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"Auggie" - August Carstens
"Babydoll" - Larry (?) Connors. see e-mail below
"Bizzer" - Fred Hyppa
"Bobbo" Robert Lappi and his twin
brother "Red Cloud", see e-mail below
"Brownie" - Bill Mollard
"Bubba" - Lauren Sawatsky
" Buck" - Lester Ohotto
76,1988
"Buck" - Richard Buckingham
"Bucko" - Tony Vukelich, see e-mail below
"Bud" - Albert Holm
Bud" - Bart Anderson
"Bud" - Lewis Bystrom
"Bud" - Manley Martinson
"Bud" - Melvin Ranta
"Bud" - Olin Ofstad
"Bud" - William Heiam Jr.
"Bud" - Walter Kennedy 79,2009, but now he goes by "Walt"
"Bumps" - Donald Baumgartner 73, 1999
"Bunky" - Ernest Drift 76,2010, see e-mail below
"Butch" - David Teska
"Butch" - Gary Boutto
"Butch" - James Cottrell
"Butch" - John Gustafson 53, 2008
"Butch" - Martin Zallar 61, 2008, see e-mail below
"Buzz" - Frank Pliml
"Cork" - William Connor
"Corny" - Lorin Eldien
"Corny" - Loren Lind 56,1991
"Cuba Erickson" - John Erickson 73,1938, once lived in Cuba
"Cud" - Jim Saari, see e-mail below
"Dewey" - Dwayne Katzenberger
"Ding Ding" - Eldon Drevland 67, 1997
"Ding" - James Holter
"Digger" - Ken Leding 77, 1995, worked in the funeral home business,
see e-mail below
"Doc" - Larry Leding 93, 1997, as he helped Dr. Heiam, see e-mail
below
"Donuts" - Don Nylund
"Dunner" - John Nylund
"Drew" - Andrew Elliott
"Drew" - Andrew Holm
"Diesel" - David Leding, based on my initials DCL, see e-mail below
"Duke" - David Leding, for my lousy John Wayne imitation,
see e-mail below
"Dudley" - Tim Reign
"Dupo" - Ronald Hakkila 57, 1995
"Dyke" - Rayeburn Ongalo
"Earl" - John Earl Grano
"Enns" - Stephan Anderson
"Friday" - Ken Gustason
38, 1973 (Gooseball’s
younger brother), see e-mail below
"Froggy" - Dennis Yourczek
"Gismo" - Cletus Shoen
"Goober" - Darrell Esterbrook,
see e-mail below
"Gooseball" - Don Gustason 69, 2003
"Gust" - Peter Lindgren
"Gustie" - Lawrence Gustafson
" Humpo Ducky" - Walfred Kehus, see
below, Kathy Ikola
"Ike" - Clarence Olson 75,2009
"Ingaborg" - Andy Grebenc, see e-mail below
"Jack" - Richard Michael Seopa
"Jack" -
Slippery Namchek,
see e-mail below
"Jack" - John Whiteside 76,2002
"Jim" - Donald James Ohotto
"Jim Bob" for James Koskovich. see e-mail below
"Jed" - Jedson Hejda 83,2008
"Jigger" - Ronald Waataja
"Junior" - Erwin Keister 81,2010
"Kit" - Richard William Olson
"Lars" - Alan Larson
75, 2006
"Lucky" - Leon Jerry Schultz, see e-mail below
"Nicotine" - Nicolas Nevitt, see e-mail below
"Odis" - Brian Wardas
"Ole" - Donald Abrahamson 86, 2008
"Ole" - Irvin Donald Swanson 80, 2007
"Ole" - Ronald Newman
"Pee Wee" - Byron Bystrom
"Pee Wee" - Donald Johnson
"Peck" - Greg Olson, for Gregory Peck
"Pete" - Arnie Peter Johnson
"Pete" - Harold Newman
"Poopslop" - Charles Sorvari
75,2009, see e-mail below.
"Porky" - Ralph Stordal
"Pretzel" - Dennis Petrell 65,2002, see e-mail below
"Punky" or "Punko" - Larry Baumgartner
"Punky" - Stanley Martinson
"Rag" - Rodney Johnson
63, 2000, see e-mail below
"Ray" for James Anderson. see e-mail below
"Red" - Martin Schelde
"Red Cloud" - Roger Lappi and his twin
brother Robert "Bobbo" Lappi, see e-mail below
"Richie" - Albert Richard Holm
"Rock" - Rodney Gillson
"Rod" - Ross Huismann
"Rusty" - Russell MacDonald
"Sam" - Wesley Hill , see e-mail below
"Sam" - Selmer Iverson
"Scooby" - Neil Cheney
"Shim" - Jim Amundson
77,2009, see e-mail below
"Skip" - Charles McCormick
"Squeak" - Virgil McCue
"Shorty" Raymond W. Anderson 57, 1979
"Shorty" - Terry Newman
"Slippery"
- James Allen Namchek,
see e-mail below
"Smoke" - Karl Weatherton
"Sonny" - Morris Flack
"Sparkie" - Ronald Johnson
"Speeukkle" - Robin Anderson
45, 1983, see e-mail below
“Splot” or “Splottle” - Darrel Lindgren, see e-mail below
"Splawdle" somebody or other (we
couldn't remember either the first or last name,
but agreed that it's a great nickname.), see e-mail below
"Stub" - Clare Stromlund
"Stub" - Orville John Schultz, see e-mail below
"Swede" - John Leding because he was, see e-mail below
"Teetababe" - Eddie Isham, see e-mail below
"TicTac" - Tommy Novak, see e-mail below
" Tinky" - Anton Weisner, see below
"Tobie" - Walter Tobias Lund
"Undie" - Donald Alfred Anderson 49, 1980
"Wally" - Arthur Waldermar Refsdal
"WeeWee" - Warren Erickson, see e-mail below
"Little WeeWee" - Don Erickson, see e-mail below
"Rodger Kent" - professional name of Rodger Vogel
Nicknames of the Ladies
"Bobbie Lynn" - Rebecca (Koskovich) Leinonen . see e-mail below
"Betty Boop" - Sharon Takkunen Marinucc, see e-mail below
"Charlie" - Sharon Dahlin. see e-mail below
"Cookie" - Romona Doroff, see e-mail below
"Cricket" - Lynette Hakkila,
see e-mail below
"Dede" - Denise Twite. see e-mail below
"Ernie" - Erin Melissa Nurmi, see e-mail below
"Dolly" - Caroled Ofstad (Don) Bellerud
"Dolly" - Lynn Hakkila, see
e-mail below
"Jen Jen" - Jennifer Haney of Orr - see e-mail below
"Kit" - Kirsten Larson Sayeh
"Lippy Lor" - Lori Mae Nurmi, . see e-mail below
"Lulu" - Mary Lou Vukelich Fry,
see e-mail below
" Mimi" - Irene Fisher
Udovich
"Mimi" - Michelle Peterson Rautiola
" Ms Beep" - Becky Simonson Trip, her license plates are the same
"Poopsie" - Nancy Edblom Reing
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North woods
Fantasy Football
Nicknames
Sent by Kit Olson
DRILLER - Dale Olson
BUZZARD - Dennis Carlson
RUSTY SPIKE - John Marconett
BOMBER - Greg Burckhardt
ANIMAL - Rick Appleby
BULL - Kit Olson
COMET - Joel Lawson
DRIFTER - Sam Campagna
SCOUNDREL - Jess Scofield
FOGGY - Steve Fogelberg
Kit nicknamed Dan Johnson - BONES -
one summer when he worked on his farm,
being he was so thin
Please send other nicknames to
Don Simonson
Of course there are many named John, Jacob, etc that are called "Jack"
and William called "Bill", etc
and
variations of proper first names, Anthony is Tony, etc
Very few many women have nick names other than such as Betty for Elizabeth,
etc. Our daughter Becky is "MS BEEP"
Some have nick names used only by the family
It seems like there are more nick names in Orr than Cook, and Nett Lake
has many more
Many of the Cook area men with interesting nick names have passed on,
such as;
"Digger" for a Funeral Home Director and "Sky Pilot"
for a Minister of the Gospel,
"Gramps", "Speed", "Crash", "Tin Can", "Haywire", "Ding Ding", "Jumbo",
"Swamp John", "Corny",
"Happy",
"Happy Gust", "Ham",
"Gooseball" is one nickname that I never learned the source of.
Someone could do a list on Nett Lake nicknames plus their Indian names
as there are many.
Also check "Oddities of names"
Letters in
regard to nicknames.
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Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Subject: nicknames
Hi
Don, my fathers name was James Allen Namchek,
but people knew him as Slippery or if you are
from Bear River they knew him as Jack. In his
obits they put Jim, Jack, Slippery Namchek. He
passed away in august of 1988. Not too many
people will know this anymore. Thank you Loretta
Bogren
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Sent:
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Jennifer
Haney Orr "Jen Jen"
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
gas is back up to
2.29 again in Beaverton, Oregon YUCK
Plus a nickname for
your page.
My sister Cookie for
Romona Doroff.
Thanks for keeping up
the Cook web site.
Valencia
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Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008
About NICK NAMES ;
Anton Weiser was in the class of 1943, but was
killed in Action in Europe. His nick name was Tinky. I have no idea why. Tom Savage
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008
Good evening from
Flagstaff.
So far I seem to have
avoided getting in trouble over supplying nicknames . .
.
'Nother one for the ladies
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My classmate (OHS '65)
Sharon Takkunen Marinucci was called Betty Boop,
by only a "select few" close friends. Better have been
smiling at the time.
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Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008
Nicknames:
"Ernie" for Erin Melissa Nurmi
"Lippy Lor" for Lori Mae Nurmi
"Ray" for James Anderson
"Dede" for Denise Twite
"Jim Bob" for James Koskovich
"Bobbie Lynn" for Rebecca (Koskovich) Leinonen
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1
My brother Dennis Petrell played basketball for CHS in
1954-1955 and his coach Mr. Fortun kept calling him
"Pretzel". From that time on all his friends in Cook called
him Pretz. Dennis also related to me that the coach,
during the final seconds of an important game, behind by one
point, called time after Dennis was fouled. Dennis missed
both free throws which lost the game. He always blamed the
coach for calling time before he "Missed both free throws."
Dennis was named class president in his senior year
and during one reunion, years later, he was asked to
comment about his years at Cook High School. One of his
comments was "That Mr. Fortun was a great swimming coach." I
want to apologize for Dennis for that remark even though
he thought it was appropriate. I always thought that it was
not in good taste because Cook did not have a swim team. But
that was "Pretz".
Jim Petrell
Jim's brother Dennis was a 1955 graduate of the Cook High
School He passed away in 2002 at the age of 65.
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Sent:
Monday, January 14, 2008
I don’t know if
they was another “Splawdle” or not, but Darrel Lindgren was
known as “Splot” or “Splottle”.
Michael F.
Sarazine
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Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008
Don,
I was talking to Ken Nakari the other night, and your list
of nicknames came up in the conversation. Here are a few
others that we remembered (or at least thought we
remembered) from the 50's.
From the Nett Lake/Orr area:
Ernest "Bunky" Drift
Eddie "Teetababe" Isham
Larry (?) "Babydoll" Connors
Nicolas "Nicotine" Nevitt
And from Cook:
Tommy "TicTac" Novak
Robin "Speeukkle" Anderson
Rodney "Rag" Johnson
Andy "Ingaborg" Grebenc
Roger "Red Cloud" Lappi and his twin brother Robert "Bobbo"
Lappi
Ken "Friday" Gustafson (Gooseball’s younger brother)
"Splawdle" somebody or other (we couldn't remember either
the first or last name, but ageed that it's a great
nickname.)
Jim "Shim" Amundson
Wesley "Sam" Hill
and our all-time favorite, Charles "Poopslop" Sorvari
My best to Muriel,
Jim Pohl
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