Donna Fugere’s Birthday
Posting from Debbie Fugere Fauske (’75): Minot, ND
Donna Fugere will celebrate a special birthday on June 28th. Her family wishes to honor her with a card shower.
Cards and best wishes may be sent to:
Donna Fugere
PO Box 220
Dunseith ND 58329-0220
Debbie
Happy Birthday Dan McKay (’69): Mooreton, ND
Happy Birthday Dawn Gregory Allard (’74): Bottineau, ND
Happy Birthday Florence Pladson Sime (’62): Deering, ND
Happy birthday Janelle Fugere Montgomery: Denton, TX
Anthony and Ginger LaRocque Poitra 50th Wedding Anniversary
Posting from Ginger LaRocque Poitra (’65): Belcourt, ND
Gary,
This seems coincidental, but is it? The coincidence being the 2008 blog with the pictures of our (Anthony and my) wedding picture being posted close to our 50th anniversary! That is nice, thanks Gary.
Friday was our anniversary, our family made us a dinner, which took place in our home. Our granddaughter Veronica had a beautiful banner made to hang in the house with the picture from todays 2008 blog with happy 50th anniversary, it is so nice. Face book so available, word gets around pretty fast. People find things out so quickly, after seeing a posting of our daughter Roxanes Happy Anniversary wish to us, some of our friends and relatives came to wish us a happy anniversary and had a bite to eat others wished us the same on face book, they should have stopped by to have a bite to eat as well. They would have loved the meal!!
We had a fun time just visiting about the good old days. Laughing and enjoying each others company. It was a great 50th! Very unexpected until a few days before.
Gary I would like to thank you for your being here for all of us. You are a great person who will always be remembered! I mean that. Take care, prayers to all your family.
I couldn’t get an apostrophe where I wanted it.
Ginger (LaRocque ) Poitra class of 1965
Gary’s Reply
Happy 50th Ginger and Tony. Hard to believe it is 50 years already and you are my classmate.
Thank you Ginger for the kind words too.
Gary
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Blog (313) posted on December 19, 2008
Folks,
I received Bill Hosmer’s package yesterday with 3 bottles of “Mile High Hot Sauce” and a copy of the book “The Birds Were Silver Then”. This hot sauce is very much like Salsa and comes in 10oz bottles. I just had to open a bottle and taste when I received the package. I love Salsa and this sauce is premium to any I’ve ever had. It’s got just the right amount of peppers to give it that added spark and flavor. This stuff is produced & marketed by a friend of Bill’s. Check out his Website http://milehighhotsauce..com/product.html .
This book, “The Birds Were Silver Then”, is written by, Lowell Peterson, another friend of Bill’s. Taking a quick glance at the book, there are many pictures, near the back of the book. Bill is also featured in this book, with numerous pictures. This is a beautiful hard cover, nearly 200 page book, with stories of the Vietnam Air War.
This book is published by:
Peterson House
2627 Beechwood Court
Appleton, WI 54911
Thank you Bill for sending all this to me, here in the Philippines, half way around the world. We will truly enjoy.
Gary
From Maria Parlade Corral (62):
Hello Gary: I just wanted to wish all a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year full of health and prosperity. I also wanted to thank you for including me in your emails which I enjoy very much . Maria Parlade Corral
Marie, I feel this letter you sent last August 12th deserves a re-run. Whether you realized it or not, with all that you guys went through, with the Cubin crisis an all of the adjustments relocating to Dunseith, you guys were kind of special to our community and the school. Gary
Hi Gary; I graduated from Dunseith HS in 1962. At the beginning of the school year(1961) we had just arrived from Cuba and in Dunseith is where I learned to speak English . I was the oldest of six of my brothers and sisters that were in school also and being the oldest I had to learn English fast. I remember that in my class were the Bedard triplets and I think Nancy Hosmer but I have never read any news from them in your wonderful collection of memories that you so faithfully send to all of us who had the privilege of living in Dunseith even if it was for only a short time. I enjoy reading all the news although I don’t know most of you. Actually we lived in San Haven since my father was a doctor there.
I have lived in Miami Florida since 1969 after I completed my college and M.A. I am married and have 5 children and seven grandchildren. One of the things I want to do is to go back with my husband and show him North Dakota specially Dunseith.. I have heard that the San Haven Hospital has been knocked down. Has Dunseith grown a lot.? One thing I can tell you is that when we arrived to Dunseith from a tropical country to me it was like coming to paradise. We found peace and freedom and we lived with fear no more. Thank you for letting me remember that every time I get one of your emails. Maria Parlade Corral
From Martha Lamb Schepp (68):
Hi Gary,
I feel like a whiner. I am missing numbers 308-311. Les Halvorson says there’s a story about a gun that my Dad had. Tonight when I opened up my e-mail here there was a personal e-mail from Dick wondering if I knew anything about that gun. Thanks for keeping this going. I have many stories I could write but I’m not much of a story teller and a few would be too embarassing. Thanks again. Merry Christmas, Our family will all come next Tues. and stay over to go to church with us on Christmas eve. It’s been very cold here and windy. Good old North Dakota. I really do like North Dakota but I am to the stage that I would like to pick the days I leave the house. This is year 31 that I have been teaching. I like it every day but the cold days.
Thanks,
Martha
Martha, I have forwarded you those missing messages. Number 308 is where Dick talks about the gun you guys had.
Folks, Again, and I stress, please let me know of any of these messages you do not receive. With these messages coming from overseas, often times they are perceived as spam when being screened by your internet providers. As a result they don’t get delivered or are delivered to your trash or spam folder. Gary
Reply from Rich Campbell (68):
Hi Gary,
Responding to Lyle Olson’s comments on Dec. 17th. He is too kind when speaking of his first coach (that’s me) being a star player on the varsity basketball team. I was lucky to get to dress for the games. Thanks Lyle. It was fun coaching the kids. Even more fun with all the basketball games we played on our driveway. You mentioned those awhile back. Dick Johnson could hit a jumper before falling into the rose bush. Many others hit their heads on the garage door frame after driving for a basket. Good times.
Rich Campbell
Cheryl Larson Dakin (71):
HI Gary and All
I keep reading comments about how cold it is back there now and I remember those days too. I got an email from Diane the other day that it was -20 and dropping, I emailed her back that (this past Sunday) we had spent a balmy 78 degree day at Six Flags over Texas with my 2 1/2 year old grandaughter and that we were in short sleeves all day long. Her comment was that she wanted to reach through the computer and smack me right into next winter. I just had to laugh. Back in 1991 my husband and I and our 3 children drove up to Bottineau to spend Christmas with Mom and Dad. We had to outfit all the kids with real winter jackets and heavy duty gloves. Fortunately Mom and Dad had boots they could wear. We had a great trip up, dry roads. Got there the day before Christmas Eve. The kids had never seen snow like they did in North Dakota that winter. The weather never did get above 0 but the kids bundled up and played outside every day. They also got to skate at the hockey rink. Their cheeks would be so pink from the cold and they absolutely loved it! Driving back we hit an ice storm in South Dakota that finally broke up at Oklahoma City and by the time we got to the Texas border, we had nothing but fog! We still did the 1300 mile trip in 26 hours and I was never so glad to be back home in my life. I did go back several years ago in January expecting it to be bitter cold, and was very prepared for it, and that trip it never got below 30. With no wind. I was needless to say, happy about that!
Stay warm everyone.
Cheryl Larson Dakin
Reply from Don Aird (Carroll Carlson’s Nephew):
Your sleigh story reminded me of my Grandpa Peder later Peter Carlson. My Mother Clarissa took my two year old sister Christine to visit the Carlson’s over Christmas 1949. The Carlson homestead was three miles south of the PeaceGardens. Dad and I stayed in Wahpeton because I had just started first grade that year. The hills had a Christmas blizzard that kept my Mother and Sister trapped on the farm for two weeks. Finally Pete harnessed the horses to the hay wagon and took my Mother and Sister to the train some ten miles away. Pete would have been in his 70s. Dad couldn’t cook so he and I had tomato soup and toast for two weeks. I can’t look at a bowl of tomato soup without getting sick.
From Sybil Johnson:
Thought I would send all of you, a wish for the best of all holidays. Its fun to think back when one was a child, especially as we get up in years. So MERRY
CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR, to all of you and may all your wishes come true. Sybil Johnson
From Bill Awalt (61):
Hi Gary, Just to let you know not to send any e-mails until after the
first of the year. We will be in Alabama. My sister Bonnie will fill
us in.
Thanks.
Bill
Reply to Ginger LaRocque Poitra’s communion picture posted yesterday, from Ron Longie (65):
Gary, Yes that is me standing behind Ginger, and I think the guy next to me is Mark Anderson. I think the guy standing behind me and in the rear is Terry Martinson.
Ron Longie
Reply to Ginger LaRocque Poitra’s communion picture posted yesterday, From Allen Richard (65):
HI Ginger– Yes I was in there some place. Maybe the kid in the green in front, though I don’t remember a shirt like that. I think I wore a little suit. Maybe I’m behind Ron Longie. I think Ron Richard Angela Berube and Jo Ann Houle were in the same class too, but I can’t make out the faces.
ALLEN rICHARD
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