Happy Birthday Cecile Carbonneau Marchand (’51) Clearwater, FL.
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From Trish Larson Clayburgh (73): Portola Valley, CA
Yes Dick you guessed it, and the details! Except it was a 49. You would have made a great detective. The photo was taken the night of the prom, just before we got dressed to go. Gotta love those pants right?
Uff Dah!!!
That was the coolest of all the cool cars my Dad restored while I was in high school. It was a “fastback” and he furnished it with my grandfather’s horsehair blanket for warmth over the front bench seat. The interior was soft, with a plush grey headliner. It was my first car and I was madly in love with it, as you would have been Dick, although it really was a feminine car. I learned to “set points” with my Dad on that car, and I know you know what that means ha ha.
I fondly remember that car, but I am sorry to admit to it’s tragic demise at my inexperienced hand.
It had a sleek push button automatic transmission on it’s perfect dashboard, and I am mortified to this day to tell you I ruined the engine because my Dad assumed I was smart enough to understand how it worked.. I drove it home to the port one night in low gear at high speed when I pushed the wrong button by beginner accident, not knowing why the engine was screaming at me. It was never the same and I was so ashamed when my Dad explained what I had done.
There were other great cars I got to drive in high school, but of all of them, this was my favorite. Even now, it’s hard to admit to my ignorance and the damage it caused. However painful, it was an excellent lesson for me. From then on I was acutely aware of engine sounds and their possible meaning.
By the way, that’s my Dad Harvey Larson. He wasn’t a “drinker” at all, but he found that bottle in front of that cabin in the woods and was “hamming it up” for the camera. He had a funny sense of humor and was always joking around. I still miss him though he’s been gone for 20 years now.
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Blog (273) posted on November 5, 2008
Folks, I still have class lists for the classes of 76 & 77 to post. I will be posting those in the next day or two. Gary
Evelyn Pladson’s death notice/funeral provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:
EVELYN PLADSON, 80, Dunseith, died Sunday in a Minot hospital. Funeral Wednesday, 2 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, Dunseith. Visitation today, 1 to 7 p.m., and Wednesday, 9 a.m. to noon, in Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau.
Condolences to the Pladson family from Paula Fassett (71):
Gary and all:
I was very sad to read that Evelyn Pladson has passed away. Years ago, I worked with her at Hosmer’s Dry Goods (when Lawrence Struck was owner). She was a very hardworking lady, but one who never complained about it. I remember her as a very kind and cheerful lady – she had a laugh that would just make you laugh along! She loved her boys and loved life. I always figured between Evelyn and my great Aunt Helen Nelson, who also worked at Hosmer’s for MANY years, they probably knew everyone in the TurtleMountains – and more than likely were related to about 50% of them!!!
My condolences to her family.
Paula Fassett
Message from Ron Longie (65):
Gary,
I just got back from Elk hunting, and started catching up on my back Emails I especially like your Email with Mr & Mrs Medrud. I remember as a kid spending a considerable amount of time at their house for they were our next door neighbors. The memories are to many to list good, good memories .. Thanks
From Kenny Nerpel (65):
Gary,
Lyle Olson’s contributions trigger some more memories:
I have to agree with Lyle that the reasons he listed are pretty
much why a lot of people choose not to contribute. Another
reason is the CRS issue brought up by Mel Kuhn. Most people, I
think, just do not clearly remember “stuff” from that long ago
and if you happen to get it wrong you risk offending others.
We don’t want to do that, do we.
Being many years older than Lyle, I never really got to know him
in his high school years but I do remember him pretty well from
earlier days. I remember that our families used to try to get
together back then at our Grandparent’s home on Thanksgiving Day.
Later when everyone became more scattered we would get together
at our Uncle Larry Metcalfe’s home in Devils Lake and later
Carrington. When I was about 13 and Lyle was about 3 we were
sitting around our Grandparent’s living room, probably on
Thanksgiving Day, watching their black and white TV and a
Folger’s Coffee commercial came on. Maybe a lot of you will
remember the one about a cup and a half of flavor being in each
cup of coffee. Well anyway they would start pouring the coffee
and it would continue to fill the cup well past the top. Lyle’s
eyes got big and he looked at me and said “they can’t fool me,
that’s ‘wubber’.”
In 1972 when I was enrolled in college at NDSU, the Dunseith High
School basketball team made it into the State Tournament. I
remember that they were huge favorites in the first round against
I think it was Berthhold. I was sitting in a Tavern in Fargo
with some friends and I would go out to my car about every 15
minutes to check on the score. After doing this a number of
times I found that I was about 3 beers behind and decided that
being it was the third Quarter and they were still up by 15
points that I would just check the paper the next day to get the
score and see how Don had done and if they won by enough that
maybe Lyle might have gotten into the game. Imagine my surprise
when i saw the score the next day. A classic example of the
“choke” or maybe just overdoing the prevent defense?
I think it is tough to compare teams of different years because
circumstances vary. Another team that I remember well was the
team of 1987 that also qualified for the state tournament. I
remember them so well because I was following the Starkweather
team that
year that also made it to state and they met Dunseith in the
losers bracket. It went much like i thought it would. Men
against boys. I had seen the Dunseith team earlier that year
against Belcourt, who that year was a real good class A team and
Dunseith handled them with ease. But they also choked in the
state tournament’s first round losing to Leeds, a team that
Starkweather had handled quite easily during the regular season.
The Starkweather team that year had 4 of their starters from
the little community of Webster and I knew all of them quite well.
Dunseith’s class of 1965 team did quite well under the
circumstances. We had a number of kids who probably would have
been starters who decided not to play, I guess partly because
they chose to concentrate on academics instead. We ended up
winning about 10 games with players who might not have started
and a couple of younger kids who weren’t quite ready to play
against seniors. I remember one of them, Alan Houle, was
probably one of the finest pure shooters that ever played at
Dunseith High School. Anything over the half line was considered
a good shot for Alan. What a field day he would have had in the
era of the 3-pointer.
Kenny
Reply from Bev Morinville Azure (72):
Gary,
Almo Pladson was my classmate and a very good friend , I am sorry to hear about his mom I wrote him a personal e mail. But has anyone heard when the funeral will be. thanks gary for all u do Bev
GOD BLESS YOU …………BEV
Reply from Bev Morinville Azure (72):
Thank you Cecile uncle alpie lived with us when he returned from Colorado. I took care of him till he had a stroke and then he wanted to go to the nursing home. He said I had enough with my dad and Shonda. He was always so kind to me everyday when Shonda and I walked to the mail we would go and visit great uncle Alpie, Shonda got very close to him . Uncle Art was my godfather and was a very quiet man and a very kind man also. Thank for sending this picture to me I will also cherish it. Bev
Message/Picture from Orissa Horsman Dion (41):
| Gary I don’t know if you are interasted in this,but will send it anyway.It’s a picture of the Methodist church in Dunseith.It was built in 1919,this picture qas taken in 1958.The bell has been taken down as they were afraid the weight would be too much for the aging building’
My dad’s uncle,Alfred Horsman designed and drew the plans for it.That’s about all I know. Orissa |
Pictures from Allen Richard (65):
I’m enclosing a few pictures of relative I had the chance to connect with.
Me with cousins Laurel Ann and Beverly, Daughters of Art and Irene Richard Lagasse.
(Irene was Dad’s older sister–and sister of Stella Schimetz) (Art Lagasse was the
older brother of Xenon Lagasse who is the late husband of Fern Berube, Angela’s mother.)
And of course Greg and Angela Malget–We had a wonderful dinner at the Mall of America Sunday night on my way home. If you play it right you can get a 4-5 hour layoverinMinneapolis — time enough to visit the Mall for shopping and especially for connecting with loved ones.
(I really did attend the conference—REALLY I did! )
Picture provided by Neola Kofoid Garbe:
Reply from Edith Struck Lampman (73):
Edith, With your parents purchase of Hosmer’s, in the mid 60’s, your family and parents were well known in the Dunseith community. Having known your mother and your family, I know a lot of folks will be interested to see this picture of your Grandmother. Gary
Hi Gary,
The picture that you posted was our mom, Eva’s mother. Her name was Elma Adnette Knudsen born November 8, 1890. She married our grandfather, mom’s dad, Archibald Edward McNair. They lived on the southern plains of Saskatchewan.
Mom took the original picture of her mother to Wondrasek’s to have copies made. I have one with the date of 1974 stamped on it with Wondrasek’s name and address.
thanks Gary for knitting a small community together with memories and history that is a part of all of us. I don’t always get each day’s entry read, but I revel in the chance each time I do.
Also, I have responded to individuals as they post, which has been fun to reconnect that way. You are a hero in my book!
Edith Struck Lampman
Elam Adnette Knudsen McNair – Eva Strucks Mother.
