Earl Schneiderman:
Reply from Cheryl Haagenson (71): Dunseith, ND.
Greetings Gary
This is so late and so last decade, however Earl Schneiderman and his dad did live behind the Elvin Haagenson farm for a while. They lived in the house that belonged to my Aunt Alpha and Uncle Ed Gunderson. They, Ed and Alpha moved to Arizona due to my uncle’s health issues. Dad said that the reason the Schneiderman’s took shelter was because of a fire. They would stop sometimes for coffee on their way by. I recall Earl had big cars, but in those days most of the cars were big, perhaps loud would be more accurate. Dad thinks they stayed about a year. I remember when we left we inherited an Irish Setter!
Thanks for all you do Gary
Cheryl Haagenson
Reply from Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND.
Gary and Friends,
Brenda and Dale opened the can of worms when they brought up cars.
I’ll try to keep my ‘dissertation’ short. Brenda mentioned the number of
cars you could legally sell in one year without a dealer’s license. In
1968 it was 5 cars. Dad got a letter from the state telling him he had
sold all he could without getting one. He had just sold off extra
vehicles and bought others, but it was too many according to them.
I do remember Barbara Schlaat’s, salmon and white, finned Plymouth.
I believe Emil and Ann Metcalfe bought it later and it eventually ended
up at Jim Birkland’s farm out in the trees. I think it’s still there.
In the summer of ’66, I was pumping gas at the Standard Station on
the north end of Main Street. A Canadian drove in with a big Oldsmobile
that was made in Canada. I opened the hood to check the oil and there
sat a dinky 250 cubic inch Chevy six cylinder engine. I saw the guy go
into the restroom so I thought he was out of earshot when I yelled at
John Bogus to come out and see what this guy put in his big car for an
engine. We were chuckling about it and hadn’t noticed that he had come
back out and was standing there listening. He gave me a snap lecture
about how, “I’ll have you know that is a factory engine and is all that
is needed to make this automobile function as well as anything you Yanks
have down here!” I’ll say–crap. The starter had as much torque as that
engine, but he was as proud of his car as he was of his ‘flat hat’. We
laughed out loud when he ‘powered away’ from the pumps. The Canadian
built cars had different chrome and also went by different names than
the American built cars of the same manufacture. Ford trucks were called
Mercurys, Mercury cars were called Meteors, and some Pontiacs were
actually Chevys with odd chrome.
Lamoureux Bros. Ford garage used to get model cars for each year of
production. They had these models displayed on a shelf in the showroom
and I used to go in and drool while looking at them. I asked several
times if I could have one, but they were all spoken for. The Lamoureux
Bros. used to give these model cars to kids when the new models (next
years) came in. I can remember as plain as if it were yesterday, Dad and
Jay Lamoureux and I went out shooting gophers at Ernest LaCroix’s farm
west of Dunseith on Good Friday, 1961–I was 10 going on 11. When we
went back into town, Jay said he had something for me if we stopped at
the shop. He handed me a baby blue 1961 Ford two door hardtop model car!
I thought I had the world by the tail! I kept it for many years but gave
it to someone when I was older.
It nearly impossible for me to stop talking about old cars so I’ll
just have to quit, as I promised! Thanks Gary!
Dick
Folks,
A very generous Dunseith Alumni couple provided funding for food for these three Filipino families pictured below. With the money they sent, we purchased three 25 KG bags of rice along with the other food items shown in the picture. These folks were so happy. After purchasing these items, we asked these three families to come to our house to pick up their grocieries. They repeatedly thanked Bernadette and me as they left. When the neighborhood heard we were doing this, folks started coming to our house thinking there was more. These three families all came back with thank you letters the next day that we forwarded onto the donors.
On a typical day, when these folks get up in the morning there is no food in their house. Family members will go out seeking ways to earn a little bit of money to provide a little food for their family for the day. They will try and find odd jobs here and there. Often times they will go around the neighborhood selling food items and other stuff on consignment. They are willing to do anything at all just to make a few Peso’s to feed their families. Many days they have very little and some days nothing at all to eat. In spite of all this, most are happy go lucky friendly folks with a smile.
With the donations we received yesterday, the Dunseith Alumni has helped 6 needy families. The Dunseith Alumni has currently contributed $238 for these folks. With the many needy families in our area, to simplify things, Bernadette and I have decided to merry up separate families for each donor. Subsequent donations that individual may send will go to the same family/families.
Brenda Hoffman (68) is the one that has spearhead this whole effort.
We have an FPO address (Regular US mail). Packages greater than one pound can not be sent to this address.
Gary Stokes
PSC 517 Box RS/CC
FPO AP 96517-1000
I have been rather busy lately, so I have not had a chance to post these latest pictures on the site.
Gary
Brudwick’s:
Reply from Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND.
Hi Ginger (and Gary).
This is interesting, but not 100% a surprise. A few years ago, I heard something about a Brudwick who might be related–I don’t know where I read/heard this. It caught my attention at the time, but nothing ever came of it. I don’t know of a Carl Brudwick who is a relative of the Bottineau Brudwick’s; Eileen Brudwick most likely has more information on distant Brudwick relatives than I do. Many people used, as a sir name, the town where they lived. This was the case with my great grandfather, Steffen Bruvik (On some letters, he’s signed it “Steffen Bruvik”; on others, he’s signed it “Steffen Bruvig”. My great grandfather and his wife, Ingrid Aasheim, lived in Bruvik, Norway (Bruvik is on the island of Osteroy.). Steffen/Ingrid had four children who lived to be adults: Anna, Arne, Anders/Andrew, Axel (American spelling).
Anna and her husband lived in Washington state; they had two daughters, Helen and Anita. Helen married and lived in Ferndale, Washington. She/her husband have three children–two boys and a girl. Anita married a Canadian and lived in Canada. She/her husband had two children–Carol and Larry, who both live in Canada. Carol is married and has, I think, 5 girls. Larry never married. Anna died when her daughters were quite young. Her husband remarried a few years later. Eileen, you know the history of Ole’s second marriage/children better than I do.
Arne moved to Blooming Prairie (later Bixby) Minnesota and married Mathilda. Arne/Mathilda had five children: Edward, Margaret, Merton, Agnes, Arnold. I don’t remember who Edward married. I think he/his wife had five children; I’ve only met two of his children—Shirley and Izzy. I think one son lives in Mankato, MN. As I understand it, Mathilda changed the spelling from Bruvik to Brudwick.
Andrew/Anders married my grandmother. They had six children: Emma, Milen, Alvina, Alice, Kenneth, Gerald. We are the “local” Brudwick’s.
Axel was killed when a ship he was working on, hit a mine that was left over from World War. He wasn’t married.
I know/have visited some of Steffen’s cousins/nieces, but I have never heard of a Carl. Again, Eileen would know more about this. If she doesn’t know, she’ll find out!! Right, Eileen?
Ginger, if you/any of your family members would like to visit about the Brudwick’s/visit Bottineau, I’d be happy to do so and meet them. 
