Ryder
News May 28, 2015
The Story of the Poppy
The poppy flower only grows in the absence
of other flowers and only in ground that has been churned. In perhaps the best
known poem of World War I, when Dr. John McCrae observed poppies growing
between the crosses on the soldiers’ graves, it inspired him to write the poem
“In Flanders Fields”. The poppy has since become known as the “The Flower of
Remembrance” and is worn in memory of our veterans.
I’m sharing this in remembrance of the
veterans as well as the active service members and wishing you a beautiful
Memorial Day Weekend.
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| John Warner singing at the Memorial Day Service. |
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| Sue Mahoney singing at the Memorial Day Service. |
There was a large turnout for the Memorial
Day Service at the Ryder Gym. Taylor Brown has taken over the flag bearer
duties for Ken Bradley. Captain Bill Hudson was the speaker. Sue Mahoney sang
God Bless the USA and also Battle Hymn of the Republic, Daniel Starks played a
medley of songs from the different branches of service while those who belonged
to those branches stood when their song was played. John Warner sang the
National Anthem and also God Bless America. Jim Mahoney received a certificate
for 70 years of Legion membership.
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| Captain Bill Hudson |
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| Jim Mahoney with his certificate for 70 years of Legion membership. |
Several names that
should be acknowledged for helping get Main Street ready for Memorial Day are David and Kathy
Kimball. They saw that new flags were bought and displayed in new holders and
helped get and plant the flowers in their pots. Also, Daniel Starks helped a
lot in getting the gym ready for the program. Derald Larson was a great help
during cemetery cleaning as he not only trimmed until the battery in his weed
eater quit so then he worked very hard at straightening the flag holders on the
veteran’s graves. Peggy Reinisch mowed and trimmed the grass around the
Memorial Wall in the park.
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Destruction in the Ryder Park.
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Someone drove thru the Ryder Park sometime
during the night of Monday, May 19th and hit the cement pillar,
knocked it over and broke the large cement ball off the top! What a shame and I
understand that you can see the tracks that took this person down the road thru
the Otteson yard narrowly missing the satellite dish and then almost into the
slough on the east edge of Ryder.
There will be a baby shower for Corbin Reno
Larson, son of Jade and Brittany Larson, on Sunday June 7th at 2 p.m. at St.
John's Lutheran Church. Brittany is registered at Target. Everyone is welcome!
Jill and Claudette Brandt went to Bismarck
to watch Dylan Brandt participate in the pole vault for State for Kindred High
School. He has only been doing this for 2 weeks and he qualified. He is the son
of Daryl and Doreen Brandt.
Let’s get geared up for some fun this coming
Father’s Day! It is the 113th annual Hiddenwood Picnic on Sunday,
June 21st. There will be an All Faith Worship service at 11:00 and
then the Pot Luck lunch will start at 12:00 noon. Plates and utensils are
furnished…you bring the rest! The program will start at 1:00 and Kenneth Opsal
as Elvis will be there. At 3:00 the Hiddenwood Ladies will be selling their
world famous pies. There will also be kid’s races and there will be lots of
prize drawings. You can get to the Hiddenwood Picnic by going 8 miles south of
Makoti on County Road # 9.
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem is warning
people about scam artists who are calling residents of ND and claiming to be
from his office. They are demanding that people cooperate with a supposed IRS
enforcement agent asking for money. One person received a call supposedly from
Stenehjem’s office and was threatened with enforcement action. The number
displayed on this person’s caller ID was actually the number from Stenehjem’s
office. The Attorney General says his office doesn’t make threatening phone
calls on behalf of the IRS and if anyone receives one of these calls, simply
hang up!
Another little tidbit from the Gus's Things
and Stuff website.
THIS DAY IN
HISTORY #1: THE BELL RINGS
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| St. John’s Lutheran Church |
You all recognize Ryder’s historic Lutheran
church in today’s post, but did you know that the church bell first rang on
this day, October 22, 1917 (or maybe 1916—see discussion below). Historically,
church bells of course were installed to inform Christians when it was time to
worship (just in case the battery of their cell phone was dead). This was also
true of the St John’s bell—a common sound echoing through Ryder on a Sunday
morning, which instilled some serious guilt if you were still in bed (not that
that ever happened to ME). For you readers who didn’t live in town, you would
mostly remember the bell’s ring for funerals, as it was audible in many of the
school’s classrooms down the hill. This ring is more mournful; a slower tolling
than the “get up and get to church ring.”
Now, it says in the St. John’s church history
in the Ryder Centennial Book that the bell first rang in 1917 (a Monday by the
way). It also states that “the church was finished and consecrated on July 24,
1917.” Three months BEFORE the first bell ring? It strikes me odd that you
would install the bell after the church was finished, or that you wouldn’t wait
until the bell arrived to consecrate the church, so I’m thinking that perhaps
this is a misprint, and it should be October 22, 1916.
To support the 1916 notion, take a look at
the “St. John’s” tab at Doug Wurtz’s www.RyderHistoricalSociety.org. There you
will see a reprinted article from the Ryder News dated June 28th, 1917. It
talks about the bell as if it’s installed, even saying: “It has a beautiful
silver tone and can be heard for miles.”
Now . . . if you really want to over-think
this thing, what doesn’t quite make sense to me is that if it were indeed first
rung on October 22nd in 1916, that would have been a Sunday. It seems that the
day the crew installed the bell, they certainly must have rung it a few times
just to make sure it was working okay. And, in those days, people didn’t work
on Sundays, so . . .?
I may post another tidbit next week from
Gus’s website if I have a slow news week. I get quite a chuckle over his
articles as he is a very informative and humorous writer.
June 6th---City Wide Rummage Sale in Ryder,
8:00-3:00. There will be spaces at the Ryder Gym for rent. $10 per table with 3
tables maximum. You must be registered by May 23rd. Call Deb Peterson 758-2518
or Barbara Miles 520-518-1818.
July 6, 7, 8---Vacation Bible School
Monday-Wednesday at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Ryder. This is for all kids
who are Kindergarten on up to those who have just completed 6th grade. 9:00
a.m.-3:30 p.m. Bring a sack lunch.
That’s it for this week… When
the smog lifts in Los Angeles U.C.L.A.
