Ryder News Oct. 6, 2016

Ryder News for Oct. 6, 2016

Don’t forget...Bingo at the Ryder Community Club/Gym at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7th, and now on to the very important news!!

There sure were a lot of things going on in Ryder, Makoti and the surrounding areas this week and weekend with the Makoti Threshing Show and of course the Hostfest. I have pictures from both events so enjoy.

Makoti Threshing Show Tractor Trek in Ryder for coffee and rolls before heading back to Makoti.

Participants in the Makoti Threshing Show Tractor Trek.

I didn’t get a chance to take pictures of the annual Makoti Thresher’s Tractor Trek from Makoti to Ryder and back again on Friday. I had a chemo treatment that day, but Faye Karna did take some and has allowed me to share with you. There were 15 tractors the Trek this year. When they arrived at Ryder, they were treated to coffee and rolls at the Ryder Museums before heading back to Makoti.

David Janz at the Norsk Hostfest in Minot with his new troll friend.

David Janz, the brother of Ruth Wurtz, had an enjoyable time at the Hostfest sampling the food and checking out the displays! He even made a new friend (see photo).

Evelyth Wohlk with Daniel O’Donnell at the Norsk Hostfest in Minot.

Evelyth Wohlk was another one who enjoyed herself at the Hostfest and she even got to meet Daniel O’Donnell and have her picture taken with him.

Gerald (Jack) Erb passed away Sept. 25th at the U of MA hospital in Worcester, MA after a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, Betty, of 63 years as well as two sons and five grandchildren. Cards may be sent to Betty Erb at P. O.  Box 239 in Dalton, MA 01226. Jack grew up in Ryder, born in 1932, son of Clayton and Laura Erb. He has three remaining siblings: Olive Boots, Shirley Schieve and Sheryl Tolson. Our sympathy goes out to his family and friends.

Myron Lahti’s older son Doug passed away and his services were on Sept. 15th. He is buried in Ryder’s Rosehill Cemetery. Our sympathy goes out to his family and friends.

Marjorie Berdell Lewis passed away on Sept. 26, 2016. She was born on November 28, 1933 on a farm near Ryder, ND to Benjamin and Elsie (Mueller) Lewis. She had been a resident of Minot Health and Rehab since October 1, 2001. Marjorie is survived by several cousins and her friend Jean Krumwiede. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister: Dorothy Higgins. Her funeral service was at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Minot with burial at Rosehill Memorial Park in Minot, ND. Our sympathy goes out to her family and friends.

I have a little more info on the above article (courtesy of Gus Mueller) which is rather interesting: Marjorie Lewis's mother was Elsie Mueller, sister of Herman Mueller, who married Bernice Brandt, who was a sister of Albert Brandt, who married Minnie Lewis, who was a sister of Bennie Lewis, who was Marjorie's dad (and you thought it was difficult to keep track of the Kardashions!)

The Makoti Senior Center will serve a catered roast pork supper on Wednesday, October 12th at 6 p.m.  No potluck is needed and all area seniors are welcome.

Next is an article that Gus Mueller has posted on his Facebook page, “Gus’s Things and Stuff”. It was so entertaining that I had to “borrow” it.

Old Ryder Immanuel (German) Lutheran Church building

OUT OF THE ASHES
If you’ve been following Sue’s Ryder News, and frankly, who doesn’t, you’ve seen mention of the old Ryder Immanuel (German) Lutheran Church building, which recently was purposely burned to the ground. From Sue’s report, it sounds like the building had quite the history, dating way back to “Old Ryder.” I’m not a religious kind of guy, but I do have a special interest in this church (the people, not the building), starting with the fact that in 1917, two of the seven founders of the church were my grandparents—Herman Mueller and Carl Brandt. I suspect that it was at one of those first church services where my dad, Herman Jr., first spied the cute little Bernice Brandt, who he later married. While I don’t see precise documentation, it seems that the building was acquired from the Ryder school about the time that the church was founded—it was in 1917 when the north addition was added to the school, so it makes sense that the little building was no longer needed as an extra classroom. The Immanuel Lutheran parish continued until 1966, so we have roughly a 50 year history.
The picture I posted is from 1937. I would guess the reason it was taken was to catch my brother Don Mueller “in-the-act.” There was not a bathroom in the church!
The building is gone, but the stories remain. In no particular order, here are my top ten:
1. The church didn’t have pews, just wooden chairs nailed together to make a row. Total seating was about 40 people (not that overcrowding was ever an issue). The floor was wood, pine I think, painted a brownish-orange color like the chairs. Attendance was a loyal 15-20 people. I recall one cold winter Sunday when it was only 8—7 Muellers and Konnie Kronback.
2. The heat for the church came from a small oil stove in the back corner. We lived in town for a few months each winter, so it was my dad’s job to go to the church an hour before service each Sunday and get the stove started. I do remember one especially cold windy Sunday, that for some reason the fire didn’t keep going, and we all sat through service wearing our coats, stocking caps and mittens.
3. There was an interesting protocol for seating in the church. The men sat on the right of the center aisle, and the woman and children on the left. It was a big day (as a male child) when you moved from the left to the right side. I vividly recall the day when Phyllis Mueller (always a maverick) and all four kids decided to sit with my brother Don on the right side. Whew! That caused a stir for months! In case you’re wondering why the men were on the right, that’s where the blower from the oil stove was focused. Paul Bluhm had the best seat, directly in front of the blower. Oh yes, you always sat in the same spot.
4. Regarding the hymns for the service, the church attendees were creatures of habit, and became very disturbed when a new preacher selected a hymn that they didn’t know. The preacher got some words from the elders after church, and learned quickly. Rather than 400, the hymnal really only needed about 20 songs, with a few extra for Christmas thrown in.
5. Communion was the last Sunday of each month. The communion ware was silver (as in real silver), and my mom was the caretaker. The pitcher, tray and goblet got polished at our kitchen table every Saturday evening before communion.
6. My dad was the caretaker of the communion wine, which was Mogen David’s finest—interesting that a group of North Dakota Lutherans drank Jewish wine, but there probably weren’t many choices in those days. So anyway, there always were a few bottles sitting around our house. Now like most teenagers, I was known to sneak booze from most any bottle I could find, but I never dared take any of the communion Mogen David. I just had this sense that a lightning bolt might come down from the sky if I did.
7. There were several baptisms at the church over the years, and I was involved in a couple (besides my own), but I don’t remember anyone ever getting married there. Or, a funeral for that matter. Could be it was too small for such events.
8. Our routine on the way home from church was the same every Sunday. Stopping at Butch’s drug store and buying the Sunday Minot Daily (which of course contained the “funny papers”) and a pint of Bridgeman vanilla ice cream (my dad would not eat any flavor other than vanilla) for Sunday dinner, which was at noon in those days.
9. My mom and dad always had the same after-church conversation in the car on the drive back to our farm. They would first identify who had not attended, and then go family-by-family speculating why they weren’t there? Sick? On vacation? Out of town guests? While the Don Mueller family attended pretty regularly, they did miss now and then. No speculation there. The very late Saturday night parties at the Mueller residence were legendary.
10. My parents were very religious, and we never, never missed church. It didn’t even occur to me to suggest that I stay home. Did those 18 years of regular church services make me a better person? Hard to say, but I’m quite sure it didn’t do any harm. And yes, I eventually did get to sit on the right side of the center aisle!

Upcoming Events:

Ward County Bookmobile Schedule:
2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month near the City Park from 12:00 - 12:30

Oct. 7: Bingo at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym. If you purchase a Community Club membership that night, you will receive a free $5 bingo card to use that evening.

Oct. 9:  Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.; Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 10: Kenny Bradley’s birthday!!

Oct. 11: Community Club meeting at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym

Oct. 15: Senior Citizen’s Annual Pig Roast at Ryder Community Center/Gym starting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Oct. 16: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 23: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.


Nov. 6: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.

Nov. 6: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 12: Fall Bazaar 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Also the annual turkey drawing, all to take place at the Ryder Community Center/Gym.

Nov. 13: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.


Dec. 10: Santa Day and Turkey Drawing. More info later.

That’s it for this week. Send me your news items so we can keep this column going. Remember...no news...no column!

Ryder News Sept. 29, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 29, 2016

Visiting and eating at Maureen Hagen Breakfast Benefit.

People were streaming through doors at the Ryder Community Center Sunday morning to eat pancakes, sausages, biscuits and gravy at the fund raiser for Maureen Hagen. The food was delicious and there was a lot of visiting with old friends. I couldn’t get an actual head count but I do know that they served well over 200 people.

Our rain gauge showed 1.5 inches of rain from the storms on Friday and Saturday last week. There was lots of noisy thunder and some pretty sharp lightning. We are just glad that the rain stopped before we got what the state of Iowa got.

Pouring concrete at Dakota Agronomy old bin site

There is some activity south of the gas station by the railroad tracks here in Ryder. Dakota Agronomy is pouring concrete where they took out their old bins. Right now I am not sure what they are going to put in as no one was around over the weekend for me to ask but...I will find out and take pictures as work progresses.

Ron and Muriel Peterson spent a few days with Kari Mart and kids, Ana and Tate from LaMoure, ND. Scott was hunting elk in Colorado. They went to watch Tate play football and Ana play volleyball.

Muriel’s cousin Janet Carlson from Minneapolis came to spend a few days with the Petersons and she will be attending the Hostfest.

Doris Ann Zieman stopped at our house last week to get some canning jars and brought us a jar of beet pickles, dill pickles, relish and chunk sweet pickles. She was a busy lady with all of her canning. She also brought some tomatoes and cucumbers. Yum!

Sonny and Shirley Olson

Sonny (Ray Jr.) and Shirley Olson of Minot celebrated their 50th anniversary on Sept. 23rd. Sonny was raised in Ryder and graduated with the class of 1961. His folks, Ray and Deloris (Tootie) ran the Ryder Creamery for years before it closed and they moved to Minot.

Don and Elaine Alderman are home again after spending several weeks in Iowa visiting with family and friends.

The Makoti Threshing Show will be Oct. 1st and 2nd, 2016. It has over 300 operating units. The parade is Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m.

Dave and Kathy Kimball spent a long weekend in Aberdeen, South Dakota with their daughter Amanda and son Joe Mccallum, 5 grandkids and 2 other couples at the annual Celtic Fest. They had a great time eating the highland food, listening to the bagpipes, music and meeting the Irish Pope and researching their heritage. They plan to go again next year and take more family along.

The Community food pantry located in the Ryder gym has changed its hours for now to: the 2nd Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The reason being the volunteer has gone back to work at the Garrison high school full time and there just isn't enough hours in the day! But not to worry, she is still working on donations to keep it well stocked for those that come in.

The soup and sandwich social has been canceled for the same reason, but the volunteer is trying to work something out to have it at least once a month as well, because she misses visiting with all those that came and lunched with her.

The Pantry would also like to ask everyone to please send donations!!! The pantry has a fridge and freezer, so there is no limit to what they will take. Winter is hard on a lot of people to be able to get groceries, when it is bad weather, no car, no money, etc..and believe it or not there are a lot of grandparents raising grandkids, with no financial help..Not For Us To Judge...so PLEASE help. "The volunteer" put on 90 miles delivering 10 gallons of milk last week that was donated to the pantry, so it would get to those who needed it. Thank You-you know who you are.

There will be a Spaghetti Supper on Saturday, Oct. 1st from 5-8 p.m. at the Makoti Senior Citizens Building. Adults: $8; 12 and under: $6; Pre-school: $3. Make checks payable to North Shore Plaza Music Dept. with all  proceeds going to the North Shore Plaza Music Dept.

There will be a Pancake and Sausage Breakfast Benefit for Lacy and Mike Grimwood and baby girl Frankie on Sunday, Oct. 2nd from 6:30-10:30 a.m. (during the threshing show) at Makoti’s Senior Citizens Center. Pancakes, Syrup, Sausage, Orange Juice and Coffee will be served for a Free Will offering. This benefit is  sponsored by the North Shore Plaza school staff. Monetary donations can be mailed to: NSP School, P.O. Box 38, Plaza, ND 58771.

Upcoming Events:

Ward County Bookmobile Schedule:

2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month

Near the City Park from 12:00 - 12:30

Oct. 1: Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser at Makoti Senior Citizens 5-8 p.m. for the North Shore Plaza Music Dept.

Oct. 1: Ken and Sue Bradley’s 40th wedding anniversary. (Just thought I’d throw that in.)

Oct. 2: Pancake Sausage Breakfast benefit for the Grimwoods from 6:30-10:30 a.m.  at the Makoti Senior Citizens during the Makoti threshing show.

Oct. 2: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 3: Senior Citizens delicious meal at 6 p. m. followed by  a brief meeting.

Oct. 7: Bingo at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym. If you purchase a Community Club membership that night, you will receive a free $5 bingo card to use that evening.

Oct. 9:  Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.; Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 11: Community Club meeting at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym

Oct. 15: Senior Citizen’s Annual Pig Roast at Ryder Community Center/Gym starting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Oct. 16: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m. 

Oct. 23: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 6: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.

Nov. 6: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 12: Fall Bazaar 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Also the annual turkey drawing, all to take place at the Ryder Community Center/Gym.

Nov. 13: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.
 

Dec. 10: Santa Day and Turkey Drawing. More info later.

That’s it for this week. Send me your news items so we can keep this column going. Remember...no news...no column!

Ryder News Sept. 22, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 22, 2016

I knew if I made any mistakes in what I was told about the history of the church building that was burned down last week, someone would give me the correct information. The info in the Diamond Jubilee book of Ryder  says that the building came from Centerville-Old Ryder where it was used as the Presbyterian Church. This was used until the present church was built. Then it was moved over on the East side of the school and used as a classroom, next it was moved to its last location where Immanuel Lutheran Church used it until they merged with St. John's Lutheran Church. This is when the Church of God begin worshipping there and as you know its last use was as the Ryder Church Museum. Wow, that church was on the move for awhile.

Mildred Peterson of Minot, (Ron’s mom) recently fell in her apartment at Brentmoor. She broke her pelvis, both sides among other breaks and injuries. After leaving the hospital, she was taken to Trinity Nursing Home to heal and recuperate. She is on the 3rd floor.

Scott and Kari Mart along with Ana and Tate spent last weekend with the Deaver family in Minot. They all visited with grandma Mildred Peterson and Ron and Muriel.

Mary and Matt Quillan have moved to a farmstead that is closer to the kids' school and Matt only has 6 miles to work. Their Ryder home was the previous home of Lloyd and Barb Bofenkamp and will soon be on the market to be sold.

Kylie Johnson’s 12th Birthday

Henry Oberdick’s 2nd Birthday

Rod and Kathy (Kronbach) Kallestad of Garrison traveled to Minot on Saturday, August 27th, for a combined "August" family birthday party at Kyle and Jenny (Blowers-Johnson) Brossart's house.  Those having August birthdays were Grandma Karen Olson (73) of Douglas on August 2nd, granddaughter Kylie Johnson (12) of Minot on August 9th, grandson Henry Oberdick (2) on August 12th, Cindy (Olson) Oberdick (27) on August 19th, and Barb (Neukom) Fredericksen (59) on August 24th.  Those sharing in the birthday celebration were Kyle and Jenny Brossart, Kylie Johnson, Wil, Cindy (Olson), Henry, and Lucy Oberdick; Barb Fredericksen, Kalen, Brittney, and Isaac Hogan, all of Minot; Edwin and Karen Olson of Douglas; Shawn and Pam Brooks of Surrey; Valarie, Lily, and Willow Bradshaw of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Rod and Kathy Kallestad of Garrison.

Kenny and I did a little visiting on Saturday. First we went to my brother’s summer farm home out here in the country. I took him some homemade chicken soup and also delivered some Avon to his sister-in-law. They are still alive out there so I guess the soup didn’t kill them!

Next we visited with Kenny’s sister Lorraine Nelson. I took her the coupon book she had ordered from Johnny and she had a lot of family history papers and albums to send home with us for Kenny to look over.

Huge Bull moose hanging around White Shield

 There was a huge bull moose hanging around White Shield last week. The animals are definitely on the move with the combining and goose hunting chasing them out of their hiding places. We all better be careful and watch out for the wildlife as you sure wouldn’t want to hit one of these big animals. The moose don’t really want to move out of your way!

Upcoming Events:

Ward County Bookmobile Schedule:

2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month

Near the City Park from 12:00 - 12:30

Sept. 25: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 25: Breakfast Benefit for Maureen Hagen at Ryder’s Community Club/Gym 8:30-1

Oct. 3: Senior Citizens delicious meal at 6 p. m. followed by  a brief meeting.

Oct. 7: Bingo at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym. If you purchase a Community Club membership that night, you will receive a free $5 bingo card to use that evening.

Oct. 9:  Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.

Oct. 11: Community Club meeting at 7p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym

Oct. 15: Senior Citizen’s Annual Pig Roast at Ryder Community Center/Gym starting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Oct 16:  Service's at 10:30 a.m.

 

Nov 6:  Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.

Nov. 12: Fall Bazaar 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Also the annual turkey drawing, all to take place at the Ryder Community Center/Gym.

Nov. 13: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.

 

Dec. 10: Santa Day and Turkey Drawing. More info later.

That’s it for this week. Send me your news items so we can keep this column going. Remember...no news...no column!

Ryder News Sept. 15, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 15, 2016

Where were you on the morning of 9/11? Where were you when the world stopped turning? I was watching tv and saw the first plane hit a tower. I thought what a terrible accident, that something had gone wrong with the control tower or the pilot/copilot of the plane. Then...the second plane hit the other tower and I knew that it was a deliberate act. An act of terrorism and our world, our safe little world had been changed forever! My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families impacted by this act of terrorism. May we never have to go through something like this again.

Melcie Pederson at Parshall’s Broste Museum

Dick Ludwig took his sister-in-law Melcie Pederson  to the Harvest Fest in Parshall, ND Sunday afternoon and they also made a stop at the Broste Rock Museum. He said it is a very interesting place with hundreds of unique rock spheres and much more. He said his wife Deb was in Minot helping their daughter Carmella Evanson paint her kitchen, so she missed out.

I received a phone call from Donna Shafer and she told me she had been  to visit her husband Herb’s grave at Ryder’s Rosehill Cemetery. She said she noticed that the wooden and barbed wire cross decoration that Kelly had made for the grave was missing. She is wondering if anyone knows what has happened to it. If you have any information she would appreciate a phone call at 701-463-2354.

Former Church of God/German Lutheran Church being burned by owners.

The old former Church of God and German Lutheran Church was finally torn down and burned this last week by the owners. I was told that this church used to be somewhere in the vicinity of Ted’s Garage and then later moved.

There will be a Breakfast Benefit for Maureen Hagen on Sept. 25, 2016 at the Ryder Community Center/Gym from 8:30-1 to help with her medical expenses. This benefit is sponsored by the Old Ryder Jaycees and Thrivent funds have been applied for.

I have been seriously thinking about quitting this column. I am receiving very little news but I see that there are certain people who are sending their news items and photos to the Ryder, North Dakota facebook page instead. If they feel that they can’t or won’t send news to me and since I have been chastised for using some of the news from that page to put into mine for my readers, then I feel it may be time to hang up the old laptop and call it quits. By the way, I notice that someone is taking my news, Sue’s News, from it’s Facebook page and putting it on the Ryder North Dakota page. Hmmm.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 18: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 25: Breakfast Benefit for Maureen Hagen at Ryder’s Community Club/Gym 8:30-1

That’s it for the week and it remains to be seen if there will be a column next week!

Ryder News Sept. 8, 2016

Ryder News for  Sept. 8, 2016

There was a good crowd at Bingo Friday night and it looked like the Tupperware fundraiser for Maureen (Petz) Hagen was a pretty good one. The Ryder Community Club gave out several $100 Tupperware gift certificates as bingo prizes. Kenny managed to win one of them so I now get to pick out $100 worth of Tupperware.

 

The Larry Petz Family July 2016:

Back row: Pete, Tim, Stephanie, Monica, John, Paulette. Front row: Teri Kay, Tommy, Maureen, Suzie

The Makoti Senior Citizens' center will have a chicken supper on Wed, Sept 14 at 6 pm.  Rest of  meal is potluck.

Thirty 4-H clubs were recognized for demonstrating their commitment to teaching

healthful habits and practicing healthful living by being designated as Healthy North Dakota 4-H clubs for 2015-16.

The 4-H clubs, with a total of 463 members, earned the special recognition for making "Eat Smart. Play Hard." lessons part of their club meetings for the past year. Six clubs also earned extra recognition for completing the Family Mealtime Challenge.

"Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together" is a statewide campaign that emphasizes the importance of making healthful food choices, getting regular exercise and families eating together. This was the eighth or ninth year some clubs were named a Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club. This year, each club member received a certificate of recognition and a small prize.

Several local county area clubs were recognized this year by number of members and number of years they have received the Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club recognition, and they completed the Family Mealtime Challenge:  McLean County- Washburn Cowboys, six members, two years; Lakeside 4-H, 32 members, four years and the  Ward - Prairie Ryders, seven members, one year.

"One 'H' in 4-H stands for health, and we continue to be pleased with the variety of health-related activities that clubs throughout North Dakota report," says Julie Garden-Robinson, North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and Healthy North Dakota 4-H Clubs program coordinator.

"Being part of a 4-H club involves learning by doing, and these clubs have not only learned about nutrition, fitness and health, but they have participated in activities that can impact their families and their communities," she adds.

Clubs are required to incorporate at least one nutrition or fitness activity into a minimum of six regular meetings during the year to be named a Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club.

4-H clubs interested in participating in the 2016-17 North Dakota Healthy 4-H Clubs program should contact their county Extension office or visit this website: http://tinyurl.com/healthy4-Hclubs.

NDSU Agriculture Communication - Aug. 31, 2016

:Source: Julie Garden-Robinson, 701-231-7187, julie.garden-robinson@ndsu.edu

:Editor: Ellen Crawford, 701-231-5391, ellen.crawford@ndsu.edu

A former Ryder resident, Allen Becker along with his wife Carol made the trip to Louisiana to work as Red Cross volunteers several weeks ago. They were there for several weeks and worked with the delivering of meals to many, many people.

Kenny was a busy fisherman this Labor Day weekend and he gave all the fish he caught to my brother.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 11: 10 a.m. All parish worship at St. Paul’s of Makoti with a 9 a.m. Potluck Breakfast.

Sept. 11: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 12: (The Monday after Labor Day) Senior Citizens delicious meal at 6 p. m. followed by  a brief meeting.

That’s it for this week. Watch out for the farmers and also the wildlife on the move.

Ryder News Sept. 1, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 1, 2016

I don’t have much news for this week but...I do have pictures! I also visited with some Makoti people and mentioned that I’d sure like to have some Makoti news!

I received a letter from Julie (Nelson) Hatleli and she said, “June Nelson had an illness that kept her in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks in June and then another 8 weeks in the rehab. facility receiving IV antibiotics. She is doing much better and has moved to an assisted living facility. If anyone would like to send her a note, she would love to hear from you. Her address is 1575 Hoover Driver, Apartment 155, North Mankato, MN 56003.”

I received a postcard from Elinor West and she says, “Hi Sue, Just read your Aug. 4 Ryder News and had to let you know that I remember Brynhild Haugland. I did some typing for her  back in 1944. She paid me $5.00 for it. That was considered quite a lot back in those days. I believe she had a farm north of Minot. I am hoping for a Democratic Congress so they can save social security and medicare for us. Thanks for the Ryder News. Best regards. Elinor West”.

There will be a Tupperware fundraiser set up at the Ryder Community Club/Gym for Maureen Hagen to help with her medical expenses. This will be held Friday, Sept. 2nd before and during bingo. Bingo starts at 7 p.m.

 Shelsey Brandvold, Martial Arts Instructor, Stetson Brandvold 

Shelsey and Stetson Brandvold attended the Kickin In The Park – Moore’s Martial Arts Summer Camp 2016 last weekend. They learned new techniques, practiced hard and tested for a new belt. They both moved up to low Blue. Congratulations on working hard! Moore’s Martial Arts – Max is now enrolling kids grades PK-6 in the fall program. Join us on August 30th and September 1 for a free trial.  Classes will be offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.  at the Max Civic Hall. For more information call 701-839-9860 or www.facebook.com/mooresshoushuminot.

Tim Ouradnik

Kenny and I attended the Breakfast Benefit for Tim Ouradnik in Makoti on Sunday the 28th. They served around 150 people and the food was great, pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausage, coffee and juice. I love it when they have scrambled eggs! We were able to visit a lot of friends that we don’t always get to see and also was able to take a picture of Tim (with his permission).

Dick Ludwig and Bryce Johansen combining canola.

Kenny and I went to check out how the combining was coming along and I managed to take a picture of my brother and Bryce Johansen combining our canola. They were using John Deere combines and I noticed that no one offered to let me combine. I used to love driving the combine but I used  a red combine (a Massy Ferguson). I remember Kenny Lavadney (when he worked as a salesman for Gooseneck Implement) teasing me about red combines when he sold green ones!

My brother mentioned that someone had said to him that I hadn’t mentioned him in the paper until last week. They said they figured I would get around to it before long--ha ha--I got him in the news this week as well!

Levi Sprinkle (grandson #2) playing with kitchen set.

I had the pleasure of babysitting grandson # 2 this last week. He is such a cute little guy and always smiling. He sure seemed to like to play with the old kitchen set and also the magnetic blackboard with letters and numbers! That kitchen set has been through 3 kids, Staci, Johnny and now Levi.

Johnny McGrath  (grandson #1) on his first day of 2nd grade.

The McGrath’s went camping this weekend at Hiddenwood and that moose was back visiting. They were hoping he hadn’t bedded down in the trees to scare them to death in the morning. Not many fish were caught but they still had a good time.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 2: Bingo starts at 7 p.m.

Sept. 2: Tupperware Fundraiser (held during Bingo) for Maureen Hagen’s medical expenses.

Sept. 4: Worship services at at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti at  9 a.m.

Sept. 4:Worship services at  St. John’s of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 4: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 12: (The Monday after Labor Day) Senior Citizens delicious meal at 6 p. m. followed by a brief meeting.

That’s it for this week. Watch out for the farmers and also the wildlife on the move.