Well, we had our first snow of the season over the weekend, and many churches’ services were called off on Sunday morning. I heard Wolford had about a foot of snow.

On Tuesday morning Helen Hawk accompanied me to the Erma Peltier funeral mass at Little Flower Catholic Church. Erma was a resident at the Haaland Manor for quite a few years. On Friday I went to the Helen Hawk apartment to help her daughter-in-law, Mary, celebrate her birthday with lunch and special cake along with Mary’s husband, Duane, and several friends as well as Helen’s daughter, Coline Mattson. On Saturday I enjoyed my evening meal with Helen Hawk. There was no church at Wolford on Sunday so I did a lot of visiting.

Son, Dale, Lorinda and Connor of Rolette were Wednesday visitors of Margie Beck.

Drake is 1

On Thursday, November 8, Carla, Jim and Jeremy Wolf and her mom, Donna Lennon, were guests at the Travis, Jennifer, Connor and Drake Ramsey home in Rugby to help Drake celebrate his 1st birthday.

Deer Hunt

Les Gronos of Minot is spending several days with his mom, Ramona, to deer hunt. He and Ramona both got their deer and reported lots of snow.

On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Marlys Johnson joined Sheila Slaubaugh, Paul Kauffman, Janelle Engstrom and Kristen Bohl in working on the Election Board. She reported 111 voters for that area.

On Tuesday evening Eileen Erickson and Dots and Virgie Erickson of Rolette were pizza guests at Vernon Erickson’s apartment. Edie Dunham visited the group later.

Deer Hunting

Sons, Rollie of Valley City and Elwood of Fargo, and Abdishakur Aden of Mayville University came to the Bessie Hochstetler farm home on Thursday evening for deer hunting and were Bessie’s house guests until Sunday morning.

Guests at Helen Hawk’s apartment on Friday, Nov. 9 in honor of her daughter-in-law, Mary, wife of Duane, were Duane, Coline Mattson, Wanda Neilson, Vivian Kinney, Leora Johnson, Doris Sveum and Eileen Erickson. Special cake and coffee were enjoyed.

Lowell and Marlys Johnson attended the Rolette County Soil Conservation Pancake and Sausage Supper on Wednesday night.

Dale, Mitch and Connor Beck of Rolette were in the area for deer hunting and were coffee and doughnut guests of his mom, Margie. On Sunday Dale and boys came to shovel Margie out.

On Monday Helen Hawk and Edie Dunham were lunch guests at Eileen Erickson’s apartment. Kalia Borgen joined us briefly for goodies.

This week

It’s Thanksgiving week as I write the past week’s Wolford News. The forecast for the coming week up to Thanksgiving Day is good. On Tuesday, I received word that my sister, Shirley Lewis of Rock Lake, was in the Towner County Memorial Hospital in Cando after a fall. On Friday I went to Cando Hospital to visit Shirley, her husband, George and their daughter, Cheryl was also there a bit later. I also visited my friends, Ed and Cele Goergen of Cando, at the hospital where Ed was also a patient. I also had a brief visit with Ted Armstrong of Cando, who was also a hospital patient after a fall. Also there were his wife, Louise, and their daughter, Tammy and her son. My sister, Ellen Mae and Larry Slaubaugh of rural Wolford also came to visit Shirley. On Sunday I accompanied Howard Thompson and Carolyn Solberg to Wolford Lutheran Church service. Carolyn read scriptures, and La Nae Hartvickson served an array of goodies for coffee hour. It was a foggy morning! In the afternoon I visited Eileen Erickson and Helen Hawk at their apartments.

On Wednesday Margie Beck went to Cando and visited Ed and Cele Goergen at the Cando Hospital and also visited Shirley Lewis.

On Tuesday Dots and Virgie Erickson of Rolette visited Eileen Erickson and Vern Erickson and they enjoyed pie and ice cream as well as a good visit.

On Thursday Barb Slaubaugh, Char Yoder, Treva Graber, Ellen Mae Slaubaugh and Bessie Hochstetler went to Long Term at Good Samaritan Hospital and hosted the monthly birthday party.

On Friday Doug and Gina Beck and Donn Beck of Cando and Dale and Mitch Beck of Rolette came to the home of their mom, Margie, to do some work that was needed.

On Friday afternoon Helen Hawk was a guest at Libby Wheeler’s apartment along with Ida Vrem, and they enjoyed a game of dominoes, visited and enjoyed lunch.

On Saturday Connor Beck and his friend, Cooper, along with Doyle, Mitch and Dale hunted in the area and visited mom and grandma, Margie Beck.

Coffee

On Saturday Helen Hawk, Vivian Kinney, Leora Johnson and Doris Sveum were afternoon coffee guests and the Wanda Nielson apartment.

80th Birthday

On Sunday Donna Lennon attended the surprise 80th birthday party for Doris Tank at her Rugby home hosted by Doris’s children along with other guests in the afternoon.

Kerry Slaubaugh of Sarasota, Fla., Bryan and Cindy Slaubaugh of Cando, Ron and Dorothy Slaubaugh of rural Rugby, and Iona Slaubaugh were Sunday evening supper guests of Jeff and Melissa Slaubaugh and girls at their farm home.

Turtle Mountain Tourism

Lowell and Marlys Johnson as well as the Dale and Martha Hawk Museum Curator, Gordon Thingvold, his friend, Beverly Lynnes attended the Turtle Mountain Tourism meeting at the Heritage Center in Belcourt on Tuesday. Terry and Laura Sarkalahti of Rolla also accompanied Lowell and Marlys.

Floyd and Barb Slaubaugh and Lowell and Marlys Johnson were Sunday noon meal guests at the Cleo and Char Yoder home in rural Wolford.

All get deer

Cody Gronos of Wahpeton spent the weekend with his grandma, Ramona Gronos and his dad, Les, and they were all lucky to get a deer.

On Sunday afternoon Dale, Mitch and Connor Beck were doughnut guests of Margie Beck and son, Doyle, was Margie’s noon meal guest.