Tournament Preparations

I know all of you are busily digging through your old boxes and files for old Alamo and school day pictures and, because of this, haven't gotten around to posting stuff. So I've bought you a little more time by sneaking into Shirley's high school scrapbook. This is a dandy little piece from the Williston Herald. I don't know the date of the picture, but (from the back) I can tell you that beef was selling for 35-38 cents a pound. I'm guessing that this would mean it was the spring of 1968.

The Reunion of 2001

Here are some pictures of the All School Reunion held in July of 2001. I know you all have pictures of that widely attended event. So why don't we add some of your's to this collection. This set includes Rod and Diane Voeller, Loring and Marlene Johnson, Diane/Krystie/Shirley, and Norman/Shirley/Barry/Diane/Virgil.

Girl on Slide

Now this one was taken more than a few years ago of a young lady who would eventually graduate from AHS. I believe the picture is taken from the schoolyard looking toward the Landro house. The person on the slide is none other than Thelma (Landro) Lohse. I think its a neat picture. I hope the three boards that made up the slide were covered with tin; otherwise it could have been a pretty risky trip down.

Mixed Quartets

Lets give due honors to the Junior Mixed Quartet - probably taken in the spring of 1967? It looks like Warren was pretty happy. In fact they all look happy, as if they are sharing some private joke or secret. Oh Ike, Nancy, Diane, and Daryn - what were you thinking?




But it seems that the Senior Quartet was equally happy. Maybe David, Jane, Clarice, or Lewis can fill us in. When was this taken and who took the picture? What was the story and why not some stricture? (hey - what else rhymes with picture)

Ladies Aid November 1959

My most enduring memory of the Alamo Ladies Aid is all the meals they served. During halftime of sports events at the school, or periodic Smörgåsbords at the church, these ladies served wonderful meals to raise money for various charitable or community causes. I'm hoping that we will see some comments and posts about these responsible and hard working ladies! For example, whose house are they posing in front of?

Pictured here are from the back, left to right: Dorothy Egge, Mrs Kester, Muriel Otteson, Thelma Lohse, Melva Sogard, Ester Ruud (sp), Olga Sovik, Selma Weber, Magnold Skarre, Inga Anderson, Mrs Percy Ensruud, and Alma Monger.

Alamo: circa 1950 and 1966

I'm sure all of us have seen this photograph generously provided by the Alamo Farmers Co-op Elevator Company. It was in honor of Alamo's 50th anniversary in 1966.


This is an earlier picture of Alamo taken from the hills south of town. Hiway 50 is just a gravel road, so it must have been in the '40s or early '50s. Any better guesses out there?

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Greetings from David and Shirley (Lohse) Hagen

Shirley and I graduated in the AHS Class of 1968 and later, both graduated from the University of North Dakota at Grand Forks. We then moved to Austin, Texas, where Shirley got her first job as a Nurse Anesthetist. But she didn't like the bugs very well, so in the spring of '78, we moved to Boise, Idaho.

Shirley continued to work as an Anesthetist until she retired in 2004, when we moved from Boise to Riverton, Utah. We liked Boise very much and, in many ways, still consider it our home. Shirley's sister Marjory lives in Boise too.

I worked for Idaho Power Company as a Transmission Planning Engineer for many years, and then took a position with an energy marketing company during the Enron days. But that bubble finally burst and the marketing company closed up shop. So then I worked as an independent consultant for a couple of years before finally getting a 'real job' with PacifiCorp in Salt Lake City - where I continue to work today.

This picture was taken during Christmas. With us is our daughter Dasha, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and our toy poodle, Sammie.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our classmates and friends all the very best in 2007 and beyond. And we hope to read about (and hear from) each of you!