There is finally a nice covering of snow on the ground here in Northern Minnesota. Maybe thereâs more on the way, too. It is âpretty as a picture.â Those who enjoy getting out for some winter recreation are especially glad to see the snow.
Of course, we all can remember winters when several feet of snow would pile up quickly. Stomping through drifts with our snowboots was fun when we were kids, but I wonder how the adults felt about it? Living in town, our streets were quickly plowed and, aside from shoveling the sidewalk, there werenât many other chores to do outside in those winter months. But on farms, it was (and is) another matter.
John W. âJackâ Gilbert, 73, of Potlatch, died Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at Miss Dorothy Adult Family Home, of age and vascular dementia.
If you knew my dad, you can appreciate two of his âDid you know that today in history .â for Dec. 17. So, in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-powered airplane flight. That date is also the anniversary of Hollywood stuntman Stan Barrett became the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., in 1979. Dad knew many points of trivia about firearms, history, air power and military actions.
From Dadâs own personal history, he was born with twin brother James âJimâ L. Gilbert on Sept. 9, 1947, in Moscow, to William E. âBillâ and Josephine (Kayler). His parents owned the Gilbert Mortuary in Orofino. After Grandpa Bill died in 1963, the twins and Grandma Joie flew to the Midwest to bring a hearse back from Arkansas on a memorable road trip.
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