Ryder News for June 25, 2020
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| Outdoor Church Service at Hiddenwood Picnic |
Another perfect Sunday for the Hiddenwood picnic; not too hot, not too cold and hardly any wind!
Due
to Covid-19 the picnic was a little different this year. The picnic
started out with Pastor John Warner leading the worship service
outdoors instead of in the church. Debbie Peterson provided the music on
an electric keyboard.
After
the service, the 64 people in attendance registered for the door prizes
and to buy raffle tickets on the plethora of prizes that were donated
by area businesses. Some of the prizes donated were: 2 bicycles from
Mountrail-Williams Elec., 2 end tables from I Keatings, Medora Musical
tickets, gift cards from local businesses, gift basket and many other
items.
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| A plethora of raffle prizes at the Hiddenwood Picnic |
After
the initial registering the people gathered with their families for
their picnic lunch, with some even grilling hotdogs and hamburgers.
Doug
Wurtz was the MC again this year and he gave a short history of the
Hiddenwood Picnic which was started in 1902. He gave several interesting
facts; Back in the early picnic days there were a lot of things going
on including ball games, spirited debates, and other minor sports and
usually finished up with a dance.
In
1921 between 3,000 and 4,000 people were in attendance, the largest
crowd the annual affair has ever attracted! The picnic was usually held
on a Tuesday or Thursday in those days. Eventually the picnic was held
on the 3rd Sunday in June on Father’s day.
In
1917 the Hiddenwood Old Settlers group purchased a piece of ground and
were intending to build a substantial building, 40 x 80 in which to hold
their annual celebration in the future. The hall was destroyed in 1941
by a hail storm. I’m not sure the year that the hall was destroyed by a
tornado, it could have been the same year as the hail storm. The current
hall building was built in 1985.
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| Murika Mueller, entertainment at the Hiddenwood Picnic |
Murika
Mueller graciously volunteered to play her guitar and sing a few songs
for the audience. She is the daughter-in-law of Kirby and Cindy
Mueller.
Once
again there were races for the kids, finding quarters in the tall grass
and a frisbee golf game; lots of fun for everyone. There were many
excited and grateful people when the door prize and raffle prize
drawings were held! Pie and coffee was sold later in the afternoon altho
the pies were prepackaged from a store instead of home made due to
Covid-19 restrictions.
As
Doug Wurtz posted on Facebook, “The 118th annual Hiddenwood Old
Settlers Picnic is in the record books. For 118 years, World Wars I
& II, the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic, the Korean War and the 'Dirty
30’s' didn’t deter the original homesteaders, their families and future
generations from attending the picnic. Neither did Covid-19 this year.
Precautions were observed and a beautiful day allowed this year’s crowd
to be spread out on the grounds with plenty of social distancing.
Today’s attendance was far from the record 1921 crowd of 'between three
and four thousand' people, but all in attendance today agreed that the
enthusiasm for the picnic was just as great.”
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| Kaylee Magandy, Perfect Attendance 2020 |
Kaylee
Magandy received Perfect Attendance for the 2019-2020 school year, even
throughout all the Covid-19 stuff and online learning. She attended all
her on line classes, and did not miss a day of school in her 4th
grade school year. She is the daughter of Chris and Carrie Magandy of
Garrison, Granddaughter of Alvin and Joetta Magandy of Douglas and Great
Granddaughter of Grace Magandy of Ryder.
My
condolences go out to the family and friends of Heidi Petrick, 39, of
Minot. Heidi passed away Monday, June 15, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Hospital,
Methodist Campus in Rochester, MN. due
to complications during a kidney transplant. She is the daughter of
Steve and Elaine Petrick of Minot. A private family Mass of Christian
Burial by invitation will be Saturday, June 20, 2020, at 10:30 a.m at
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Minot. A public graveside Service
will be Saturday, June 20, 2020, at 11:45 am at Sunset Memorial Gardens,
Minot, ND. Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, please observe social
distancing.
Dave
and Kathy Kimball were blessed with two of their kids and grandkids
visiting them this weekend; Amanda and Joe Mccallum and their kids,
Caleb, Autumn, Aspen, and Colton; Crystal and Carl Cree and their kids,
Matayah, Avery and Ean! They stayed the whole weekend. The grandkids
accompanied gramma and grampa to the Hiddenwood picnic. Gramma packed
lunch and after church services, the grandkids played games, ate lunch
and won prizes at the drawings. Avery won a bike and gave it to Gramma
to give to a child that didn't have one. How cool is that? They visited
with people they hadn't seen in awhile and it was a great time!! Thank
you everyone that put their all into making this happen!!
The Kimball grandkids didn't think the weekend with gramma and gramps was enough, so they planned on staying the next week too.
We’ve
been getting little tiny showers of rain but not enough to do any good,
my rain gauge showed .20 for the night of June 16th.
The
2020 Makoti Threshing Show will still take place as scheduled on July
10 to the 12th. More details to follow. There will be a general meeting
held on June 27th to discuss their options.
There will be no Ryder Community Club Bingo in July, due to Covid-19.
Upcoming Events:
Ryder’s
Calvary church will continue to hold Parking Lot Drive-In Church
services at 10:30 every Sunday morning until further notice. Tune to
107.5 on your FM radio station to listen to the service.
June 28--9 a.m. Worship service at Hope Lutheran Church in Makoti.
June 28--10:30 a.m. Worship service at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Roseglen.
