The Belden Store, now that brings back memories. I had bought many a pair of pants and boots from them as a youth. Got a pretty fair share of the freely handed out candy as well. :D
I think the best story I have of that place though was a day back in the late 70s when my stepfather and I stopped in and during the course of conversation ol' Melvin asked my stepfather what he was up to. As it turns out he had bought a much older than expected hay wagon and couldn't locate wheel bearings for it, gone to every place in New Town, Stanley, and finally Minot where the national search begun. Well, the "almost identical" bearings that nobody could find for this circa 1917 wagon wouldn't last. So Melvin out of curiousity asked if we had one of these impossible to find bearings to show him. Upon inspecting the bearing Melvin said, "you know, I think I have something like this; I'll be right back". Sure enough, he disappeared into the back door and reappeared about ten minutes later with a box full of bearings. That old hay wagon ran for several more years off those bearings we picked up that day in Belden. Great place, I think of it and the owners every time I drive by and then I smile. On Oct 6, 1:32 pm, Liz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While not exactly "Bakken" news, this is for all of the Mountrail Co. > "kids" who ever spent a dime buying a bottle of Orange Pop from Marvin > and Melford at Belden Store! > > http://www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/519680.html?nav=... > > Liz --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
