Ryder News Jun 29, 2017

Ryder News for June 29, 2017

It has been so cold and windy this weekend that we couldn’t even get any camping in and I just love going camping and resting, reading and watching tv while everyone else is in the boat fishing.

I found out on Wednesday that I have shingles and I itch. No nerve pain (knock on wood) but sure itches. I also heard that getting shingles is sometimes a result of chemo. Great...wonder how many more times I will get them!

Phyllis Jean Mueller, 86, Minot passed away Monday, June 19, 2017 in the care of Trinity Homes. Phyllis was born August 11, 1930 to William and Emma (Erb) Sorenson in Roseglen, ND. She was joined in marriage to Donald Mueller.  She is survived by sons Keven, Kirby and Darik, eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to family and friends.

Lois Rustad, 82, Bismarck, formerly of Roseglen, passed away on Thursday, June 8, 2017 at her home. Lois was born to Melvin and Helen (Timm) Bjornholt. She married Robert Rustad in 1953 and raised 2 children. She is survived by son, Ronald (Jackie) Rustad; daughter, Bonnie (Jerry) Lorenz; 6 grandchildren; 1 great grandson and 1 brother.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to family and friends.

Pictured are 1967 Ryder High School graduates (FRONT, l. to r.) Marion (Jones) Dill, Gayle (Wilson) Albert, Sharon (Hovde) Kellett, Myrna (Christiansen) Ness, DelRaye (Peterson) Johansen and Shirley (Preston) Bezanson, (BACK, l. to r.) Gary Sorenson, Larry Johansen, Wayne Larson, Lee Cunningham and Daniel Mahoney.

 

Ryder High School Class of 1967 held a fun and entertaining 50-year class reunion at the Ryder Senior Center on June 17, 2017. Eleven class members attended the reunion along with seven spouses and guests. Attendees enjoyed touring Ryder Historical Museum hosted by director Faye Karna. David and Kathy Kimball of Ryder catered the reunion feast enjoyed later. Class member Sharon Kellett created beautiful centerpieces to decorate banquet tables. Reunion events included reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, an opening prayer by class member Larry Johansen, and a moment of silence for five deceased class members (Dennis Haugen, Dennis Johansen, Randy Morris, Khylene (Mueller) Patera and Elliott Nelson). After eating, class members looked at memorabilia and old photos concluding an afternoon and evening of reminiscing, stories and laughter. Susan Mahoney presented Vietnam War Commemorative lapel pins to Lee Cunningham and Terry Johansen who served during the Vietnam Era 1955-1975. Susan conducted a similar ceremony in Ryder during the annual Memorial Day ceremony held by L. C. Jensen Post 99 of The American Legion. Classmates congratulated Shirley and Max Bezanson on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary celebrated a day later on June 18th. RHS Class of 1967 appreciates everyone who contributed to a successful and memorable 50-year reunion. Class motto: "The past forever gone, the future still our own."

Roseanne Cunningham and Phyllis Simmons at the Ryder Museum.

 

Faye Karna says, “It was fun having these two gals in the Ryder museums at the same time. Roseanne Cunningham and Phyllis Simmons are full of past history and attended Ryder High. Roseanne moved after her junior year; but Phyllis graduated from Ryder. It was so fun visiting with them. Wished they both lived here as they would be such assets.”

Ryder Food Pantry--We are stocking up for July when we will be open the 2nd and 4th Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you need to get in the pantry before, please call 701-578-5876. Kathy will come and open up for you.

  

Ryder’s Rosehill Cemetery

The Ryder Cemetery has had an update. I wanted to share a picture with you former Ryder folks. Notice how the evergreens have been trimmed and a new fence added. Surely was needed and deeply appreciated. It looks so nice when you come driving into Ryder on #28 from the north!

Don Haugen was the man responsible for all the updates to our Ryder Rosehill Cemetery and he spent many thousands of dollars to make it look as nice as it does. He built the new fence, put up a building on the east end to house two new lawn mowers and has hired a lady out of Minot to come out and mow and cut cemetery twice a month for $300. He also had the road graded and fixed up. So if anyone wants to donate to help pay for the mowing and upkeep on the cemetery you may send to St. John’s Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 57, Ryder, ND 58779 or Calvary Church, P.O. Box 58, Ryder, ND 58779. The Ryder community appreciates very much Don, the work that you have done on our cemetery!

June 1, 1950   Blue Hill News by Mamie Olson

Pioneer Family:  One of the pioneer families of Blue Hill area is the Folden family. Ole Folden being head of the family now living in Blue Hill. Ole is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Folden. Paul has passed away and Mrs. Folden now lives in Ryder. Ole was born and raised in Blue Hill Township and married Selma Troite of rural Ryder. They have three children: Ardell, Dennis and Diana, who are twins.  The Foldens bought the Lo Robbins farm and are improving it to a fine farm home.  They have a good herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle and Ole has several quarters of land in wheat and other small grains. The Paul Foldens were among the earlier pioneers of Blue Hill and built up one of the finest farms in the community. The Paul Folden’s other children besides Ole are Mrs. Joe (Jennie) Linnertz of Williston and Mrs. Dan (Asta) Phillippi of Van Hook.

Jimmy Daleness and Sharon Kraft have been suffering with the measles.

Gilbert Johnson's visited Harry Henzlers at Big Bend Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Nick Linnertz and Gene transacted business at Washburn Monday.

Sunday visitors at Nick Linnertz’s were Mrs. Ed Olson and Mamie and Ms. John Linnertz and children.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Plaisance and family and Cora Plaisance of Minot and Harry Plaisance of Douglas visited the John Linnertz family Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ole Troite of Ryder and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson were Sunday visitors at Ed Olsons.

Andy Reed of Nishu, who is working at the Harry Peterson ranch, is home for a few days.     

O.K. Hopkins and Vern Bloom went to Ryder Monday evening to attend a board meeting of the Land O’Lakes Creamery of which they are directors.

Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Johnson and family are living on their land in Blue Hill Township until they get their crop in.  

Mr. and Mrs. O.K. Hopkins attended graduation at Garrison. Their youngest son, Wayne, graduated.

Mr. and Mrs. Art Lee and Henry Rime of Emmet called at Ed Olson's Saturday.

Mrs. John C. Hansen, Mrs. Ida Osmon, and Mrs. Feidler called on Mrs. Anna Jackson Tuesday.

Mrs. Clifford Daleness attended homemakers club at the Lloyd Peterson home Thursday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson are enjoying a visit with her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Baxter, who are touring from California to Minneapolis. Baxters have been living in California two years just sightseeing and now are on their way back to the Twin Cities.

Henry Albert recently purchased a new John Deere tractor. Mr. Albert does not farm his own land but due to the late spring, Robert Albert with his hired man made good use of the tractor to hurry in the seeding.

Gene Officer, electrician and Hot Point dealer out of Ryder, installed a hot water heater at the Clifford Daleness home and a new electric stove at the Henry Hansen home the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Witt and Rubie Witt toured the Dam Site at Riverdale Monday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. George Linnertz and Susan arrived on Wednesday from Washington.  The Linnertz family has resided in Washington a year and a half and now plans to remain in ND.

Upcoming Events:

July 1: Class of 1957 will be gathering at the Badlands in Minot.

July 2: Services at Calvary Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.

July 2: Services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.

July 2: Services at Hope Lutheran Church of Makoti a l0:30 a.m. with communion

July 10: Senior Citizens at 6 p.m. at Ryder Senior Center

July 15: Bull a Rama.

My decision making skills are as good as a squirrel that's crossing the street.

Ryder News Jun 22, 2017

Ryder News for June 22, 2017

Shelsey and Julie Brandvold attended the TCCU picnic and took some pictures for me. I had planned on going but my Dr. changed my chemo appointment to Thursday instead of Friday so that kind of ruined my plans! Julie also did a nice little write up about the TCCU picnic.

 

Allen Janz and Brenda Novodvorsky at the registration table.

TCCU patrons enjoying a bite to eat and some visiting at the picnic in the park.

About 65 local residents attended the Town and Country Credit Union Member Appreciation Picnic held in the Ryder City Park on Thursday. Three guys (Mark, Matt and Brett) from the Minot location came out and cooked up brats and hotdogs on the grill. Brenda Novodvorsky and Robyn Erdman served chips, cookies, pop and water and welcomed the guest with nice giveaways and a chance to win a gas fire pit. The winner of the fire pit was Kathy Kimball from Ryder. It was a beautiful day to sit and visit with all the locals and have a bite to eat.

Shelby Huston and her fiddle.

 

Mike Haugen, Kenny Fjeldahl and others manning the raffle prize table.

Kenny and I along with the McGrath’s attended the 115th annual Hiddenwood Picnic. There were well over 100 people registered so there was a lot of visiting going on. John Warner was the preacher for the morning service in the little church and there were also speakers in the big building so others could enjoy it as well.

After the service then it was time to eat...what a variety of food for this potluck picnic. I am sure everything tasted wonderful but I didn’t have enough room in my stomach to sample everything! After everyone was totally stuffed by all the good food it was time for the talent portion of the program. Shane Larson was the MC again this year and told a few jokes and then introduced Shelby Huston, 2016 International Fiddle Champion and Minnesota State Fiddle Champion. Her dad accompanied her on his guitar. She was fantastic and so young having just graduated from high school.

There were lots of door prize giveaways and I think everyone got something! They had great raffle prizes again this year which only cost $1 per ticket. Some of the prizes to be raffled were: State Fair Pass, Hostfest tickets, tabletop electric grill, electric griddle, a wooden sign and then of course some kids prizes.

Again this year as always were the foot races with all participants receiving a quarter and then the quarter toss into the grass so the kids could search for quarters. Hopefully their parents checked them real well afterwards for wood ticks!

Bob and Doris Landon celebrate their 66th wedding anniversary.

Bob and Doris Landon celebrated their 66^th anniversary on Saturday, June 3, 2017.  Greg and Cathy Landon joined them for dinner at the Trinity Nursing Home where Bob is a resident.  Doris resides at Brentmoor Assisted Living Center.

Vacation Bible School will be held at Calvary Church on Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday, June 27-29, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.. This is a fun event for all kids up to those who have just completed 6^th grade. Bring a sack lunch!

Ryan and Jade Hagen’s twins, Ruby and Hattie.

 

Twins Paulette Petz Lozensky and Pete Petz holding their twin great nieces Ruby and Hattie Hagen.

I told you awhile ago that I would have pictures and information on Ryan and Jade Hagen’s twins...well...finally I have pictures and info.

On 5/7/2017 Ruby Laine was born at 9 a.m. weighing 5 lb. 3 oz and 18 ½ inches long. Her twin sister, Hattie Maureen was born at 9:02 a.m. weighing 4 lb. 10 oz. and 17 ½ inches long. Check out the pictures of the babies and also the one of twins Paulette Lozensky and Pete Petz holding their twin great nieces.

June 1, 1950   Blue Hill News by Mamie Olson

Spring work is in full swing with tractors humming day and night, making up for lost time. A few fields are being left for later crops.

The weather turned real warm over the weekend with grass and trees getting green and summer-like appearance all around. Lilacs, chokecherries and plum trees are just starting to bud out, and lilac blooms will be considerably later this year than ever before, Last year the lilacs were in full bloom on Decoration Day.

The school bell and the flag were put away Monday afternoon at the end of another school term and Tuesday and Wednesday the seventh and eighth graders took their final exams. Thursday the pupils, patrons and teacher and friends were at the John Linnertz grove for their picnic. Early Friday morning Mr. Nelson, the teacher, left for his home near Cumberland, Wisconsin where he will spend the summer at his parental home. He will do graduate work at University of North Dakota this autumn.

School Picnic: Mothers of Blue Hill School pupils met Thursday at the school to plan the school picnic which will be held again at the John Linnertz grove, this year on May 25. School closes May 26.

Mrs. Carl Anderson and Mrs. Donald Anderson and Donna Mae returned Thursday from a week in Fargo and Minnesota with relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Johnson and children (Frances and Darold) motored to Parshall Saturday to visit the Charley Severance family.

Harry Peterson and Don returned Saturday from Forsyth, Montana where they bought a registered sire for their herd of Herefords.

The telephone lines have been playing off again on again the last few days with the linemen out every day trying to locate “that little trouble”.  Residents here can’t get the Ryder operator.

Grant Witt visited with Robert Nelson at Blue Hill School Thursday morning and posted election notices for the June 6 Blue Hill school election.

Donald Anderson bought the buildings on the land known to many as the Dickinson farm and later occupied by the Alfred Zahnow family. Don will move the buildings to his own farm.

Henry Bofenkamp, the Blue Hill Township assessor, has been making his yearly calls.

More of Mamie’s news next week!

Upcoming Events:

June 24: John Warner ELCA pastoral ordination at St. John's Lutheran Church of Ryder at 5 p.m.

June 25: Services at Calvary Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.

June 25: Services at Hope Lutheran Church of Makoti at 9 a.m.

June 25: Services at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen at 10:30 a.m. with communion.

June 27- 29: Bible School at Calvary Church in Ryder 9 a.m.-3.30 p.m.

July 1: Class of 1957 will be gathering at the Badlands in Minot.    

July 15: Bull a Rama.

My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves completely!

Ryder News Jun 15, 2017

Ryder News for June 15, 2017

Not much news for this week..I guess all the “good” stuff happened last weekend! Oh well, the Hiddenwood Picnic is coming up and I will have news AND pictures!

Speaking of the Hiddenwood Picnic..It’s here! This coming Sunday, Father’s Day is the big day. The 115th Hiddenwood Old Settlers Annual Picnic will be held on Sunday June 18th, 2017 on the Hiddenwood picnic grounds 8 miles south of Makoti on County Road #9. There will be an All Faiths Church Service at 11 a.m. followed by a potluck lunch (plates and utensils provided). The program following lunch features the talent of Shelby Huston, 2016 International Fiddle Champion and Minnesota State Fiddle Champion. Other talent is also welcome on the stage. The Hiddenwood Ladies’ Famous Pie will be for sale after the program.

John and Janice Warner will be celebrating 100 years at the Warner farm on June 23rd with a picnic at 5 p.m. and a short program. Merritt and Annie Warner were married in April of 1917 and homesteaded on what is still the Warner home quarter. Merritt and Annie had three sons - Murray, Leon and Glen. Lots of changes happen in 100 years and we would like to share the memories. Everyone's invited!

The Ryder Museum has recently added a new exhibit on a child’s eye view of Christmas and is looking for classic toys previous to 1960 or home-made toys and games to add to the display. We are in special need of boys toys. Currently under construction are new exhibits about the history of the Ryder Fire Department and Ted’s Garage. In the planning stage is a new exhibit of a blacksmith shop as it would have appeared about 1920.

The museum is scheduled to be open to the public on Saturday, June 17^th 1-4 in honor of the Reunion of the Class of ’67 and Sunday June 25^th for the Peterson Picnic. Saturday, July 15^th, the museum will be open from 3-6 to coincide with the Bullarama. It is also planned to be open on Sunday July 23, 1-4. Times for August and September will be determined later. Appointments for special tours can be made by calling Faye Karna at 758-2527 or John Warner at 726-5663.

The lack of volunteers is the limiting factor for keeping the museum open. If you would like to be involved in this little gem on the prairie, call Faye or John to find-out what you can do!

Also a special appreciation to Dwight Paulson from Madison, WI  and Roger and Kaye Haugen from Des Lacs, ND for the generous monetary donation to help fund

our projects and upkeep of our museum. We greatly appreciate every donation!

Dene Karna

 

One of the Hiddenwood Sportsman’s club's projects they are working on is to purchase and install a granite Memorial bench in honor of Dene Karna. Dene was an outstanding member of the Hiddenwood Sportsmen Club and our community.

If you would like to make a contribution to the memorial for Dene Karna you can mail a donation to: Hiddenwood Sportsmen Club, PO Box 102, Makoti, ND 58756.

The June 10th Hiddenwood Sportsmen Annual Fishing Derby winners are:

Adult Division number of fish caught: 18 Northern, 17 Walleye, 17 Panfish for a total of 52.

Northern Winners: 6.85 lbs. Ron Larson, 6.60 lbs. Triston Walsh, 6.40 lbs. Derrick Burroughs.

Walleye Winners: 4.20 lbs. James Hagen, 4.10 lbs. TJ Dunkel, 3.75 lbs Ryan Melton.

Panfish Winners: 2.85 lbs Dalton Walsh, 2.56 lbs Talin Morrill, 2.30 lbs Mark Schneider.

Kids Division:

Fish weighed:  4 Northern, 10 Walleye, 14 Panfish for a total of 28 fish.

Northern kid Winners: 6.60 lbs Paisley Fullington, 5.95 Marissa Votava 5.60 Christian Dixon,

Walleye kid Winners: 3.20 lbs. Tayten Votava, 2.75. Emmet Smette, 2.20. Kale Kolden.

Panfish kid Winners: 1.45 lbs. Vanessa Fransen, 1.10 Harrison Schneider,  0.90 Emmet Smette.

They had 94 Adults and 37 kids sign in at the fishing derby. 80 fish weighed in.

Raffle Prize winners: Traeger Grill - Curt Saari, Shotgun- Klint Hanson, Scope - Jim Hill, Rod & Reel - Taryn Hauf, Myers Meats - Mark Schneider,  Wildlife Print - Brenda Jehlickson.

May 25, 1950     Blue Hill News by Mamie Olson

Mothers Days visitors at Ed Olsons were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Linnertz of Williston, Mrs. Petrine Folden, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Olson of Ryder, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson, Mrs. Emma Classon and daughter, Claryce, of Garrison.

Addition: To the names of Blue Hill Township farmers and ranchers should be added the name of John Linnertz and his Linnertz ranch. Chris Linnertz was one of the earliest pioneers of the community and had a big cattle herd. Mr. and Mrs. Christ Linnertz passed away in 1922 and 1929 respectively and John has taken over the reins in both grain and stock and has a big herd of Hereford cattle, some grade and some registered. He is married to the former Ruby Plaisance of rural Douglas and they have three children: Shirley, Donnie and Allan. Nick Linnertz and family reside on the old George Robbins farm. Nick does chiefly grain farming. Other Linnertz youngsters raised in this community were Carl, now with county highway department at Pasco, Washington, William with Harrington brothers at Minot, Joe with International Harvester at Williston, and Gertrude who is now Mrs. A. Gabe of Taylor.

Mr. and Mrs. Ken Hopkins of Garrison spent Saturday and Sunday at the O.K. Hopkins home.

Blue Hill folks were starting to think, “What, aren’t we going to have a census taker count our noses?” but on Monday Mrs. Ervin Kolden started census operations.

Mr. and Mrs. S.G. Romsaas shopped at Minot Saturday and Sunday and were dinner guests of their son Dale and family at Garrison.

Several Blue Hill youngsters have had three day measles and red measles.

Bill Slobojan of Blackwater spent the week-end visiting the Emilia Schmidt home.

Communications: After three weeks of a silent telephone line, men got the line ready for operation again, but the folks further south are still having phone troubles.

Mudder’s Day: Ervin Hopkins is having quite a time with all these bad roads trying to get this assessing done for 15 unorganized townships in McLean County. 

Harry Peterson and Don left early Friday morning for Forsyth, Montana, where they expect to purchase some registered Hereford cattle at the Earl B. Rice Chromo-Polled Hereford Ranch. They expect to return home Saturday evening.  Andy Reed of Nishu will be employed on the Harry Peterson ranch this summer.

Upcoming Events:

June 18: Services at Calvary Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.

June 18: Services at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen at 9 a.m.

June 18: Services at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti at 10:30 a.m. with communion.

June 15: Ryder Town N Country picnic in the Ryder Park with prizes and good food. 11:30 a.m.-1p.m.

June 17: 50th class reunion of Ryder’s 1967 grads.

June 18: Annual Hiddenwood Picnic

June 24: John Warner ELCA pastoral ordination at St. John's Lutheran Church of Ryder at 5 p.m.

June 27- 29: Bible School at Calvary Church in Ryder.

July 1: Class of 1957 will be gathering at the Badlands in Minot.    

July 15: Bull a Rama.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.