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.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Ryder News Jun 13, 2019

Ryder News for June 13, 2019 


Ha Ha John McGrath, the twins did win one game against Cleveland and are still 10 games ahead of them, so Ha Ha! For those of you that don’t know...John, my son-in-law, being from Ohio is of course rooting for the Cleveland Indians baseball team and I am all for the Minnesota Twins! There was a series of 3 games between the 2 teams last week and of course smart remarks were made between the two of us!! 

Mystery Photo 
 
We have a new mystery photo. This little guy grew up in the surrounding area, has 3 siblings and still lives in the area. He is probably 2 or 3 in the picture. Any guesses as to who he could be? 



Grace Magandy’s great granddaughter, Kaylee with her rebounding trophy

Grace Magandy’s great granddaughter, Kaylee Magandy  won a trophy at Trooper Camp in Garrison for Best Rebounding in her age group. She is the daughter of Chris and Carrie Magandy of Garrison. Congratulations, Kaylee! 

We had a little rain storm go through Ryder on Sunday. The storm left .28 of an inch in the rain gauge along with some small hail on the ground. 

Well, the mystery photo lady  was identified as Lena Geving.  Lorraine Nelson, Sonja Kline and Wendell Hjelmstad had the correct answer. Wendell said this, “Hi, Sue, I do believe the mystery photo is Lena Geving, hope I'm right. 
Sorry to hear of Derald Larsen's passing, we were classmates thru much of grade school and all of high school and grew up on adjoining farms south of Ryder. the grade school was called west  Centerville.” 

John and Janice Warner recently were on a Scandinavian ocean cruise vacation with three of John's Leon Warner cousins and spouses. The cities visited were Stockholm, Sweden; Helsinki, Finland; St. Petersburg, Russia; Tallinn, Estonia; Gdansk, Poland; Berlin, Germany; Copenhagen and Alborg, Denmark; Stavanger-Eid fjord and Bergen, Norway. Then they added a three day excursion to Reykjavik Iceland. Every port stop included a city tour to learn about the history of the country and the city, or other tours were available to include a more up front learning experience, or traveling to the countryside.  They visited many churches, Palaces, city halls, museums, opera houses and theaters with architectural points of interest, ate local foods and drank local beer and wine. Many sites are listed as world UNESCO heritage sites. Narrow streets, canals with gondola boats, fjords, National parks, and of course shopping. Janice celebrated her birthday while on vacation and the family group went to the ballet Swan Lake at the famous Mariinsky Theatre. A very exciting evening!  Upon returning to the ship, there was a birthday cake and a bottle of champagne in their room. Another highlight was soaking in the hot spring waters of the Blue Lagoon in Reykjavik. This water is heated geo-thermally, and is about 65% sea water and very comforting. They visited a volcano creator, waterfalls and learned about life on an island. Janice said it was a good thing they took lots of pictures as it's hard to separate the days and cities activities.  Vacationing is hard work! 

My sister-in-law, Debbie Ludwig was the bingo winner of the consolation prize of $66 in Friday night’s last game of the evening. 

The Soo Line Sunday School Convention June 20, 1937
 
Hiddenwood Presbyterian Church in 1916

Julie Brandvold posted this on the Ryder, North Dakota website: A letter from a nice gentlemen that I would like to share…”I have a couple of things from Ryder’s past that folks might find interesting. My name is Dave Ford, and my dad, Rev James H Ford was a student pastor at the Ryder Presbyterian Church, Mt Zion Presbyterian Church and Hiddenwood Presbyterian Church for several months around the summer of 1937. There is a bulletin from The Soo-Line Sunday School Convention June 20, 1937 that I am sharing. I am also sharing an old picture of the Hiddenwood Presbyterian Church. I have mentioned that in his papers about it being one of the three churches he served as a student pastor in 1937. I found  when the church building was sold and moved to another small town and used as a Lutheran Church (I believe it was moved to Roseglen). About a month ago I found a picture of the Hiddenwood Presbyterian Church in the North Dakota State Digital Archives. I believe this picture was taken in 1916 (dad was there in 1937). Thanks for any information you might have or any direction you might be able to steer me. Finding this stuff in my dad’s papers was pretty exciting within our family. He passed away in 1998 and I just found this stuff last year. We didn’t realize we had anything like this. Most of the family weren’t aware of the time spent in these churches as it was three years before he was ordained as a minister.” 
You can reach Dave Ford at his e-mail dfrd@cox.net if you have any information for him. 

The raffle prize winners from the Hiddenwood Fishing Derby are as follows: Heritage 22 revolver-Tracy Schneider-Bismarck; Wildlife Print-Trista Marsette- New Town; Adirondack Chairs-Dave Fransen-Makoti; Fish Cleaning Table- Sonara Schneider-Bismarck; Dremel Multi Tool-Wrenly Oen-Minot; Myer's 50.00 gift certificate-Dillon Steele-Berthold. 
We had a windy and cool day for fishing, but 78 adults and 27 youth came out for the day. The fish that were caught were: Adults-Bass-22; Walleye-42; Northern-14. 
Panfish winners: #1. Alex Schoenborn: 2lbs 15oz. #2. Dalton Walsh: 2lb 11oz. #3. Alex Schoenborn: 2lbs 7oz. Walleye winners: #1. Mark Schneider: 4lb 5oz. #2. Lindsey Karna: 4lb. #3. Jon Votava: 3lb 3oz. Northern winners: #1. Lisa Dunka: 6lbs 11oz. #2. Jon Votava: 6lb. #3. Dave Fransen: 4lb 14oz. In the youth categories: Bass--6; Walleye--9; Northern--2. Panfish winners: #1. Lucas Schoenborn: 1lb 13oz. #2. Lucas Schoenborn: 1lb 9oz. #3. Ben Haaland: 1lb 8oz. Walleye winners: #1. Harrison Schneider: 2lbs 13oz. #2. Taten Votava: 1lb 7oz. #3. Taten Votava: 1lb 6oz. Northern winners: #1. Vanessa Fransen: 5lb 7oz. #2. Taten Votava: 4lb 10oz. 
The award for best themed boat went to the Schenfisch/Huus/Diffely crew!!  With the littlest pirate being 16 days old!! The 4 Bears Stay & Play package went to Heather Underdahl...Thank you to all that purchased tickets, we are ear marking those funds for our next project,  a sandy beach area for all to enjoy! 
Our next meeting is July 16th at 7 p.m. at the Ryder Star. We will be electing officers. If you have paid your 2019 dues, please come VOTE! There is still time to pay your $10.00 yearly dues!! 

Wanda Bjordahl said she, her family and Bud’s family very much appreciate the designing and setting up the memorial in the Ryder Park by Peggy Reinisch in memory of Bud Karna. She really went far and above what was requested. She said she really appreciates this tribute and for Peggy’s ingenuity in putting it together. Let us not forget, when it comes time to donate to other community organizations in Ryder, we should also remember to include the Ryder Park! 
         
Don’t forget the Hiddenwood Picnic on June 23rd. There will be lots of good potluck food, entertainment, games for the kids and prize drawings. 

The FULL, unaltered version of The Ryder News will ALWAYS be available on the Sue's News website! That’s where you can see the news that wasn’t in the paper and the pictures that the paper didn’t have room for. The website address is as follows: https://suesnewsryder.blogspot.com. 

Upcoming Events: 

Calvary worship service for June, July and August will be at 9:30 a.m. There is no Sunday School until Fall. 
June 16--9 a.m. Service at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen. 
June 16--10:30 a.m. St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Makoti. 
June 22--5 p.m. Service at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder 
June 23--Hiddenwood Old Settler's Picnic. 
June 24-26--9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Calvary Church Vacation Bible School. Bring a sack lunch!