tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89144354123603865942024-03-18T23:23:48.956-05:00Minot-MemoriesMinot Memories is a blog that pertains to the city of Minot, ND. It is brief glimpses of people, places, things and events of Minot's past that will provide some insight into the history of Minot. This photo Main Street looking south from the railroad tracks about 1940minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-88826944240275321332018-12-12T07:42:00.002-06:002018-12-12T07:42:55.249-06:0045 Years Ago in the Newspaper<br />
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</span>Headlines – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Minot City Council proposed a pay
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was advertising flowers, bedding plants, trees and bushes …. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Big Bear </b>was advertising fishing and
camping equipment for the season opening. They were staying open until midnight
for the shoppers to get ready for opening day…. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Jerry Iverson, </b>at that time a teacher at Minot High was named the
outstanding member of the North Dakota Vocational Agriculture Association – he
would later go on to manage the ND State Fair ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Empire Theater </b>showing the Valachi Papers …. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Torchlight </b>was featuring Dennis and Cree…. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-1797901677878292652018-12-10T10:14:00.002-06:002018-12-10T10:14:42.782-06:00KG Men's Store<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">KG Men’s Store – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In December of 1960 there were a number of stores
where a man could purchase a suit. These included Greengard Cranston,
Schneider’s Men’s Store, Jay’s, Squtt’s, and KG Men’s Store. All of these were
in Downtown Minot as no shopping centers were built in the city at this time.
KG’s Men’s Store was running a year end Suit Sale…. Over 900 suits reduced with
prices starting as $29.00 up to $79.00. The famous Kuppenheimer brand of suits
were also on sale as were topcoats and sport coats. Because of the huge price
reductions there was a small charge for any alterations which normally were
free. When Town & Country Shopping Center opened KG’s Men’s Store would
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-50134289579244070582018-11-29T10:48:00.000-06:002018-11-29T10:48:07.437-06:00Teen Club - The Garage<br />
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former automotive service center, The Garage strictly catered to youth ages 14
to 20. The garage was located ½ block north of what is now Central Campus. The
building at the was owned by two Minot businessmen. It was a great hangout for
high school students. Many were smokers and The Garage did not discourage
smoking as long as the cigarettes were not extinguished on the floor. Many
students, however, complained that it was too smokey and thought it should not
be allowed. On the weekends, The Garage featured dances with the band on a
raised platform and psychedelic lighting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-19604932174128210742018-11-28T10:52:00.002-06:002018-11-28T10:52:58.881-06:00Coffee Shop - The Bridge<br />
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the summer of 1972, The Bridge, a coffeehouse,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>was located at 119 West Central Avenue. The coffeehouse was open on
Friday and Saturday from 8 pm to 1 am. It was a non-profit entity that catered
to young people in the 18 to 25 year old bracket. The Bridge rented their
location from the Sons of Norway organization. Two firm policies of The Bridge
were no drugs and no alcoholic beverages. In actuality the clientele ranged
from young teenagers to an occasional Middle aged Sons of Norway member. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-12123254995202790422018-11-27T07:59:00.001-06:002018-11-27T07:59:42.339-06:00Original Y's Men's Rodeo??<br />
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indoors at the Minot City Auditorium –the rodeo performances on Friday,
Saturday and Sunday highlighted Western Week in the Magic City…… <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Holiday Shower of Stars – </b>December 29,
1964 – Stars included Chad & Jeremy (just back from England) – Bobby
Goldsboro – Ronnie Cochrane – Tickets - $2.50 at the door -- $2.00 in advance …
At the Municipal Auditorium …… <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gene
Pitney Show & Dance – </b>January 15, 1965 at the Minot Civic Auditorium --
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-18999584088282404762018-11-26T07:59:00.000-06:002018-11-26T07:59:49.494-06:001970's Entertainment <br />
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to the Dolly Parton concert at the Municipal Auditorium .. Dolly was on her way
to Regina for the Buffalo Days Exhibition …. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kenny Rogers and Roy Clark </b>– Headliners at the 1978 State Fair<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
Grand Ole Opry – August 17, 1967 –</b> Headliners were Ferlin Husky, Hank Snow
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com101tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-59285299814496813072018-11-21T08:37:00.003-06:002018-11-21T08:37:51.137-06:00Great Northern Bank to 1st National Bank<br />
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the Great Northern Bank when it was established in 1897. The building was
constructed of brick made in a brickyard just west of Minot. This building
stood until it was demolished in 1929 to make room for the new building. The bank
was name the Great Northern Bank in honor of Jim Hill who was a close friend of
Joseph Roach, one of the founders of the bank. Later the name was changed to
the 2<sup>nd</sup> national Bank and eventually to the 1<sup>st</sup> national
Bank. In 1887 the Bank of Minot was formed and eventually became the 1<sup>st</sup>
National Bank. In the early 1900’s there were two banks chartered under the
name of the 1<sup>st</sup> National Bank. Both of these failed, hence the name
2<sup>nd</sup> National Bank for a period of time. No affiliation with the
failed banks was wanted. In the early days, trees were planted in the boulevard
to the south of the bank. They grew to be quite tall before they were cut down
due to the paving of the streets.</span><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com91tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-48220158820829266932018-11-20T08:26:00.002-06:002018-11-20T08:26:33.359-06:00Piggly Wiggly<br />
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Wiggly – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The first Piggly Wiggly Store opened in the
mid 40’s at 213 South Main Street. In 1957, at a cost of $300,000, Piggly
Wiggly opened a new store by the Fairgounds. Piggly Wiggly East was one of the
largest grocery stores in the state at that time. In 1961 another store opened
in the Oak Park Center. The store on Main Street closed in 1960 and shortly
after a third store was opened in the Town & County Center. In 1982 the Oak
Park store moved to the Arrowhead Shopping Center. At one time Piggly Wiggly
employed over 250 people. I worked at the Town & Country store in 1966-67.
I started at $1.25 per hour, soon got a raise to $1.32 and shortly after the
minimum wage increased to $1.40. Gas was about 25 cents….. Life was good<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-77682560590881424012018-11-19T08:36:00.001-06:002018-11-19T08:36:17.815-06:00Hotels and Hotels and More from the 60's<br />
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is now B& D Market (site is now a
Parking Lot) in 1967 he was the dealer for RCA TV’s and stereos. Owner – Ben
Mutzenberger ….. <b>Metzger’s Electronic Sales – </b>1615 South Broadway (now Paradise
Spa’s) Maury Metzget – the owner – Pete Van Lith – repairman (for all makes of
hoe electronics) – Zenith TV and Stereo dealer ….. <b>Gordon’s Holiday Spot Motel – </b>at the intersection of 19<sup>th</sup>
Avenue and South Broadway ( east of Marketplace Foods) --- <b>Sterling Motel – </b>on the corner of South Broadway and 20<sup>th</sup>
Avenue (now Marketplace Foods)</span><br />
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-35967653222669907172018-11-15T07:59:00.000-06:002018-11-15T07:59:33.593-06:00Nightclubs in the 1960's<br />
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Expressway – now Ron Lohman Motors ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Candlelight
Lounge – </b>inside the Ramada Inn on north hill – (every Monday and Thursday
was ladies night from 5 pm to closing – drinks for ladies – 2 for the price of
1 ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">13 Club – </b>located at 13 First
St. SW – Features dancing girls and a piano bar (at times Gordy Lindquist was
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-22201660875622184622018-11-14T08:01:00.000-06:002018-11-14T08:01:44.589-06:001967 - Largest Shopping Center in North Dakota<br />
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--<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Billed
as North Dakota’s largest Shopping Center in 1967, Town & Country was
holding an Appreciation Days event. The claimed to have had more than 5 million
people pass through their doors since opening. – Town & Country, with all
17 of its stores employed over 400 people, had parking for 1100 cars and was
completely air conditioned….. Some of the merchants at the time were: Sears,
Cal’s Beauty Salon, Fanny Farmer Candy, Holland House Cafeteria, JJ Newberry’s,
Kinney Shoes, Steenstrup’s Jewelry, Walter’s Women’s Wear, KG Men’s Store and
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-24139707306591695922018-11-13T07:14:00.001-06:002018-11-13T07:14:33.993-06:00Westland Oil and More<br />
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at 504 East Central Avenue – they were holding an open house in mid January of
1965 – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Westland Tire & Automotive
Supply Store – </b>425 4<sup>th</sup> Ave Sw (Burdick Expressway) – this
facility was new and replace the older facility in Downtwn Minot ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">H&H Variety – </b>109 South Main St …..
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">J J Newberry’s – </b>In the Town &
Country Shopping Center – mid January of 1965 they were holding a Winter Record
Clearance – Albums as low as 77 cents and 45’s as low as 19 cents --- many big
names of the time like Paul Anka, Sammy Davis, Dusty Springfield, Chubby
Checker, Rickie Nelson, Hank Snow, Patsy Cline, the 4 Seasons and more …… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-7644598659550861752018-11-12T09:24:00.002-06:002018-11-12T09:24:56.274-06:001960's - 1970's Business<br />
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September, 1967. Harold’s was a new shop for women in Downtown Minot – 112
South Main St. Previously the Harold’s locations was occupied by Stevenson’s
and was extensively remodeled prior to opening. …… <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vince Lee’s Bottle Shop – </b>32 Third St NE (just north of the
Firestone Store) --- Vince Lee suggested a gift from his bottle shop – as he
was quoted in his ad – “For what it is worth, the suggestion is mine – Nobody
returns their liquor or wine” ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Poor
Rog’s Surplus – </b>in the mid 1960’s he was located the foot of North Hill in
Highway 83 North ….. (I seem to remember him being located at the intersection
of Broadway & Central Avenue in the later 1960’s) …..</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-45048536033976395812018-11-09T07:48:00.002-06:002018-11-09T07:48:40.453-06:001967 - New Shopping Center in North Minot<br />
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new shopping center that was a “certainty” to be developed at the base on north
hill on Broadway I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minot – Crestview
Development claimed the Center was “an absolute certainty. It’s just the
details. There’s no way in the world it can be stopped”. The Center was to be
the largest between Minneapolis and Portland and was to include two major
department stores, a major drug store, 750 seat theater, and a 50 X 300 foot
convention center. For whatever reason it was never built. The location is now
the home to the Hampton Inn Hotel on North Broadway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-79783552710091777212018-11-08T07:01:00.001-06:002018-11-08T07:01:31.852-06:00Robo Wash 1967<br />
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Wash held their Grand Opening on Friday and Saturday, September 8<sup>th</sup>
& 9<sup>th</sup>, 1967. They were open Monday through Saturday from 7 am to
10 pm. Located at 219 North Broadway, they were at the bottom of the Broadway
Overpass on the West side. I think Robo Wash was the first “stay in your car –
Drive through” car wash in Minot. The price – 50 cents for a 2 minute car wash
which washed your vehicle on top and underneath in 4 cycles with a final rinse
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-30020960033835495102018-11-07T08:36:00.000-06:002018-11-07T08:36:21.238-06:00More Business from the 1960's<br />
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on main Street in Downtown Minot<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-- Osco
Moved to Dakota Square and the Osco Drug location became B&B Drug ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Wholesale Food Center – </b>Across from the
Post Office – formerly National Grocery – now Zimmerman’s Furniture ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">R&L Maytag Home Appliance Center – </b>located
in the Oak Park Shopping Center – Grand opening was in August of 1967 …..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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late 1960’s White Drug had a supper menu from 4:30 to 7:30 pm --- All dinners
included Mashed potatoes, vegetable, salad, roll & butter --- all dinners
were under $1.00 except for the Swiss steak meal on Monday’s – it was $1.16…… <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Arrowhead Shopping Center – </b>Operation
Bounce – 500 ping pong balls released in the parking lot at 10 am and 2 pm, all
numbered – customers had to match the numbers for prizes at participating
merchants ……. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Minot Federal Savings
& Loan Assoc. – </b>in 1959 they were on the corner of Central Avenue and 1<sup>st</sup>
St NW (where Brady Martz is now) ……</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-12614371466189948162018-11-05T08:12:00.003-06:002018-11-05T08:12:37.557-06:00Park N Shop Before Parking Ramps<br />
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Fairgrounds ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Anderson Ace Hardware – </b>11
1<sup>st</sup> St SW – Across from the Federal Building ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Smith & Lee Co. – </b>14 East Central
Avenue – appliance and TV sales ….. 4 East Central Avenue – appliance and TV
sales ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Park ‘N Shop – </b>in the
1960’s and 70’s, the parking lots in Downtown Minot participated in Park N Shop
--- your ticket from the parking lot was validated by participating merchants
and your parking fee was reduced and possibly free….. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-13651209119039564142018-11-02T08:20:00.001-05:002018-11-02T08:20:13.305-05:00Past Business<br />
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Ave NE (now the home of B&D Market) ….. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Discount King Grocery Store – </b>Apparently they claimed to sell
everything for less – Meats included – located at the intersection of 4<sup>th</sup>
Avenue and 2<sup>nd</sup> St (Broadway and Burdick) in the old National Grocery
store (Zimmerman’s) …… <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">PW Miller Co. </b>–
a clothing/surplus store -<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>in 1960 they were located in the Grand
Hotel Building on Central Avenue.—after the Grand Hotel and all related
businesses burned they moved to 1<sup>st</sup> Avenue SE – next to the Parker
Hotel (now the Olson Law offices ….. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-26231010874725434242018-11-01T08:56:00.000-05:002018-11-01T08:56:30.546-05:00Businesses from the 1960's1960’s Business – Newberry’s Department Store -- Located in the center area of Town & Country Center (pictured below from 1964) – the Cafeteria for Newberry’s is now Marco’s Restaurant ….. Metzger’s electronic Sales -- in 1964 Metzger’s was located at 119 West Central Avenue – They would later move to South Broadway (next to Northern Bottling – now Paradise Spa’s) ….. Eatmore Sausage & Packing Co. – Whole sale and retail meat shop on the east edge of Minot (about where the Holiday Inn is located now.) ….. FW Woolworth Co .. On the Corner of Main St and Central Avenue – only escalator in Minot for years and it only went up ……<br />
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-37450371164943001292018-10-31T11:19:00.001-05:002018-10-31T11:19:28.149-05:00Monster Season – 1964 – <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">an article in the Minot Daily on September 25, 1964
was about monsters on TV. It was referring to the two spoof horror shows, The
Munsters and the Adams Family. The Munsters, as you may recall, was a show
about a rather ghoulish family with a seemingly normal girl, their neice.
Herman was a replica of Frankenstein, his wife Lilly was a witch, the
grandfather was a portly rendition of a Vampire, and Eddy was a werewolf…. The
article implied that the niece must have been abnormal as she did not see
anything strange about her relatives ….. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-73624945639000021162018-10-25T17:38:00.000-05:002018-10-25T17:38:41.434-05:00Taking a BreakDue to the passing of my wife earlier this month, I have been taking a break.<br />
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Minot Memories will return in November<br />
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Thanksminotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-32272492217904494842018-10-12T08:28:00.002-05:002018-10-12T08:28:59.732-05:00USS Minot salvage attempt 1967<div class="MsoNormal">
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defended by Armed Guards arrived at Okinawa on April 11. One of these,
the </span><i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Minot Victory</span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">, brought down a plane on April 12 which strafed the ship and crashed
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taking a strain in the tow cable. Minot Victory slid off North Reef at a high
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minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-62620753976927922762018-10-11T08:27:00.001-05:002018-10-11T08:27:32.406-05:00USS Minot - Victory Ship WWII<br />
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ships</a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>were a
type of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">cargo ship</a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>which were mass-produced in the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United
States</a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>during<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World
War II</a></span></span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They Victory
Ships were part of the Merchant Marine. <span style="color: #333333;">The United
States Merchant Marine transports goods and services in wartime as an auxiliary
to the U.S. Navy. During military conflicts, the Merchant Marine operates
civilian-owned merchant ships as well as vessels maintained through government
entities like the Military Sea Transportation Service or Military Sealift
Command. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>The S.S. Minot
was launched on October 7, 1944. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Victory ships were predominantly cargo vessels but they were armed. On April 11,
1945, a fleet of 15 merchant ships arrived at Okinawa, the USS Minot was one of
these. On April 12, the USS Minot brought down a Japanese plane which had
strafed the ship. The plane crashed into her No. 4 kingpost wounding 5 seamen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Minot ran aground on a coral reef the in the Paracel Islands off the coast of
Vietnam. In 1967, after 7 days of preparation, the ship was salvaged. The Minot
was carrying heavy equipment at the time she went down</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />minotmemorieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09991633618988781752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8914435412360386594.post-55530353849200746752018-10-10T08:14:00.002-05:002018-10-10T08:16:09.010-05:00Simonson's Gas - <br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Simonson
Cut Rate Gas – </span></b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In July of 1958, Simonson’s Gas came to Minot….
Located on Highway 83 South, ( now South Broadway) …. They guaranteed 2 cents
per gallon savings on regular gas and 4 cents per gallon on ethyl (premium) …
with a gas purchase you received free coffee and donuts, a free 2 cell
flashlight and nylon stockings for only 49 cents a pair. The station is in the
same location but has been greatly expanded from the original.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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