A cream what?

Doggone it. We all remember the Fountain of Youth with its fried rolls, 15 cent hamburgers, nickel cokes and penny candy that friendly proprietor Connie Hanson patiently dished out. But for the life of me, what was the name of that cream-filled pastry favored by many over the noon hour. It wasn't called a cream puff. Paul Strandberg lived on them, regularly converting his $1.25 lunch money for that purpose. But he could never finish one without getting whipped cream in his nose. The only thing provided to wipe with was a square of waxed paper which also was covered with creamy ooze. Please scratch my itch at Trailboss@swpub.com

Thanks, Stan

Note from Jim Clifford:

That would be a Cream Horn.

Note from Paul Strandberg:

Sometimes I varied my lunch to have a fried roll and a chocolate coke at the Fountain.

Last minute free throws aid Cardinals last night

By Tom Obert
Roundup Cub Reporter

Whew!! Our girls almost proved two old adages last night - you can't sit on a lead and it's hard to beat the same team three times in one season. Alex (the #2 seed) took a 37-23 lead into the 4th quarter against Rocori (the #3 seed). [An aside here: somewhat akin to the BCS ratings for college football, Willmar was the #1 seed even though Alex won the conference title and split with Willmar during the season, and Rocori beat Willmar twice?]

But Alex got tentative trying to maintain the lead and Rocori hit a hot streeak that pulled them within two points with less than two minutes to play. Fortunately, Alex made three free throws in the final 40 seconds (though usually a good free throw shooting team, they only made 3 of 10 for the game) to hang on for a 42-37 victory. Undoubtedly they were a little nervous, and because it's the playoffs they played at a slower pace than usual and with a shorter bench (one of their regular starters is about halfway through a 6-game suspension, and the girl who would have been their starting point guard has blown out a knee each of the last two seasons and has yet to play at all).

So now it's off to St. Cloud Apollo to play 8:00 Saturday night against a team unknown as of this writing. I'm sure there will a large caravan of alums coming up from The Cities (being there is little else to do there on a Saturday night). By the way, our starting five is 6'1", 6'1", 6'0", 5'11", and 5'10" - I believe that makes them at least as tall, if not taller, than the starting five for the 1965 boys team? It's mostly a senior team, so this year is their best shot.

As the girls' basketball team begins tournament action (after having just won their 7th conference title in the last 9 years), our Cardinals have now won 88 Central Lakes Conference (CLC) titles over the last 10 years. Tied for second with 53 titles over that span are Brainerd and St. Cloud Tech (the rest of the conference includes St. Cloud Apollo, Little Falls, Willmar, Sartell, Sauk Rapids, and Rocori). Of course, during our era we concentrated mostly on academics.

Earlier, in hockey action
Our girls' hockey team just finished playing in their second state tournament in a row (only noticed Sue Graves Seltz as a fellow 65er there (although Greg Johnson, who was there last year, had a medical excuse) and should be there again next year.
Incidentally, Dave Harris, who broadcasts Cardinal games on KXRA, logged 1,000 miles that weekend - he broadcast the girls' hockey game from The Cities Friday at noon; drove back to Alex to broadcast the girls' basketball game that night - we beat Willmar for the conference title; drove back to The Cities to cover the second girls' hockey game on Saturday morning; then drove to Moorhead to cover the boys' hockey game that night. We expect the girls' basketball team make a good run in the tournament (we may be back to The Cities again this year).

Experts debate trivia nuance, read all about it

Question No. 12 has stirred all sorts of controversy here at the Roundup. Dave Erickson, who left Alexandria in 1965 and only wishes he were a member of the Class of 65, came home from Oregon and viewed the mess. He weighed in:

Dave says: "I would have put Tubby’s across from the State Theater and Art Anderson’s Maid Rite and Hawthorne. But that was where Len’s (Hukreide) Meat Market was. Len's was indeed across the street from State Theatre. I do remember that John Herdan’s Dad drove truck for one of the bakeries……Blue Ribbon, doughn’t ya know?"
"Ya sure, you betcha! Alrighty then."

Patty Wicken, she's married to Roy Wicken, and is another graduate from another time, responds: "Art's Maid Rite was immediately next door to the State Theatre, to the west between Broadway." She adds, "Did you guys know that when my Dad was a kid, Broadway was called "G" Street? Our streets are west-to-east, A - V (Ash, Bryant, Cedar, Douglas, Elm, Fillmore, "G-Street", Hawthorne, Irving, Jefferson, Kenwood, Lake, Maple, Nokomis, Oak, Park, Quincy (where I grew up. The OTHER side of the tracks, not the WRONG side of the tracks!) Roosevelt, Spruce, Temple, Unumb, Victor. And, my Dad said that at one time Oak street, which is immediately east of the Soo Line tracks was quite the business street. Blacksmiths, etc. My Dad was born in 1904. Even though he repeatedly told me to "pay attention" ...I wish I had recorded or made a journal of his memories.


Alexandria trivia (circa 1965)

1. Who played catcher for the Alexandria Clippers and also taught fifth grade?
Answer: Bob Hawkins, not Gary Johnson. Question: Who was Gary Johnson? While we're talking sports, who was the KXRA broadcaster who ended play-by-play broadcasts with "Always remember, win or lose, be a good sport!"

2. Name the men's store that was also the authorized outlet for Boy Scout paraphernalia. Extra credit if you remember their slogan.
Answer: Bob's Clothes Shop, the slogan was "Bob and the Twins want to see you." Here is another bonus question....a very difficult one. Question: What "club" existed out of this establishment? Answer later. Hint: It's a short one. Also, Tom Obert's uncle (the "original" Tom Obert) from The Cities went into Bob's once and was met by one of the twins -- who mentioned he looked a lot like John Obert. Tom said that John was, indeed, his brother. Tom then continued browsing before coming upon the other twin (Except Tom didn't know there were any twins) who mentioned that he looked a lot like John Obert. Of course, Tom thought the "guy" had a real short term memory problem.

3. You are looking in the front door of Central Junior High (across from the Congregational "Congo" church). Which way is the principal's office? Left? Right? Upstairs?
Answer: Turn right to go to George's office (go past the nurse's office, Mrs. Johnson, past the guidance office -- Jerry and Maxine). Most of you had difficulty remembering this one. Jim Clifford and Patty Collins Owens nailed it. Hmm.

4. What development brought an end to noon-hour movies at Central Junior High?
Answer: Split shifts reduced lunch to a half hour and shut down movietime in the small auditorium. It is amazing how many of you guessed it was because there was too much "making out." Making Out? Junior High? What does making out mean, anyway. And then the famous "brush me off." What was that? Larry Sass said that a lot.

5. In the 1950s, where was the municipal liquor store located (before it moved down by the museum)?

6. Name the two banks on Broadway in the early 1960s.

7. One of the banks had a large indoor mural depicting what?
Answer: The Kensington Runestone

8. What was the name of the ballroom in (a) Alexandria, and (b) Glenwood?
Answer: Algon and Lakeside

9. The furniture store located near the intersection of 29 and 52 was called what?
Answer: Perry's Hiway Furniture "Hello. Perry's Hiway Furniture, may we help you?" "Are you on Highway 29?" "Why yes, we are." "Well, you better get off, there's a big truck coming your way. Click."

10. The Catholic hospital near Lincoln School was called what?
Answer: Okay. Our Lady of Mercy wasn't exactly near Lincoln School in small town distances. It was close to Paula Widstrom's house though. Lorlee Bartos says she was born there. Is that possible? I didn't think Our Lady of Mercy was there in 1947. Looked too new. But Lorlee has a receipt. Her mother spent a week there after having Lorlee. Lorlee didn't say if she gave any trouble or not. I guess that's just what new mothers did then. How much did it cost? Lorlee found a receipt while organizing her father's papers. The handwritten total: $42. Bonus question courtesy of Jim Clifford. There was another private hospital in Alexandria named after a saint. What was its name?

11. Who was the weatherman on KCMT? Multiple choice: Jon Haaven, Jim Syrdal, Bud Gorham, Glenn Flint, Wayne Quernemoen, Natalie Johnson. Another hint: He served as an emcee for a Talent Show at Jefferson and wore a grass skirt.

12. Name the bakery across the street from the old State Theater.
Answer: Tubby's. Well, it wasn't exactly across the street from the old State Theater. Tubby's Bakery was on Sixth Avenue (Lincoln Avenue) on the north side of the street in the block between Hawthorne and Irving. Blue Ribbon Bakery was on the northwest corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. Yeutter's Bakery was kind of in the middle of the block on the west side of Broadway between Fifth and Sixth. Now, I can't remember if Tubby Schurman (owner of Tubby's Bakery) ever owned Blue Ribbon in the later years or not. It seems to me he did, and my husband thinks he may have; but we aren't certain. The two were definitely different businesses at one time. (Thanks to Patty Wicken)

13. Jerry Van Kempen MC'd the Jingle Bells program at Christmas. What did he MC at the fairgrounds?
Answer: Stock Car races

14. Where was the only pay telephone in Jefferson High?
Answer: In the hall by the gym. There was a free phone in the office during school hours.

...a blur without warning it comes

By James Van Amber
It is 1958 and we are in Peter Klinkner’s basement where we often play. Jerry Deleski and I each have on boxing gloves, bright red. Peter signals us to begin the fight and I move toward Deleski who pretty much stays where he is, holding his gloves high, elbows up, crouched slightly below his curly dark hair making it difficult to get a direct shot at his head.
I move to my left and throw an impossible right hook which does nothing but glance off Jerry’s quiet gloves. I move to my right and throw another, and another then one more. And now Jerry begins to move, to dance a little, waiting for me to make a mistake, bobbing and weaving for an opening. I’m not making a mistake. I’m going to pound him, legally trounce him, pound him into submission. I’m close now, pounding his gloves, pounding his arms with jabs and hooks, pounding, pounding.
Suddenly a blur without warning it comes, a right something or other from nowhere it seems, but quick and stiff-hard. It strikes me on my left side near the temple. Dogs bark. My legs are water and I have no choice but to drop to my knees and fall forward. I’m on the carpet, stunned. Peter is over me, pulling me up as the room spins then stops. Deleski is insouciant, waiting to see if I want more, poised with his gloves high and ready, grinning.
My mouth tastes like copper for two days.

(This is an excerpt from Regina's Record, a book by James Van Amber. See details and more excerpts in January Archives. -- Trailboss)

We're glad you're here, please send a note

Class President Paul Strandberg welcomes you. "Please make contact with your classmates by using this site often," he says. "We'll try to keep it fresh, but we need input from everyone. The best way to do this is to just write or email a brief letter to Stan Rolfsrud. He's the editor of the web site. He'll look it over and present your information to your classmates on this site. Then encourage any classmate you can reach to do the same. Look over the class list below. To email Stan, use Trailboss@swpub.com. If you want to write him via snail mail, send it to Trailboss, 2355 Abbey Point, Shakopee, MN 55379. The address of this blog is www.65roundup.blogspot.com. Be sure to 'bookmark' the site so you can visit often. We've all done a lot of living in the past 40 years. Let's share some experiences." After you've read this page, click on the archives sections. There's lots more.

Karl Bennett Tegland found. . . again

Gather round the campfire, classmates:
The Trailboss thought it strange that we hadn't heard from Karl Tegland for the past several months. He is supposed to be the guy in charge of music at the reunion. Reunion empresario, if you will. He comes by the assignment honestly. He is believed to own the entire Time-Life series of the history of rock and roll and he reputedly still carries a guitar pick in his billfold, just in case.
Anyway, Sara Smith Sevey emailed Ric Beresford trying to track down a classmate address and mentioned the blog. Beresford (He's a banker now so has time to blog) thought the web site was way cool and wondered if we needed some help with a live band at the 40th. The trailboss wasn't really sure to take Ric up on the offer -- some of us don't like loud music anymore and get crabby when there is too much noise, but what the hey, let's ask Empresario Karl Tegland, he said.
Well, it turns out that a confused Karl has forgotten just about everything he was told and hasn't checked into the blog in months, if ever. Here's the email exchange that finally got him back on line:

From Sara Smith Sevey to The Trailboss:
Sara writes: . . . also, I got an e-mail from Rick Beresford ('66) and he asked about having a band to play at the reunion as he would volunteer. I told him to contact you and I thought you or KB mentioned something about putting a band together.
Sara

From Rick Beresford to Trailboss:
Rick writes: Sara Lynn Smith sent me the blog link today...way cool! I loved reading Jim Van Amber's stories of him and Deleski. Also sorry to hear about Goodrich. I remember him and Mike Bolin and Rich Divine singing Three Jolly Coachmen in a talent show.
I recognize the pictured face of the classmate of ' 66....it's your sister, Solveig (I called her Sam), isn't it?
For your upcoming class reunion, my sons and I play in a pretty good oldies band. If you could use any music, I'd be glad to play...that way, if Karl needs an opportunity to play guitar and impress the girls, he'd have a backup band!

Trailboss to Beresford
You're right, that's Solveig. Lorlee Bartos and Greg Johnson already won the contest. The Trailboss drank the prize. You snooze you lose. Now let's see if Tegland is interested in your offer. Send him an email and ask.

Beresford to Tegland
Purely wishful thinking on my part. I'd just love the opportunity to play music with you again. We could always have Mike Geiser sing Peppermint Twist! And I could get a Roady to carry your equipment! Here's the link.
Rick

Tegland to Trailboss and Beresford
Karl responding to Beresford's note: What blog? I didn't know there was a blog. Somebody send me the link.

Trailboss to Tegland
www.65roundup.blogspot.com
Geez, Karl, this site has been up for a long time, you are sooo out of the loop, dude.

Tegland to Trailboss
Karl writes: After I saw the blog page, I realized I had seen it before. Apparently my 58-year-old random access memory failed to operate correctly.

Yeah, out of the loop indeed. I don't listen to popular music anymore. My favorite TV channels are MSNBC, Food, History, Discovery, and Travel. I'm happy wearing clothes I bought 10 years ago. I have high blood pressure and take Lipitor for cholesterol. My sons have much better social lives than I do. Johnny Carson's death was a major blow, and I watched most of the tribute shows.

Just got back from a birthday party in Palm Springs (land of senior citizens and gay guys). The party was for me and a 70-year-old cousin. At least I was the younger one!!

KBT