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No Blog yesterday
Folks, Yesterday Bernadette and I went down to the Immigration office to renew our Immigration Cards, so I did not get a Blog out. They have to be renewed every 5 years. Ours expire a year from now, so we decided to renew them now. They told us it would take two months to get our new cards, but it could very well take a whole lot longer than that. Can you believe we were charged an express fee too, for faster service. Had we given the processing folks a little extra money on the side, we could probably get our cards in just a few days. We are not leaving country any time soon, so we are in no hurry to get them back.
Gary
Donald Egbert’s Funeral
Message from Verena Gillis (Pete 65): Dunseith, ND
Gary,
Just wanted to let everyone know Donald had a very beautiful funeral and many of his friends and locals attended. Was just wonderful! Thank you very much to Brenda, Dick and Ron for the beautiful music. Dennis Dubois came from Minneapolis and shared a few stories last night after the mass. Special thanks to Tom Berube for doing the reading and Warren Anderson and Pete Gillis for carrying the gifts during communion. The City of Dunseith TAKES CARE OF THEIR OWN!!! Verena (**)
Reply from Tom Hagen (51): Mesa, AZ
Hi Gary, I don’t think I got your last two blogs as Leland mentioned the one was about the tsunami and I did not get that one.. I hope I haven’t miss anymore but look forward to them every day and enjoy reading about the old timers (many I knew) in Dunseith and Bottineau. I see a former classmate down here in AZ named Lorraine Nelson (Lori) and she is on the blog, too. She and I went to Beaver Dam School 71 years ago!!!!!! Then I met a former student of mine and I taught him 52 years ago in Heimdal!!! (He lives in Bismarck now). Thanks for all you do. Tom Hagen (5l)
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Douglas Brent Brunelle
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DOUGLAS BRUNELLE Douglas Brunelle, age 68 of Arizona City, AZ formerly Dunseith, died Monday in a Grand Forks hospital. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Michael’s Church of Dunseith. Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery of rural Dunseith. A wake will be held on Monday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer services at 8:00 P.M. in the church. Douglas Brunelle, a son of William and Edna (Morin) Brunelle, was born on April 27,1943 at Belcourt. He was raised in the Belcourt community where he attended school and graduated in 1961. He served in the US Army from 1966 to 1967. In June 1972 he was married to Shirley Peltier at Fargo. They have three sons. Douglas had a wide range of experience, primarily working as Tribal Housing Director on several Indian reservations in South Dakota. Nebraska and Arizona. Working his way up the ladder, he retired from his last position as Project Manager for commercial development on the Gila River Indian Community at Sacaton, AZ. Douglas gathered many friends along his life’s adventure encompassing most of the western United States, from California Redwoods to Nebraska and Montana to Arizona. Distance kept him from face-to-face visits, but the telephone kept his friends close. Dunseith Memories from the past
From Gary Metcalfe (57): Forsyth, MO
Gary,
I was watching my favorite tv show the other night, the old country music legends. They will all be gone in a few. I noticed Vince Gill, a youngster is always in the mix. He sincerely cares about the old pioneers and I am sure will carry on their great passion for what they do. It reminds me of the passion Ernie Pyle had for the Infantry Soldier in WWII. You can follow the 34th Inf. Div. almost on a daily basis on their 500 plus battle days, you can follow the men from the blood soaked leggings in the snow near Monti Casino. The 34th had 80% casualties on this sight. Both of these groups of people I call unique.
Dunseith, if it was anything at all it was unique, diverse…I think we agreed on that…but much more unique. From the days when Jack Smith and one of the old Demery’s fought for three days and the Syrian wrestled the bear. The San had a taxi service and Ben Kupker running a large farm. Can you imagine the romance that flourished with the young CCC boys away from home and the young women also away from home working at the San. The lively barn dances as well as big bands at City Hall. So each surrounding community had their own “bull of the woods”….some more famous than others. Then there were the Smokers, Gary Morgan has already told us how that turned out. Four bars in a town of a 1,000 or so and we were never short of boot leggers. After the bars closed, the next move was to a house party that would assure you that you really did not need to go to bed before going to the hayfield. You would have thought that you may have needed more than one cop, but when we did get more cops it did not seem much improved.
Characters, I am guessing that Adrian Egbert was about the hardest act to follow, especially in Dunseith proper. Maybe someone will remember Jack Allen, highway patrolman. He back handed a few of his customers. Dick Johnson mentioned a colorful highway patrol, Dick Bercier. Dennis Brennen talked of Cliff Dickinson, a strong man, a stranger. I never checked him out as the bar was a little on the rough side, to say the least. I would like to hear more about Cliff Dickinson. I don’t think Dick Morgan thought Dunseith was boring either, I guess he has already said that. One of the most outstanding people that most readers should have known was Oscar Stadheim.
Thanks. Gary Metcalfe
Sendai, Japan
Report from Bob Hosmer (56): Lynnwood, WA
The following is a current update on our grandson’s situation in Sendai after the earthquake sent by our daughter, Leanna. Ayashi is a suburb of Sendai. This will give you what is happening in that part of the city. It is a place that Katrine and I also worked for several weeks in 2007 doing some stop-gap work until more permanent personnel arrived. It is truly a beautiful area of that city. Bob and Katrine Hosmer
San Haven
Posting from Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
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Will you add the Nursing Home Activity Department to your alumni list.
There are several people here that
will enjoy the articles. Korina Ciufinni heads up the Activities now
and she will be able to share in her group
sessions as well as certain individuals who may like a copy to read
during the day. Her e-mail is dcnhactivities@
Mary, It is my pleasure to add Korina and the Nursing home to our distribution. Gary
Folks, That was a horrible earth quake in Japan. Bernadette’s sister lives in the heart of Tokyo. She called an hour or so after the quake letting us know she was OK. She was not in her condo at the time, but saw her whole building swaying with the quake. Things were a mess in her Condo. She was not sure of the extent of the damage. We pretty much evaded the tsunami here in the PI. Gary
03/11/2011
Replies to the Basketball photo provided by Jim Olson (former teacher)
From Paula Fassett (71): North Branch, MN
Gary:
I think I can name the basketball players…….many of them were my classmates, so hope I didn’t make too many mistakes!!!
Top photo: Back row: Dennis Dion, Bob Mongeon, Mark Schimetz, Ron Peltier, Lloyd Counts, Peter Danielson, Clark Parrill Front row; Randy Flynn, Ron Houle, David Tooke, Johnny Allery, Paul Grossman and Allen Fugere
Bottom photo: Back row: Tim Martinson, Mike Evans, David Tooke, Lloyd Counts, Fontaine, Ron Peltier, Gerald Cree??? Middle Row: Mark Schimetz, Dan McKay, Randy Flynn, Ron Houle, Bob Mongeon, Johnny Allery Front Row: Dennis Dion, Allen Fugere, Clark Parrill, Paul Grossman, Peter Danielson
Paula Fassett–Pfuhl Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures Officer Customs and Border Protection Minneapolis, MN
From Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends, Boys BB pictures: My best shot. Top Picture- Front row L-R Randy Flynn, Ron Houle, Dave Tooke, John Back row- L-R Dennis Dion, Bob Mongeon, Mark Bottom Picture- Front–Dennis Dion, Allen Fugere, Clark Parrill, Paul Middle-Mark Schimetz, Dan McKay, Randy Flynn, Back–Tim Martinson, Mike Evans, Dave Tooke, Dick From Jim Olson (Teacher): Sheridan, WY
I’m missing one of names, but I think the rest of correct.
PHOTO:OLSON_1 Back row:(l. to r.) = Dennis Dion, Bob Mongeon, Mark Schimetz, Ron Peltier, Lloyd Counts, Peter Danielson, _?___, Mr. Olson Front row:(l. to r.) = Randy Flynn, Ron Houle, David Tooke, Johnny Allery, Paul Grossman, Allen Fugere
PHOTO:OLSON_2 Back row: (l. to r.) = Tim Martinson, Mike Evans, David Tooke, Lloyd Counts, Joe Fontaine, Ron Peltier, Stephen Renault, Mr. Olson Middle row:(l. to r.) = Mark Schimetz, Dan McKay, Randy Flynn, Ron Houle, Bob Mongeon, Johnny Allery Front row:(l. to r.) = Dennis Dion, Allen Fugere, Clark Parrill, Paul Grossman, Peter Danielson Back: Dennis Dion, Bob Mongeon, Mark Schimetz, Ron Peltier, Lloyd Counts, Peter Danielson, Clark Parrill, Mr. Olson
Front: Randy Flynn, Ron Houle, David Tooke, Johnny Allery, Paul Grossman, Allen Fugere
Back: Tim Martinson, Mike Evans, David Tooke, Lloyd Counts, Joe Fontaine, Ron Peltier, Stephen Renault, Mr.Olson
Middle: Mark Schimetz, Dan Mckay, Randy Flynn, Ron Houle, Bob Mongeon, Johnny Allery
Front Dennis Dion, Allen Fugere, Clark Parrill, Paul Grossman, Peter Danielson
DOUGLAS BRUNELLE Passed away
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND Douglas Brunelle, age 68 of Grand Forks formerly Dunseith, died Monday in a Grand Forks hospital. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Michael’s Church of Dunseith. Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery of rural Dunseith. A wake will be held on Monday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer services at 8:00 P.M. in the church. Saw Mill Lumber
Message/PictureFrom Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
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Fern Cote Berube Lagasse Passed away
Posted by Angela Berube Malget: New Hope, MN.
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Berube Lagasse, Fernande Cote Age 94, died peacefully March 5, 2011, at North Memorial Medical Center Hospice Unit in Robbinsdale, MN. She is survived by her children, Rachael and husband John Franchuk of Bend, OR, Robert Berube and wife Jeanne of Valrico, FL, Angela and husband Greg Malget of New Hope, MN, Muzette Fiander of Melbourne, FL, and former son-in-law, Tom Fiander of Sarasota, FL; eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; sister-in-law, Vivian Cote; many nieces and nephews; four step-daughters, Mary Jo Eide, Yvonne Dolan, Eileen Hopkins, Phyllis Buechler, and one step-son, Michael Lagasse. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alfred and Rebecca Cote, sister Cecile, brothers Laureus, Urbain, and Robert, husbands Lawrence Berube and Zenon Lagasse, and daughter Blanche. Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday, 11 am with visitation one hour prior at the Church of St. Raphael, 7301 Bass Lake Rd., New Hope. A private family burial service will be held at St. Louis Catholic Cemetery in Dunseith, ND. Special thanks to North Memorial Medical Center Hospice Unit doctors, nurses, and staff for their wonderful care and support. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Fern’s memory to Minnesota Masonic Homes Northridge Activities Center; or North Memorial Medical Center Hospice Unit, Robbinsdale, MN. Gearty-Delmore 763-537-4511 Published in Star Tribune on March 6, 2011
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Fern’s 90th Birthday celebration: Standing: Angela, Rachael, Muzette & Robert
Sitting: Fern
Reply from Bill Hosmer (48): Tucson, AZ
Gary, As one of the older guys who reads your marvelous format of Dunseith folks I have to say that when I read of the marvelous folks who may not have been advantaged in certain ways that those who were with them and lived with them and were classmates of them and who were friends of them and telling us about their wonderful personalities, I have to say I am again impressed with those who lived in that place with the people who were neighbors, and classmates. This week showed me a value system of loyalty which reflects all the loyalty, friendship and supportive spirit that made Dunseith people special and inspirational. I am so glad to be part of this population of people of value and respect for one another whoever they were and are . Thanks Gary. Bill Hosmer
Donald Egbert memories
From Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
First of all, my condolences to all the families who have lost Dick Donald Egbert Story
From Pam Fassett Faust (65): Lilburn, GA
Donald Egbert story – When we were in grade school, probably 4th and/or 5th grade, Donald would continually harass me. He sat behind me in school, stuck my ponytail through the “inkwell hole” in his desk, and pulled my hair. Once he came to our house while Mom wasn’t home, and when I opened the screen door he threw in a handfull of dirt. I was outraged, but Mom said it was just because he liked me. I couldn’t understand that – who throws dirt at a girl he likes? Mom said that was just what boys did to get attention. I guess it got my attention all right!
Wardy Anthony Memories
From Gary Metcalfe (57): Forsyth, MO
Hello to all readers of the blog!!
There were a few unique people and happenings around Dunseith in the earlier days. I would hope someone would expound on the fact that Dunseith was as unique as it was diverse. I think Vance Bailey would have, but we lost him so I will try to let readers of the blog know of one blessing to the community of Rabbit City Lake. Just as Donald Egbert was really Donnerd, Ward Anthony was really Wardy Allen Anthony. Wardy was around when the chore of making a living for a large family such as the Metcalfe’s, fell on the shoulders of the older boys. Hauling wood to town during the week and hay for a large herd of cattle from up around Carpenter Lake on Sundays. Wardy was a couple years older than my dad, I could tell you a lot of stories about Wardy and his abilities as an axe sharpener, they did not have chain saws in those days. His music abilities, I only know about one song that he wrote. He sang it to Grandpa Evans…”Hey Mr. Evans can I have your daughter to carry my wood and carry my water?” He was referring to my mother. As a veterinarian, Wardy could castrate a full grown horse tied to a tree and standing. I never knew another man in the area to do that. Yes, I saw him do that on the old Abrahamson place AKA Jasper place. I surely agree with Vickie’s accounts of Wardy…
Wardy idolized my dad, and I think Archie and also Bing and Ole Evans, they lived on the south side of the lake. Old age gives one time to sit back and reflect back to realize they idolized him too and made those cold days a great big party of dancing, singing and boxing. Grandpa Metcalfe was a great trainer. About the time the government bought the land and the people left for various reasons, I think Wardy felt a big void. I am not sure he was always treated with dignity fit for an extra special human being after that. Even his Uncle Louis Bergan left .
Gary Metcalfe
Simeon Grenier Family relatives
Reply posted on our Website
Azure Family
Reply from Neola Kofoid Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND
Gary,
Please thank those who provided info about the Azure family. I’m headed to Minot as soon as I get ready, so I’ll work on the Azure picture when I get back to Bottineau.
Thanks.
Neola
Fabian & DeeDee Azure Family Photo
Reply from Richard Langer: Dunseith, ND
Hi Gary and all readers. The photo is of the Fabian and DeeDee Azure family and are both deceased. The oldest daughter in the flowered top is Carolyn who is also deceased. Agnes (Dolly) in the white top is approx 73 years old and I believe lives in South Dakota. Peter (Butch) approx 71 years old lives in Belcourt and last of all with the Glasses is Francis (Sammy) who resides in Bismarck I believe. Richard Langer
Standing: Peter (Butch), DeeDee, Fabian & Sammy
Sitting: Agnes (Dolly) & Carolyn
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Kotschevar Family (Deer Heart Lodge)
Reply from Fay Priest: Twisp, WA
Thanks for your response. Who has the interest in the Kotschevar family? I have never visited a site like yours before. Not sure what I am doing. I have less info on Lucille Tilton than Russell Kotchevar. I have photos of some of his art and Pend O’reille Pete, some photos of his war memorabilia and family photos. As I said, he was married to my mother and her sister-in-law Lucille Kotschevar Tilton was married to Mom’s brother Loren Tilton. They all lived in Sandpoint Idaho when they passed away. Fay
BOOboo Anthony
Reply from Floyd Dion (45): Dunseith, ND
Gary
This is for Vickie, as you konw Ward was gun happy, he subscribed to The Shotgun News, but he didn’t put the paper in his name, he put it inBOOboo’s name, BOOboo Anthony R.R. Dunseith, ND
I guess he thought I didn’t beleive him, so he pulled it out of his back pocket and showed me it was BOOboo’s name on it. He really was a character.
Floyd
Reply from Brenda Hoffman (68): Greenville, SC
Thanks Gary. I think of all of us aging like a fine wine. Don’t feel 61, heck sometimes I feel like 20 (only my hairdresser knows for sure!)
Pictures & Obituary
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
ERVIN J. BESTON Funeral services for Ervin J. Beston, age 46 of Dunseith, were held on Thursday at 1:00 P.M. at the Church of God in Dunseith. Burial was at the St. Sylvan’s Cemetery, with the ashes of his grandson Jaden Cole (June 28, 2005) with him. Officiating at the service was the Reverend Bean and Reverend David Hayes. Special music was provided by Sadie Frederick, Monique Belgarde and the Drum Group Anishinabe. Casket bearers were Clarence Beston, Jason Norquay, Jerod Peltier, Clay Beston Ryan LaFountian and Randall Davis. Honorary bearers were all of his family and friends. Ervin J. Beston, a son of Robert and Irene (St. Claire) Beston, was born on March 4, 1964 at Belcourt. He was reared in the Dunseith area and attended the Dunseith Day School. Ervin completed his education at the University of Baraboo Saulk County, Wisconsin where he received his GED. Later received certificates in Carpentry and Botany. After his education he returned to the Dunseith area and worked various jobs doing carpentry and roofing. He married Shelley Greatwalker on December 10, 2002. they continue to make Dunseith their home. He enjoyed Pinochle, dominoes, cards, cribbage, basketball, attending pow-wows, listening to KEYA Radio, spending time with Shelley and sitting around with the boys laughing and joking. Ervin passed away on Saturday, February, 26, 2011 at a Minot hospital. He is survived by his wife Shelley at home; children, Heather of Miles City, MT Ervin Jr. of Billings, MT Whitney of Grand Forks, Shelby, Dakota and Summer all of Belcourt, Sylvan, Clint Adrienne, Shantelle, Kaytlyn and Shelleyah all of Dunseith; 7 grandchildren; god father Louis Beston; brothers, Marlin (Rachel) Earl, Dale, Kevin, Terrance (Clara) and Dale; his sisters, Marla, Faye (Jeff) Maurice, Tammy (Carson) and Edie (Ronnie); and also loved Bobbie Jo, Mckenzie, Kevin and Braylee; godchildren, Clifton St. Claire, Dakota Gunville, Dallas Counts, Tammy Faine, Derek Faine, Shaylee Beston and Shelleyah Greatwalker. Ervin is preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Sylvan, Robert Jr., Arnold and Gordon Beston; a sister, Pamela Beston and a grandson Jaden. Do any of you recognize this family?
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Skating Story
From Dick Johnson (68): Dunseith, ND
Gary and Friends,
Vickie’s story of skating in the old days reminded me of my first experience on ice skates. My folks found a very small set of skates for me and one Sunday at the farm Dad shoveled off a small area on Horseshoe Lake in front of my grandparents house. I was about 4 or 5 at the most and had no idea how to skate. They put the skates on and said for me to try skating. I remember I only made a couple steps and did a back flip. The first thing that hit the ice was the back of my head and I hit it so hard that in just a short while I got sick. Not a real good first experience. I remember later I would watch closely in the fall for the lake to get frozen over with about 3-4 inches of clear ice. Then it was time to put on the skates an go for a trip around the edge of the lake. People used to say they wouldn’t go on the ice until later when it was thicker. Dad used to say that 6 inches of GOOD ice would carry the Caterpillar. I never tried that! We had several Luther League skating parties and also school skating parties at the indoor rink in Bottineau– the Lumberdome. It was there during a blizzard in the winter of ’68, that a bunch of us college guys called to see if they were open for skating. The girl said it was open but nobody was there. Darrell Abrahamson and I had rooms in a house off campus so he and I and several friends walked over to the rink for some fun. Of course the first thing we did was start the old ‘crack the whip’ and the girl came on the loud speaker saying she knew we were the only ones there, but it was still against the rules. Then we decided we would play a game of ‘tag’. We really had a wild deal going until Darrell got tagged and was ‘it’. He couldn’t catch anyone and was stuck as ‘it’ for quite a while. He took after Monte Sande, our good friend from St. John, and was bound and determined to tag him. They went the entire length of the rink with Darrell just a few feet behind Monte. There were no hockey boards in the rink back then, just a plank wall with steel mesh covering the windows to the front area. As Monte and Darrell approached the wall, they were flying. Monte was a good skater and wore figure skates. Darrell had on a set of long blade hockey skates. When Monte got too close to the wall, he simply turned left and Darrell missed the cue and hit the wall wide open! I remember how the old Lumberdome echoed the boom when he hit. He fell back on the ice and we all ripped down the ice to see how bad he was hurt. He got up and kind of grinned but was hurting bad and had squares from the mesh stamped into his chin. We decided we had enough skating and went home. A few days later, Darrell said, “I guess I did hit the wall pretty hard.” He was black and blue on both knees and up and down his legs! It hurt to look at it. Thanks Gary! Dick Anthony family Story – Part Five
From Vickie Metcalfe (70): Bottineau, ND
Anthony Family Story #5
“ Ward and the Mouse Girl”
As a small child, I was shy of most people, as result of my dad’s incessant “Metcalfe” teasing. Which one day, intensified when Dad said, “Next time Ward comes you can go home with him and live with the Anthony’s, Annie would like a girl to help her.”
About a month later, Skip, the black and white border collie began his barking. Peeking out the window, I see Ward coming down the hill into our yard. Panic swept over me. “Oh. NO, today is the day!”
Backing away from the window with stomach clenched, I skedaddled! Albeit quietly. And hastily, barefooted, I ran to the living room closet which had many floor to ceiling shelves. (In those days our closets didn’t have doors. They had heavy homemade curtains). I crawled in and laid on my belly under the bottom shelf. I held my breath. I was ever, so quiet.
With a knock at the back door, dad’s greeting, “Come on in!” First, the smell enters then the boots. Boots the kind with laces that at the top had these metal things the brown laces would be wrapped around and Ward enters. I laid on that closet floor and tried not to breathe lest Ward heard me. I could see those boots, from my mouse eye view under the curtain.
He sat down in mom’s rocking chair right in front of me. “Oh, No!” I was cornered!
Then, the fearful “What if”. Fear, “What if he’d hear the thumping of my heart as he sat rocking his chair?”(hold the breath) His feet were level with my eyes. One foot crossed over the other. And he rocked one foot and tapped the other while he told his tales and my dad laughed.
Ward wore rolled up legs at least one fold, on his blue denim pants that were shiney and grimey. I knew this because whenever he rolled a cigarette, lit the match with his thumb the acrid smell mingled with the smell of Ward, who smelled bad, cause he didn’t bathe too often and his smell mingled with the smell of his rolled King Albert tobacco cigarettes. “thump, thumpity, THUMP.” My heart continued to accompany, the tick, tock, tick, of the cuckoo clock, throughout the long afternoon . The rocking chair creaked back and forth, back and forth. His feet tapped and his hand would go down and flick ashes into his rolled up pants leg, And me, “the mouse girl” found her nose twitching.
Feet would come down, he head for the water bucket, over the wood box. He started to clear his throat, Mom said,” Ward don’t spit in my wood box and he giggled”. My nose twitches again with his one hand flicking of the match, I crossed my eyes, and held my breath. My stomach clenches. My chest hurts.
Mom’s cuckoo clock struck another hour then another, and finally lunch time._Oh, no! thud, thud,THUD! My hearts a-beating! I’m thinking, “Dad’s gonna be calling me to send me home with him!” The long afternoon finally passes with darkness settling upon the house.
Ward finally moved away from the rocking chair. The outside door opens and the cool fresh air whooshes under the curtain. When the door shuts, I tentatively poked my head out of my hidey hole and breathe the long deep breath of relief . “I am still home!”
The clock ticks. I hear Mom putting dishes in the dishpan and the sizzle of heating water of the tea kettle on the wood stove. Dad pulling on his three buckle over shoes saying to mom “Where’s Vickie, I haven’t seen her all afternoon?” The milk buckets clanging. The door slams. All is quiet. “CUCKOO, CUCKOO, CUCKOO, CUCKOO, CUCKOO “
Taking a deep breath, I unclench my teeth, stomach and chest, breathe, crawl out of my nest, pull on my boots and run for the out house and I am relieved.
Family Tales, Vickie Metcalfe, Winter 2011
Posted by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
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Weather report
From Vickie Metcalfe (70): Bottineau
Gary,
I thought perhaps you might enjoy this.
Tonight it is supposed to bet -22. That’s too cold for me for the end of February. I suppose we don’t want the warm weather to come to fast and have flooding due to all the snow. But the good news, the days are longer, no more going to and from school in the dark! Vickie
Trying to Locate Ardell Willard Grimm
Posting on our Website
A big Thank you for posting and identifying the Kelvin baseball team
From Vickie Metcalfe (70): Bottineau, ND.
Gary, Nettie, Jackie, Dick and Margaret,
“Boys of Summer”
Many many thank you’s to the Petersons; Nettie and Jackie (Hansen),
Margaret Seim Lawston, and Dick Johnson on sharing those old photos and all the combined knowledge which came together via internet not the old ringer telephone, in identifying those handsome young men of long ago, those, “BOYS OF SUMMER”.
Years ago, many of those names were familiar, as dad and neighbors would refer to places and those names, when discussing about the where where homesites were located on the road where I grew up. The only ones I remember meeting in person in my lifetime were Mr. Peterson and Mr Anthony.
I do remember Art Seim sharing about many of those names, on our road trips through the hills, during the times he came back from California, to live the summer at Dunseith Nursing home.
We’d drive north on highway #3 of Dunseith and take the road east through Holmes township, send the vehicle straight by the Carlson farm, and over the hill to the Seim farm, around the curve and more hills the Lude Peterson farm, our farm, then the Smith farm where one would drive by from the north, to the Anthony place, the Johnson farm, all the way by the lakes to the Jack Peterson farm.
Art pointed out every one of those old farmsteads, and who lived there. He included the DeMar’s, Volz, Byres. And named for every little lake!
For a moment in time, he shared about the baseball team when Art remembered when he was, one of “the boys of summer.”
Thanks again.
Vickie Metcalfe
Lorraine Miller from Dunseith Passed away
Posting from Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND
I need to make a correction on what I wrote yesterday. The fellow who lived at Good Samaritan was NOT Marvin Biberdorf, but Walter Biberdorf.
Sorry about the error.
Neola
Lorraine Miller
(January 21, 1927 – February 23, 2011) ![]() Sign Guest Book | Send Flowers LORRAINE MILLER Lorraine Miller, age 84 of Dunseith, died Wednesday in a Minot hospital. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 A.M. in the St. Michael Catholic Church in Dunseith. Burial will be in the spring at the Sunrise view Cemetery of rural Dunseith. A wake will be held on Monday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 8:00 P.M. in the Church. |
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