Happy Birthday Cheryl Larson Dakin (’71): Bedford, TX

                                                                                                             

   Happy Birthday Esther Murray Fleming (’65): Flint, MI

 

Happy Birthday Linda Gardner (BHS ’68): Vienna VI.

 

Condolences to the Lagerquist family
From Pamela Fugere Schmidt (’73):  Mandan, ND

Rod, Leola, Lyle, Kurt, and Carl,

I’m so very sorry for your loss of Kim. Please accept my heartfelt condolences.

Pamela Fugere Schmidt

 

Reply to Pictures posted
From Flavia Moraes (’73 Exchange student): 

Dear Gary

Jeff Evans and Curt Berg were my classmates.

I remember them very well and these photos posted by Trish (who was my friend too) brought me wonderful memories.

Thank you, Trish and Gary

All the best

Flavia

 

Reply to the Basketball Picture
From Diane Fugere (’75):  Minot, ND

 

Reply from Vickie Metcalfe (’70): Bottineau, ND

Gary, I  sincerely appreciate your pulling up many of the blogs… of other years gone by.

Mark sent in the  photo below, at a time I had sporadic interest and  access to this blog.

My primary interest and  focus at that time, was always on my mother’s care, while she was elderly and a resident in a nursing home.

This was our Second Grade photo.  We were in a combination first and second grade room on the old stage area with Mrs Hanson as our teacher.

She was/is a  Willow City original. She’d share a lot about her daughters, Becky and Heidi.

Sometimes, we second graders  got to walk through the gym,

up a  long hall and first level of stairs to the big white building, joining Mrs Mildred Parrill’s second grade class for music.

Mrs Parrill had shoulder length reddish hair.

The other second graders would look upon us,  as if we were strangers~

But, then  we’d join them in song, “Blue bird, Blue bird from my window.”

There were NINE of us second graders. Janice from town,  Dean, Gordie, myself, David, Marlys and Joanne were farm kids from the hills.

Mark was a town kid  and Allen a  Prairie kid had younger siblings in the class.

My parents had to hire transportation for us to come into town school.

Sometimes, I would be delighted to to ride the Myer bus with the Jim Metcalfe kids!

We nine were  with other 15 to 20  first graders.

I recall once when in line to have our phonic books checked I  glimpsed Gordies.

His answers were all different.

Panicing I erased mine and copied his answers.

Mrs. Hanson did not scold.  Or say, “CHEATER”.

She marked a big  F.

Then,  just said. Please erase and stay in at recess and do over.

I felt mortified!

That was, Lesson number 1 from second grade learned.

Do not copy.

Sometimes, toward the end of the day Mrs Schimetz would walk two beautiful little girls over to meet their brothers.

Stella  dressed those little dolls  alike wearing  their Sunday best in sweet,  little dresses, brown stockings  and polished shoes.

Kathy and Kim with cherub faces,  had long brown hair  which curled down around their shoulders,

beautiful eyes and wide shy, smiles when they caught glimpses of  their big brothers Mark and Reid.

As I recall, because of where we were located, we were mainly isolated from the other second graders and first graders during lunch and recesses.

We ate dinner down stairs in the big square white building. We were in long lines the cooks would thrown tuna noodle hot dish, fish sticks or ?? on our plates.

At free time, we  gathered and  jumped rope, played marbles, or chased each other around, around  TAG

and down, down,  down,  the steps into the back door was “our cave.”

Only once, I cornered Keith K.  a first grade boy from Mrs Seim’s room.  The bell rang.

He scrunched up his face, balled up a fist and popped me in the nose then took off running.

The nose blood spurted and gushed. I did not say a word.

( I remembered what my dad had taught me, never corner anyone,…they will panic)

I went home that night with a blood stained blouse.

I never told.

I never chased or cornered  a boy again!

Lesson number 2  was also learned in  grade Two.

Vickie

 

Top row: Mark Schimetz, Dean Lamb, Gordon Nerpel, Alan Fugere & Vicky Medcalf
Bottom: Janice Allard, David Striker, Marlys Medland, and Joann Millang.

Joke of the day
Posted by Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND

Ole Paints Road Stripe 

A road crew supervisor in Minnesota hired Ole to paint the yellow line down the middle of route 32 heading up toward Bemidji . The supervisor was skeptical about hiring him since OIe didn’t have any painting background, but he appeared enthusiastic and he told the supervisor that he really needed the job. At least his wife Lena told him so.

He explained to Ole that his work or the day would be to complete 2 miles of centerline on the road. He was set up with brushes and paint and his boss got him started.

After the first day, the supervisor was pleased to find that he’d painted 4 miles of road in his 8 hour shift, instead of the two expected of him. He told Ole that he did an excellent job and said how pleased he was with his progress.

On the second day, Ole completed painting just the 2 miles of road that was asked of him. His supervisor was surprised, because on the first day, he had completed twice as much work. But he didn’t say anything, since 2 miles of road was the amount that the job required anyway. He decided to just accept it, and to look forward to the next day when he was sure that Ole would pick up the pace again.

On day 3, the supervisor was disappointed to learn that in his 8 hour shift, Ole completed painting only one (1) mile of road. Ole was called to the supervisor’s office and asked what was the problem.

“On your first day, you completed 4 miles of road, on your second day, 2 miles of road, and now on day 3, you were only able to complete 1 mile of road. What’s the problem, Ole?”

“Vell,” Ole replied, “I’ll tell you vut is da problem, but I tought a smart man like you vould figger it out fer yourself. Every day I get farder and farder avay from da paint can.”

 

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Blog (279) posted on November 11, 2008

 

Ele Dietrich Slyter’s (69) reply to Gary: Cam is Glen and Edna (Susie Knox) Millang’s son — has one brother Kip.  Sherri attended Dunseith until 8 th grade when we transfered her to Bottineau.  If memory serves me correctly Cam also attended Dunseith and transfered to Bottineau to graduate. Mel’s CRS is very catchy and seems to spread quickly.  lol

 

Picture provided by Jeff Skjelver (Glen Shelver’s grandson): 

Hello Mr. Stokes,

Here is a photo of the Salem Lutheran Church I snapped today while driving up to Lake Metigoshe.  It was a beautiful day up in the hills today.

Jeff Skjelver
Rugby, ND

Jeff, Thank you so much for this beautiful winter scene of Salem church.  This church brings back a lot of childhood memories for me and also for a lot of our readers.  My name, with a lot of others, is still posted on the Sunday School attendance roster in the back of the church.  Salem Church is and always has been part of the Metigoshe Lutheran churches.

Folks, Salem church is located about 2 1/2 miles west of the Rolette/Bottineau county line on #43 also known as the Peace Garden or Metigoshe road. It is open to the public in the summer months.  Glen Rude has the keys and is kind of the caretaker. He lives on the Albert Rude Home place located about 1/8 of a mile east and on the south side of the road from the church.  Gary

Do any of you recognize either of these two ladies?  A friend of ours from Bremerton WA. was visiting the Peace Garden last summer when she met these two ladies.  They knew me, so she took their picture.  She lost the paper with their names. Like I mentioned before, most of us change over the years and I just don’t recognize these gals.  Gary