Ryder
News Dec. 18, 2014
I received the following e mail from
Jesse Shafer and he says, “Sue-- My copy of the 11-27-14 Independent arrived
here in Portland OR today and I was amazed to see the picture of the threshing
machine on Round Top Hill. As you can see it matches the pic Kelly sent to me
on Nov. 17th as he was going from the Shafer Farm at Roseglen back to Kenmare.
Small world isn't it? You and Kenny have a Merry Christmas. Jesse.”
Well Jesse was right, it is the very same
picture that Kelly sent him and also sent it to me. He thought it would be fun
to see if any of my readers could identify where it was sitting.
The picture of Ted’s Garage Crew (Back row l
to r): Hal Severance, Jerry Petz, Fred Reinisch, Ted Simmons. (Front row l to
r) Dean Simmons, Rod Officer, Daryl Simmons and Gorlyn Wohlk has generated a
few e mails and phone calls. Darci (Wohlk) Behles and Clyde Rostad each missed
one and guessed the year as anywhere from 1970-972. Rod Officer of course had them all correct
and he figured the year was 1974.
Wow, there sure are a lot of kids from
around the Ryder area that I have no idea of who they are! I took some pictures
at Santa Day but don’t be upset when there is no name with the picture.
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| A little girl has a good visit with Santa and then poses for her picture. |
Speaking of Santa Day, it seemed to be a
huge success with the kids and adults alike. For the first hour, the kids had a
fun time making projects at the 4 different project tables that were set up.
They made ornaments to put on the tree and other little Christmas items, a
different thing for each table. Then of course they all got to visit with Santa
altho some were a little reluctant to sit on his lap. Lots of folks turned out
to see if their name would be drawn for a turkey. There were 40 turkeys given
away and I did manage to get one! The sponsors for the turkey give away were:
BHG Inc., BOS Inc., City of Ryder, Kimball Masonry, Enerbase, Envirotech, Gayle
Semmen, Happy Hour Sr. Citizens, Maureen Hagen Foster Care, North Country Oil
Services, Old Ryder Jaycees, Otter Tail Power Co., Rod’s Excavating, RTC, Ryder
American Legion Post #99, Ryder Centennial Committee, SunPrairie Grain CHS, and
Town and Country Credit Union. The Ryder Community Club furnished cookies,
cider and hot cocoa for everyone attending and they also supplied the materials
for the workshop project tables.
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| Kids working on their projects at one of the tables on Santa Day. |
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| Heather Janz is helping her daughter Kendall color on Santa Day. |
Annette Nelson sent me a picture of her
grandson Braden wearing Lloyd Bofenkamp’s old Ryder baseball uniform. Braden is
the son of Brent and Brook Nelson, grandson of Tim and Annette and great
grandson of Lorraine and the late Pete Nelson and of Barbara and the late Lloyd
Bofenkamp.
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| Braden Nelson wearing his great grandpa Lloyd Bofenkamp’s old Ryder baseball uniform. |
There will be a celebration of Doris
Landon's 90th birthday on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at Brentmoor Assisted Living
in Minot. The celebration will begin at 2:00 Saturday afternoon with cake and
coffee. A short program will follow at 3:00 with music by Bill Merck from 3:30
to 4:30. Doris requests no gifts for her birthday.
The Makoti Senior center had a great Christmas
dinner. They had 48 people attend from
all over the area and they got to visit with friends they had not seen in a
while. The next meeting is Wednesday, January 14, 2015 and is a pot luck. More information will be coming about the
supper. Many new members signed up for
the 2015 year and if you would like to join, you may contact Vonda Rensch,
Wanda Mulligan or Connie Fischer.
Terry Hovde put short movies on Facebook of
a fantastic Christmas program that was held this Sunday at Ryder’s Presbyterian
Church. I wasn’t able to attend but it looked like they had a fun time putting
it on.
Behind the scenes at the Presbyterian Church
on Saturday for Sunday’s program: Kids practice for Sunday school program at
church. They are served dinner at the church so from there they can go directly
to the school gym for Christmas/Santa projects. Thanks to the wonderful people
that served the kid’s dinner at the church which helps to keep the kids in town
for the Santa Day activities at the gym.
Santa Day in Makoti will be on Saturday,
December 20 at 2:00 PM. There will be a turkey drawing and a visit from Santa. Everyone
is invited to attend.
Looks like this is the all the news for this
time and since we had freezing rain Sunday night and Monday morning, I sure
hope everyone drove carefully and stayed out of the ditches and avoided
accidents. I am reasonably sure that by the time you read this news that the
ice will be gone and roads in good driving condition again.
See you next week, same time, and same
place. Have a GREAT CHRISTMAS!
