Ryder News for Sept. 17, 2020
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| Lena Johansen’s 80th birthday party on Sept. 17, 1977 |
Colleen
Sorenson sent me a picture of her grandma Lena Johansen’s 80th birthday
party picture on Sept. 17, 1977. The picture was taken by Joan Janz.
The ladies in the picture are: Back Row L to R: Rosina Kraft, Jeanette
Johansen, Catherine Haugen, June Nelson, Delina Johansen, Gloria
Johansen and Jenny Linnertz.
Front
Row L to R: Bernice Mueller, Inga Bradley, Hazel Grosklags, June
Braumbaugh, Lena Johansen, Del Raye Johansen holding daughter Jennifer
(Rockwell).
Colleen
said that her grandpa William had passed away in April of 1977 and this
was her grandma’s first birthday since his passing. She had so many
nice Ryder ladies as friends.
This
coming Friday, Sept. 18th, the Dakota Cruisers Car Club will be cruising
into Makoti around 10:45-11 a.m. There could be up to 75 cars. They
will be stopping at Neil Larson’s shop in town and going to the
threshing grounds followed by a trip out to Hiddenwood Lake.
If
you’re interested in checking out a bunch of great looking vehicles
head over to Makoti this Friday. It will be fun to see the city lined
up with cars!!!
They also have a Facebook page..Dakota Cruisers Car Club.
Faye Karna sent me the following: "It
was fun reading the update on Allegra (Lee) Bluhm Haugen in the Sept. 3
edition. It is always fun to catch up on any former Ryder resident
and/or graduate. However, Lee is now living back in Garrison, not
Minot. Other past info for you readers is that she graduated from Ryder
in 1942. She was raised 5 miles east of Ryder and had 5 siblings named
Gerhardt, Marvel, Beverly, Darlene (Dee) and Paul Jr. Their parents were
Paul and Hulda
(Reiman) Bluhm.
Another
of Kermit and Marcy Hansen’s grandsons got married on September 5th in
Minot, ND. Ty Nygaard married Tayler Novak who was raised south of
Minot. Ty is the son of Kelly and Kari Hansen Nygaard. Kari graduated
from Ryder-Makoti North Shore in 1986. Congratulations to Ty and Tayler.
Another
fun time for Marcy Hansen was the gathering of their entire family at
the farm to celebrate one of her special birthdays. There may have been
more than that one reason to gather but we know it was and will be just
hard to get them all together anymore with busy lives and jobs. To make
it so special all 5 of the great-grandchildren were present so it was a
moving, active time. Hard to even get those special pictures!"
There
isn’t much news for this week. I sure hope this nice weather sticks
around for a while, at least until I get moved into my new home and that
is a few weeks away yet.
Staci
and Johnny came out to visit me last Saturday while John was at his
Guard Drill in Fargo. She and Johnny were excited to go all through my
new home and look at everything.
I
am having one of my propane tanks moved over there and hooked up so the
guy that does the interior work can start. He needs to have heat in the
house when he finishes up the sheetrock and muds it otherwise it just
won’t dry. I had to call 811 so Cenex can be sure they won’t hit
anything when they trench the propane line in. Boy, that was some phone
call...I was asked a whole lot of questions and then had to listen to
all my answers one more time so they could record it. Glad that is over!
The
garage is coming along nicely and when the overhead doors are
installed, I will share a picture. I had a propane and heating fellow
come over and change all the orifices in the stove and furnace. Wow,
that was a job, took him quite a while and then he had to come back the
next day to finish stubbing out the propane hook-up. He didn’t have all
the stuff he needed to get it done the first time. Sure will be glad
when all this piddling stuff is done.
In the meantime, I’ve been trying to pack stuff up. My house is
full of boxes, empty and full. What a mess! I guess I will hire a
moving company to come out and move my stuff, that way it will all be
done in one day.
Upcoming Events:
Sept. 20...10:30
a.m. 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.
Sept. 20...9 a.m. Worship Service at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen.
Sept. 20...10:30 a.m. Worship Service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti.
