MN MN - Richard John ‘Dickie’ Huerkamp, 15, Mapleton, 2 Oct 1965

[Richard]

Did Dickie have sibings?
Are there any family members explicitly involved with and of the renewed activities?

Dickie has two younger sisters, both of whom have stated in interviews their remembrances and hopes for resolution.

 

[Pressureandheat]

The bicycle probably had a kickstand which would have allowed the bike to have been parked upright. The fact that it was laying down at the side of a road would indicate a hurried departure from the bike or a hasty dumping of it where found. No collision damage can be determined from the photo, but a flat tire or slipped chain wouldn't show. Even if there was some problem with the bike, Dickie probably would have walked it to a place where he could conceal it from the road, and then continued on by foot with the other items to his intended destination.

Could he have been headed to the Healy farm, or possibly to the farm where Jerry McGregor lived?

I wonder if the man and woman standing next to the fire engine are Dickie's parents.

I wonder if Ann (his sister) remembers if there was any damage or anything out of sorts with the bike, being her bike and all?

I’m not 100% certain due to the graininess of the photo, but I’m pretty sure that’s not Mutzie. (Nor Winifred) The guy in the kilt I believe is a local in town & was probably there with the search party.

 

[Richard]

... I’m not 100% certain due to the graininess of the photo, but I’m pretty sure that’s not Mutzie. (Nor Winifred) The guy in the kilt I believe is a local in town & was probably there with the search party.

The photo is a bit misleading due to its grainieness and lens focal length. It appears that the photographer was looking uphill at the fire truck. He might have been using a telephoto lens.

What appears to be a man in a kilt is actually a woman in a dress standing close to a man about her same height. She is slightly down hill from him (see their feet). The man's head is about the same distance above her head as his feet are above her feet.

Her right arm is raised to the top of her head, partially hiding her face.

It would be great if an original print of the photo could be located and posted.

 

[Pressureandheat]

Oooh you are so right!! When it was passed on to me, it was stated don’t mind the man in the kilt, which isn’t unheard of at all in Mapleton as it’s a deeply Scottish community. In fact, the mascot back then was a bagpiper, the Mapleton Scots. So I didn’t think twice about it as I personally wore a kilt many times growing up there. Lol!

 

[Brightchaser47]

What appears to be a man in a kilt is actually a woman in a dress standing close to a man about her same height. She is slightly down hill from him (see their feet). The man's head is about the same distance above her head as his feet are above her feet.

Her right arm is raised to the top of her head, partially hiding her face.

It would be great if an original print of the photo could be located and posted.

Oooh you are so right!! When it was passed on to me, it was stated don’t mind the man in the kilt, which isn’t unheard of at all in Mapleton as it’s a deeply Scottish community. In fact, the mascot back then was a bagpiper, the Mapleton Scots. So I didn’t think twice about it as I personally wore a kilt many times growing up there. Lol!

Wow. Until I realized the skirt was too long, I absolutely thought that was a man in a kilt!