Clarence Hagen’s death notice – from Neola Kofoid Garbe:
CLARENCE HAGEN, 93, Bottineau, formerly of Dunseith, died Thursday in a Bottineau hospital. (Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau)
Mary Ann, Susan, Karen Ellen, Art, Arlan & Henry; My sincere sympathy goes out to all of you with the loss of your husband and dad. Clarence was a highly respected man in my book. Being the close neighbors that we were, I have known your family my entire life and you kids your entire life’s. I say that, because you are all younger than me. Your dad was a great father and husband. You dad was firm, but very fare with all of you kids and some of the rest of us too in your and our growing up days. I have always respected you dad, highly, for being the guy that he was. He will be missed dearly. My condolences are with you now, with his passing. Gary
Message from Lloyd Awalt (44):
Gary, Bless you for the wonderful memories, I pray that everyone will keep sending in these Memories Past and Present because they mean a lot to many of us.
Gary I first met your Dad out and Pritchards. Since that time your Dad and I have done a lot together. To me the most important has been the work we have done with the VFW putting up the flags honoring all the men from the Bottineau area that have served our country in the Armed Services. So far we have 404 Flags flying in their honor.
Shirley Olson Warcup: When I arrived home from the Navy, I remember there being a lot of kids around but I had no idea who they were. I’m glad to know that you were there. When I stop to think about it, that was a long time ago! Thanks for being there.
I don’t personally know a lot of the people that are writing in but I sure remember their parents. Especially Francis and Joe Morinville, Joe and I worked together at the creamery before Joe bought the store. Bev’s e-mails make me think of her parents.
How many people remember the hail storm that hit Dunseith? It was about 1945 or maybe a little later. It hit right at noon. The hail was so large that almost every window in town was broken out. Our living room faced the west the direction the storm came, it hit breaking every window in the living room sending a flood of water washing through the living room, dining room, and kitchen. In the wash of the storm the water that came with it washed Dad and Oliver Handelands hats through the house and right out the kitchen door into the back yard. We had been eating dinner and the glass from the shattered windows covered the table, making it necessary to throw all the food out.
Dick Johnson: Thanks Dick for thinking that I wrote the articles entered in my name. Actually, I come up with the ideas, put forth the facts and my secretary puts together the story in readable form. My secretary is my sister Bonnie. Little sisters are so used to being told what to do that even when they become adults they still follow the same pattern. (As long as Lloyd has ideas I will send them in for him.)
Lloyd Awalt (1944)
Lloyd, How well I remember you telling me you first met my folks at the Pritchard’s. Yes, you and my dad were great friends for years, right up until the time of his death. You guys along with several others were and you continue to be, the primary leaders of the Veteran’s affairs in Bottineau. My dad lived and breathed the freedoms he fought for in WW II. Other than for the almighty above, there was nothing more sacred to him than the American flag and what it stands for. As I’ve said before Lloyd, Dad was at peace of mind, at his burial, knowing you were the one folding and presenting the American flag to us, his family, that draped his coffin. It was his request that you be the one to do that. Long before he died, he had all the details of his burial worked out with Bill Nero, the undertaker. Bill and dad were good friends. Thank you Lloyd. Gary
PS – Bonnie, you are a great secretary. Keep up the good work and Lloyd’s memories coming and yours too.
Geri Metcalfe Munro’s (59) reply to Gary asking about the Seattle letters:
Gary,
I FOUND the two letters you sent; I thought I had marked them unread and they were still in my inbox; usually I transfer Stokes mail to Dunseith Reunion. I am making reservations today.
My husband, Chuck, has been undergoing many tests and then had open heart surgery on October 27th, four bypasses and a mitral valve replacement. I guess I let some of the Dunseith emails slide.
Geri Metcalfe Munro ’59
Geri, I hope you don’t mind that I added Chuck’s surgery from another message that you sent. I am hoping that Chuck is recovering well from his open heart bypass surgery. Often times folks feel so much better, with the restored blood flow, following these bypass surgeries. I hope that is the case with him. Gary
Reply from Allen Richard (65):
Reply to Dick
Regarding the escalation in the size of squirt guns—to quote the great “self anointed American Hero” —–Jesse Ventura—- My definition of gun control is hittin what you aim at.” I stuck with the Wee Gees. LOL
aLLEN rICHARD
Reply from Gary Morgan (54):
Gary & All,
The summer of 1961 I was a summer seasonal Customs Inspector at Noyes, Minnesota. The Summer of 1962 I was a summer seasonal at Dunseith. I must have dreamt I saw the Thunderbirds that morning when I went to the bank.
Gary Morgan
Gary, The Thunderbird show was talked about so much that even for those of us that did not see the show or the jets, have visions of the whole event of how it was, in our minds, as though we were there. It’s amazing how that works. Gary