Frances Morinville took all the commotion in stride; so, too, did Joe. I think they tolerated all of us kids over there as it was the price to be paid so that their children were not out running wild with the miscreants they hanged out with. Frances loved to play cards and there were many a night spending time at Morinville’s playing whist. I used to make Frances quite mad at me because I would never suit my cards when playing whist. When each hand was played I would go through my cards looking for the right card to play, which meant the game took longer and invariably I would miss the right card to play and we would get set!! God, she would get mad when I did that!
Joe, as noted before, used to take all of us kids swimming at School Section Lake. We all hanged out Morinville’s after getting back. The commotion around the house usually stopped when the 10:00 pm whistle would blow, but when the kids did not leave, he would make sure that siren was not the last sign to go home to be heard at the house. He, like Frances, had a heart of gold. I know for a fact that he charged many thousands of dollars of groceries to people having hard times, including my family. I also know that many people owed a lot of money to Joe at the time of his death. You would never have heard him complain about that, however, as that was not his nature.
One of my fondest memories of Frances is the talk I had with her when I was excluded from a teen dance. The Neameyer twins used to have dances in their garage. The kids in the classes of 1971, 1972, 1973 and even 1974 were invited to these dances. These were the kids I used to hang out with, but I was not invited because I was too young (too young or too immature – most likely the latter as I look back on it now). In any event, all the kids were having a grand old time at the dance and I was watching TV with Frances. She looked at me and said, “What is wrong with you?” I told her I was quite upset about being excluded from the dance. She said, “Well, do you know how to dance?” I really did not want to answer as I did not know how to dance and the last thing I wanted was for Frances to teach me. However, teaching me to dance was the last thing on her mind. Instead, she told me a story about not growing up too fast and to try and create my own space so that my happiness did not depend on others. Well, this was profound stuff for a young kid. Needless to say, the advice served me well over the years.
One of the saddest moments of my life was also spent alone with Frances. As most know, she developed cancer and eventually succumbed to that terrible illness. I always admired the way she fought and also the way Bev and her family cared for Frances. Well, I was alone with Frances one night when Bev went to Dale’s to get some milk or something. Frances asked if I would reposition her on the couch. She had never asked me to do that before and I was quite reluctant to do so. Nonetheless, I could never refuse her anything, so I picked her up and moved her to where she wanted to be. She was so light and frail at the time that I just knew she did not have long to live. When Bev returned, I literally ran out of the house and to my own house where I cried for an hour. I would cry over Frances again very shortly thereafter as I was three days late home from the service and missed her funeral – one of the greatest regrets of my life as I was not there for Frances and Bev.
Bev and I became very close after the birth of her daughter, Shonda. In order to give Bev some respite from caring for a young daughter, we used to go to movies and out to the clubs. I will never forget the time Bev and I went to Rugby to see Steve Martin in the movie “The Jerk”. Steve Martin’s first line in that movie is “I was born a poor black child.” Bev started laughing so hard that we both had tears coming down our face. She laughed so much during that movie that the other patrons wanted us thrown out!!! After the movie, we went to Kirsten’s in Bottineau and she had to tell everyone about this movie, all the while laughing so hard that no one knew what the hell she was saying!!
Bev later married Clarence Azure and they were stationed at the big Army base in Colorado Springs. I used to work in Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, CO during the summers and would travel down to visit her and her ever growing brood. Bev would often return home to Dunseith when Clarence was sent on a deployment. On one such trip home, she asked if I would fly with her to Colorado and help her with her children. Well, we made the trip from Minot to Denver just fine. However, the trip from Denver to Colorado Springs was the scariest flight I have ever been on – this from a person who spent 2700 hours in a C-9A Nightengale when in the USAF and who has earned 150,000 frequent flyer miles in the last 1.5 years. The airport in Denver was much closer to the front range than the current airport and the planes were exposed to terrible downdrafts as the hot air came over the front range of the Rockies and dived into cold air. We took off from Denver and at about 5 minutes into the flight, the plane took a down draft and lost a significant amount of altitude and then banked hard to left, almost turning over (or so it seemed). I looked right at Bev and told her we were going to die!!! She responded by looking at me and whispering “don’t say that so loud, the kids will hear”!! I said “who cares about the kids, we going to die” – a little self-centered on my part but I REALLY thought we were going to die. Well, we eventually landed and my nerve returned. Although she never said anything, I think Bev thought that she had one too many kids on that flight – me!
I am certain other ‘70’s alumni have fond memories of hanging out at Morinville’s . Let’s hear some of those……
Lyle
Reply From Ele Dietrich Slyter (69):
Lana and Lori are Dennis and Mary Ann (Gottbreht) Brennan’s daughters.
The family is Ernest and Beatrice (Slyter) Richard…upper right corner is Larry and Leroy is next to Ernest. Can’t remember the rest of the names, but am sure someone will fill in the blanks.
Thank you Gary.
Reply from Evon Lagerquist (77):
Dennis and Mary Ann Brennan are the parents of Lana & Laurie Brennan.
Reply from Allen Richard (65):
The large family in the last photo is the Ernest Richard family. Probably around 1967–1970. Marlene Parslow will know the details.
Allen
Reply from Mark Schimetz (70):
The two Brennan Girls, on left is Lana Brennan, and younger Laurie Brennan daughters of Dennis and Maryann Brennan of Dunseith.
The Large family Picture is the Ernest Richard Family from Bottineau ND. They moved to River Falls Wisconsin in the late 60s
Reply from Carmen Leonard Richard (Rolette):
That family is the Ernest Richard (Beatrice Slyter) family
Reply from David Slyter (70):
Gary:
The family in the picture that Neola sent is of the Ernest and Beatrice Richard family. My wife Pat and I just came back from a
visit with Beatrice and her daughter Marlene Parslow. Beatrice is doing great and next month she will be a young 86 years old. She still gets out once in a while and even travels to Arizona in January, where Marlene and her husband live. It was a great lunch and visit that we had with them. Floyd passed away about two years ago.
Please don’t ask me to identify the kids, as I wouldn’t know them all. I do recognize LeRoy and Marlene though. Nice glasses Marlene. Ha
Dave Slyter (70)
Replies from Marlene Richard Parslow (65):
Hi Gary,
The last picture in this selection is MY family!!!! My parents and all of their children!! It was taken when I was a junior or senior in High School. WOW!! How did you get this?
Marlene(Richard)Parslow
Hi Gary!
Correction!!!! I was actually 21 years old in the picture of our family. I had just become engaged prior to this photo being taken. The eye glasses back then were really something!!!! Weren’t they??
I am amazed at how people get ahold of these photos!! Cool!
Peace and continued happiness,
Marlene(Richard) Parslow
Marlene, This is a great photo. If you can identify everyone for us, I will repost this picture with names. I know your family moved to Bottineau when you were going into 2nd grade, but with all the Dunseith alumni relatives that you have and with the number of Bottineau folks on our distribution list, many of our readers will remember your family. I posted a more recent picture of you an Evie Gottbreht blow your family photo. Gary
PS – I’m not sure how Neola figured this to be a Dunseith related picture for me to post. It must have just been pure instinct. I don’t think she had any idea this was your family.
All pictures have been provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:
Ernest & Beatrice (Slyter) Richard Family
Note: I will repost with names whenidentified.
Marlene Richard & Evie Gottbreht – July 12, 2007
Daughters of Dennis (deceased 55) & MaryAnn Gottbreht (58)
Lana (1980) & Laurie (1982) Brennan
Can anyone identify these folks in the Ted Greiner wedding?
Can anyone identify these folks in the Ted Greiner wedding?
Can anyone identify this family?
Dunseith High School Class of 1968
| Last | First | Address | City / State / ZIP | Phone | ||
| 1 | Abrahamson | Darrel | HCR Box 20 | Saint John, ND 58369 | (701) 244-5151 | |
| 2 | Abrahamson | Doyle | 1950 S Moline Way | Aurora, CO 80014 | (303) 751-5137 | |
| 3 | Azure | Kenneth | 13214 180th Ave NE | Redmond, WA 98052 | (425) 885-1923 | No email address |
| 4 | Bergan | Larry | RR # 1 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 244-5807 | No email address |
| 5 | Boguslawski | John | Born October 14, 1950 – Died June 1981 | Deceased | ||
| 6 | Campbell | Richard | 11 Morraine Pt | Minot, ND 58703 | (701) 839-2001 | |
| 7 | Coleman Myer | Beth | RR #1 Box 104 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 263-4609 | |
| 8 | Delorme | Eddie | Born April 14, 1950 – Died September 27, 1970 | Deceased | ||
| 9 | Espe | Monte | 1800 76th St NW | Burlington, ND 58722 | (701) 852-8499 | |
| 10 | Evans | Frank | 1140 Havanna Rd | Owatonna, MN 55060 | (507) 451-8790 | |
| 11 | Evenson Olson | Sharlyn | 1105 8th Ave SE | JAMESTOWN, ND 58401 | No Phone | No email address |
| 12 | Faine Christopherson | Alice | PO Box ?? | Dunseith, ND 58329 | No phone 701-320-6081 | No email address Son Mitchell 228-3040 |
| 13 | Flynn | Jill | 8334 Highway 50 | Powers Lake, ND 58773 | (701) 464-5771 | |
| 14 | Gagnon | John | HC 31 Box 5178 | Wasilla AK 99654 | (907) 376-7337 | |
| 15 | Gregory | Terry | Born November 11, 1950 – Died February 28, 1976 | Deceased | ||
| 16 | Grimme | Greg | No contact info available | No email address | ||
| 17 | Grimme Eltz | Gwen | 7106 N Tucannon St | Spokane, WA 99208 | (509) 328-8093 | |
| 18 | Hackman Schmidt | Betty | 205 S Higley Rd Lot 114 | Mesa, AZ 85206 | 480-789-9334 | |
| 19 | Halvorson | Terry | RR # 1 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 244-5951 | |
| 20 | Hill | Timothy | 112 Third Ave | Burlington, ND 58722 | (701) 838-3813 | |
| 21 | Hoffman | Brenda | 1209 East Washington Street; Unit 406 | Greenville, SC 29601 | (320) 230-1999 | |
| 22 | Johnson | Dick | Route 1 Box 36 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 263-4564 | |
| 23 | LaCroix Chisholm | Paulette | 6 Bent Lane | Newark, Delaware 19711 | 302-368-4646 | |
| 24 | Lagerquist | Lyle | RR #1 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 263-4535 | No email address |
| 25 | Lagerquist | Pamela | Pam was in the Dusneith area for several years while her dad was working construction. Does any one know anything about her, where she came from or what her married name may be? | Having problems locating her | ||
| 26 | Lamb Schepp | Martha | 630 92nd St. NW | Newburg, ND 58762 | 701-272-6341 | |
| 27 | LaRocque Poitra | Linda | PO Box 896 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 244-2157 | No email addresss |
| 28 | LaRocque | Ronald | PO Box 2946 | Center, ND 58530 | (701) 794-3407 | |
| 29 | LaVallie Anderson | Beverly | RR #1 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 263-4958 | No email address |
| 30 | Law | Douglas | 3300 Regent Park Walk | Virginia Beach, VA 23452 | (757) 431-8479 | |
| 31 | Mellmer Krusinski | Connie | 11139 Northwest Rd, Apt A | Palos Hills, IL 60465- | (708) 974-4489 | No email address |
| 32 | Metcalfe | Kathy | Born December 21, 1949 – Died December 1, 2003 | Deceased | ||
| 33 | Metcalfe | Lola | RR # 1 | Dunseith, ND 58329 | (701) 263-4783 | |
| 34 | Metcalfe Moreno | Nancy | 546 Avenue G | Powell, WY 82435 | (307) 754-5277 | No email address |
| 35 | Mongeon | Randi | 1375 White Oak Dr | Chaska, MN 55318 | 952-448-1980 | |
| 36 | Morinville Gredesky | Toni | P.O. Box 133 | Farimount, ND 58030 | 701-474-5520 | |
| 37 | Parrill Lenoue | Janet | 368 Atwood Dr | Lexington, KY 40515 | (859) 272-7262 | |
| 38 | Saint Claire Tooke | Darlene | 102 Louise Ave | Wilton, ND 58579 | (701) 734-6947 | No email address |
| 39 | Struck Dumas | Gwen | 5496 Butte Rd | Havre, MT 59501 | (406) 395-4611 | |
| 40 | Wenstad Prouty | Karen | PO Box 128 | Baldwin City, KS 66006 | (785) 594-4124 | No email address |
| 41 | Myer Wheeler | Holly | PO Box 50415 | Casper, WY 82605 | 307-258-9106 | No email address |
| 42 | Wheeler | James | PO Box 50415 | Casper, WY 82605 | 307-258-9106 | No email address |
| 43 | Williams | Frank | PO Box 1644 | Belcourt, ND 58316 | (701) 244-0694 | No email address |
| 44 | Rodriguez | Esther | 1103 11th Ave SE | Saint Cloud, MN 56304 | (320) 202-9910 | No Email address |