Timothy Russell

To those of you wisely not going to the farce reunion I am proud of you all! To those that are going. Buy lots of water you'll need it! If any of you want to see me. Not gonna happen and please don't stop by my home! I don't like having my privacy invaded! That is all for now! 

Joseph Marman

Hi Tim,    I am sure all the rest of us attending will do our best to brave the warm weather and have fun despite the obstacles.  We will miss your smiling face and your cheerful disposition.  I will try to stop by and say hi to you.   What is your address?     Joe

Darrel Mast

Hi Tim,

Happy Belated Birthday...sorry we didn't send a card this year.  I am not sure why you think the reunion is a "farce" it seems pretty real to me and I don't need or want congratulations on not showing up to something I wish I could be at.  As i said before it is Montana, it is summer, it will be hot.  Joe I am glad you want to stop by Tim's place. I will send you a private message with his address...keeping it private because I know he doesn't want to see most people but I am sure he will enjoy your visit.

EDIT:  I apologize Tim, I was only joking about giving Joe your address.  Please no one stop by Tim's house and visit. 

Darrel

Doug Wagner

Hello All,

I was really trying to make it to this reunion. Certain things are preventing me from coming. The heat is probably most important. (I don't sweat properly after my accident). Although I can see the apeal in the program I am limited in my ability to walk. I would love to walk in Makoshika. Golfing would be fun. Unfortuantly walking into the fair would be too much. Even standing in the beer booth. I miss that. Anyway I wish you all a great reunion. Best of health and happiness to you all. 

Doug Wagner 

Timothy Russell

Well record heat is in forecast 110 Friday! Like I said before bad idea these days are. Glad I am not going! 

Michael Hughes

Tim, yes Thursday will be hot, but look at that beautiful weather forecast for the festivities lined up for the reunion which kicks off Friday...crisp morning lows, warm afternoon highs barely reaching seasonable averages, light dry north winds.  Couldn't have scripted it better!  So why don't you come join one or both of the evening social activites...I'll pick up your bar tab brother!  It would be nice to see you again after all these years.

Denise Douglass (Smith)

Timothy Russell

No way Hughes!😠

Bill Waite

Looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend. I'm actually camping in Ogallala Nebraska this weekend but I'm going to drive up Friday Morning and drive back to Ogallala on Saturday night. I feel like I owe Tim an apology. 6 or 8 weeks ago, I drove by Tims house and he was sitting outside and I stopped to ask if he would reconsider and come to the reunion. I wanted to offer him a ride if he needed it. He said that he was not going and he was busy and had to get going. So I guess I'm the reason Tim said he did not want anyone coming by his house. I am sorry if I offended you. I would still like to see you at the reunion. Would you consider coming to the diner at the Moose? It will be air conditioned so no problem with the heat. If you need a ride, I will pick you up. Again Tim, I did not realize you did not want any visitors and I apologize. I hope you will reconsider and come on Saturday night. A lot of people would like to see you again.

Timothy Russell

One more thing you all seem to miss my point so here it is, the reason I am not going to reunion is it was poorly planned and short notice and done on the cheap! I also know I would see some of you at the post office and store and I have! Finally I have decided that my GRANDPA WAS RIGHT! If you want something done right do it yourself! So I have decided I will plan and put on the 60th reunion myself! It will be cool and like nothing ever done before! I will have more details in 8 years from now! So that's it for now! 

Kent Erickson

Classmates:  The 1974 DCHS 50th class reunion was FANTASTIC!  My wife Carla said several times during the weekend how awesome our class was.  She saw so much love and respect demonstrated by classmates as well as with her interactions with you all.  I totally agree!  It was so wonderful to see you all!  I know that Dave and Doug were responsible for a lot of the planning and obtaining all of the decorations, prizes, etc., but I am sure there are others that helped also.  THANK YOU is all I can say for now, however, if you are ever in northern Colorado we would love to see you !

Kirsten Slagsvold (HolyCross)

Dear Classmates and to everyone that made  this 50 Reunion  so very special and a memorable event. 

The time and effort that you guys put in was incredible and amazing. 👏👏👏👏👏. 

I  feel so incredibly lucky 🍀 to have such a family of classmates and more  renewed friendships. 
May you all feel the love 💕 that this class of 1974 has to brought  to all. 
Kirsten Slagsvold HolyCross 
 

Bill Waite

Hello to everyone from the 50th reunion. It was so great to see everyone. I had a wonderful time and I'm so glad I  made the drive from camping up to Glendive. When I was getting ready to leave Saturday night, so many people wished me safe travels and to be careful. So for all of you, I hit the Interstate at Glendive at 9 pm and rolled into the camp ground in Nebraska at 6:30 am and by 11:30 we were on the road back to Denver. Thanks for all the well wishes.

I think this was our best reunion yet and I want to really thank Dave and Doug for this great website and all the work that goes into it. Also a big thank you to everyone who helped to make this such a great event. There is a lot of work that goes into this so that all of us can get together and enjoy each other. I'm so glad that we had some people there who haven't made many of the reunions. Thank you Gene for the great prayer before supper.

I want to thank Dave for the great words at the dinner. It is so true, we are all getting older and time is so valuble. Again, it was great to see you all and I hope everyone stays in touch. 

Clint Copping

Yvonne and I have enjoyed the other reunions that we were able to attend, but this one was special! Perhaps as we gain life experience we gain more of an appreciation of the simple things, good friends, good conversation, and fleeting opportunities. A heartfelt Thank You to everyone that put such obvious effort into making this reunion what it was. All the best to all of you!

Geoff Sell

It was so good to see you again. Jackie and I really enjoyed our weekend. To the planners of the event a sincere thank you for a job well done. The remembrance of our classmates at the Bell Street Bridge was brilliant. May all of your travels be safe and may God Bless us all until we meet again.

Marilyn Roberts (Mischel)

I & Tim sure a great time at the reunion. It was fun to visit with you all!  Thanks to everyone who worked hard to make sure the weekend was fun.  The ceremony at the bridge was so moving & was a nice tribute for our friends.  

David Shearer

David Shearer

Sheri Lye (Moline)

Just reflecting back on the fantastic weekend I had in Glendive.  From the tour of DCHS to the hike in Makoshika Park, and everything in between....it was all wonderful!

Thanks to all who did the planning/organizing - you all could have a new career in party planning!!

I am sure our classmates in heaven felt our love, on the bridge Saturday night, what a beautiful way to honor them.

Take care all, see you in 10 years!!

Victoria (Vickie) Schneider (Christen)

Greetings everyone!

Yes what a great weekend we had together!

I received a message from Gorel that she would like to have posted:

Dear Class Mates,

I hope you are having a wonderful reunion.  I wish I was there.  Hard to believe that it is 50 years ago that I was an exhange student at DCHS.  That expericence was so great when it took place and has also been valuable in my whole life and career.  Quite a few of you have visited me in Sweden and Victoria and I have met a dozen of times, in various places.

I am now a grandmother to Anna and Arvid, are retired M.D. and still happily  married to Fredrik.

Lots of love to all of you and you are more that welcome to come and see me if you go to Sweden.

Gorel Washtmeister ( Bergland)

Bill Waite

Hello everybody, it was great to see everybody at the 50th. It was also great to see the comments on the message forum and to see so many people communicating on the forum. I had a thought. Instead of letting the message forum go kind of dead for another 10 years, let's try to keep talking to one another. Post something now and then or just say hi. Let's try to keep in touch.

My wife and I are going to go camping again at Harlan Lake in Nebraska in September. Hope we have good weather. Take care everyone. Bill

Kirsten Slagsvold (HolyCross)

Hi  Classmates, 

I concur with Bill, I don't always want the world on Facebook to see what I'm doing but it's important to keep with touch with friends.This should be a safe place to share fun memories or adventures. Be kind🌹💕

As a kid 1 of my favorite things and aroma's were  chokecherry picking and making jelly and syrup. Nothing like the smell of chokecherry 's brewing . This morning I'll start my adventures of picking chokecherry, then going to  a friend's backyard and getting Gogi berries. Then After the first frost I'll pick rose hips and crab apples. I love crab apple and rose hip jelly. I make and give out about 50-60 jars of jelly a year. Christmas gifts , birthday or just because.. 

Henry if you want to trade some elk steaks 🥩 for jelly , I'd love it. 😁

Thanks Vikki for the great book recommendation, The Book Women of Troublesome Creek. I'm listening to it on Audible now . It's great 👍 

With Joy , Kirsten

Jean Dietz (Grotberg)

This post, though delayed, is no less heartfelt. Lots going on including the company I’ve worked for several years closing down, myself and buddies laid off, losing insurance, figuring out Medicare (Medi-nightmare!) and Social Security, looking for (and landing) a new job…. busy with everything Montanans have to cram into the short few weeks of Summer! Like I used to tell my mom "They aren’t excuses, they’re reasons!"

That said, The “Class of ’74” 50-Year Reunion was every thing. It was magical. So so much fun!! To those of you who couldn’t make it – we missed you!! (and we talked about you 😊)

A touch of crazy, a little drama, a little danger, much laughter, many hugs…. and the stories. So many stories! Stories about connections and relationships / friendships that started many years before we walked the hallowed hallways of DCHS.

Scott Bean (my intended husband... Jean Bean) and I had a great conversation about what it was like growing up in several different Glendive neighborhoods. You had neighbor friends who were older, younger… the summertime gang. And a different set of “school friends” from other neighborhoods. Funny how the older kids you hung out with all summer didn’t know you when school started!

Besides the closeness and comradery I loved the reunion venues. Good ol’ Glendive hasn’t changed and I found that comforting. Other than Makoshika – which I try to visit every return - I hadn’t been to the Country Club, County Fair / fairgrounds, Moose Club, Beer Jug, Swimming Pool Park or Dove Street, since I left in ’89. The Airbnb Kirsten and I rented on Dove was directly across from the house where my dear friend Melody Bender was living when she passed away.

And Bell Street Bridge…. What a beautiful memorial tribute. We all felt the presence of our missing classmates there, with us - and a little closer to each other.

Many, many many thanks to all who had a hand in pulling this great event together. It truly was epic.

To you Dave Molmen…. creator, curator, our Master of Ceremonies, leader of prayers, story teller, eloquent speaker, stand up comedian, DJ and mountain trail guide… Outa’ the park dude! Love you.

I know every class says theirs is special…. Our Class of ’74 really is.

Joseph Marman

It is with great dismay and intrepidation that I have to post this message. 

When I attended the 50^th Class reunion at the end of July of this year, 2024, I was surprised to see Jeannine Meeds run from the entrance table and say “get away from me Joe Marman”.   I was shocked and asked what she was upset about. She refused to respond to me.

Later on Saturday, at the banquet, I volunteered to submit a few jokes during the Saturday evening dinner, when things got a little slow and Dave Molmen suggested to me that my comments would be inappropriate, so I just sat down.

Now, I asked Doug Kirk and Dave Molmen through emails about what I may have done wrong at the class reunion, or on prior events that would have caused Jeanine to shun me as well as Dave to prevent me from adding a joke to the frivolity at our banquet dinner.   

I emailed Doug Kirk and Dave Molmen to ask if I had done something inappropriate to offend some people, because I would want to offer apologies, or to attempt to rectify some transgressions if I had caused some people to feel offended.  Neither Dave nor Doug have responded to me.

I really want to know if I had dome something wrong somewhere along the line to have offended my friends, or if there was some mis-understanding about my bad behavior.  

If any one has any insights, I would really appreciate some comments to learn how I may correct or apologize for some inappropriate behavior.  

Thank you for your consideration.  Joe

Mary Sadorf (Fabian)

Hello to all of the 74 classmates!  Class of 75 are making plans for an all 70s Class Reunion event, Sept 12 & 13th. Please spread the word.

I am the contact person for the class of 74 email me at jfabian@midrivers.com or text 4069891603.