Sue Bradley wrote The Ryder News (a.k.a. "Sue's News") until 2021.
The Ryder News is now written by Kathy Kallestad and is published by the McLean County Independent out of Garrison, ND.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Ryder News July 23, 2015
Ryder News for July 23, 2015
Tina-Gary Lee sent me a link to the Ryder Western Edge Bull A Rama 2015 video. I watched the video and it was great.
L to R: oldest grandchild, Donna Iglehart; youngest grandchild, Pat Petz of grandparents Jacob and Josephine Petz and Aunt Hildegard Davis at Petz family reunion.
The descendants of Jacob and Josephine Petz gathered for a 3 day reunion of camping, fishing, and fun hosted by the Elizabeth Larson and Larry Petz families July 3-5 at Hiddenwood Lake. The event started off Friday night with karaoke by DC Entertainment from Minot. Saturday was a fun filled day with games for the kids and adults, fishing, and a chili contest with 14 entrants and Donna Larson taking first prize. Brent Larson provided an afternoon fish fry followed by a chili feed. Saturday ended with dancing to the music of the Dakota Rose Band and a beautiful display of fireworks. Sunday started off with a church service with Father Corey Nelson and Deacon Tom Magnuson officiating. A potluck dinner was enjoyed with 308 relatives in attendance. An anniversary cake was served by the Arnold Olson family in honor of Kitty Ann and Arnold Olson’s 60th wedding anniversary. The highlight of the weekend was the surprise visit of one of 2 living children of the Jacob Petz family, Hildegard Davis of Minnesota. A short program followed the 1:00 meal honoring the children of the Jacob Petz family. The winner of the family heirloom quilt made by Stephanie Hagen was Emmie Sjol. Laurie Stuart won the beautiful cane made and donated by John Christensen. Maureen Hagen was the lucky winner of the hand-painted mailbox of the Jacob Petz homestead, painted by Kara Jacobson. Mary Katherine Anderson won the television.
Visiting at Rod Officer Estate sale were: L-R: Hal Severance, Derald Larson, Russell Semmen
There was a fair sized turnout for the Rod Officer Auction Sale on Monday the 13th of July. Kenny was there but I opted to stay home. Sara Schmidt was busy taking pictures of the local folks that attended and I managed to get one from her. Of course, Derald Larson is in the picture, but he seems to show up in the pictures no matter if I take them or someone else does. Hmmm? Wonder why that is!
This turned out to be a very short news week and I don’t even have any news from Johnny to share! Please get your news items to be by Sunday evening so I can get them put into my column and sent off to the paper. Send news to sbradley@restel.com or mail to Sue Bradley, Box 113, Ryder, ND 58779
