Ryder News for July 25, 2019
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| Mystery Photo |
Yahoo,
we have a new Mystery Photo!! These are 3 little girls on horseback and
they are all still best friends. They were in the last first grade
class of Ryder School. In second grade they joined Makoti and were then North Shore Panthers. Any idea who they are?? You can reply to me via email… sbradley@restel.com or you can text me at 701-720-4297. I’ll be waiting for your answers.
I attended the funeral for Jim Zieman on Saturday. The church was packed with family
members and his many friends. It sure is a shame that most of the time
that families get together is at a funeral. I guess we need to be having
more family reunions well before we all get together at another funeral. Rest in Peace, Jim.
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| Johnny McGrath wearing his “shades”. |
Johnny
McGrath, my grandson, is showing off his klutzy genes that he inherited
from his mother and me. He was jumping on a neighbor’s trampoline and
his cell phone flew out of his pocket and hit him in the eye. That
required a trip to the ER as he was seeing double and in quite a bit of
pain. The ER wasn’t able to find anything wrong with his eye but
recommended that he see a specialist eye Dr. to be sure. Off to the eye Dr. this morning and after many tests and dilating both eyes, the Dr. didn’t find anything wrong but wanted them to follow up in a few weeks with their regular eye Dr. He is currently wearing “shades” while his eyes return to normal after being dilated.
We’ve been getting a few small rain
showers off and on this last week and those showers sure do make the
grass grow, which makes it necessary for me to get out the push mower
and mow the dog yard. My son Rick, mows my big yard here at the farm and
he and my daughter Staci kind of take turns mowing my lots in town with
the riding mower.
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| 50 year Reunion of the 1969 Ryder High Graduating Class |
On
July 13, 2019 the last class to graduate from Ryder High in 1969
celebrated their 50th Class Reunion at the Morris Complex at Deepwater
Bay south of Parshall. Steve and Marge Morris hosted the event. There
were 14 of the 18 classmates present. Those not present were Beth Carlson, Monica Eriksmoen, and Harlen Hansen. Walter (Kirby) Carlson is the only member deceased.
Pictured from left to right are:
Back Row: Marge (Gurholt) Morris, Roger Guttormson, Virgil Ness, Galen
Larson, Larry Sorenson, John Anderson, Larry Mahoney and Kevin Mueller.
Front Row: Colleen (Johansen) Sorenson, Kim Hofstad, Stephanie (Petz) Hagen, Bonita (Nelson) Ensrude, Linda (Larson) Jacobson and Janet (Hagen) Mahoney.
A
true summer picnic with all the trimmings and many side dishes were
enjoyed on the back deck overlooking the bay and the cool breeze off the
water. The Class History, Will and the Prophecy were read. Much
storytelling and laughs were had by all.
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| 1970 class reunion |
A 1970 class reunion was held last week at the Makoti birthday party on July 12th. Those attending were: Hal Severance, Stewart Bofenkamp, Deb (Haugen) Skarsgard, Carlene (Larson) Nelson, John Warner, Judy (Petrick) Kubischta and Dick Frey.
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| Larry and Janet Mahoney surprise 50th Anniversary party |
A
surprise 50th Anniversary party was held at the Ryder Senior Center for
Larry and Janet Mahoney. Lots of friends and family came for dinner
and visiting.
Ardis Neshem said, “In response to Wendell Hjelmstad’s
comments last week about Ole Ottesen-I remember him quite well. I am
Oscar Larson’s daughter and Ole used to stop at our house quite often.
In the winter he wore snowshoes and I was really fascinated by them. He
had some other kind of homemade shoes too but I don’t remember them so
well. I loved listening to his Norway stories.”.
Thanks Ardis for your memories. I love it when my readers respond to the things that are reported in my news column!!
Upcoming Events:
Calvary worship service for June, July and August will be at 9:30 a.m. There is no Sunday School until Fall.
July 27--5 p.m. Church worship service at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder.
July 27--10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Ryder Community Food Pantry is open at the Community Gym. Free lunch will be served.
July 28--9 a.m. Church worship service at Hope Lutheran Church of Makoti.
July 28--10:30 a.m. Church worship service with Communion at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen.
