Ryder News for Aug. 6, 2020
The gentleman in last week’s mystery photo was Everett
Stromme, who had been superintendent at the Ryder School in the later
1950’s. His wife’s name is Mavis and their two children were Shelley and
Lonnie. Shelley had 2 boys and later died from cancer. Their son,
Lonnie, has 3 boys and is a pharmacist at St. Cloud, MN.
Everett
taught or was superintendent in many ND schools. At one time he was a
student teacher advisor at Minot State College. He later became the Ward
County Superintendent of Schools before retiring.
Mavis and Everett had been living in Mesa, AZ but, it was decided they should be moved to Fargo, ND. So, now they are closer to family. Everett will be 95 in August. His sister, Amy Yecoshenko, who is 97, lives in Bismarck at the same + 55 Complex as Faye Karna.
Thanks Faye for sending me the mystery photo and the information.
Former
“older” Ryder residents who had birthdays in June and July were June
Nelson, Olive Boots, Milton Bowen (80), Stan Hjelmstad (91), Beatrice
Lahti Waldock and Alice Kotaska (101). Sorry if others were missed. Be
sure to read the birthday/anniversary list each week in the Garrison
Paper as Kathy Kronbach Kallestad is doing a great job at keeping it
updated with Ryder people. She also gets it put on a radio station each
week.
I
had quite a few correct responses to the identity of the Mystery Photo.
Lorraine Nelson, Shirley Bezanson, Sharleen Larson, Sheryl Erb Tolson, Duane L. Edwards, Sr. from Redding, CA and he had this to say,
“It's
a long shot, but is that Everett Stromme ? My 90 year old brain seems
to think it might be, even though I am not personally aware that he
taught school in Ryder. He was in college with me and we both were Army
members of Battery B of the 188th
Field Artillery Battalion during the Korean conflict. In December it
will have been 70 years since we were put on active duty! Glad to see
you resumed writing the Ryder news after your loss. I enjoy your
columns and look forward to every week for info about people I knew from
the Ryder area”.
Also another correct guess from Michael LaRoque Jr. and he said,
“I
believe the photo is Mr. Everett Stromme who was superintendent while
my father was teaching at Ryder also. I was in first and second grade at
that time.”
He had signed his e mail as Mic so I had to ask him who he was and he said,
“Sue, My
name is Michael LaRoque Jr and I go by Mic. I was in first and second
grade 1957-1959 in Ryder. My parents were Mike and Beverly and both have
passed, dad taught and coached. When I was a junior at Dodge N.D.,
1967-1968, we played Ryder in both home and away games. Ryder played man
to man and I believe Doug Wurtz guarded me, I had a difficult time
scoring since he was much taller than me. I currently live in Detroit
Lakes, MN and have been retired for several years. I read your blog
weekly and have done so for several years, it is interesting seeing so
many familiar names. Let me know if you or anyone else has questions.
Mic”.
Wow,
so much information to share with my readers. I enjoy hearing from
everyone and love to pass on your stories. Thanks for sharing with me.
Jade
Hagen, Josie, Ruby, Hattie and Harrison have been visiting Marvin
Hagen/Richard and Stephanie Hagen and Petz families in Ryder, the JJ,
Jerry/Kay Olson families in Douglas and Jade's mom Denise Hudgen in
Garrison. Jade is married to SFC Ryan Hagen stationed at Fort Bragg, NC,
but Ryan was unable to come to ND due to military travel restrictions.
The family will be transferred to Fort Jackson, SC in Sept.
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| Class Reunion attendees from the class of 1942 |
This
was taken from the McLean County Independent, July 23, 1992, written by
Alta Hove who was the correspondent at that time and sent to me by
Colleen Sorenson.
“RYDER
SCHOOL HOLDS CLASS REUNION. The graduating class of 1942 met on Friday
afternoon at the Ryder school. After a tour of the school, they enjoyed
cake, coffee and lemonade and toured the museum. The group met at the
International Inn of Minot where each told a little about their lives
and families. Out of a class of 25, nine members have died, 12 members
were present, four were unable to attend and two sent letters and
pictures. Royce Hill and Russel Johansen tied for having the most
children by each having 5. Ray Severance had the most grandchildren and
it was a toss up between Arlene Caton and Alvina Piazza as to who came the farthest.”
In
the picture that was sent to me with the article are the ones who
attended the reunion. We are having trouble identifying the second
person (female) in the back row and also the sixth person (female) in
the front row. Maybe one of you readers will be able to identify these
ladies and let me know who they are. Back Row L to R. #1.Wendell Hansen.
#2. ?? #3. Ray Severance. #4. Royce Hill. #5. James Farstad. #6.
Russel Johansen. Front Row L to R. #1. Doris (Price) Landon. #2. Ruth
(Bussman) Carlson. # 3. Arlene (Anderson) Caton. #4. Dagmar (Helmstad)
Farstad. #5. Alvina (Melnick) Piazza. #6. ??.
Excitement abounds in the homes of Ron and Muriel Peterson’s grandchildren. The boys are all involved in baseball.
Tate,
from LaMoure, is playing in the State Babe Ruth tournament in Kindred.
They are playing in the championship games on Tuesday.
Carson was playing with the Minot Babe Ruth 13 year olds in Devils Lake. Their team was runner up for the championship.
Cole played in the 10 year old Babe Ruth State Tournament in Mandan. They won 2 games and lost 2.
The
parents have had to split times so someone was at each game. Grandpa
Ron and Grandma Muriel tried to attended all the games that they could.
Rodger
Haugen from Devils Lake and Dale Haugen from Williston were also at the
Devils Lake games. Dale’s grandson played for Williston. The men are
originally from Ryder.
Due to Covid 19, there will be no bingo in August.
Notice the date change! Senior Citizens will be at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Vacation
Bible School is scheduled for Monday-Wednesday at Calvary Church in
Ryder, August 10-12, 9:00-3:30pm. Bring a sack lunch.
We’re
so excited to once again have Pastor Steve and our friends from
Cornerstone Presbyterian come out and lead our VBS at Calvary Church!
VBS
is for kids preschool through 6th grade. And the older kids are welcome
and needed to be our teen helpers. Please let us know if your kids are
able to join in so we can make preparations.
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.
Aug. 9 --9 a.m. Worship service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti.
Aug.
9--10:30 a.m. Worship service at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder,
with communion followed by a steak fry after the service. Everyone is
welcome.
August 10-12--9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Vacation Bible School at Calvary Church in Ryder
