11/28/2013 (1901)

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Gary

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

We are having a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with 103 of our Cebu Expat group of friends. We are going to the Xing Restaurant, owned by Marina, a very good expat friend of ours. Marina is catering a Turkey/ham dinner with all the traditional side dishes and trimmings inclusive of a variety of pies that we are not accustomed to having here. She did this for us last year too. Last year we only had 72 folks. This year, with limited accommodations of 100, we have been turning people away. Her reputation caught on, plus we have a few more folks in our group too. We are over booked by three. Dinner is at 7:00 PM, but we plan on being there well before 6:00 to get our choice of seating. It will be a full house. Novie, Mirasol and Novie’s sister Edelyn will be going with us.

Gary

Gary Fulsebakke sings in Carnegie Hall in NYC

Posting from Gary Fulsebakke (’71): Devils Lake, ND

Hi Gary

Just want to thank Lynn Halvorson for her interest in my choral ensemble’s trip to sing at Carnegie Hall in NYC. It is a tremendous opportunity to sing at one of the greatest concert venues in the world, under one of the great choral conductors, Peter Ecklund. We will be a part of a mass choir singing the Schubert Mass in G. The concert will be on Sunday, February 16 at 8:30 pm. We are currently raising funds for the trip, so if anyone wishes to contribute, they can write a check to LRSC Chorale Ensemble and send to Choral Ensemble, Lake Region State College, 1801 College Drive N., Devils Lake ND 58301. If anyone wants to contact me by ph., my number is 701-381-8835 or 701-662-2284. As the old adage goes: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice! Thanks Gary.

Bev, not Deb

Correction from Toni Morinville Gredesky (’68): Farimount, ND

I just thought I’d let everyone know that we lost Beverly not Deb.

However, Debbie did have a stroke a few years ago and continues

to suffer from the results.

Toni Morinville Gredesky

Bev & Deb Morinville

Correction/message from Lola Metcalfe (’68): Dunseith, ND

Gary– for some reason – I remember some emails that Bev Morinville had written before he battle with cancer took her from us!!– she was wonderful lady!!!- when i saw the post from Deb Morinville- my mind thought “Bev” and i wrote the note below– my sincere apologies to the family for that thoughtless remark– !!!– must be the “senior moment” thing– (ugh!) then Deb had her health issues!!– I am wondering how she is doing now– ??- Toni was my classmate so i didn’t know the younger kids too well– but I got to know Bev after she and her husband moved back to Dunseith before she got ill- — I hope some of our storytellers get busy and tell us some more- old Dunseith HIstory stories !!!_Lola

Lola,

We all know you knew it was Bev that passed on. I should have caught that error too. Bev passed away on 12/6/2009

You are so right, Bev was a wonderful lady and so full of life too. She was a hoot and we dearly loved her postings of which we will be seeing more of with the posting of prior blogs. We can say the same for Deb too. So sad that she had a stroke too.

Gary

Happy Thanksgiving

From Connie Zorn Landsverk: Bottineau, ND

I would like to wish all of you a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!!A Bottineau friend!!Connie Landsverk!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

From Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CLEVER EVER THANKSGIVING CARD I HAVE EVER RECEIVED!! ENJOY AND PASS IT AROUND !! GOD BLESS AND HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL OF YOU MY FRIENDS AND FAMILIES!!!

http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=WQ26144948

Posted on 12/28/2007

12/28/2007-1

Posted on December 28, 2007

Bill Hosmer,

I thought I’d share with you and the Dunseith Alumni some of the memories that folks have of you and the famous Thunderbirds. I’ve attached a few messages that our class of 65 generated this last April when our subject of discussion for the day was you and those planes performing over Dunseith. Last winter our class members would have, almost live discussions, on various topics and this was one of them.

The first message I just received yesterday from Ron Longie also from our class of 65. All the other messages down to Deb Morinville’s were generated last April.

Ron Longie’s reply to Bill Hosmer:

Gary,

I truly enjoyed reading Bill Hosmers email, the memories came flooding back about the old skating rink sitting in the warm up shed retying skates, warming hands and feet what a memory. I thank you Bill for the trip down memory lane, and I also like Bill Grimme remember the pass over of the jets what a day. Thanks again for all the names of people that I had forgotten.

Ron Longie

Colette Hosmers reply:

Gary and Larry,Great memories. Actually, Bill was my cousin — my Uncle Jack
Hosmer’s oldest son. Bill and his wife, Pat, have a cabin at Lake
Metigoshe and have spent the summers there for years now. Bill still
tells great stories about those days. One was that Uncle Jack had to
walk down to Casey Sine’s store the next morning to offer an apology.
Casey got skinned up when he “hit the asphalt” as the jets thundered
down main street at the end of their performance.

Larry – I also like the idea of the arched street lights.

Colette

On 4/23/07, Gary Stokes wrote: Larry, Again you are a wonderful writer and story teller.
Colette, I think your Uncle Bill Hosmer was part of these Thunderbird shows
that Larry is talking about..

Wonderful story from Larry Hackman

Gary & Bill & Paul

Did you read about the Blue Angle pilot crashing yesterday and getting
killed at a flight demonstration. That brought back a memory when the
Thunderbirds would come and fly over Dunseith. They would fly over and do a
few maneuvers usually about once a summer or when ever they were in the
area. I remember they would come right down main street what seemed as low
as tree top high. The street lights would start rattling and the next thing
that happened was there was five jets following each other right down main
street. It really made you stop what ever you were doing and pay
attention. If I remember correctly is that they would even break the
sound
berrier a few times just to make sure that everyone would come out of their
houses to watch the show. That was still legal in them days,(You know, way
back when). Mostly I think it was to get the Hosmer families
attention. Colette’s uncle was one of the pilots if I remember correctly.
Then for the closing of their demonstration they would come flying down main
from the north end of town. They would come so low and so fast that the top
of street light poles would be sucked in and touch, creating arches from one
end of main to the other end. They would have to have the fire dept. go out
the next day with the ladder truck to streighten the poles back out. I
always thought the town would have looked better with the arches, and
really would have looked good at Christmas. You know with the arches
decorated with Christmas lights and such. It really would have created a
amazing sight in the dark of night. If you can emagine. You know, that is a
helluva idea for the street dance during the reunion. You can just emagine
everyone doing the snake dance (or is that crack the whip) down main under
the arches. Maybe someone ought to pass that idea onto someone. But I
think Colette’s uncle retired. Its really to bad about that Blue Angel
Pilot. We must all say a prayer for the well being of his family.
You all take care and smile,

larry

Allen Richard’s Reply:

Bill Hosmer, one of Jack Hosmer’s older sons was a pilot with the Air Force Thunderbirds in the 60′s. They were performing at the Minot Air Base and did an impromptu short show above Dunseith Min street. I was mowing hay in a road ditch along Highway 3– Getting buzzed by an F-100 (yeah that is what they flew back then) at 500 mph is a true religious experience.

By the way, after Bill Hosmer left the he did some test pilot work and demonstrations for Cessna–Great guy and fun to talk with. Last I saw him he was living @Lake Metigoshe God — been gone so long I forgot how to spell it! Anyway Collette or Jess might know his whereabouts.

Bill Grimme’s reply:
Great stuff! The Thunderbirds were a big part of our younger days. I
remember hearing rumors that there might be a flyover (I’m sure an official
announcement would not have been allowed). Seems like it always corresponded
with some event at Minot AFB. We would wait in anticipation on the day and
still be surprised when the Thunderbirds made the first pass. Cakes fell,
kids and adults ran outside, Brownie cameras were pointed to the sky (doubt
that the pictures turned out) and, as Colette has shared, Dunseith citizens
skinning their knees when they hit the deck. What a day!Here is a good link to the Thunderbird history. Colette’s cousin is
prominent in the article.

Bill

http://www.usafthunderbirds.com/history.html

Colette’s Hosmer’s reply:

Hey Bill,I replied to the Thunderbird story before I read your e-mail.
So….one real live account of a “man” actually hitting the deck.
Another one was Jimmy McKoy. He was up on the roof of the Crystal
Cafe to get a better view of the show. He swore, that when the planes
came down main street, if he wouldn’t have flattened out he would have been hit!

Colette

Susan Fassett’s reply:

The story I remember is that a lot of the older folks in town thought we were being attacked by the Russians when the planes came flying so low over the town. I remember standing in the alley behind our house and you could see the pilots in the planes very clearly, as low as they were. It was a real treat for us small town kids. Susan

Message I got yesterday from Deb Morinville Marmon:

Dear Gary,

Merry Christmas!! Are you overwhelmed yet? My goodness, this list is taking on a life of it’s own!

My mom, Frances Morinville used to tell this story of the day the “Thunderbirds” came to town (pretty much unannounced)

Back in those days the big threat to the USA was the USSR. Everyone talked about the “communists”. Mom and Dad talked about them so much I came to think I could identify one if they walked down the street kind of like a Martian or other alien. Anyway, Mom said that one of the jets came really low right over main street. The door opened at the store and an elderly woman came in, white as a sheet. Mom got her sat down in the chair by the window and after she could catch her breath she said “I think the communists are attacking!” Mom told that story for years, she got such a kick out of it. I also remember forming a caravan to the Minot Air Base to watch the air show. It was one of the thrills of my childhood years. Thanks Bill, for the joy of those days and also for your service to our country.

Merry Christmas to all my old “homies”

11/27/2013 (1900)

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Gary

Deb Morinville

Reply from Lola Metcalfe Vanorny (’68): Dunseith, ND

and now Deb has left us– !! good memories– !!

she sure was anise gal!!_ Lola Vanorny

Posted on 12/26/2007

12/26/2007

Posted on December 26, 2007

Message from Vance Bailey’s daughter Dayna:

Gary
Merry Christmas
I am Vance’s daughter Dayna.
I would like to Thank You for sending Doreen the email addresses of the
newspapers in North Dakota. I just sent his Obituary to them with a photo.
Thanks soo much.
Dayna

Message from Bill Grimme (65):

First of all, Merry Christmas to all my Dunseith friends. It has been a great year getting re-acquainted with everyone!

And second, thank you Cecile Berube for my Secret Santa gift from you. It is just what I needed in retirement-I was starting to get lazy! That’s a real easy thing to do, I have found. We’ll let everyone guess what the gift is.

I am looking forward to another year of email fellowship and look forward to seeing everyone again.

Bill

Message from Cheryl Haagenson: (71)

It is so great what you do to keep us all connected, Thank you! I am planning on the Alaska cruise I need to put my name on the list. Thanks again for all you do for us. Hope you had a great Christmas. And happy new YearCheryl Haagenson

Message from Ron Link (58):

Gary: Please add Ellen Myrick (Graff)(Class of 1958) to your E-mail recipients as she would certainly appreciate it. The E-mail’s are very informative. Her E-mail address isemyrick@gra.midco.net Thank you and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.—RON LINK

Message from Allen Richard (65):

Don Lamouroux–Remember our riding our Honda 350′s together back in the day? Damn I wish I had never sold that little bike. The kid that bought it didn’t have enough brains to replace the clutch cable and used the electric starter to start it in gear. I think he had it for maybe 3 weeks before it was trash. Sad end to a sweet little machine. It had less than 8,000 miles when I sold it. What happened to yours?

Allen

Message from Bill Hosmer: Bill, we all remember you and the famous Thunderbirds doing a show over Dunseith in the 60′s. When I get a chance, I’ll dig out some neat comments from some of the class of 65 folks about those performances and forward them to the Dunseith Alumni. Gary

Gary. The flurry of memories enfolding the sadness of our loss of
Vance Bailey is an extremely soothing and stimulating read. With
comments from my brother Bob Hosmer, and my beautiful cousin Colette
Hosmer adding to the lore, I am tempted to add my two bits worth.
I spoke to Wayne Bailey, Vances brother. He is one of the dozen of
us who meet at the Dunseith golf course every Tuesday when it isn’t
covered with snow. Wayne indicated that there will be a private
family celebration of Vance’s life on the 29th of December. Wayne
is going to manage another memorial service at the Dunseith cemetery
around the time of Memorial Day next year. There is a family plot
where their Mother, Dad, and baby sister are buried. I will
certainly be in attendance there.
The memories of Dunseith are still vivid at my advanced age of 77.
I didn’t graduate from Dunseith HS, but my days spent there won a few
diplomas of “Life in a Great Place”. Vance’s description of the swimming
places, the stock yard hooliganism and falling off the cliff at the gravel
pit when “shot while playing cowboys and Indians” in my case were
acurate. Mac Macue (spelling) used to have a bag of candy mints in his
pocket and Gene Fassett and I used to check out the Dakota Hotel for a
handout on our way south on main street where Emil Hack would be sitting
on the sidewalk curb, where we could stop at the Wilson barber shop right
next to the drug store where we would read comic books until Mrs Shelver
couldn”t stand it any more and tell us to leave NOW. So we could
continue south to the barbershop and watch hair cuts that Jess was giving
while Ludie, his oldest son shined shoes. Clarence Hagen used to work at
the stone garage owned by the Lake brothers, used to stand leaning against
the east side waiting for cars to get gas. Later he was at Anzio in the
Sicily/Italian campaign of WWII. We’d head by the Lamoureux garage and
see what was going on in the maintenance area where Charlie, Leo, Ovilla,
and Albert might be fixing a truck or car. Across the street, Uncle Ray
Wilson was the judge. He and Ovilla played chess by the hour, and Uncle
Ray would let us puff on his pipe probably in hopes we’d throw up. Think
about that nowadays. KC Sine would usually be good for a coke or a banana
or maybe both. Mom never understood why I usually did not have an
appetite.Willow Creek always had fascination for me. In the spring we would
catch tadpoles and minnows to save in a jar. Once we caught a
couple of garter snakes and brought them to my house just south of
the Commercial Hotel while the Grassmans still managed it. We were
feeding them some small frogs we caught at the creek, and the woman
who was taking care of me. Don, and Bob while the folks were gone,
came out to see this beautiful sight and said to get those critters
out of the yard. Later, she was taking a nap in the house and I
took a mounted rattle snake which one of my uncles gave dad. It was
in a coiled posture. I put it beside her on the bed and then went
to the kitchen and made a little noise so she would wake up. Sure
as heck she woke, screamed like a siren, and came after me with a
vengance. Sure didn’t do much more with snakes after that

The old skating rink and warming house was a favorite meeting place
whether you were skating or not. There was a pot bellied stove that
heated it up grand. As a matter of fact, my brother Don and I stopped in
there after a Sunday afternoon movie at the Althea Theater, right next to
Floyd Nelson’s barber shop. He didn’t allow kids to watch hair cuts.
Anyway Don and I stopped and Vance and Wayne were there in the warming
hut and we discussed lifes strifes.

Sunday School at the Stone Church was a must and at Christmas time
(Which is as I write this) we all were at some time in a play or
pageant. One time Dee Nelson (son of Floyd), Spencer Teal (son of
Bill and Irene who lived at the depot) and I (son of Jack and Inez
Hosmer) were THE THREE WISEMEN. I was the bearer of Myrh and still
remember the words I had to maneuver through the cotton beard we all
wore which would slip quite a bit while singing in the bathrobes which
were supposed to look like Arab garments.

The Johnson family, Mr and Mrs JJ, Bud, Bob, Warren, Roger, Chuck,
Walter, and Shirley were a family I knew well. Chuck and I were same
age, and the other guys were around and vocal so we learned alot of
good man-talk words. There Mother Carie was a beautiful and talented
citizen who lived a long life. Bob, Walter and Roger were at the
125th Celebration.

Another family I grew to know was the Ole Evans family at the mill.
Grandpa Gottbreht was still alive and Joe Evans and I ran over a
stack of newly sacked flour which was milled there. It was a mistake
because we had muddy boots on and left black tracks on those beautiful
white mounds. He shook his fist told me to get home, and he knew who
I was. Wow, I thought I’d be put in solitary, but no one ever
mentioned it again except me and Joe. We used to get in a buggy
powered by a horse called Mike and go out west across the creek to the
pastures west and north of the homestead to bring the cattle in for
milking. Then all the men including Uncle Frank, Ole, Myron, Joe, and
Rod would milk the herd. Celia Evans would operate the separator in
the milk house, by hand crank, and then it would be bottled and
delivered by Myron. The cream at the top of the bottle was divine on
breakfastfood, and the milk was delicious.

I’ll leave it here for now, and will do so with my warmest and most
serious hope for all your years to come, including the next one, to be
fulfilling, at peace, and in a grip of happiness and satisfaction. My
email in Arizona is hozndaz@theriver.com. Thank you all for being
who you are and for being from where we all were at one time or
another, DUNSEITH FOREVER. Bill Hosmer

Bill Hosmer’s follow up message:

Gary. The bundle of great mail you initiated is most interesting
and poignant with our loss of a terrific historically oriented
Dunseith citizen named Vance Bailey. A distant cousin of mine, and
a long time friend.Your latest which I read today was terrific. I tried to add a few
memories and hoped that it would go to all the folks you had
addressed yours to, but it bounced at the “undisclosed recipient”.
Hopefully it did get through to you. If it did and you don’t
object, perhaps it could be forwarded to your original addressing.
If you did or did not receive my input, could you give me a short
reply letting me know? I noticed in something you sent out that
there was a way to get to all the people with one shot, but now I
cannot locate it. My computer knowledge is in the dark ages zone.
If you did not get it, I can try again because I have the complete
(and valuable)listing of all known computer addresses, thanks to
forwarding by Bob Leonard.

You have opened a beehive of good reading, and I appreciate what you
have gifted us with.

Merry Christmas Today, here in AZ. Happy New Year as well. Bill
Hosmer

Message from Allen Richard:

Merry Christmas everyone–Gary–maybe you should look at a way to make all the e-mail available to everyone on an annual basis some how. Like in a massive e mail or in print in a way we could all subscribe to.

Allen

Allen, The easy way of doing this would be to set up a WEB site for all of these messages that folks could access for review. We could also post the many pictures that everyone has provided too, into this WEB site. I still want to send this stuff out to the Dunseith list though. It’s more meaningful when folks get these messages together at the same time and can make their comments. Then they could be placed into the WEB site. Folks often times don’t review WEB sites on a regular bases. It would be nice for folks to be able to access things like the class lists too. If I keep at this long enough, I’ll have them all. I have never looked into a WEB site and I’ll have to admit, I don’t have any idea what is involved in setting one up and maintaining it. Over this last year we have sure generated a wealth of information that could be placed into a WEB site.

Are there any suggestions from any of you out there? Is anyone interested in setting up a WEB site and maintaining it?

Our list is growing to a point that I have to send out multiple sendings with each message. Most email providers limit their number to 100 for each message so as not to overload their server. That is not a real problem yet, but it would be nice to be able to throttle these messages to the recipients with so many being sent every few seconds enabling one sending to the whole list. Do any of you know of any email providers that provide this service or know of any way this could be done. I know this is how major corporations send their email. Most email providers set daily limits too. So far I’ve been able to get around that by using several providers. It would be nice to have a provider that did not set limits though.

Any suggestions that any of you have would be greatly appreciated.

Gary

PS – As I was putting this message together, I received Cheryl Haagenson’s message that is included with this sending. She mentioned going on the Alaskan Cruise in July of 2009. Folks, this will be a great time for all of us Dunseith folks to get together and enjoy each others company for a whole week. We’ve got Sandra Trevers from the class of 60 that will be making all of the arrangements. She’s been in this business a long time and knows well how to arrange our travel and group activities. The 2009 cruise line schedules will not be posted until the April/May time frame, but we can be making plans. This is being planned for late July 2009 departing from Seattle. We chose late July to maybe accommodate some the farmers that may be interested in going. A summer cruise also accommodates the many Dunseith Alumni folks that are teachers or work for the schools. We will be sending out detailed info when the schedules are out and we have a cruise in place.

11/26/2013 (1899)

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Gary

Slow Day blog postings

Suggestion From Larry Hackman (66): Bismarck, ND

Gary, Bill & Dick

How are you all?

I hope this finds you and your families well.

I was just thinking that if it would be possible without to much difficulty and of course if you have time

that you or Dick or Bill through some type of agreement could maybe start republishing the blog stories,

One at a time from the beginning, or only when there are no submittals for the day. It could have a special title like (Back to the Beginning No. 1 )and so on.

I myself and I know there must be others that have missed several blogs over the years, and also, there are also a lot new people enjoying the blog..

I know that we can go to the Dunseith blog and start reading and I have done that at times, but its not the same.

I have always enjoyed being able to sit and read your blog in the morning, and I’m usually a little disappointed when its not there to read.

You have us spoiled.

What do you think?

Larry

Good suggestion Larry.

I have pasted below the very first blog posting in my records. That was December 21, 2007. You realize that was nearly 6 years ago.

With the first postings we had about 100 on our distribution. Today we have about 750, so many folks have not seen these.

Thanks for the suggestion Larry,

Gary

PS – In doing this we don’t want to loose sight of new postings either.

Relief Operations in the Philippines

Posted by Ken Striker: Dayton OH.

Gary-

This article in AF Magazine 25 Nov 2013

Making a Difference in the Philippines

Pacific Air Forces assets continue to support relief operations in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan, but they will soon be winding down their activities, said PACAF Commander Gen. Hawk Carlisle at AFA’s Pacific Air & Space Symposium in Los Angeles on Nov. 21. After the storm’s Nov. 8 landfall on the island nation, US Pacific Command activated its humanitarian-assistance plan, which is built around forward-based marines and Navy assets on Okinawa, Japan, said Carlisle. PACAF prepared its 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen AFB, Guam, which includes communications assets, runway repair capabilities, and RED HORSE engineers. “The biggest challenge is working through request processes,” he said, as PACOM was following direction from the State Department and US Agency for International Development. PACAF officials helped the Philippine armed forces with air-tasking manifests, as well as airlift operations. Special operations U-28 aircraft were called in, C-130s returning from an exercise in Bangladesh were diverted to Clark Field near Manila, and other assets flowed in once PACAF received requests from USAID. Carlisle anticipated that the two C-17s supporting the relief operations would return to their home station soon, as Philippine forces are taking over most of the follow-on operations. (

—Marc V. Schanz

Ken Striker of Dayton Ohio

Relief Operations in the Philippines

Posted by Trish Larson Claybourgh (’73): Portola Valley, CA

Note: Trish is an ER/Trauma Nurse at Stanford University

SEMPER

Stanford Emergency Medicine Program for Emergency Response

SEMPER Arrives in Cebu

by semper2010

After a total of 16 hours in the air SEMPER arrived in Cebu City, Philippines. We have been warmly greeting starting at SFO with incredible support from Korean Air helping to get all of our extra equipment on the plane. Each team member is traveling with an average of 160 lbs of equipment. We were escorted as a team through custom’s & immigrations at Cebu International Airport then greeted by a representative from the International Medical Corp (IMC). It’s currently 1:00 AM in the Philippines the team is getting settled into a hotel tonight hosted by IMC. The current plan is to be transported by military aircraft to Tacloban on Monday morning.

Joselinda Landon RN, shared with the team her thoughts about responding to a disaster in her home country and how anxious and nervous she was when we landed in Cebu. Not knowing what the city was going to look like after the storm she was relieved to see clear signs of recovery taking place. Tomorrow during our down time Joselinda will have a chance to reconnect with her family before our departure to Tacloban.

Very first blog message

12/21/2007

Posted on December 21, 2007

Kenny Nerpel’s reply to Colette Hosmer feeding her dog in her underware:

Gary
Wow some guys had all the luck! Us country boys never saw anything like
that. Just udders right Gary?
Kenny(65)

Gary Stokes’ Reply to Kenny:

Kenny,

Yes, we saw lots of Udders both before an after school. I do not miss those cow milking days one bit. Dad would roll us out of bed every morning to milk the cows and do the chores before catching the bus to Dunseith. Even to this day I still have added strength with a hand squeeze that I developed from milking all those cows.

Gary(65)

Glenda Anderson Bergan’s message:

HI Gary

Just wanted to thank you, for all the Dunseith memories, keep them coming. and also wanted to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas, and a joyous New Year.

Glenda Anderson Bergan (60)

Colette Hosmers’s reply to Vance Bailey:

Vance,
That’s an amazing bit of information about the Hosmers and Baileys
intermingling in England. You’re right……the odds against both
winding up in Dunseith 200+ years later must be astronomical.Cousin Don must have been a first-rate rock thrower. Good thing kids
didn’t carry guns back then.
Colette (64)

Paulette La Croix’s added comment:

I forgot to add that I ashamedly joined the legions of kids who called poor Sy at his pool hall and asked him to let “Prince Albert” out of the can. Paulette La Croix (68)

Deb Morinville’s comments:

Paulette

I, too remember Sy Kadry! We weren’t allowed to go into the pool hall
especially the “back room”!! Dad’s store was next door and we sure got to
see some drama. I remember one time Sy was chasing some boys out and he
stood there in his black hat and white apron shaking his fist and, I think
cursing in Arabic! Do you also remember Charlie Anderson? How about Billy
Lawrence the blacksmith? I used to go there with Dad and I remember the
smell of grease and smoke. Dad’s old store was across the street from KC
Sine’s store and they had such a wonderful rivalry. He would tell us kids
that Joe Morinville was no good. He had no hair. We’d tell Dad and he would
laugh that big wonderful laugh! Do you also remember the “Snake Pit” ? I
remember having to go through it sometimes to get to the old bowling alley
and the Hackman boys were the pin boys. I also remember Sister Rose’s store.
My Mom called it ” Little Minot” To this day I when I smell mothballs I
think of Sister Rose! What a memory
Isn’t this fun? Thank you,Gary for all that you are doing !!

Deb Morinville Marmon ’70.

11/25/2012 (1898)

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Gary

No blog the past two days.

Folks,

For the record I did not get a blog posted the past two days. I was squeezed for time, plus I didn’t really have anything to post.

Gary

Neola’s Caramels: Message she posted to all of her friends.

Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Hi,

I don’t know if you are interested, but here is this year’s caramel information.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Neola

Cebu City, Philippines

Another day out at the SM mall yesterday with Novie and Mirasol.

Hycinthe Richard family chart

With all the Richard’s on our distribution, I thought it was time for a re-run of this chart I put together a few years ago. It only goes to the 4th generation. Just imagine how huge this would be if it was inclusive of the latest generation which I think would be 8th or 9th.

11/22/2013 (1897)

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Gary

Happy Birthday Lindy (Arlinda) Fauske Van Eynde (’69): Aurora, IL.

Tom and Theresa Sivertson Delikat

Request form Bob Hosmer (’56): Lynnwood, WA

Gary,

Could you include Tom and Theresa (Sivertson) Delikat on this mailing? They indicated to me they would like to receive the Dunseith Alumni blog. Theresa is the daughter to Lars and Ruby Sivertson. Here’s their email: Tom and Theresa Delikat (phn98@yahoo.com)

Thanks so much, Bob

Bob,

It is my pleasure to add Tom and Theresa to our mailing list. I am very sure that Theresa knew of dad from all the years that he picked up their cream on his cream route for the Bottineau Creamery. Lars and Ruby always had a cup of coffee ready for my dad too.

Theresa’s mother Ruby, was a sister to Irene Stickland. Lee and his brothers are her cousins.

Lee, I know that you read all of these daily blogs too.

Theresa is also a cousin to Olney Kofoid’s wife Lorna. Lorna’s mother was an Adams, sister to Ruby and Irene. Olney’s dad, Frank, and my dad were first cousins.

Bob, I know that you spent a lot of time at Lars and Ruby’s in your growing up days too. They lived a few miles east of Lake Metigoshe near Oscar and Sylvia Bergan’s.

Gary

Request for Gary Fulsebakke’s email address.

From Lynn Halvorson Otto (’75): Boonton, NJ

Hi Gary, do you have an email for Gary Fulsebakke? I spoke with him at length at the fall church supper at Peace Lutheran and he was telling me he teaches music at the Devils Lake Jr. College. His choral group is trying to raise enough money to perform at Carnegie Hall in February 2014. I wanted to check with him how that was going and I plan to go to the concert if they get there.

I’m glad to see that Bernadette is feeling better. Happy Thanksgiving and look forward to hearing from you.

Lynn Halvorson Otto

Lynn,

I know that others may want to be getting in touch with Gary too, so I have pasted his email address above.

Gary

11/21/2013 (1896)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Gary

Folks,

I had a few computer problems that I had to fix this evening, so I’m a little behind time. I will post what I have and then call it a day.

Folks, please tag me on any FB pictures that you would like for me to post. Unless I am tagged I don’t always see all that is posted.

Gary

Condolence to Florence Christianson Williams Struck

From Erling Landsverk (’44): King, WS

Hi Gary and everyone:

I was saddened to learn of Florence Strucks passing. She and my sister Borghild Landsverk were close friends in elementary school at Loon Lake school and remained in contact with each other untill my sister Borghild Landsverk Passed in 2011. She was a very attractive girl as was her sister Bernice who was my 8th grade teacher. I believe all of the Christianson girls became teachers, and I knew them all as well as Clarence. The christianson family was a great family and a credit to our little community in the Turtle mountains. I will always remember Florence and her family as a time filled with happy memories. The terrible typhoon that wreacked such havoc in the Phillipines filled me with sadness, since Tacloban and Cebu City and Manila are all familiar to me. I served all of my over seas duty in the Phillipines, and also expeerienced a couple of typhoons. However they did not compare to this last storm that cost so many lives and destruction. I knew the Phillipine people to be strong resilient and determined as I witnessed their determination to recover after the war and the horrible occupation by the cruel Japanese forces. I know the Lord is there to help those great people and they will come through this as well. Erling Landsverk

Reply JFK

From Marlys Hiatt (’71): Dunseith, ND

I also think of where I was the day I learned President Kennedy had been
shot. I was in the 5th grade at the Dunseith Elementary School. We were
just coming into Mrs. Flynn’s room from recess and Mrs. Flynn told us the
President was dead. I remember being shocked and stopping in my tracks.
I can still picture Mrs Flynn and where I was in reference to her. It
must have been a wet day outside because the only other thing I remember
is how muddy the floor was.

I am amazed at how young I was and yet the number of things I remember
about the election in 1960, the presidency, and the assassination. There
must have been something wrong with me way back then. Good Grief

I really liked those pictures from the mall. Everyone looked so happy.
Now the bowling buddies are a little more serious.

Marlys

Marlys,

You have a nice way with words. That bowling alley picture was kind a mug shot. Although Art and Larry looked a lot better than me. Next time Art and I are together, we will get a better one for posting.

Gary

Another picture that Novie and Mirasol took of Bernadette in the Cebu Ayala Mall. They had a fun day.

11/20/2013 (1895)

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Gary

No Blog yesterday

For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday.

Gary

Memory of JFK’s Assassination

From Bob Lykins (Teacher): Hutto, TX

Gary,

This past weekend’s news was filled with a number of items to include the F1 race in Austin and the PI typhoon. There have been a number of columns dealing with the Kennedy assassination. One dealt with never forgetting where you were and what you were doing. Like most people who were old enough, I remember that day very well. I was in my second year of teaching business subjects at Dunseith HS. Don Corbin was the first one to tell me the President had been shot and taken to the hospital. He had a radio in his office/storage room in the science area so we did have a chance to listen in on some of the reports being broadcast. I had classes so I returned to the typing room. The room was actually a partitioned section along the west wall of the gym. The school was undergoing construction of additional rooms as well as renovations on some areas. Sometime, in the early afternoon, an old construction worker, with tears in his eyes, came by my classroom door and told me, “The President is gone.” I immediately turned to the typing class that was in session and told them of President Kennedy’s passing. There were some tears and even some laughter. Maybe the student thought it was some kind of joke or too nervous to know how to react. It has now been 50 years since that day and I think back about President Kennedy’s legacy and what might have been. I do know he affected me deeply and his memory still does to this day. Kennedy was the first president I was eligible to vote for. He reflected the hopes and dreams of my generation. From his inaugural address I took the statement, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” and printed it in one of the Dunseith High basketball programs. I will leave it to historians to debate the effects of his presidency. I do know that a great part of his legacy rests with our generation as many did answer the call to serve our nation in the Peace Corps, Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the War on Poverty and countless other social and civil actions which had their seeds planted during that time. Personally, I like to think the Kennedy era had some influence on my decision to leave the comfort of my status quo and sign up with the Defense Department to journey overseas into the unknown and serve my country and the military through DoDDS. Ken Burns, the great American Historian probably said it best. He stated that with the death of Kennedy we moved from Camelot to Brigadoon. I wonder.

Bob,

I was in your typing class. I remember that day and that time really well. You were very emotional when you announced to our class the news of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. Your tears were flowing. We were in that make shift class room in the gym. It was a long skinny room with two long rows of desks with typewriters. Facing the back, I sat on the left side near the back.

Gary

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Dale Millang
(June 14, 1942 – November 9, 2013)

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DALE MILLANG

Dale Millang, age 71 of Dunseith, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at a Minot hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. in Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. Visitation will be Friday, November 15, 2013 beginning at 10:00 A.M. until 9:00 P.M. in the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Cremation will take place after the service.

Dale Millang, a son of Carl and Jessie (House) Millang, was born on June 14, 1942 at Bottineau. He was reared North of Dunseith and graduated from Dunseith High school in 1961. Dale worked as an electrician until he entered the US Army on May 11, 1967 and was honorably discharged on April 22, 1969. After his discharge he returned to the Dunseith area and began working for Erling Berg as an electrician. On April 24, 1971 he was married to Mary Anderson at Dunseith. In 1979 he began working at the Dunseith Nursing Home in the maintenance department. Dale was in charge of all the maintenance until he retired in 2006. He had continued to make Dunseith his home.

He enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing Yahtzee and especially spending time with his grandchildren. His favorite pastime was mowing his lawn.

He is survived by his wife, Mary of Dunseith; son Odell Millang and his wife Julie of Oak Harbor, WA; daughters, Janelle and her husband Bradley Defender, and Deanna Millang both of Dunseith; grandchildren, Jenna Defender, Corissa Defender, Chelsie Defender, Garrin Millang, Tyrall Defender, Bradley Defender Jr., Karina Defender and Braydin Defender; a great grandchild, Ryzen Gunville; sisters, Lorraine (Willard) Olson, Lola (Guy) Knox both of Bottineau and Linda Bostic of Buffalo, MN; sisters-in-law, Laurene Millang of Bottineau and Suzie (Edna) Millang of Dunseith.

www.nerofuneralhome.net

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Florence Struck
(Born July 7, 1921 – Died October 31, 2013)

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Florence Struck

Florence Struck, age 92 of Boulder, MT formerly of Bottineau, passed away on October 31, 2013 at a Missoula, Montana hospital. Her memorial service will be held on Saturday, November, 30, 2013 at Metigoshe Lutheran Church at 10:00 A.M. Burial will be held in Vinje Lutheran Cemetery of rural Bottineau.

Florence Christianson was born the daughter of Casper and Ella (Berg) Christianson on July 7, 1921 in Bottineau, North Dakota. She graduated from Bottineau High School and attended Minot College where she received a degree in teaching. She taught for four years in country schools. On July 9, 1944, Florence married Vernon Williams in Bottineau. They resided in Neche, N.D. Their marriage later ended in 1970, at which time Florence moved to Dunseith and taught first grade. In 1976, Florence worked as a nurses aide at San Haven. In 1984 she married Lawrence Struck in Great Falls, Montana. Lawrence passed away in 2002, at which time Florence moved to Bottineau.

She was a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. She was a long-time member of the Retired Teachers Association and the American Legion Auxiliary. Florence enjoyed spending time with family. She spent many hours baking and working on projects that will forever be keepsakes for her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She will be greatly missed.

Florence is survived by her six daughters, Patty (Earl) Dick of Altona, Manitoba, Zona (Russell) Kihne of Cavalier, ND, Karen (Clayton) Romfo of Casper, WY, Lori (Ray) Lagerquist of Boulder, MT, Lisa Mastvelton of Bottineau, and Lois (Paul) Soland of Bottineau; three sons, Ron (Shirley) Williams of Casper, WY, Rick (Linda) Williams of Cavalier, ND, and Mark (Vicki) Williams of Casper, WY; 21 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; one sister, Bernice (Harold) Carlson of Grand Forks, ND; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Struck; sisters, Emma (Albert) Halvorson, Alma (Clifford) Halvorson, Helen (Clarence) Bye, and 8 year old, Ella Mae Christianson; brother, Clarence (Alvina) Christianson, and infant brothers, Harlen and Henry Christianson.

Arrangements are with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau.

Friends may register online at www.nerofuneralhome.net

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Cebu Ayala Mall

Novie and Mirasol were having fun taking pictures with Bernadette’s phone and uploading them into my FB account from her phone.

Gary

Bernadette and Gary Stokes

Note: Mirasol carries Bernadette’s purse, Novie her water bottle and together they give her support while shopping. After several hours, Bernadette will call me letting me know they are ready to go. During this time I get my exercise walking the mall and drinking coffee with a donut at Dunkin Donuts. Five minutes is about my limit following them around the department stores. Gary

11/18/2013 (1894)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Gary

Reply from Sandy Lopez (’64): Rockford, IL.

Gary:

Thank you for continuing this blog…..I never imagined that a Dunseith, ND based group would have such an impact on the world.

Please let everyone know that, at least in the Diocese of Rockford, IL. There was a second collection this week-end for a Philippines relief effort.

God Bless you and everyone pulling together to do what is needed.

Regards

Sent from my iPad

Sandy Lopez

Hello Sandy,

It is so wonderful hearing form you. How well those of us from the Dunseith school days of the 60’s remember all of you folks, from Cuba, living at San Haven. You were such an inspiration to all of us.

We so hope life is going well for your. I am assuming you may be retired by now too?

Gary

Memories of Bob Hosmer & Condolences

From Jay (’66) and Lola Metcalfe (’68) Vanorny: Dunseith, ND

Dear Bob Hosmer-!!- WE are So sorry to hear of the passing of your wife but she is in paradise now as you know!!- as are my loved ones that have met our LOrd in heaven!!_ Hard for us here but paradise for them!!!_

– I was just very very young cause my sisters were also very young when you taught our vacation BIble School at LIttle Prairie Church up on highway 43– –but you had such an impact on us-!! for the rest of our lives and those of our children!!!- with all your youth orientated songs like– ” I have the Love of Jesus down in my heart” for one– !!– fun songs that were foreign to us not the old stoic norwegian “regulars”– also I think you introduced Margaret to the” Danny Orlis “books– that he wrote from the area of Warroad Minnesota– — I think we had every book in that series – and all us younger girls read them when margaret was finished- what i am trying to say is——- that you made learning about our precious Lord and Loving god– fun and so exciting and i thank you very much for that!!!- My daughter tells me i used to sing those songs when i was working around the house– and i don’t even remember doing it!!!- LOL!!! You really made an impact on a lot of “country kids”– and that is awesome as we passed them down to our kids- and it spread out– !!-

Our Dad took us on a road trip in the mid 60’s to Lake of the Woods and we saw where Danny Orlis wrote from and then one time Margaret actually met him- !! I am quite sure she told me!!!- awesome- !!!

I pray for Peace and comfort in the loss of your wife – who i never had the pleasure of meeting!!– –You have our sincere sympathy– in your personal loss of a loving wife!_ Jay and LOla Vanorny

Belated happy birthday wishes to Jackie Pritchard

From Keith Pladson (’66): Roanoke Rapids, NC

Gary,
Who was that beautiful couple in the photo you posted under your Birthday wishes to Jackie Pritchard? Ha, ha. Great photo of Dale and Jackie. Sorry about the lateness of this Happy Birthday wish to Jackie, but I got a virus from an email attachment and had to take my computer in to have it cleaned up. The guy who worked on it for me said it was a real bad virus – one of those worms that can do lots of bad things. All is good now though. Again, Happy Birthday to you cousin.
Keith Pladson (66)

Salem Church Hidden Cemetery: Bottineau Courant article

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Note: I believe this Cemetery is located near the Johnny Olson Farm? Gary

During the fall of the year, there are always a small number of individuals searching for the Hidden Cemetery of Turtle Mountains. This cemetery is difficult to find and holds a number of mysteries.

The Hidden Cemetery is actually the original church site and cemetery of Salem Lutheran Church, which is today located along the Scenic Bypass (Hwy 43) near the Bottineau and Rolette County line.

It is called the Hidden Cemetery because of its location and the heavy overgrowth of Turtle Mountains in the summertime when people are out exploring in the hills. When fall comes along, and the trees and plant life lose their leaves, local folks have been known to take to the hills in search of the old Salem Church site in hopes of getting a glimpse of the cemetery. However, even with plant life returning to the soil, the cemetery is difficult to find.

For those who knows its whereabouts, it can be found, but at times even they get lost in their journey to the church’s location.
The congregation of Salem Lutheran Church originated in 1901 by a group of Norwegian immigrants who had homesteaded in that part of the Turtle Mountains. The church, which now stands on Hwy. 43, was constructed in 1914, but was moved down to its present site in 1939 when the highway was established, granting individuals easier access to the church.

Today, for those who have discovered the old site, or were taken there by someone familiar with the location, it is a site they will never forget.

As individuals walk through the Hidden Cemetery they will encounter numerous open graves. In 1939, some of the congregational members decided to move their loved ones down to the new site and place them in the new cemetery. Once the caskets were removed, the holes were filled in with dirt again, but the dirt sank back into the ground, leaving an indentation at the grave sites, giving it the appearance of open graves.

For those parish members who decided to leave their family members in peace at the former site, today those grave sites have been fenced in by loved ones, with name plates to identify who remains.

Within the graveyard, there is only one tombstone, which is fenced in and holds an interesting item that is attached to the fence, a birdcage. No one seems to understand the meaning of the birdcage, which gives it a level of intrigue and mystery to those who visit the cemetery.

Next to the cemetery is the church’s foundation. Individuals can see the rocks that formed the church’s foundation, along with the foundation stones inside the foundation which are perfectly square and covered on top with deep green moss.

For the old Salem Lutheran Church, and its “hidden cemetery”, there really is no one keeping the site a secret, it is open to the public for respectful visits. But, for those who want to find the site, it is always an interesting endeavor in finding its location and then walking through the sacred site.

HAZEN ND HIGH SCHOOL “BISON” State Champions

Posting from Larry Hackman (’66): lmhackman@bis.midco.net Bismarck, ND

Gary

I have to let you all know that the HAZEN ND HIGH SCHOOL “BISON” CLASS A FOOTBALL TEAM are STATE CHAMPIONS again this year.

My Grandson Nathan (Nate) Leintz, a Captain on the team and a senior, along with his team mates played a awesome game at the Dakota Bowl in Fargo, ND last Friday.

It was an awesome game to watch and a great win for them. The win capped off a 12 win and a 0 loss season, and a 20 game winning streak for the Bison team.

Proud Grandpa,

Larry

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

11/17/2013 (1893)

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Gary

No Blog yesterday.

Folks,

For the record, with an internet signal loss, I was unable to post a blog yesterday.

Gary

Happy Birthday Arlene (Jerry ’73) LaCroix: Bottineau, ND

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Dunseith Alumni Website: http://dunseith.net/

Folks,

For general info I post each of these daily blogs on our Website http://dunseith.net/

I always just type “dunseith.net” on the browser address line and hit enter.

Also, the search feature in our website works very nicely too. Just type in the name or phrase (With quotation marks) you are looking for and hit the search button. It will bring up all the postings that have that word or phrase.

Katrine (Bob) Hosmer passed away.

Message from Bob Hosmer (’56): Lynnwood, WA

Dear Gary,

On Thursday November 14, 2013 my wife of nearly 51 years, Katrine, after a
series of setbacks over the past year, passed away quietly surrounded by her
loved ones. There has been a tribute page set up in her memory at the link
provided below.

www.washelli.com/memorials/memorials.php/dID/431949/n/Anne-Katrine-Hosmer

Thank you for this blog,
Bob

Bob,

I am so sorry to here of Katine’s passing. This picture popped up on my FB screen the other day, but I did not read the entire details, so I didn’t realize she had passed.

Our condolence are with you with her passing. She was such a nice friendly lady too. In fact that statement applies to both of you. I remember so well, Bernadette running into to you guys in Bottineau when I wasn’t along and coming back telling me she had met the most wonderful couple from Lynnwood. She said their name is Hosmer and he is a Lutheran pastor.

Our prayers are with you.

Gary

Anne Katrine Hosmer

March 24, 1933 – November 14, 2013

In Loving Memory

Anne Katrine (Wathne) Hosmer passed into the arms of Jesus 11/14/2013. Memorial service to be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St SW, Lynnwood, WA on 11/23/2013 at 1:00pm.

Hosmer Store Memories

Reply from Kay Hosmer (’77): Crown Point, Ind.

From Kay Hosmer (‘77) reply to Dick: Thank you for sharing your memories of the Hosmer store. I hope to hear stories from other people as well. I didn’t know that my dad was a fast shoe-lacer! – I will always remember my grandparents wearing their red jackets from the Hosmer store. – Also, I remember being told that Grandma Inie “required” all her employees to read Norman Vincent Peale’s “Power of Positive Thinking” in attempts to promote positive customer relations/interactions.

Typhoon Relief project of our good Friend Leo Tacke.

This is a reply I got from Leo in responce to a donation sent to me for his project.

I posted his project and goals in yesterday’s blog.

He has a good thing going with this releif project too.

For those wishing to contribute to his project you can make contributions via

1. Checks made out to “Leo Tacke” mailed to my FPO address listed below.

Regular US postage is all that is required for mailing.

It takes 10 to 14 days for letters to arrive.

2. Paypal to Leo via his email address dutch_leo@hotmail.com

My FPO address

Gary Stokes

PSC 517 Box RS/CC

FPO AP 96517-1000

Leo’s reply

Dear Gary,

this is great news and very generous of your friend.

We are trying to organize a next shipment of food & water on Wed. Nov 20 and also the first building materials.

Many families are still without shelter and it does not take so much effort to make a difference there.

The plan is to purchase roof deck corrugated sheets, umbrella and ordinary nails, 2×2 coco lumber and amakan woven sheets to cover the sites of the houses.

I have 67 coconut trees uprooted in Kiniwahan near Luyang. I will donate these to the Luyang rebuild, but the issue I am facing is that they need to be cut in 8 or 10ft x 2×2.

Each tree will give us about 9 pieces (8 ft x 2×2) which adds up to 600 pieces. Very nice to start the rebuild.

We asked some quotations and they are giving me a price of 15 pesos per feet, which for a 30 ft tree is Php 450. Total approx. 30,000 pesos.

I asked the help of the Barangay Captain to do the cutting….but reactions are sloooooow, OMG.

Also Mariano Martinez, the mayor of San Remigio, offered (7 days ago) to deliver ASAP 5 pcs of corrugated roof sheets per family with a destroyed house. I am trying to reach him, but he doesn’t pick up his phone, so I need to go there again. One sheet is ~Php250, so that would really help also. It is important to know this before I buy sheets from our funds.

Simon Timmins has offered me a truck this week to transport materials.

Gary, I will do the purchases in pesos, so if you can exchange into Php, I would be grateful.

Thank you again and best regards to you and Bernadette.

Leo

11/15/2013 (1892)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Gary

Happy Birthday Peggy Sime Espe (DHS ’60): Dunseith, ND

Happy Birthday Jackie Pritchard: Leesville, LA.

US Navy Ships in the Philippines

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

One of the elementary students told me today, his brother is in the US navy.

The ship his brother is on is in the Philippines to assist.

God Bless the guys in the USA navy

and ally in need, the People of the Philippines.

Vickie

Hosmer Store Memories

From Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND

Gary and Friends,

There are a few memories I have of my many visits to Hosmer’s
over the years. Both Jack and Inie were always there and willing to
cheerfully help with any request any customer had no matter what it
was. I also remember many of the employees they had throughout the
years. Helen Watkins Nelson was a long time employee as well as Evelyn
Landsverk Pladson and none other than my classmate Paulette LaCroix
Chisholm. I think Joanne Kester Boucher worked there at one time to.
One thing at Hosmer’s that always fascinated me was how quickly Don
Hosmer could lace a pair of shoes. He had a lot of practice as he was
the one who was the main shoe man and sold lots of shoes over the
years. I remember in the early years (for me that was in the ’50s) they
had a huge ornate brass cash register that looked like it weighed a
ton. The check out counter was close to the center of the store at that
time and was moved to an area near the door in later years. When this
move happened, they also got a new cash register and retired the one I
liked so well. Jack had a little office on a very small upstairs area
in the back overlooking the store. In the summer on hot days, Jack
would go out on the sidewalk and crank down the big canvas awning that
shielded the big front windows from the sun and kept the store cooler.
In later years, they had a permanent louvered awning that stayed out
year around. Another thing you never see anymore was that Hosmer’s also
had a screen door on the front that allowed air to travel to keep things
cooler.

One story that is cute is that a guy who stayed at Egbert’s
Northern Hotel, just north of our house, went to a funeral and then
stopped uptown and got loaded. He was wearing an old suit that was
probably the only suit he had and he stumbled home past our house
singing loudly as he walked. He decided to cut across our yard and my
dog didn’t like it so he went over and ripped the seat out of the guys
suit pants. He came to the door and told my dad what the dog did so Dad
took him up to Hosmer’s to buy him another pair of pants. Dad said Jack
had all he could do not to just bust out laughing as he helped the old
duffer pick out some pants. They finally found a pair and they were on
their way.

Hosmer’s Dry Goods was a unique piece of Dunseith history and will
always be remembered, by those of us who do remember, as being our own
big department store where a shopper could find nearly anything that was
needed. I keep these memories and try not to think about the empty lot
where Hosmer’s once stood. Time changes things but it can’t erase the
wonderful memories of days gone by. Thanks Gary!

Dick

Philippine Typhoon relief help – School Memories

From Diane Larson Sjol (’70): Lake Metigoshe, ND

Gary,

I urge those who want to help the people of the Philippines affected by the typhoon to contact the Red Cross. That will be my next step. It is such a tragedy and so heartbreaking to read the daily account in the newspaper. We feel so helpless especially when we see the devastation and know that there are thousands of people without food or water wondering where their loved ones are. I can’t imagine. Our prayers go out to them.”

On a happier note, as I was reading Dick Johnson’s response to Larry’s memories, it brought back a couple of memories to me. I remember being in Mrs. Conroy’s fourth grade class and playing jacks during recess. I got pretty good and would challenge anyone. I think Crystal Fassett beat me. In fact I remember wanting to win the reading contest so bad and read and read and read until I couldn’t read anymore. Thought I had it made…nope. Crystal wiped me out. I aspired to be like her but never did beat her. Haha Also remember one day at recess when it was so cold. One of the kids said his brother licked a metal pole and his tongue stuck to it. We found it hard to believe so to prove a point, being the smart 2^nd grader that I was, I licked the metal handrail….and guess what? My tongue stuck. They had to go and get the teacher who poured a glass of water on my tongue to unstick it…but not before I ripped part of the skin off it. I know, not the brightest bulb in the pack. We played dodge ball and as a chubby kid and bigger target, I never did care for that game. J Kick ball was a favorite. We had some great times at the big white school house in Dunseith.

Diane

Our good Friend, Leo Tacke’s Typhoon relief project.

Leo is a recently retired GM of the Lexmark company here in Cebu. He is utilizing his management skills with this project he has undertaken. Leo and his wife Annalyn have a beach home in the affected area.

I will be giving Leo all donation moneys that are sent to me. Gary

Dear Family and Friends,

As you have all read and seen on TV, we have experienced two major disasters in the central part of the Philippines (Visayas) with the Earthquake on October 15 in Bohol/Cebu and Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas on November 8.

Earthquake relief efforts are still ongoing, but as could be expected a lot of the efforts are now focused on helping the victims of the typhoon.

There are major relief operations ongoing but the area to be covered is so large that we hear often that today people have not yet received any help. There are also some concerns that for whatever reason help is not reaching the people that need it.

This is my neighbor, we call her Lola. Where she sits was her house where she lived with the two grandchildren ( back of the picture).

Lola is sifting through her belongings and drying the clothes that are still usable.

During the tropical storm that followed a few days after the typhoon all her belongings were soaking wet again.

This was left of the house of my worker Gaspar Bulibuli, who helps us in Cebu.

We gave him the materials to build this small house in Luyang vicinity in the last few months. When he returned to his place on Sunday Nov 10, this is what he found back.

He was crying and I assured him that we will help him recover from this.

With my family and some friends, we started on Sunday to support relief in the devastated area of San Remigio. With the mayor, Mariano Martinez, we agreed that I would concentrate our efforts to a small Barangay (village) called Luyang in the North West of the Island of Cebu where we have a small house on the coast. The village has approx. 570 families and most (about 450) have either lost their homes or have major damage such as the roof blown off. (our house is OK)

On top of that there is not yet fresh drinking water and no electricity. Food is scares because many small stores were blown away.

Our goal for the village is twofold:

<!–[if !supportLists]–>1. <!–[endif]–>Give basic sustainable food supply for at least a few weeks until the men of the families are back to work mostly in the city of Cebu and be able to support their families and buy their own food.

<!–[if !supportLists]–>2. <!–[endif]–>Make an effort to help rebuild people’s homes. Very simple with mostly coconut wood, corrugated steel roofing and amakan woven bamboo matting for the sides of the house. In the first week or so we will provide some families with tarpaulins to provide shelter.

There will be some relief goods coming from the available calamity budgets, but mostly the needed funds to be able to do this rebuild will have to come from private donations.

For goal #1 we want to provide 2 food packages per family per week (One pack is 2 kgs rice, 2 tins of sardines and 2 packs of noodles) Total cost per pack about Php 120 or US$2.75. For 570 families for three weeks this adds up to approx. 570 families x 2 packages x 3 weeks x Php 120 = Php 410,400.00 which is approx US$ 9,500.00

For goal #2 we want to rebuild about 100 destroyed houses. Very basic, each house will cost ~ Php 10,000 (US$240). We want to repair about 360 houses cost ~Php 4,000 (US$ 95). Total needed to give all people in the village basic shelter ~PhP 2.5M or US$ 56K. We tried to get tarpaulins today but they were sold out. Didn’t want to buy the cheap roles of material.

It would be fantastic if we could make this happen. Can you please ask your family or friends to help the Philippines and specifically Luyang to rebuild and repair.

If you want to help and donate there are a few options:

1. If you want an official receipt from a recognized organization which in some countries can be used for tax purposes. Please make your donations to

Cebu Kiwanis Foundation, Inc.

167-026801-9. Chinabank, Banilad Branch

Cebu City.

Philippines

Swift code: CHBKPHMM

Please mention “Relief Northern Cebu Island”.

Please let me know when the amount was deposited and also how much, so we can ask our treasurer to verify transfer and issue an OR.

-[if !supportLists]–>2. <!–[endif]–>In the Netherlands, if you do not need an official receipt for tax purposes, you can make the donation to:

L.H.A. Tacke

NL80RABO0140426388

BIC code: RABONNL 2U

Please mention “Relief Northern Cebu Island”.

<!–[if !supportLists]–>3. <!–[endif]–>In the Philippines without an official receipt for tax purposes, you can make the donation to:

Leonardus Tacke

Union Bank, Cebu City

Accnt#: 00-026-002530-6

BIC code: UBPHPHMM

Please mention “Relief Northern Cebu Island”.

<!–[if !supportLists]–>4. <!–[endif]–>In the USA without an official receipt for tax purposes, you can make the donation to:

Leonardus H. Tacke

53rd Bank, Hamburg Place, Lexington Kentucky

Accnt#: 32910391

Routing nr: 042101190

Thank you so much, I will keep you informed about our project and report on a regular basis.

Kind Regards,

Leo

11/14/2013 (1891)

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Gary

No Blog the last two days.

For the record I did not get a blog posted the last two days. Ran out of time.

Gary

Happy Birthday Lynn Halvorson Otto (DHS ’75): Boonton, NJ

Happy Birthday Aggie Casavant (DHS ’69): Fort Mill, SC

Happy Birthday Chad Zeiler (DHS ’90): Hot Springs Ark.

Happy Birthday Judy Allery Azure (DHS ’65)

Happy Birthday Don Aird: St Louis, MO

Art Hagen

Question from Lynn Halvorson Otto (’75): Boonton, NJ

Hi Gary, great to hear that you, Bernadette and all are safe after this horrible storm. Did Art Hagen make it OK to Cebu? We’ll keep you all in our prayers. Lynn Halvorson Otto

Yes, Art Hagen did arrive in Cebu. He arrived Friday Evening, the evening of the Typhoon. He and Rose were without power for several days too. I saw Art yesterday at Bowling. This picture was posted on Sunday.

Some excellent Typhoon Pictures From my good friend, Ian Craven, here in Cebu.

Gary

Some photos I took at Bogo, Medellin and Kawit. – http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/24476213

Can be used if anyone wants

Ian

Typhoon letters

Reply from Colette Hosmer (’64): Santa Fe, NM

Gary,

The letters you posted from Michael and Ian tell a more complete story than all the articles, from all the major news agencies in the world, put together. Their accounts tell the human story in a way that is missing in all the others. Tragedy is not a big enough word.

Colette

Mike’s account of the Typhoon

Reply from Ellen Graff Myrick (’58): Grand Forks, ND

Mike’s account of the typhoon and the devastation is utterly graphic. He should share with a news source (AP). It makes a ND blizzard seem paltry.

Ellen (58) Graff Myrick

Typhoon Yolanda – Bernadette

Reply from Margaret Metcalfe Leonard (’65): Rolette, ND

Hi Gary, I’ve been listening to the reports of the damage Yolanda the typhoon has done to your part of the world.

I’m saddened by the devastation and loss of lives. Thankful that you and yours are safe! I was impressed with Ian

and Dinah’s decision to forego the birthday party and to give so generously to those in dire need! There are some

wonderful people in this world and they are undoubtedly are people you are proud to call friends!

I’ve been reading about the “red dress” on my android, tonight I finally saw the picture of Bernadette wearing it.

It is, indeed, a lovely dress for a lovely lady! So thankful that she is feeling so much better! She is so fortunate that

you are such a terrific caregiver and that you have such fantastic help! It makes the tough times bearable and the

good times even better!!

God’s blessings to you and yours,

Margaret

Margaret,

Yes indeed we are very proud to call Ian and Dinah good close friends. This world needs more folks like them, that is for sure.

Speaking of Bernadette and her new dress, when she bought it she also bought each of her neices, Novie and Mirasol, a new dress too. Yesterday when she bought shoes to go with that new dress, she also bought Novie and Mirasol shoes to go with their new dresses. Now they are all set for our Cebu Expat Thanksgiving dinner.

Gary

Cebu, Philippines: Dinner at the Pancake house last night

Memory requsts of the Hosmer Store

From Kay Hosmer (‘77): Crown Point, Ind

I am interested in hearing about some memories of the Hosmer store when my grandparents, Jack & Inie, were in ownership of half of it, and Bob & Lee Hosmer, the other half. My grandparents sold out when I was fairly young, so I only have just a few memories.

Holiday Craft show at Bottineau on Nov.16th

Posting from Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Hi Everyone,

If you have attended the craft show in previous years, you know I haven’t been at the show in person but have had friends selling caramels for me. This year, I won’t even have a table at the the show.

Due to “leg problems”, I’m unable to stand to make the amount of caramels needed to have tables at the craft show. I’m going to try to sell caramels from home, so if you are interested in buying caramels, contact me at neolag@min.midco.net

I’m hoping to check out the craft show, so perhaps I’ll see some of you there.

Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!

Neola

Posted by Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND

How to know if you grew up in the Dakotas:

a. You know how to polka, but never tried it sober….

b. You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means.

c. You know it is traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the reception and wedding dance.

d. You know the difference between ‘Green’ and ‘Red’ farm machinery, and would fight with your friends on the playground over which was better!

e. You buy Christmas presents at Farm and Fleet or Tractor Supply Co.

f. You spent more on beer & liquor than you did on food at your wedding.

g. You hear someone use the word ‘oof-dah’ or ‘Holy Buckets’ and you won’t break into uncontrollable laughter.

h. You or someone you know was a ‘Beef Queen or Dairy Princess’ at the county fair.

i. You know that ‘combine’ is a noun.

j. You let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel post in the middle of winter, or peeing on an electric fence.

k. You think Lutheran and Catholic are the major religions.

l. You know that ‘creek’ rhymes with ‘pick’.

m. Football schedules, branding calves and weaning, hunting season and harvest are all taken into consideration before wedding dates are set.

n. If the sun is out, it’s really windy, and you’re getting wet…. better get on upwind side of the livestock.

o. A Friday night date is getting a six-pack and taking your girlfriend shining for deer.

p. Saturday you go to your local bowling alley.

q. Cruising ‘Main’ lasts for 6 blocks.

r. There was at least one kid in your class who had to help milk cows in the morning… phew!

s. You have driven your car on a lake.

t. You can make sense of ‘upnort’ and ‘batree’.

u. Every wedding dance you have ever been to has the hokey pokey and the chicken dancc.

v. Your definition of a small town is one that only has one bar.

w. If a road you’re driving on has more than 3 curves to a mile…..you are nearing or in the Black Hills.

x. Your vocabulary still includes, ‘Yes, Ma’am’ and No Sir’.

y. The local gas station sells live bait, next to the local jerked beef and homemade jam.

z. At least twice a year some part of your home doubles as a meat processing plant

aa. You understand that brakes on silage trucks are considered a luxury.

bb. Bulldoggin’ is an event.

cc. As the American flag passes, you are on your feet and have removed your hat, your hand is over your heart, or someone behind you gives you slap on the head as a reminder to do so.

dd. You grow up thinking that the opening day of deer & pheasant seasons are national holidays.

ee. You understand the true meaning to ‘snipe’ hunting.

ff. Pop is the only name used for a soft drink.

gg. The trip into town for school, takes longer than your lunch period.

hh. ‘Crown Royal’ has nothing to do with nobility.

ii. You actually understand these jokes and will forward them to all your Nor Dakota & South Dakota friends!!!!!

11/11/2013 (1890)

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Gary

Condolences to the Dale Millang family

From Lola Metcalfe Vanorny (’68): Dunseith, ND.

Gary- glad to hear Bernadette is enjoying life again — and so sorry about the storm and all the damage to the area—

It is with sadness I heard yesterday that Dale Millang passed away — he lived down by the Anderson place ( married To Mary Anderson) our condolences to the family!

Larry keep those stories coming they are the highlight of the blog- !!!_ stay warm everyone it is 20 degrees f here today- Lola

I saw Odell Millang’s FB posting that his dad Dale (’61) had passed away. So so sad. He was a young man too.

Our Condolences are with Dale’s with his passing.

Gary

Bernadette’s red dress

Reply from Gwendolyn Struck Dumas (’68): Havre, MT

Tell Bernadette the dress is simply gorgeous on a beautiful lady like she is!

Gwendolyn,

I showed your reply to Bernadette and she said “Thank You”. I think she plans on wearing that dress to our Cebu Expat Thanksgiving dinner.

Yesterday when were in the mall with her two Nieces, Novie and Mirasol, and also our two helpers, she bought each of them a dress too, for Thanksgiving dinner. Novie and Mirasol will have the camera’s so I know there will be lots of pictures taken that day.

Gary

Reply from Marie Staub Iverson (’60): Seattle, WA

Gary,

So glad you guys are OK. Bernadette did look great in her red dress.

I think some did not receive this blog as I received it twice.

Marie Staub Iverson 1960

Good catch Marie,

I did indeed send yesterday’s blog to your group twice and in the process missed another. They have in now though.

Thank you,

Gary

Reply to Larry Hackman (’66)

From Dennis Dubois (’63): Minneapolis, MN

In response to Larry Hackman. I can’t remember a spitwad fight at the new school when we were seniors, but I do recall an ongoing one at the old school. The greatest spitwad shooter of all time was Danny Machipiness, followed closely by Bill Henry. I tired, but I was a better eraser thrower. I don’t want Larry to be exaggerating and think some damn little freshman would have gotten away with shooting one of the big seniors, it didn’t happen, I think he got mixed up in his writing. Thanks for the memories, Larry.

Reply from Bill Hosmer (’48): Tucson, AZ

Gary, Typhoons are treacherous. Bernadette is beautiful and feeling better, Yeah!!

All of your friends and neighbors look like people I would like to know. Our Blog is

a lifeline of information about us, our parents and friends and people of a special

category, which is to say, Hills and Prairie people of the Dunseith area. It amazes

me to enjoy the touches of history, personal friendships and genuine loyalty of

several generations which bring us together and revel in our commonality of beginnings.

Thank you for keeping us on the same frequency and letting us blurt what needs to

be blurted, including the terrific jokes and historical stories of our past. I believe you

have let us enjoy our special heritage of rural life built on community loyalty, wonderful

school teachers, and one another. I’m proud to be a member of the communicators

who share legendary pictures, words, and ideas that made us who we are. So there

it is. Thank you. Bill Hosmer

Thank you Bill for the nice words. What you have said about the community and the folks from the community is so true too. I will have to say that doing this blog I have learned to know the Dunseith Alumni pretty well and I must say much better than ever before. We are not a small group by any means, but small enough so everyone knows or knows of one another. It is a rewarding feeling when I hear of folks meeting face to face that they have seen/met on the blog. A good example of that is when I met you for the first time face to face in the Bottineau bakery this past July. It is also a rewarding feeling for those that have gotten reconnected. On the 26th of December we will be starting our 7th year with the blog. We have gained many friendships, re-acquaintances and exchanged a lot of history and stories in the past 6 years.

Gary

Typhoon Yolanda

Reply from Laurel Wenstad (’63): Dundas, MN.

We had been thinking of you and family. Glad to hear you are safe

Typhoon Yolanda

Reply from Diane Larson Sjol (’70): Lake Metigoshe, ND

I hope you are ok. We have been reading the awful reports.

Diane

Typhoon Yolanda

Reply from Lynn Henriksen (’64): Tiburon, CA

Thank God you are safe, Gary. Keeping you and Bernadette and all the people in the Philippines and neighboring areas in my thoughts and prayers. What a horrible disaster.

Keeping Spirits Alive,

Lynn Henriksen

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School Memories

Reply from Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND

Gary and Friends,Larry did a good job on the memory of his days with the ‘spit
wads’ and rubber bands. I had one such episode as a sophomore. We had
basketball practice on Friday after school and when I got out of the
shower, one of the senior guys was waiting with a bath towel that he
had dipped the end of in water. He snapped me on the back of my leg and
hit it just right so that it ripped the skin and blood ran down my leg.
I don’t think he intended to do that much damage but that was what
happened. I got real ticked off and my anger grew even more while I was
getting dressed. I took my basketball bag out to the front door of the
gym and then went to my locker and got my rubber bands and a gum wrapper
tin foil spit wad I had deemed too dangerous for use in ‘normal’
confrontations during school. This was different. I went back into the
locker room and looked for the guy and found him sitting down facing
away from me putting on his socks. I pulled the big rubber bands back
until they were ready to break and let fly right in the middle of his
back! I heard him scream and jump up in pain and I was on the run. He
was just coming through the second door of the locker room as I was
going out of the gym and grabbing my gear for the long run home. The
next day I was driving my old car down main street and he ran out of the
bakery and was yelling some obscenity at me as I went by. I just smiled
and gave him the old salute we sometimes gave each other during such
minor confrontations. It was a forgotten incident within a couple days
anyway. He probably knew I was just getting even and let it slide.

One other memory involved one of the long foam and chamois erasers
we used to have besides the little black and white striped ones. A few
of us were standing in the science room on the far south side by the
windows, talking before class. An underclassman stepped through the one
door, grabbed a big eraser and threw it across the room at us. He then
made a dash for the other door to make his getaway. I caught the eraser
and threw it back at him. He was on the run so I had to lead him a
little in order to have the eraser get to where he would be in about a
second. That point happened to be right in the open doorway, if my
calculations were right. He spotted Mr. Dennis Espe just approaching
the door and he slammed on the brakes and ducked back inside the room.
Well, the eraser was coming fast and heading right through the doorway
and SMACK! It hit Mr. Espe right square on the shoulder of his new dark
blue suit! He reached into the room and grabbed the underclassman
thinking he had thrown the eraser and took him down to the office for a
discussion on behaving in school. When the kid came back to the next
study hall I was in, he gave me a dirty look so I just held up both
hands for the old ‘that’s the way it goes’ look. I got lucky. Thanks
Gary!

Dick

Typhoon Yolanda

Folks,

I want to share a couple of email messages from our good friends here in Cebu. They will give you a better perspective first hand of the aftermath of Yolanda. Michael is from Ireland and Ian from England. They both tell me I talk funny too. Can you imagine that.

Our good friend Ian was planning a big 60th Birthday Celebration for his wife Dinah.

Our other good friend Michael could not sleep last night thinking of the devastation.

These are their messages.

Message from Ian

Dear Friends

As most of you know Dinah will be 60 a week today on the 25^th. I had been planning a party for her to which we hoped you would attend but Yolanda has changed things.

We visited the north of Cebu on Saturday, the day after the typhoon struck and although no way near as disastrous as Tacloban it is still very very bad up there. Hardly a tree standing, or if still left standing then denuded of foliage. Not a roof left undamaged with many just disappeared altogether, all wooden structures just like matchsticks, roads virtually impassable and everyone sleeping without shelter. Bogo was hit badly and Medellin and Kawit worse.

So instead of a party Dinah wants to use whatever it would have cost for the party to donate to relief work instead. Kawit of course is our second home and has been for 30 years and we worry that international and domestic relief work will, deservedly so, concentrate on the hardest hit areas in Leyte and Samar but this likely means north Cebu will be left out when they still have a need for help, just not as bad as other parts. We owe Kawit so we are going to arrange relief supplies this week to be sent to Kawit and we will have no party next week. Perhaps we can have a celebration for 60.5 or something next year.

We have told Sam and Jamie not to buy a present for Mum but instead donate to our relief effort. This is what Dinah wants.

I am sure you will all understand.

Ian

Message from Michael

Hi,I have been unable to sleep tonight, thinking of what may have happened in Tacloban.
The media talk of 300 kl winds, and driving rain, and storm surges, dead bodies etc.
But that’s not what it is really.
On Friday morning we were watching as the weather got worse, more rain and more wind.
I took videos outside our house at 10am and 11am, with the intention of doing an hourly
video to record “our day” and our typhoon. I never posted these because I had seen worse rainy days here.
What we did not know here, at that time, was this.

Tacloban had already been hit. And I need Stephen King or Steven Spielberg to help me here.
In the 3rd world the coastal areas around a large city are not des-res. There are shanties of clapperboard walls
and corrugated roofs, 12 by 12, and sometimes 2/3 stories high. Narrow alleys run between.
I know this from visiting the Bagui tribespeople who were relocated to Cebu city coastal area from
some other island. A friend of mine, a baptist missionary (another long story) took me there. We took
a taxi as far as we could, then we took a tricicab ( bicycle with little sidecar ) as far as we could, then we walked
and we were very careful where we stepped. There are no conventional toilets here!. The shanties almost rub
against your shoulders. They are for sleeping in, not living in. People congregate on nearby “streets”.
Charles Dickens is just around the corner. We come to a sort of inlet from the sea, and have to walk across
the plank to where the tribe live. I look down into the weirdly green stagnant water. I feel if I fall off the plank
into the water it will be weeks in hospital before they clean out all the diseases I get. This is in the city ! ! !
I have never been to Tacloban, but it is not as big a modern provincial city as Cebu is, but these coastal dwellings
are where the poorest of the poor are.

Now add a little wind and rain, no major problem, the worst that will happen is piss and shit will be blown on you
by gusts of wind, but hey! the rain washes you for the next lot. Then the wind picks up and the rain is heavier and horizontal and carries things things that can hurt you, so piss and shit are the least of your worries. This is not the driving rain and wind we knew from summer seaside holidays, this wind is screaming and chucking you about…250+kl/hr we have no idea.
You cant see or hear your neighbours because of the wind and the rain. A lot of these families have 6/7 + kids.
Then the real nightmare hits. I dont know how water rises 20 feet, to cause a storm surge, but I understand the effect. Imagine what would happen if you were walking along Blackpool seafront, and the land, all of it, suddenly sank 20 feet.
You dont just get a wave coming in… The whole Irish Sea is coming in at a height of 20ft. Of course, at your little shanty, in your narrow alleyway, where you thought you had some modicum of shelter, you dont see the water coming at you, you see the whole bloody shantytown coming. I suspect your lights go out. If your lights dont come back on your plight is over.

If your lights do come back on your nightmare begins. Your whole area is leveled and is a topsy turvey world from
“The Terminator” . Your kids have vanished. Everything you know has disappeared. You have no protection from the wind and rain, you are waist deep in fast receding water, and parts of houses, trees and furniture are flying lethally around you.
There is no let-up from the wind and rain. After a while you will be very thirsty from the salt water you swallowed, but there is no water. You are aware that your children, if they are alive, wherever they are, will be thirsty to, and they have no water. there is no food. Only screaming wind and horizontal rain…250kl/hr. You look for your kids even though there is
no hope, and you cant see and you cant hear. It as a long long day, you are exhausted, but you are afraid to sleep, you have to search. Night falls… I have no idea what you do , what you feel, what you think. The next day, maybe someone comes, they see you walking around aimlessly, they wonder why you are not doing something. The wind has gone, the rain has gone, your family has gone, you are a guilty survivor. They seem to look at you oddly…..
But they dont know, they weren’t there. They ask you stupid questions like “what was it like?”, “what did you do to be alive?” You do not have the words to describe what happened to you, you dont even know what really happened.
When Speilberg does this, and he does it well, the hero is tall and handsome, the heroine is “to die for”, the little kid is
perfect. They seem to have water and a packed lunch handy. We really do not have any conception what it’s like
when hell comes to visit.

I did not see any of these people in the aftermath of Yolanda. I wonder what I would have written if I did. We have friends we have not heard from yet (only 50 miles away).
But a friend of mine did see these people, and I saw his eyes when he talked to me…. He was one of those who arrived at
the devastation, but he saw why they stood around (and this is in N. Cebu)… they had nothing to do anything with ! ! !
Today he goes back with the food parcels we packed yesterday, and tools to help them rebuild, hammers, nails, saws.
God knows there is enough wood around to be reused.

We are short of NOTHING here, and they are short of EVERYTHING there… 50 miles away ! ! !
He seems to know what he is doing there, and I hope to help him here…..
The icing on the cake……..next typhoon due Wed/Thurs, same track as Yolanda.

Sleep well.

No Apologies,

Mike.

11/10/2013 (1889)

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Gary

No Blog yesterday

Folks,

For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday. We were without power and I did not have gas for my generator.

Gary

Florence Christianson Williams Struck (’38)

Memories from Tom Hagen (’51): Mesa, AZ

Hi Gary, just watched the news again about the Phillipines and glad you came through with such little damage as it seems the rest of the islands had many more problems. Our news said 750,000 were forced from their homes with terrific damage all over. Yes, Bernadette looks great !!! Florence Struck was my teacher in the 5th grade at Loon Lake #2 and we stopped to visit her at Oak Manor in July and she still knew me!!! Tom Hagen “51”

Reply from Connie Zorn Landsverk: Bottineau, ND

HI Gary & Bernadette,

Hoping you 2 and your family are safe! Sorry to hear about the typhoon!! Bernadette Looks just darling in that dress!! It’s a good color for her and it makes her look very classy!! Keeping you guys in my thoughts and prayers!! A N.D. friend!!

Message from Vickie Metcalfe (’70): Bottineau, ND.

Gary,

Listening to the news about Typhoon Yolanda this morning,
with thoughts of the people in your part of the world.
Glad to hear you missed the worst of it.

It is windy here at the foot of the Turtles and
a forecast of 100% chance of rain and snow

Deer Hunting began yesterday!

Yes, the opening day of Deer Hunting continues to be
recognized as a “holiday” in Nor Dakota.

The Holiday music began yesterday morning, with
folks calling the local radio station.

The hands down favorite request.
“Tirty Point Buck”.

You know you’re from Dakota when you feel amusement perking.

The warmth of laughter bubbles up and
chases away curmudgeon pessimism and prepares
a hardiness within for whatever winter may bring.

Thanks.
Vickie

Reply from Keith Pladson (’66): Roanoke Rapids, NC

Gary,
I’m glad to hear that the worst of Yolanda missed you guys. But even at 60 mph the winds from such a large storm can be very destructive, since the high winds can continue for such an extended period. Add to that the potential for very heavy rain and near the coastline the often high seas, these are truly monsters of nature.

Living so close to the Atlantic Ocean as we have for over 40 years has put us in harms way many times out here. Interestingly, predicting the path of a Hurricane/Typhoon, though vastly improved, is still a lot of guess work and many times over the years when they have predicted the Washington, DC area to be in the center of the path, we got very little of anything. On the other hand, sometimes when they have predicted it would miss the entire region, we got hit very hard. That was the case two years ago with Hurricane Irene. This area of NC (where we now live) was not supposed to be hit hardly at all. Instead we got hurricane force winds (75 mph plus) and it lasted for over 20 hours. Because of the different destructive parts of one of these storms even the lack of strong winds doesn’t mean you are home free. In 1972 the DC area was hit by Hurricane Agnes and though the winds were only around 40-50 mpr, we got over 14 inches of rain in about 12 hours and because of the terrain with the mountains just the west, every gully, creek, stream and river overflowed and caused extensive flood damage to the entire region. In 1996 and again in 2003 the area was hit by storms that came ashore near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay which caused a tremendous back flow of water up into the Chesapeake Bay and then into the rivers feeding the Bay which then back flowed into the smaller creeks, etc. In our case, we lived on Aquia Creek (actually a small river) and the water rose over 7 feet over it’s normal level in the creek and in both cases came within about 20 feet of the back of our house. Very unnerving, to say the least.

Again, I am really glad it wasn’t as bad for you as it clearly could have been, but even so, I’m sure there will be reports of significant damages near you. I do hope the loss of life in the country as a whole is low.

It’s good to see Bernadette enjoying herself. May The Good Lord help her to heal and have better times.
Keith Pladson (66)

Class of 63 and Class of 66 Memories

From Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND

Gary

I hope this note and this story finds you and your family in good health and safe from the big storm.

The recent pictures of the class of 1963 that you posted on the blog brought back a memory from high school days.

Maybe it will help take our minds off all the troubles we are experiencing in the world today,

and back to a simpler time, for a little while, anyway.

Stay safe,

Larry

MEMORY FROM 1962

Was it a Setup?

We the class of 1966 were the first freshman class in the new school on the south edge of Dunseith, ND that opened for classes in 1962. It was a bright new school, and we were bright new freshman. No brag, just fact!

We freshman entered that school, knowing that the world was at our feet and we were of the attitude, that we would step aside for no man. Then the senior classmen (class of 63) entered the picture and all out war broke out. There were rubber bands spit wads, paper clips and erasers flying through the air.

We freshman wanted to survive and we weren’t about to roll over for them seniors, and so we started building and improving our arsenal. The weapon of choice was large, and thick rubber bands that we would loop over a couple of fingers making a slingshot type weapon. The ammunition was tightly folded paper. The paper that was shot with the rubber bands was folded tight and then we would bite down hard on the folds, and add a little saliva so that they would hold their shape, and would fly faster and hit harder. It was definitely a battle that took place between the senior boys and several of us freshman boys almost every time the teacher left the study hall room. The rubber band shooters were the weapon of choice for us as they were easy to get and easy to conceal.

Then for some odd reason one late sunny afternoon about eight of us freshman and about the same number of seniors ended up in this study hall room together. The seniors all sat in the row of desks along the window side of the room and us freshman all ended up in a row behind the door on the interior wall side of the room, with about four rows of desks separating us from each other. Mr. Bob Jury was the instructor in charge of the room. Everything in the room was good and quiet.

I don’t know where the classmen, of the classes of 64 or 65 were at this time. Maybe they were hiding out somewhere or maybe they were in a different room being watched by a different teacher and going through the same experience we were about to experience? I just don’t know where they were? I guess it just wasn’t my day to keep track of those classes.

Mr. Jury was in charge of our little gathering, and when Mr. Jury was in charge of a room everybody was usually all business and there was no screwing around. Then it happened, for some reason Mr. Jury left the room. Was his departure planned? Well, as was expected by all of us in that room. When Mr. Jury left that room, all hell broke loose! Everything but the kitchen sink went flying across no man’s land, over the four rows of desks separating the seniors and the freshman.

Then suddenly one of them fast, hard, flying rubber band shot zingers took a sharp left turn, and hit the biggest senior of them all, right on the end of the nose. He went to his feet in an instant, his desk went flying. God, that must of hurt! He was starting to move toward us and the rest of that bunch with him, in that row were getting out of their desks to follow him.

We freshman knew we were in trouble, and instantly begin preparing for the worst by putting away our fighting equipment, and putting on our best and most innocent faces, faces any mother would love, and getting ready to deny that we even possessed any equipment or weapons that would hurt or at worst, piss off a senior.

We were ready to convince them seniors that the zinger, that hit that spud, must have been shot by some alien from outer space or more than likely, we would point to the other guy and throw him under the bus. The seniors were big compared to us, and probably looking for a reason to take us out anyway. Especially that senior with the mad look on his face and the red, sore, nose.

We freshman all thought, that we were dead meat, and were signing ourselves. When all of a sudden them seniors froze in place. We freshman begin looking at each other, wondering what the hell just happened. The seniors stayed motionless with their eyes fixed on the door, what seemed like an eternity.

We freshman looked at them and then peaked around the edge of the door, and their stood our savior, Mr. Jury. He strolled into the room and gave us freshman one look and the thumb, telling us to go to library and stay there. We did not hesitate, we were up and out of them desks and out the door. On the way to the library we were getting rid of our weapons and ammunition, as we figured someone was coming to ask us to empty our pockets. It never did happen. When the final bell rang for the afternoon we all packed up and left the school and as far as I know, no one, not one of us were ever asked, or asked to talk about what went on in that room. The seniors never bothered us after that or tried to get revenge, as far as I know, anyway. What did Mr. Jury say to them seniors? It must have been convincing?

No, not everyone became angels after that, but I do remember not seeing or bringing any more rubber bands, or spit wads to school. However, every once in awhile you would see some guy dilly-bopping down the hall way wearing an eraser brand (strip of chalk dust) across the back of his head.

It would bring a smile to my face and still does, just remembering our lucky day.

Remember to keep laughing,

Larry

Typhoon Yolanda

I was getting enquires from different folks in other groups of my friends asking about us and the Typhoon. With that I posted the following to them that I want to also share with you folks.

Gary

Hello Friends,

I have been getting a few enquires about the affects of Typhoon Yolanda, so I just want to let you know that we are OK.

The eye and the brunt of the storm past through about 70 miles north of us. Weather reports said we had 50 to 60 MPH winds in our area. We also had the heavy rains. The storm was moving rather quickly at a pace of about 25 MPH and lasted for about 2 hours. There was minimal damage in our area, the Cebu City area. Just before the storm hit, for safety reasons, they turned all the power off to the whole island. We were without power for about 20 hours. After the power came on for a few hours we lost it again for another 8 hours or so. Last night it went out again for several hours. I think they may now have all power permanently restored in the Cebu City area.

We have a few friends with beach houses to the north of us. I have included a Face Booking posting and several pictures from Ivan Craven, a good friend of ours. He and his wife Dinah have/had a beautiful beach front house on about 500 feet of beautiful ocean property, located about 5 miles from the center of the storm. This was their week-end get away home.

Gary

Ian Craven‘s Face Book posting with several pictures

Just back from a difficult trip to the north of the island. Its devastation up there. Hardly a tree still standing and if it is it has either lost its top or is bereft of leaves. Bogo, Medillin and Kawit are devastated, huge damage everywhere, hundreds of houses collapsed and a new Mall in Bogo has gone. We saw 6 schools absolutely destroyed, nothing left. Not good at beach house either but staff safe. Almost in tears…..

Our friends Beach house

The beach property of our friends.

11/8/2013 (1888)

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Gary

Typhoon Yolanda hits the Philippines

The eye of Typhoon Yolanda passed about 70 north of us at noon today. It is classified as the strongest storm on earth for 2013. It is the strongest ever to hit the Philippines and from reports I saw the 4th strongest recorded in history. Reports that I just read said we had winds of about 60 MPH in our area. The winds were strong and the rains were heavy, but we didn’t have much damage to speak of. Several of our neighbors lost parts of their roofs. The winds were so strong that it broke the bulbs off at the sockets in 3 of our yard lights.

We have been without power since 10:00 AM. It is now 8:00 PM. Reports are that we will not get power back until tomorrow. We are fully powered with our generator. I will be turning it off when we go to bed though. We don’t have water either. Sky cable is down too, but we do have internet service.

Gary

From Pam Faust Fassett (’47): Lilburn, GA

Gary – You guys STAY SAFE! I just saw the National weather report. My thoughts & prayers are with you.

Pam

Bernadette’s photo

Reply from Maryls Hiatt (’70): Dunseith, ND

Bernadette looks so beautiful in her new dress. I am glad to hear she has
been feeling better .

Bernadette’s photo

Reply from Brenda Hoffman (’68): Greenville, SC

YAY for Bernadette having fun – and please tell her she needs to buy that dress. It looks great on her.

Love Brenda

Bernadette’s photo

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

Gary,
Bernadette looks lovely in her new red dress.
I hope you this finds you safe and out of harms way, while
weathering the latest typhoon.
Vickie

Bernadette did purchase this dress.

I have reposted the picture with the caption that Novie and Mirasol added when they posted it on Face Book. I just showed this caption to Bernadette and she Said “you better tell them I didn’t say that”. Her picture tells it all though.

I’m wearing my new dress…sexy right..

Posted by Neola Kofod Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Novie’s 32nd Birthday at the Ayala Mall, Cebu, Philippines.

Mirasol and Novie – Bernadette’s nieces and our Full time helpers too

11/7/2013 (1887)

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Gary

Note: With this message, under the subject title above, please click on “Click her to down load pictures“

No Blog yesterday

For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday

Gary

Florence Christianson Williams Struck (’38): Passed away.

Florence Struck
(Died October 31, 2013)

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Florence Struck, age 92 of Boulder, MT formerly of Bottineau, passed away on October 31, 2013 at a Missoula, Montana hospital. Services are pending. (Nero Funeral Home -Bottineau)

Neola’s Caramels

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Not selling at the Craft show, but am going to try from home. People can contact me at neolag@min.midco.net

Thanks.

Neola

Cebu Philippines

Bernadette trying on a new dress that she purchased yesterday.

Novie and Mirasol were experimenting with her phone camera

Note: Bernadette has been doing very well the past week or so.

Another picture taken yesterday at the mall by Novie and Mirasol

San Haven Ghosts

Reply from Brenda Hoffman (’68): Greenville, SC

Dear Gary,

I agree with Lola. San Haven ghost stories are silly. Both good and bad happened at the San – just as is true of any community. Ghost stories are just a great deal more interesting and scary when tied to an institution…or large mansions. Shades of Gothic literature.

Brenda

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Paranormal team investigates San Haven

By Scott Wagar (Submitted Photos)

10/29/2013

Throughout the Halloween season local residents in Bottineau County talk about local places that might have ghosts and other entities. One question that often comes up is whether or not the buildings of San Haven are inhibited by spirits. An answer to that question just might have arrived.

Four members of the Midwest Paranormal Files (MPF) out of Detroit Lakes, Minn., visited San Haven this summer and spent time in an investigation for paranormal activity, which they believed they found.

The group learned about San Haven through a source (which has asked MPF to keep him nameless) that provided photos and stories of San Haven showing paranormal activity, which included a number of photos which shows shadowy figures.

To MPF, the evidence was so overwhelming from their source, they came to the Dunseith area in June and utilized their ghost hunting equipment to see if they could either prove or debunk the activity taking place there. The group’s evidence shows some interesting results.

“Since there was no power on site we stuck to the basics. I used a digital camera, a digital voice recorder and a K2 to measure EMFs (Electro Magnetic Field),” said Kelsey Opsahl, a member of MPF who was part of the investigation at San Haven. “The digital camera is used to hopefully capture images of the paranormal. The voice recorder is used mainly during EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) sessions. EVP’s are discovered during playback of our recordings and are usually voices or sounds that were not audible by the human ear and are ruled out as not another living person, animal or mechanical noise,” she continued.

“The K2 is used in paranormal investigations on the theory that entities are largely composed of energy, which may be electrically based. Though we do not use this as evidence, we do use it as a guide, especially in a place such as San Haven where there isn’t any power to generate EMF and you wouldn’t expect the K2 to register any,” she added.

Outside of Opsahl’s equipment, Jeremy Buermann carried a K2 meter, Kristy Sletta an audio recorder and Brian Halstensgaard a camera.

INVESTIGATION

“We met our hookup in Dunseith at 10 a.m. Drove a mile down the road and found San Haven State Hospital. He showed us around, mostly telling us which areas were unsafe. He also shared some stories from the nights he’d been out there. He left, and we stayed to further our tour,” Buermann said on the group’s website.

“Only an occasional flash of lights were ever seen on the K2. Further attempts to contact anyone after a flash got no response. We were there until 1 p.m. when we thought we should eat and take a nap,” she continued.

It was here that MPF encounter what they called their first real paranormal activity, but instead of the activity being discovered in one of the buildings, the entity they encountered was elsewhere.

“Upon getting in the van Kristy, Kelsey and I got in. Kristy mentioned the basement area was hard on her, very heavy feeling. Just then the DVD screen dropped down. The girls asked me (it’s his van) if that sort of thing happens a lot. It doesn’t, it’s hard to pull down on purpose because the hinge is half broke. Kristy slid the door open and asked for any spirit to leave the van. Once Brian got in we headed back to find some lunch,” Buermann said.

“About 5 p.m., we were ready to go back. We got to the van, loaded up and I tried to start the van. The battery was completely dead. I checked to see if anything was left charging, all the lights automatically turn off, nothing was left on,” Buermann continued.

“I just had the van in for an oil change where they checked the battery. The battery was like new. I never had a problem before. It took awhile but we got a security guy to give us a jump from his 4-wheeler,” Buermann went on.

“We didn’t think spirit right off the bat, but it did kind of make us wonder. Spirits are known to steal the energy from camera batteries and such things, but a car battery? Shortly after returning to the hospital the K2 meter started to go crazy, spiking to red for a sustained amount of time (red means a high level of activity),” Buermann said.

“We thought what could be causing this naturally. We were in the middle of a horse pasture. All the wiring has been stripped from the building. There hasn’t been power for over 10 years. The sun was out, with just a slight breeze. It was responding to questions, and seemed to center around me,” Buermann added.

“That’s when we started thinking we are communicating with the stow-away in the van. The K2 activity went on for over an hour, during which I asked the spirit if he (it was determined to be a boy) was the one in the van and did he drain the battery. He seemed to answer yes to both questions. The second time I asked I received the same response. I told the spirit both times that he was unwelcome in the van and that he needed to stay in San Haven and after the third time the activity stopped,” Buermann continued.

Outside of the experiences Buermann spoke about, he asked additional questions while in the room with the boy who stated he was in the van. Buermann asked if the room they were in was his, which through the K2 meter the boy stated it was. He then asked if the group should leave the boy’s room and the floor they were on and his answers were to leave the room, but not the floor.

As the session went on, the team learned that the boy had a handicap, was treated well at San Haven and died of an accident.
During the session, the group used two EMFs devices, which were synchronized at times in lighting up as Buermann asked questions. (It should be noted here that a K2 is a meter that lights up at different levels shows the strength of an energy source.)

EVPs

The groups also spent time attempting to collect EVPs where they captured a number of voice recordings from unknown sources at the site. In one of the EVPs, Sletta asked the group if anyone had audio on. Shortly after the question was asked the EVP picked up a voice saying, “Yeah”, as in response to the question.

In another part of the hospital, the group was talking about a girl called Nina who had spray painted her name in numerous places throughout the San. As they spoke about Nina, the EVP caught a voice which said, “Nina”.

As the investigation went on through the evening, a thunderstorm came up around midnight, which ended the exploration of San Haven for the members of MPF.

RESULTS

As the group spent time at San Haven they took thousands of photos, numerous recordings and even recreated scenes from their source to see if they could capture the scene over again.

Since leaving the TB sanatorium, the group has spent hours going over their photos and recordings and disproved a few of the photos their source sent to them.

“We debunked the mist photos because we noticed when we were in the basement that the humidity actually created a mist that would swirl around in front of the IR camera and iPhone camera, which I understand is what the contact took his pictures with. Even our flashlight beam would pick up the humidity/mist,” Opsahl said.

“Another photo that was debunked was one that had a figure standing at the end of the hallway. We discovered a water heater standing up at the end of that hall. When you take a picture from afar it did look like someone was standing there but alas it wasn’t,” Opsahl added.

Buermann stated that although a couple of the photos were debunked, the shadowy figures seem to be legitimate.

“It would seem as though there are spirits roaming the complex,” Buermann said.

SAN HAVEN

San Haven opened in November of 1912 and cared for thousands of tuberculosis patients until it closed its doors in July of 1973 after antibiotics were discovered for TB.

Once antibiotics were discovered for TB, and San Haven closed, the state hospital in Grafton moved patients to San Haven and cared for mentally handicapped patients to resolve an overcrowding issue at Grafton.

Grafton cared for its patients at San Haven until 1987 when a court order closed down the facility and placed the mentally handicapped in the private sector rather then keep the patients institutionalized.

RETURNING

Whether one believes that there are ghosts or not at San Haven, the members of Midwest Paranormal Files are going to come back to San Haven to conduct another investigation.

“We will use what we’ve learned to have more specific questions. Try other methods we didn’t have time to do,” Buermann said.
“Our investigation was cut short due to the storm. It’s always great if you can go back to a location that has turned up evidence to try to get more answers,” Buermann added.

Opsahl agrees with Buermann. “There is definitely more to investigate,” she said.

To see some of the San Haven’s EMFs and EVPs from Midwest Paranormal Files, along with reading more into the members’ investigation there, go to www.paranormalfiles.org/evidence/san-haven-nd-june-2013

Joke of the day

Posted by Dan Malaterre (’72): Sioux Falls, SD

A university research department advertised for an assistant to work with a group of captive Grizzly Bears.

They had two applicants, a beautiful young female biologist and a middle aged Norwegian man.

The professor in charge of the project, knew not everyone could handle working with Grizzly Bears, so he decided to test their skills.

The two hopefuls followed him out to the bear den.
He first asked the young woman to show him what she could do.

She entered the cage, stripped down to her bikini, and the largest bear walked up and nuzzled her.

The astonished professor, turned to the Norwegian man and said, ” Can you do that?”

“You’re darn right “, said the Norwegian, “Just get that damn bear away from her first.”

11/5/2013 (1886)

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Gary

Happy Birthday Margaret Metcalfe Leonard (DHS ’65): Rolette, ND

Happy Birthday Greg LaCroix (DHS ’66): Fargo, ND

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

Gary,

My favorite subject in junior and senior H.S. school was always history.

Years ago, when I was in 8th grade English, Mrs. Foss assigned us to write term papers.

Urgh!

I used two encyclopedias to research and write about my topic, Scotland.

It was the place I heard from my Dad, that his highland Scot’s grand mother hailed from.

I did a poor job of writing (more copying) than using my own words.

But the educational experience took root.

I feel blessed to be the recipient to many who experienced history in the making.

Thanks,

Vickie

Reply to yesterday’s San Haven Posting

From Lola Metcalfe Vanory (’68): Dunseith, ND

HI LARRY !!_ I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST BUNCH OF MALARKEY I HAVE EVER HEARD– THOSE THINGS ARE JUST FOR SENSATIONALISM- !! — MAKES ME MAD WHEN THEY TRY TO MAKE OFF LIKE IT WAS A SOME KIND OF TORTURE CHAMBER- !!

LOLA– I’LL GET OFF MY SOAP BOX NOW-

Ray Church Robber arrested

Article posted by Vickie Metcalfe (’70): Bottineau, ND

Pastor describes tense robbery scene during ND church Mass
Blake Nicholson, Associated Press – 11/04/2013

BISMARCK — A 54-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and mother in northern Illinois has been arrested on suspicion of using a shotgun to rob parishioners at a northwestern North Dakota church.

Billy Varner was arrested Saturday night near Williston, N.D., some 1,000 miles from his home in Antioch, Ill., where the bodies of his wife, Peggy Henderson, 61, and his mother, Dorothy Varner, 82, were discovered Oct. 28.

Cynthia Trujillo-Vargas, a spokeswoman for the Lake County state’s attorney’s office, said Varner was charged Monday with two counts of first-degree murder.

Police have not said how the women died.

Authorities say Varner walked into the Church of St. Michael in Ray during Mass shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday, told the three dozen parishioners to get on the floor and forced The Rev. Benny Putharayil to fill a black garbage bag with money.

“He was yelling, ‘I don’t care, you die, you see my face. Don’t use your cellphones, and the gun is loaded,'” Putharayil said Monday. “I began to move down the pews, asking for money. There were a lot of tears and a lot of crying.”

Putharayil, 46, who has led the congregation for five years, said he was prepared to die.

“I was not frightened. God has given me the grace to face that situation calmly,” he said.

The man fled without harming or even pointing his gun at anyone, Putharayil said. Three men from the congregation briefly followed him in their own vehicles and were able to give a description to authorities.

Three Williams County sheriff’s deputies located Varner’s vehicle on U.S. Highway 2 about 13 miles from Williston, gave chase and apprehended him a short time later when he pulled over and gave himself up, Sheriff’s Detective Caleb Fry said. Varner was driving a van that authorities in Illinois said he had taken without permission from a family member, Fry said.

Fry said Varner was arrested on multiple charges. Formal charges were not immediately filed Monday morning. Fry said North Dakota authorities were working with Illinois officials who want to question Varner.

Fry did not know if Varner had hired an attorney.

During a Sunday night news conference in Antioch, 60 miles northwest of Chicago, Antioch Police Chief Craig Somerville said, “We salute all who participated in this effort to take a dangerous subject off the streets.”

Putharayil said that after the robbery, members of his congregation talked about what had happened for a few minutes, prayed for the robber, then held the Mass as planned.

“I switched on my mic and started putting them at ease. Many of them were in tears,” he said. “Toward the end of the Mass, I got word that the man had been caught.”

Putharayil said he thanked God that no children were in attendance Saturday night.

Officials with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck issued a statement Monday saying they were grateful no one was hurt and that they were cooperating with the police investigation.

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

San Haven Pictures published in the Bottineau Courant

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Gary, Austin DuBois is the son of Wade and Lynette Hamel DuBois, and grandson of Loren/Elenore Birkland DuBois.

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

11/4/12013 (1885)

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Gary

Class of 63 – 50 year reunion – August 2013

Pictures posted by Darlene Quillinan Larmore (’63): Bivalve, MD

Note: I added the original class of 63 matrix. Gary

Class of 63: August 2013

Class of 63: August 2013

There must be a story behind this picture?

Class of 63

Note: I am reposting because the website link could not be opened in yesterdays message. Gary

Veterans day

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

Gary and friends.

In June 2013,the Scotland group, I visited an Italian chapel.
T’was out in a secluded lonely area of Orkney Isles.
The Orkneys are quite desolate,stark,have few trees, lots of rock
and sheep
surrounded by water. We bumped along on a “hieland road” to our
destination.
At last, there it was ……..in the middle of now where.Once inside this chapel, it was as if we were transported across
time,
and space to a charming place.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24770737The experience was breathtaking!
Italian P.O.W.’s had created out of miniscule things
that are oft taken for granted. ( like corn-beef cans made into
chandeliers).

During war time they had lost hate and created a place of peace.
They received humane treatment by their captors the allies.
70 years has gone by and here I am able to observe a historical
place which is
remembered and preserved by the Orcadian people.

Those days on the Orkney Isles, I learned about Scappa Flow .
The trip to Orkney greatly expanded my knowledge of WWII. I was
delighted when a well known Bottineau person asked me if I’d been to Scappa
Flow. He’d been in the area while in the Navy serving in the Atlantic during WWII. Ht also served
in the Pacific.

While in that chapel,
I thought about my friend and neighbor, former farm boy Carroll
Carlson. Carroll who
lived through the great depression of the 30’s, found the Bear Paw’s
in his youth, as a young man,
listened to a scratchy radio while in Tijuana, and with heavy
foreboding drove back to Montana to enlist,
he prepared for war in the California desert, lived in mud on the
east coast, crossed the Atlantic to Northern Africa,
he waited for orders in Great Britain, he crossed the English
channel experiencing a costly battle on the sands of Normandy,
rode in a tank through to the end of war.

Then, returned on a 12×7 freight train rolling west across Europe,
and USA.
And finally hitch hiked a ride home to the farm N. of Dunseith.
Carroll was one of the many stalwart peace loving American Veterans I
have known.

I hope many of you will share with youth, that next long
weekend in November,
isn’t just about the opening of deer season.

It is followed by Veterans Day, Monday November 11.

Lest we all forget.
Like the Orcadians and Italian’s, remember and preserve.

Vickie

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

Thanks Gary,
A couple more YouTube and newspaper articles about the chapel.Studying the brick work, floor and ornate sculpting of the chapel,
it is amazing the work was all done in left over paint giving
wonderful illusion.

If you view you will may feel the ……desolation in the wind, far
from Italy. V/

http://vimeo.com/73406037
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12WUbgHDWgg
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/former-pow-returns-to-orkney-s-italian-chapel-1-3170594

San Haven Gosts

Posting from Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND

Gary

Story in the Bismarck, Tribune about ghosts at the San Haven.

A 1000 people died there and many are buried on the grounds?

What do you think?

Larry

11/3/2013 (1884)

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Gary

Veterans day

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

Gary and friends.

Once inside this chapel, it was as if we were transported across
time,
and space to a charming place.

http://www.bib.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-24770737

The experience was breathtaking!
Italian P.O.W.’s had created out of miniscule things
that are oft taken for granted. ( like corn-beef cans made into
chandeliers).

I hope many of you will share with youth, that next long
weekend in November,
isn’t just about the opening of deer season.

It is followed by Veterans Day, Monday November 11.

Lest we all forget.
Like the Orcadians and Italian’s, remember and preserve.

Vickie

Stokes/Thompson picture posted yesterday

Reply from Keith Pladson (’66): Roanoke Rapids, NC

Gary,
It’s always fun to get your blog and see what may in it. As to the photograph provided by Dale Pritchard, I believe (and I’ve already provided this to Dale by separate email) that the two folks with Keith Ingalls and his wife are possibly the two it says they are except that they are reversed. I believe the one sitting on the half wall behind the others may be my grandfather, Ulysses Thompson and the one sitting next to Keith Ingalls may be Frank Stokes, your adoptive grandfather, Gary. But, I’m open to any other input on this. I’m attaching a couple of photograph of your Grandfather and his wife Julia for comparison. The first, I believe was at their wedding and the other several years later. I believe you already have these two photo’s, Gary. And for those who may not know but might want to know the connection, Frank Stokes and Ulysses Thompson were brothers-in-law.
Keith

P.S. Gary if I attached the wrong photo, let me know — I believe it is the right one.

Keith,

You attached the right photos.

I Think you are right. I have pasted one of the pictures below that you sent of my grandparents, Frank and Julia Stokes. For comparison I have also added one of your grandparents, Ulysses and Alice (Stokes) Thompson with my grandparents, Frank and Julia Stokes. Take note of the hair of the Ulysses and Frank. In all of the pictures their hair is combed the same. Mary Urich Knutson, I think, provided this picture

Gary

Frank and Julia Stokes

Standing: Frank & Julia Stokes

Sitting: Ulysses and Alice (Stokes) Thompson

Note: Frank & Alice are siblings

11/2/2013 (1883)

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Gary

No Blog yesterday

For the record, because of the “All Saints Day” Celebrations, I did not get a blog posted yesterday. Please see my posting below.

Gary

Question from Dale Pritchard (’63): Leesville, LA

Mary, Gary and Keith,

I’m in the process of digitizing all my photos. In looking back at some of the old pictures I’m not sure if identification on this one was completed. The two men on the left were identified as Frank Stokes and Ulysses Thompson. The younger couple seated are Keith Ingalls and his wife. I contacted one of Keith’s sons in California and he verified his Mom and Dad but didn’t know the others. He believes the picture was taken in Spokane where Keith lived for a while. The tie-in is that Keith’s Mother was Grandpa William Pritchard’s sister, Edna. Keith’s dad, Herschell Ingalls, lived in Dunseith in the early 1900s. Keith was born in Dunseith in 1906 (I think, without checking) and lived there until they moved West when he was a teenager.

Dale Pritchard

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Reward fund set up to assist in the crime against Boppre’s Shetland pony

By Scott Wagar: Bottineau Courant

10/15/2013

A drop-off container for collecting a reward for the individual(s) who tortured, killed and maimed Dave Broppe’s miniature Shetland pony has been set up at the First National Bank in Bottineau for individuals who would like to contribute to a reward the bank will give to the person who will grant information on the criminal(s) who conducted this crime.

“The bank has a bucket set up in there,” Boppre said. “People can drop off whatever they want.”

Boppre added that the North Dakota Stockman Association is also working on a reward for the crimes against the pony.

On Sept. 14, an individual(s) driving what is described as a black pickup discovered the Shetland pony in an Alfalfa field and began to chase the animal down the road and through the ditches for three-quarters to a mile distance. At that point, the horse stopped and was run over by the truck; or, the individual(s) purposely drove over the pony, which was only around 24 inches in height.

After running over the animal, the individual(s) involved then harnessed the horse to the back of the truck and dragged the miniature pony down the road until the harness broke. The horse was left with no hair on either side of his body and the hair, skin, flesh and meat rubbed off to the animal’s jawbone.

From there, the individual(s) placed the pony in the back of the truck and drove to the corner of the Lake Road and Airport Road and left the pony there.

The Bottineau County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the crime and is currently receiving numerous tips which the law enforcement agency is investigating.

By the community granting reward money, it is hoped that someone will come forward and report the individual(s) who committed the crime.

Individuals are encouraged to donate money for the reward to help the local sheriff’s department solve this crime. Boppre stated that a good number of donations have come in by individuals, which he greatly appreciates.

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

John Ross Nadeau
(January 19, 1985 – October 28, 2013)

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John Ross Nadeau, age 28 of Mandan, formerly Dunseith, died Monday, October 28, 2013 in a Bismarck hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. in St. Marks Catholic Church in Bottineau. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, rural Dunseith. A wake will be held on Friday beginning at 5:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 6:30 P.M. in the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau.

John Ross Nadeau, a son of Lonnie and Diana (Marek) Nadeau, was born on January 19, 1985 at Rolla, ND. He moved to Mandan at a young age and graduated from high school in Mandan. After his graduation he worked for construction companies in the Bismarck/Mandan area.

John was a great father and uncle. He was a talker and loved being around family, friends and attending family functions. John enjoyed fishing, lifting weights and playing basketball and softball. He was a Green Bay Packers, Los Angles Lakers and New York Yankees fan.

He is survived by his parents, Lonnie Nadeau of Fargo, mother, Diana Nadeau of Surrey; daughter, Hattie Mae Nadeau; son, Kaden James Nadeau, both of Mandan; brothers, Ryan Nadeau of Fargo, Nik (Kourtney) Nadeau and Trey Nadeau, both of Mandan; nieces, Brielle and Lillan Nadeau, both of Mandan.

John was preceded in death by his daughter, Hattie Mae Nadeau; grandfathers, Dominic Nadeau and Don Marek; great grandparents, Mae and Gordon Stephens; brothers of the heart, Eastman Nadeau and Trevor Erie.

Cebu Philippines

Halloween dinner at the Xing Cafe.

Evelyn & Alex Todd Gary, Bernadette and Novie

All Saints day (11/1) in the Philippines

This is my Face Book postings of our All Saints Day celebration here in Cebu.

Gary Stokes

16 hours ago 10:30 PM

In recognition of “All Saints Day”, we just got back from back from the Manila Memorial Cemetery where Bernadette’s Father and brother are buried.Bernadette prepared a ton of food that we took out there. There were about 40 to 50 of her relatives there, many of whom will be spending the night there. One thing for sure, they will not be hungry. We hired a Jeepney to take a lot of them out theretoday. Tomorrow morning they will tear down the tent covers and load all the stuff into the jeepney and come home.

My guess is that the cemetery sits on about 80 acres. This evening the place was packed with thousands and thousands of people. There were that many cars too. Talk about a zoo and in dim lighting too. It was a real test of ones patients driving in there.

Bernadette’s half sister doing the Rosary

Gary Stokes It is now 7:00 AM. My Brother-in-law Eddy is waiting for the Jeepney Driver to go back out to the cemetery and bring everything and everyone home. Novie Congson and Mirasol Renido Ostulano, Bernadette’s two nieces that work for us, spent the night with their families in the Cemetery. The cemetery is about 5 miles from our house.

9 hours ago

Gary Stokes They arrived home about 8:30 AM. Mirasol said she didn’t get any sleep. Novie Congson said she got a combination of about 4 hours sleep. She said about 15 of her friends from a Charitable Consolacion group she belongs to stopped by the cemetery about midnight and stayed until 4:00 AM. Novie is very frisky and energetic with the clean up and putting things away. There was plenty of food left over too that was given to the folks in our area.

6 hours ago ·

10/31/2013 (1882)

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Gary

Happy Birthday Dave Wurgler (DHS ’64): Rugby, ND

Dave wrote: “Thanks Gary for the birthday wish—Ya–67—getting up there but as long as I can keep adding the years I will be happy–A person is only as old as you feel and how you live your life–The younger the better!!!! Thanks–Dave–“

Happy birthday Sandy Gottbreht: Dunseith, ND

Reply from Gwendolyn Struck Dumas (’68): Havre, MT

Gary,

Looks like Bernadette is doing a bit better…always that lovely smile!

You have a very beautiful home!!

Gwendolyn

Posted by Vickie Metcalfe (’70): Bottineau, ND

Olympian Billy Mills to speak at NDSU on Nov. 6

FARGO – Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Memorial Union Great Room as part of North Dakota State University’s Native American Heritage Month festivities.By: Forum Staff Report, INFORUM

Billy Mills

FARGO – Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the Memorial Union Great Room as part of North Dakota State University’s Native American Heritage Month festivities.

Mills won gold in the 10,000-meter race during the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.

Mills was raised on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S.D., as part of Oglala Lakota, one of seven subtribes of the Lakota people.

He earned a track scholarship to the University of Kansas and later served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Vickie’s comments:

I somehow recall the name Billy Mills, the spring of he year
was to be at the DHS gym speaking.
The coaches and guys involved sports were interested.

side note,
My dad did not promote after school sports or extra curricular
activities.

He believed we got enough physical activity working the farm, cattle,
barn work,
hauling bales etc.

Perhaps also, I just was not interested in PE or playground athletics.
the last one chosen……… I had no depth perception. Lol

I sought individual sports which developed into
passion for riding horse, necessary to roundup cattle..

Later. Vickie

10/29/2013 (1881)

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Gary

Spam and Stawberry Jelly Sandwich

Reply from Linda Johnson Juntunen (“72): l Perth, ND

Gary,
How funny that you should bring the sandwich thing forward! Made me
think of my Grandma Caremella Johnson. Toast, with Cheese Whiz,
strawberry jam and bologna! Thanks for the memory.
Linda J. Juntunen

Mothers Free Range Chickens

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

Gary and friends,

Today, I read an article from the Seattle area news which showed a

You Tube special. It featured chickens wearing anti-reflective vests.

Vests which are made in the United Kingdom.

http://www.king5.com/news/editors-pick/Reflective-chicken-jacket-will-protect-your-cluckers-229607551.html

This past June, I met up with free range chickens,

while on holiday across the Scottish Highlands,

the Orkneys and Shetland Isles.

The rural roads in the hielands are about as wide

as bike trails around Bottneau and Lake Metigoshe.

One day while traveling,on a bus venturing the Isle of Mull,

there was a caution sign,

“Caution Free Range Children”.

Just that morning, we had to motor through multi-coloured

free range chickens, and I know how unpredictable herding

chicken’s and children from days of yore.

One is of my cousin Dianne, my brother, and my Dad.

Cousin Dianne would come out of the city to ND to visit and experience

country ways. At the time of this tale twas August.

Like her mum, Auntie Jean, Dianne had a soft heart. She also had

a well rounded education and a beautiful voice.

My brother was a young lad who had lame, young black horse.

The horse was in a golden straw filled back pen in the barn.

My Dad, without vision carried a white cane, wore blue striped overalls

of a farmer, and the vision of a wise man.

One evening at twilight, my brother sought our father’s advice for the horse.

We gathered in the barn,Dad’s gentle hands touched the wound, and spoke solemnly.

Dad told me to run up to the hay mow to push sweet hay down.

Dianne and I ran up stairs where the young, spring yard chickens were roosting.

Coming down, I dropped the door. BAM!

FLAP..Squaaaaaaaack,

flap…flap..achhhh.

Dianne ran back and found a limp chicken in distress.

She wailed, “Oh No!

Look what has happened to Aunt Lottie’s poor

chicken. Dad calmly said, Dianne, “Put the chicken down on the floor on it’s back”.

We watched as he ministered to the chicken.

____He counted solemnly, as he moved its legs up and down slowly.

My brother and I puzzled.

Then eye contact, held our our snickers back……

1—–2—3—-4—-Dad said, Hum……….

Then, DIanne caught on to dad’s humor, when he said,

” Artificial respiration is not working”

Dad put his arm around Dianne hugged,

and said, “It is ok Dianne,

it was an accident.”

Then we all belly laughed.

Happy November.

Vickie

Methodist Church Sunday School picture

Reply from Sharron Gottbreht Shen: Watertown, NJ

Great picture at Methodist Church!
Jean Lake sitting in front of Hope Bedard; Marlene Schneider and Larry Schneider standing center

Bedard Triplets in front row.

Jim Bedard, Karen Woodford, Colleen Conroy, Mrs. Conroy and Hope Bedard, Johnny Morgan,

Hope Bedard, Marlene Schneider, Larry Schneider

Lunch today at the Cebu Kiwi Lodge Hotel

L to R: Gary, Michael, Leo, Annalyn, Darryl, Cecila, Lourdes, Ed, Barbara, Bernadette, Novie

Christmas at the Stokes house

10/27/2013 (1880)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Gary

Salem Church Pictures

Reply from Keith Pladson (’66): Roanoke Rapids, NC

Gary,
Thank you for posting the photos of the Salem Church (I assume you took them when you were back there this summer.). What a wonderful restoration job!!! Any and all those involved are to be commended for their superb work and attention to detail. I have not been inside the church since we used to attend it back in the mid/late 50s, so I really don’t remember what it looked like back then, but even so, looking at these photos brought back memories of attending church there or at other churches that looked very similar inside. It is absolutely beautiful now.

It’s kind of a shame that so many of the old schools and churches have simply been lost to time. Just being inside them helps to bring back memories. Our oldest grandson, Tyler, is involved in/is a member of a Civil War Reenactment Unit. They do several reenactments every year at several different battle sites in PA. MD, VA and NC (and probably other states too). This past Spring Alice and I attended a reenactment they did at Appomattox, VA. Where they do the actual battle scene at Appomattox is an area where they have maintained/restored many of the old civil war era buildings and shops. One of the buildings they have maintained is an old one room school. As soon as I stepped in the front door it immediately brought back memories of attending the one room schools I attended in the Turtle Mountains. I always find it neat how certain sights, sounds or smells can conger up memories from our distant past.

Thanks again, Gary, for sharing,

Keith Pladson (66)

Keith,

Leonard and Arliss Rude Hagen are the couple that did the complete renovation of Salem church. They did a wonderful job.

Reply to Sunday School class picture

From Susan Fassett Martin (’65): susankay47@gmail.com Spearfish, SD

I think the one building in the background with the triple windows is the old city hall building. The boy in the center of the picture with his back arched is Johnny Morgan, I think. Also Mrs Conroy is standing on the left. I will have to study the rest. Nice picture

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From Karen Woodford Olson (’59: Marana, Az & Bemidji, Mn

The row with standing Johnny Morgan is Jim Bedard, John, Karen Woodford, Colleen Conroy. The Bedard triplet girls are in front of the row mentioned. Mrs Conroy and Hope Bedard are the adults in the back.

I think one house was the Morinville house. Think the big one shown only partially was the old city hall.

Reply to Sunday School class picture

From Colette Hosmer (’64): Santa Fe, NM

Hi Gary,

The houses in the background (Methodist Church Photo) must be Mornvilles, Dions and the old City Hall.

Colette

Reply to Sunday School class picture

From Jeff Campbell (’76): Bottineau, ND

Gary

If that picture was taken at the Methodist church then the large bldg is the old city hall and the house on the far left would be the Joe Mornville house. I don’t remember who lived next to the city hall. The young girl sitting on the steps wearing glasses looks like Dawn Gregory but not sure.

Jeff.

Sunday School class picture

Posted by Don Martel (Principal): Rosemount, MN

Morinville house, Dions House, City hall

Bedard Triplets in front row.

Jim Bedard, Karen Woodford, Colleen Conroy, Mrs. Conroy and Hope Bedard, Johnny Morgan

10/27/2013 (1879)

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Gary

Spam sandwich with mustard and Strawberry jam.

Today for lunch, Mirasol fixed me what she thought was a special sandwich. She prepared a spam sandwich with mustard on the top and strawberry jam on the bottom. It really wasn’t all that bad. She is not used to our tastes and foods, so for her she didn’t know any different. I normally have a spam or Jelly sandwich, but today she wanted to give me something extra special.

Gary

Happy Birthday Odell Millang (DHS ’91): Oak Harbor, WA.

Sunday School class picture

Posted by Don Martel (Principal): Rosemount, MN

Colleen (Conroy Martel) says it is probably ia Sunday School class.

The picture was taken on the steps of the stone Methodist church in Dunseith,

There are three houses in the background, but we don’t know who’s they are.

Don

Folks,

The buildings got washed out in the enlargement so I also posted the smaller size to enhance the buildings.

Can any of you ID any of the folks in this photo? Also the buildings in the back ground.

Thanks,

Gary

July 2013: Salem Church

10/26/2013 (1878)

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Gary

No blog yesterday

For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday. I had a blog already to send and I accidentally erased it. By that time it was too late in the evening to reconstruct.

Gary

Nick Gottbreht, son of Marc and Kathy, has a scholarship to Sophia U in Tokyo.

Posting from Sharron Gottbreht Shen (’59): Watertown, NJ

Dear Gary,Did I just imagine a posting from Bob Hosmer not too many months ago? The son of Marc and Kathy Abby Gottbreht has a scholarship to Sophia U in Tokyo – a well earned reward for his years of Japanese language studies. I tried Bob’s former email address without success. Nick is happy and already comfortable after a mere month at his new location.
May I quote Marc: Nick is going from Medical Lakes, WA population 3400 to Tokyo population about 40,000,000!
Sharron

Bismarck Tribune: Pony dragging Death near Bottineau

Posted by Vickie Metcalfe (’70): Bottineau, ND

October 24, 2013 10:05 am • By Brian Gehring

The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association said it will add up to $10,000 in reward money for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the apparent dragging death of a pet pony near Bottineau.

Julie Ellingson of the Stockmen’s Association said the money is in addition to two private reward funds already established.

On Sept. 24, someone in a pickup chased the pet horse from a field, tired it out, struck it with the truck, then tied it to the back of the truck and dragged it along the road, according to owner Dave Boppre.

People with information should contact Steve Watson at the Bottineau County Sheriff’s Department at 701-228-2740 or NDSA east river fieldman Fred Frederikson, who is assisting with the investigation, at 701-290-3993.

Rena Larshus Roland’s full Obituary

Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

RENA ROLAND

Rena Roland, age 90 of Bottineau, died on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at a Bottineau nursing home. Funeral services will be held on Monday, October 28, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at the Metigoshe Lutheran Church of Bottineau. Burial will be in the Manger Cemetery of rural Bottineau. Visitation will be Sunday beginning at 1:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. and Monday 10:00 A.M. until noon in the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau.

Rena Roland, a daughter of Henry and Nettie (Larson) Larshus, was born on April 30, 2013. She was reared in Cordelia Township and graduated from Bottineau High school. In 1941 she moved to Seattle to work for the Boeing Company. After a couple of years Rena returned to Bottineau. On May 25, 1943 she was married to Ernest Roland in Bottineau. In 1952 Rena began teaching at the school in Hilton District. She attended Minot State Teachers College for several summers to receive her Teaching Degree. Rena taught at the Dunseith Day School for a time. She then taught at the Bottineau Public Schools until Ernie’s health force her to retired. Ernie passed away on June 24, 1994. She continued to make her home on the family farm until ill health forced her to enter the Bottineau Good Samaritan Center.

She enjoyed arts and crafts, participating in many craft shows. Rena had at least 3 gardens going at one time for many years. She quilted for the world, making quilts for the MS Society, veterans organizations, and family and friends. Rena was a gifted writer, writing books like The One-Room School, The Way It Was and The First Baptist Church, Bottineau, North Dakota. she also wrote short stories, and assisted with the Turtle Mountain Cook Book.

She is survived by her daughter Beth and her husband Bob Wock of Estavan, SK; a son, Earl Roland of Bottineau; grandson, Matthew Roland of Bottineau; granddaughters, Melissa Dzuba of Lloydminster, AB, Becky Wock and Jessie Wock both of Estavan, SK; great grandson, Colton Dzuba; great-granddaughter, Taylor Dzuba; sisters Dorothy Clark of Bottineau and Marvel (Manley) Wheeler of Lakefield, MN; a brother Lloyd (Orlene) Larshus of Bottineau.

Rena was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Norman and Leonard; sister- in-law, Irene Larshus.

Memorials preferred to the Metigoshe Cemetery Association, 2150 Hiway 43 Bottineau, ND 58318.

Hazen, ND Bison Football Team

Posting from Larry Hackman (’66): Bismarck, ND

My Grandson Nathan doing well in football again this year.
The Hazen, ND Bison Football Team are trying to repeat as ND State
Champions.
Article below by Fox Sports News.
Larry————————————————–
From: “scott & angie leintz”
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:46 PM

Subject: Jeff Baranick’s Blog for Fox Sports

> By Jeff Baranick – (FSR) Fox Sports Radio
What a week just occurred in the North Dakota prep football ranks, and FSR
1410 was on hand for a significant chunk of the exciting game action! This
past Tuesday, FSR showcased arguably the marquee matchup of the entire week
when it provided live coverage of the #1 v. #2 showdown in Class A football.
In a Region 4 clash dubbed the “Energy Bowl”, the top-ranked Hazen Bison
outlasted the 2nd-rated Killdeer Cowboys 21-6 for their 16th straight
victory dating back to mid-season of a year ago. With the hard-fought win,
Hazen improved on the season to 8-0 overall, and more importantly, secured
for itself a #1 seed out of Region 4 for the upcoming state playoffs
commencing this Saturday. Leading the Bison to its gratifying win was Sr FB
Nate Leintz who tallied a pair of touchdowns–the first on a 9-yard 1st-half
TD run and the second on a 43-dash in the last minute of play that provided
Hazen its final victory margin. Hazen will now host an opening-round playoff
game thi!
> Saturday against Region 3’s #4 seed Rugby, with FSR providing a call of
> the game set for a 1:30 pm CDT kickoff. Our pre-game show will begin at
> 12:30pm

10/24/2013 (1877)

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Gary

No Blog the past two days

For the record I did not get a blog posted the past two days.

Gary

Happy Birthday Dale Evans: Algona, WA

Happy Birthday to Lee Stickland

From Dennis Dubois (’63): Minneapolis, MN

A great happy birthday to Lee Stickland. Your name conjures up so many happy memories. I hope you have a good day.

Reply from Lee Stickland (’64): Dickinson, ND

Gary , my email address will show on this send but I will list it , also.

Thought I might slip through the BD note net but thanks. My son’s Mom’s BD is

also October 20 but in 1948 not 1946 as is mine. Dean and Doc and Eric and his wife, Kim

each gave me a call. Last year Dean and Doc came to Dickinson to be with for a few days

during the days of my BD; best BD present—EVER.

The city judge who has been practicing law here for as long as I have been here, was also

born on October 20, 1946. When I first came to be the adm at the DNC, Bob was the guardian

for some bachelor farmers that needed to come to live at the home. I met him then and have personally benefited from his services over the years. He also assisted our residents

by serving as an attorney ab libitum to ensure correct procedures were followed in legal matters that he could help with.

I am certain that Bernadette is receiving the best and most willing care.

Regards—LEE S

Lee,

That is the email address have on file for you. Not sure where I got that other one from.

Gary

Obituaries posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Lillian Lasher Beyer

I have always known of Lillian, but never really knew her. I did not realize that she was a sister to Willard Lasher. Their mother was a Thompson, sister to Ida Thompson Pritchard and Ella Pladson’s father. Lillian was a first cousin to Robert Pritchard, Corbin Pritchard, Winifred Pritchard Eurich, Ella (Eldon) Pladson and Esther Tangen.

Gary

Lillian Beyer
(Died October 21, 2013)

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Lillian Beyer, age 101 of Bottineau, died Monday at a Bottineau hospital. Funeral will be held on Friday at 2:00 pm at the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 am until 9:00 pm with a prayer service at 7:00 pm all at the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Burial will be at the Oak Creek Cemetery in Bottineau.

Lillian Beyer, a daughter of Ben and Melvina (Thompson) Lasher, was born on June 26, 1912 at Courtenay, ND. At a young age, she moved with her family to a farm in the Turtle Mountains near Bottineau. She attended Ackworth Country School. On January 29, 1930, she married Milton Beyer at Bottineau. They made their home on a farm south of Bottineau. They moved off the farm and into Bottineau in 1964. Lillian worked in the kitchen at Bottineau High School. She later worked for a time at St. Andrew’s Hospital before returning to the high school. Milton passed away on June 21, 1997.

Lillian was a member of the First Baptist Church in Bottineau where she served as president of the social committee. She was also a member of the Amity Township Homemakers Club. She enjoyed cooking, baking, knitting, sewing, crocheting and serving coffee to her guests. She was a loving mother and grandmother.

She is survived by her daughter, Norma and her husband, Chuck Amsbaugh of Bottineau; son, Howard Beyer and his wife Dorothy of Bottineau; son-in-law, Harley Larson of Mohall; 10 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; sister, Beulah Hogland of St. Paul, MN; sister-in-law, Ruby Lasher of Bottineau and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Marlene Larson; 4 brothers and 1 sister.

Arrangements were with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Friends may sign the online register book at www.nerofuneralhome.net.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests the memorials be giving to the organization of the donors choosing.

Note: Rena Larshus Roland was a first cousin to Art Rude.

Rena Roland

(April 30, 1923 – October 22, 2013)

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Bernadette Stokes at the Marco Polo this past Monday

Bernadette with her two Nieces and our good friend Michael

Novie, Bernadette, Michael & Mirasol at the Marco Polo

Joke of the day

Posted by Don Maleterre (’72): Siouxfalls, SD

Two couples were playing poker one evening. Jim went to the kitchen to get some refreshments, Lee’s wife, Sue, followed and asked, ‘Do you see anything that you like in there?’ Surprised by her boldness, Jim admitted that, he did. Sue said, ‘Well, you can have it but it will cost you $250.’ Jim confirms that he is very interested. Sue told him that since her husband Lee played golf Friday afternoons and Jim didn’t, Jim should be at her house around 2 p.m. Friday afternoon. When Friday rolled around, Jim showed up at Lee’s house at 2 pm sharp and after paying Sue the agreed sum they went to the bedroom, and she gave him a great time. Jim quickly dressed and left. As usual, Lee came home from golf at 6 p.m. and upon arriving, asked his wife: ‘Did Jim come by the house this afternoon?’ With a lump in her throat Sue answered, ‘Why yes, he did stop by for a few minutes this afternoon.’ Her heart nearly skipped a beat when her husband asked, ‘Did he give you $250? Sue, using her best poker face, replied, ‘Well, yes, in fact he did.’ Lee, with a satisfied look on his face, continued, ‘Good.

He came by the golf club this morning and borrowed $250 from me. He promised he’d stop by this afternoon and pay it back.’ Now THAT, my friends, is how poker should be played…

10/21/2013 (1876)

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Gary

No Blog yesterday.

Folks,

For the record I did not get a blog out yesterday. Bernadette is getting to the point where someone has to be with her a lot of the time. I couldn’t leave her along last night.

This evening we are having our monthly Cebu Expat dinner at the Marco Polo Plaza. Both Novie and Mirasol will be going with us. They are Bernadette’s security blankets.

Not much today and I have to get ready so I will go with what I have.

Gary

Happy Birthday Karen Loeb Mhyre (DHS ’65): Bellevue, WA

Happy Birthday Lee Stickland (DHS ’64): Dickinson, ND

Happy Birthday Beth Fauske Duncan (DHS ’67): Yorkville, IL

Happy Birthday Carol Robert Braun (DHS ’69): Oseceola, WI

Cebu earthquake aftershocks. These all occurred yesterday. We have had more today.

A lot of shaking yesterday. According to PHIVOLCS-DOST: Oct. 20, 2013
@ 4:40 AM w/ Mag 5.1;
@ 5:11 AM w/ Mag 4.2;
@ 5:29 AM w/ Mag 4.2;
@ 5:43 AM w/ Mag 4.3;
@ 6:38 AM w/ Mag 4.0;
@ 9:45 AM w/ Mag 5.0;
@ 2:23 PM w/ Mag 4.1;
@ 3:41 PM w/ Mag 2.8;
@ 4:05 PM w/ Mag 4.8

Cebu Expat 47 club dinner at the Marco Polo

This past Saturday we had our annual 47 club dinner on the 27th floor in the Marco Polo Blu Bar and grill. It was a beautiful setting with a fantastic view and a nice breeze under the heavenly skylights.

We were all born in 1947. All the guys, except for the the guy sitting next to me are 47 babies. The 5th one is Barbara sitting two down from me.

Gary

10/19/2013 (1875)

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Gary

No Blog the past two days.

Folks,

For the record, I was unable to get a blog posted the last two days

Gary

Happy Birthday Bill Hosmer (DHS ’48): Tucson, AZ

Happy birthday Carol Pritchard Corzine (DHS ’67): Denver City, TX

Alaska Earthquake in 1964

Reply from Florence Hiatt Dahl (’49): Anchorage, AK

earthquake–still vidly remember 1964 earthquake here in Alaska—registered 92 and lasted for 5 minutes—-mentioned your earthquake to my daughter and she began to describe ours—and she was only 7 years old. yes they are terrable…………

Reply from Darrel Korman: Kerrville, TX

Hi Gary. I don’t think we have ever met but any way, I graduated from Souris HS in 1953. Went into the Air Force and got discharged in Nov. 1957 and went to Alaska in Feb 1958 and stayed. Graduated from the U of A Fairbanks in 1964. After working in Anchorage for 3 years I got involved in the Oil Industry and went overseas for 33 years. Always kept our home in Alaska and went back there in 1998 and had my own consulting firm until 2008 when I retired. My wife and I traveled around the lower 48 for over 2 years and settled in Kerrville, TX.

Darrel

Reply from Betty Watschke Cooley(’45): Redmond, WA

Gary:

When we first heard the news of your earthquake immediately our thoughts went to you and your family. So glad to learn from the DHS newsletter that you and your family were safe. As the various reports came in, along with some pictures of damages, the death toll climbing, etc. we were glad for your newsy report of you and your extended family and your safety and happy to learn you had no really extensive damage. After living in the Seattle area all these years, I’ve witnessed a number of quakes and can vividly remember each and every one of the larger ones and where and what I was doing at the time. My first experience was in l949 when we had a 7.1 and at first, I of course didn’t realize what it was — what an eyeopener!!

We’ve also been concerned about Bernadette’s health issues with all the ups and downs you have been facing. You are so lucky tho to have the necessary family assistance available. Great too that you were able to make the ND trip this summer — we enjoyed your reports.

Again I will echo many others comments about how grateful we are to all the efforts you put forth to keep us all informed about the “good ole days” of our Dunseith years. Thank you so very much.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Bernadette, and your extended family.

Betty Watschke Cooley — class of l945

Betty, Thank you so much for this nice reply and kind words. Someday I’d love to meet you in person too. As with so many folks, I feel I know so well already. Gary

Cebu Philippines: Oktoberfest at the Xing restaurant last night

We had a struggle getting Bernadette to go, but once she got there, seeing all of her friends gave her a charge.

Reply from Ken Striker: Dayton OH

Re: William Chelsie Striker’s Poetry:

This on-line part was left out of my post:

WEST: COWBOY POETRY ON POSTCARD SECTION

Striker, William Chelcie. “My Montana.” Spokane, WA: Robbins-Tillquist, [c1945]. 941

“My Montana.”

Oh gorgeous state, you are a paradise!
With mountains wild that lift up towards the sky
Their airy peaks with beauties that suffice
The soul of man and make his ideals high.

I love your pine trees hugging mountain’s cheek;
Your waterfalls that lecture to the stones;
Your hazy valleys, stretching out to greet
The log-hewn huts – the rancher’s novel homes.

I love your various game; and eagle proud
That soars around the lonely, rocky nest,
And as I stand a voice breaks sweet and loud;
“Montana mine, queen of the Golden West.”

Joke of the day

Posted by Don Martel (Principal): Rosemount, MN

THE INSIDE TRACK AT THE HORSE RACES

A punter(gambler) was at the horse races playing the ponies and all but losing his shirt when he noticed that a priest stepped out on to the track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th race.

Lo and behold, that horse – a very long shot- won the race.

As the horses lined up for the next race, the priest again stepped onto the track and blessed one of the horses.

The punter made a beeline for a betting window and placed a small bet on the horse. Again, even though it was another long shot. The horse won the race.

The punter collected his winnings, and anxiously waited to see which horse the priest would bless next. He bet on it, and it won.

As the races continued, the priest kept blessing the long shots, and each one ended up winning.

The punter was elated. He made a mad dash to the ATM, withdrew all his savings, and waited for the priest’s blessing that would tell him the horse to bet on.

True to his pattern, the priest stepped onto the track for the last race and blessed the forehead of an old nag that was the longest shot of the day. This time he blessed the eyes, ears, and feet of the old nag.

The punter knew he had a winner and bet every cent he owned on the old nag and then watched, dumbfounded as she came in last. in a state of shock, he went down to the track where the priest was. Confronting the priest, he demanded, “Father! What happened? All day long you have blessed horses and they all won. Then in the last race, the horse you blessed lost by a mile. Now, thanks to you I’ve lost every cent of my savings.

The priest nodded wisely and then with sympathy said, “My son, that’s the problem with you Protestants. You can’t tell the difference between a simple blessing and the last rights.”

10/16/2013 (1874)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Gary

Cebu Earthquake

Reply from Marie Iverson Staub (’60): Seattle, WA

So glad you and your family survived the earthquake. On the report here in Seattle they said there were 90 people killed. I hope we never get one in the Seattle area. They say we are overdue but I hope they are wrong. Hope you have a better week.

Marie Staub (Iverson) 1960

The malls, Schools and many businesses were closed here in Cebu today. They are fixing earthquake repairs to the bowling alley today where we bowl, so they moved our day to Friday this week. Hopefully things will be back to normal in a few days.

Gary

Earthquake

Reply from Connie Fauske Monte (’62): Fort Myers FL

Hey Gary: We lived in Valencia CA when the Northridge Earthquake hit there. It was very frightening. When you showed the pictures of the wine distributor it reminded me of our place. Our wine refrigerator tipped over, everything out of the pantry and cabinets, between the wine, olive oil and vinegar it smelled like a big salad. The only everyday dishes we had were what was in the dishwasher. It was weird though, the hutch was on tile so it slid across the floor and didn’t tip, so all of my crystal and china remained intact. We also had aftershocks for days. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you there. It is not an experience I want to repeat.

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

Gary,

Thank You the great belly laugh

i.e. joke of the day !

and,

Thank you for letting folks here state side know

you and yours made it through the earth quake and can laugh.

Please continue to take care.

As ever, Vickie

William Chelsie Striker’s Poetry

Posting from Ken Striker: Dayton OH

Gary-

Recently at a second hand store I found a neat topographical map of Montana. It brought to mind poetry of William Chelsie Striker, originally of Kelvin, ND. See his calling card “The poet-barber and real estate man.”… note: haircuts 35c. Thanks to Gary Metcalfe who sent me the card. I found “My Montana by William Chelcie Striker on line:

10/15/2013 (1873)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Gary

No blog yesterday.

For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday.

Gary

Earthquake in Cebu. 7.2 on the Richter Scale

Folks,

At about 8:15 this morning we had a major earthquake. The epicenter was located 36 miles SE of Cebu on the Island of Bohol. Things were rocking and a rolling for nearly a minute. Everything was moving and people were hollering and screaming everywhere. The water was bouncing out of the tops of several pails of water that my brother-in-law had filed with water sitting in front of his house. In the yard next door there were two drinking water dispensers with 5 gallon jugs of water that were leaking water at the base of the neck of the bottles caused from the bottles bouncing up an down on the dispenser. We didn’t have any leakage from the water dispenser inside our house though. I have been in a few earthquakes in my life, but this was by far the worst and longest I have experienced. Surprisingly there was very little damage in our area. There were several vases that fell onto the floor in our upstairs bedrooms that broke and we had a few wall cracks in several of our apartments that we have for Bernadette’s family. Else where in the area there was some damage. I heard reports that 20 folks were killed. Not sure how true that story is though. We will find out more tomorrow from the local papers. Local English media news coverage is pretty lacking here.

We have had a lot of aftershocks all day. About an hour ago we had a pretty big one. Sitting at my computer there has been a steady flow of tremors vibrating my chair for the past several hours. We never lost power, but we don’t have any running water. We are using bottled drinking water for bathing etc.

Gary

PS – As I am sending this out, our running water has been restored.

Local mall in Cebu following today’s earthquake

Rita, I got your birthday on the right day this time. Hope you are having a good one. Gary

Happy Birthday Rita Parisien Anderson (DHS ’73): New Rockford, ND

Joke of the day

Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 KPH.

Says he to himself: “This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!”

So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.

Approaching the car, he notices that there are five old ladies, two in the front seat and three in the back…wide eyed and white as ghosts.

The driver, obviously confused, says to him “Officer, I don’t understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! What seems to be the problem?”

“Ma’am,” the officer replies, “you weren’t speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers.”

“Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly…Twenty-two kilometers an hour!” …the old woman says a bit proudly.

The officer explains that 22 is the highway number, not the speed limit.

A bit embarrassed, the woman smiles and thanks the officer for pointing out her error.

“But before I let you go, Ma’am, I have to ask…Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken, and they haven’t made a peep this whole time,” the officer asks.

“Oh, they’ll be all right in a minute, officer. We just got off Highway 189.”

10/13/2013 (1872)

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Gary

No blog yesterday.

For the record I did not get a blog posted yesterday.

Gary

Happy birthday Patti Metcalfe woods (DHS ’67): Dunseith, ND

Reply from Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Hi Gary,

I’m so glad Carol and Ivy were able to identify the “unknown family” picture. IF I ever locate the original picture, is anyone interested in having it mailed to them?

I’m wondering if the school Linda Gardner is talking about was nicknamed “The Medrud School”. My aunt, Alvina Johnson Brudwick (Milen), taught there and stayed with Oscar and Lydia, too; my uncle, Gerald Brudwick, was one of her students (My aunt, Alvina Brudwick, and I visited school one afternoon at that time. Years later, Alvina/Milen/family lived on “The Medrud Place” and Alvina once again taught at the school.

Neola

Neola,

Norma Manning answered your question below.

Gary

Medrud School

Reply from Norma Manning: Princeton, IL.

Yes, Linda & Floyd are right. I went there all first 8 yrs. so did my brother & sister. It was also called Medrud school. G-Ma & G-Pa did house the teachers. So many good memories.

Norma

Alice Hiatt Dalbec’s passing

Message from Brent Dalbec:

Good evening, My name is Brent Dalbec and I’m one of Alice Hiatt Dalbec’s grandsons. I came across your website by accident and had found my grandmothers picture and information on here. The original post I found was from April of 2009. I wanted to give some updated information on my grandmother.

She passed away on May 27th, 2013 at the age of 97. She is survived by 12 grandchildren, 29 great grand children and 15 great-great grandchildren. She is greatly missed as our matriarch and grandmother.

Sincerely

Brent

Thank you so much Brent for keeping us posted.

Gene Dalbec, whom I believe is your Uncle or your father, posted the following message on June 2nd.

Thanks again,

Gary

Posted with message 1802 on June 2, 2013

Posted by Gene Dalbec: White City, OR.

Alice Hiatt Dalbec of White City passed away May 27, 2013 at the age of 97.

She was born March 2, 1916 in Dunseith, North Dakota at home in the Turtle Mountains to parents Henry and Charlotte Hiatt. She was the third of eight children. She had two brothers and five sisters.

Alice married Stanley Seymour Dalbec on December 10, 1938 in Bottineau, North Dakota, who preceded her in death on May 9, 1992. They have a daughter and three sons. Alice and Stanley moved to Medford in the summer of 1951 and have made the Rogue Valley their home ever since. She had lived with her daughter Marvel for the past nine years until her passing.

Alice was the matriarch of the family and kept five generations of family going strong. Her favorite things to do were to crochet, bake and spend her time with family surrounded by her many grandchildren which she loved very much. She made sure everyone of her fifty five grandchildren had a crocheted blanket to remember her by. She was very happy playing cards and games with her family. She taught her children and grandchildren the art of making lefsa for the holiday meal and this became a tradition that will be followed for many years to come.

Alice is survived by her daughter Marvel of White City, Son Gene Sr of White City, son Ronald and wife Mary, Medford. She is also survived by her 12 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren and 14 great great grandchildren and one more due in September.

Alice joins her husband Stanley in the heavens with two brothers; Harold and Amos, five sisters; Marie, Gladys, Lilly, Betty and Beatrice, and one son; Keith.

A memorial service will be held at Memory Gardens on Arnold Lane in Medford, Oregon on June 7th, 2013 at 2:00 pm.

Posted By Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND

Janna Charrier Ronsberg

July 15, 1967 – October 6, 2013
Resided in Bismarck, ND

Janna Charrier Ronsberg, 46, Bismarck, died October 6, 2013.Services will be held at 3:00 pm Friday, October 11, at McCabe United Methodist Church, Bismarck, with Rev. Darrel Aleson officiating.

Burial will be at 1:00 pm Saturday, October 12, at Calvary Cemetery, Langdon.

Visitation will be held from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Friday at McCabe United Methodist Church.

Janna Ruth Charrier was born July 15, 1967, in Grafton, ND, the daughter of Richard and Ruth (Rand) Charrier. She attended and graduated from Bottineau High School in 1985. Janna then went to UND and received her undergraduate degree in 1996; she then began her

graduate program at NDSU in emergency management.Janna married Don Ronsberg on December 30, 2005, in Fargo. She began working in Bismarck with the North Dakota Department of Emergency Management in 2004. In 2008, she went to work for the North Dakota Department of Health Emergency Preparedness Division.
Janna was active in Girl Scouts throughout high school, earning the Gold Award. She was also active in the International Order of Rainbow for Girls. In 1986 Janna was initiated into Lois Chapter #108 Dunseith, Order of the Eastern Star. Janna also spent several years as an on-air disc jockey in Grand Forks with the radio name of Sheena Collins. She spent several years as a mobile disc jockey under Vector Entertainment, which she co-owned.

Janna is survived by her husband, Don Ronsberg, Bismarck; stepmother, Roberta Coleman Charrier, Park River, ND; stepchildren, Jason, Crystal, Rose, Lissy, and Luke; sister, Angie (Mike) Oleskiw of Yorkton, Sask.; step-siblings, Amy Noble of Mountain House, CA, Samantha (Scott Slaven) Coleman of Virginia Beach, VA, Justin (Christina) Coleman of Winchester, VA; sisters-in-law, Leann (Pat) Wilkie, Minot, and Joely Charrier, Bismarck; brother-in-law, John (Lisa) Ronsberg, Bismarck; her aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her father, Richard L. Charrier; mother, Ruth Charrier (Rand); brother, Scott Charrier; grandfather, Louis F. Charrier; grandmother, Louise C. Charrier (Schefter); step-grandmother, Therese (Marcotte Benoit) Charrier; grandfather, Charles C. Rand; grandmother, Ruth L. Rand (Vavrina); and aunt, Kathleen Basiago (Charrier).

Lunch at the Stokes house Yesterday and today with some of Bernadette’s family

Note: Novie and Mirasol both work for us full time, so they were at both days luncheons.

L to R: Novie (niece), Joy (widowed sister-in-law), Cherry (Half Sister), Babe (widowed sister-in-law),

Berlinda (sister), Bernadette, Lisa (half sister) and Mirasol (niece)

Bernadette’s Sister, Sister-in-law, Nieces and Nephew with their children.

Note: Joseph, the guy sitting in the back to the right is Bernadette’s Brother’s (deceased) son. He is married to Mirasol, our helper, leaning against the post. They have 4 children, the boy he is holding, the two boys front left and the first girl right front. The 2nd girl right front and the boy beside her are Novie’s two oldest kids. They all live in our apartments on our compound, so they are very near. Having Novie and Mirasol living so near and working for us makes it very nice. They are so dedicated to their jobs and us too. Novie and Mirasol get along so well together too. They are both college grads with 4 year degrees. Jobs are hard to find in this country.

Joke of the day posted by Rosemary Smith: Lake Metigoshe, ND

–going to heaven

All arrivals in heaven have to go through a bureaucratic examination to determine whether admission will be granted. One room has a clerk who inputs computerized records of what each applicant did on his or her last day of life.

The first applicant of the day explains that his last day was not a good one. “I came home early and found my wife lying naked in bed. She claimed she had just gotten out of the shower. Well, her hair was dry and I checked the shower and it was completely dry too. I knew she was into some hanky-panky and I began to look for her lover. I went onto the balcony of our 9th floor apartment and found the SOB clinging to the rail by his finger tips. I was so angry that I began bashing his fingers with a flower pot. He let go and fell, but his fall was broken by some awnings and bushes. On seeing he was still alive I found super human strength to drag our antique cedar chest to the balcony and throw it over. It hit the man and killed him. At this point the stress got to me and I suffered a massive heart attack and died.”

The clerk thanked him and sent him on to the next office.

The second applicant said that his last day was his worst. “I was on the roof of an apartment building working on the AC equipment. I stumbled over my tools and toppled off the building. I managed to grab onto the balcony rail of a 9th floor apartment but some idiot came rushing out on the balcony and bashed my hands with a flower pot. I fell but hit some awnings and bushes and survived, but as I looked up I saw a huge chest falling toward me. I tried to crawl out of the way but failed and was hit and killed by the chest.”

The clerk couldn’t help but chuckle as he directs the man to the next room.

He is still giggling when his third customer of the day enters. He apologizes and says “I doubt that your last day was as interesting as the fellow in here just before you.”

“I don’t know” replies the man, “picture this, I’m buck naked hiding in this cedar chest…..”