Scandia Journal (Newspaper) - April 16, 1931, Scandia, Kansas roPEKA THE f 1 HA Established 1871 Republic April 1931 Volume 19 In According to a headline in the edited by Billy former editor of Tine an Idaho couple have been 56 Will Now let us say if the and this humble scribe Suc ceed in weathering the storms of spring flower family spring and death for just 45 more were going ito throw e the like which has never been be Watch for announcement years And what the old home town of new thinks of its former SteVe former Rock Is land agent elected Mayor of at the election We are glad to see that Scandia recognizes good stuff when get the New v We just overheard a man say that one should never tell a boy that he may be president some statement had a to spoil a But casting back to our Jim Jeffries that we had an ambition to be just as the kids want to be a Jack Dempsey or Babe Ruth On April 1931 Loring won his first checker Leaders in the in and utilities fields are try ing to impress the business men of the country that cure for consumers steady and plentiful The basis tne consel are the two facts that we are moving now in advertising and reading The two facts There are more newspaper readers in the na tion than ever before and the readers expect to they need and want brought before them in the advertising The man the the fashion fan and movie adict turn daily to the pages of daily Every dis of goods of amusements know those things are CASH MARKET IS TO HAVE SALE and Benedict Will Hold Big Sile Operated on Contest CONTEST STARTS TOMORROW To Continue for Fourteen 3piece Bed Room Suite is First Another event of wide spread interest to Republic county start tomorrow when the City Cash Market and Grocery of Scan dia opens the doors on its Big Con test Expansion This is not a closing out sale itis being held at this time by proprietors of the in order that the people of this part of the state may have the advantage of lower Marsh of the Cannon Sales of Lincoln is in charge of the sale and will in readiness for the big event when it starts tomor row The asle will be operated on contest plan and the management offering a first of a beautiful 2torie 3piece bed room suite to the person receiving the most number of votes at time the sale closes SCHOOL EVENTS April 22 Open House and Contest April 24 i County Track Belleville May 1 Banquet May 3 Matinee May 7 Senior Play May Baccalaureate May 1819 May 20 Class Night May 21 Commencement May Picnic ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING BRINGS OUT SMALL CROWD Currie Reelected to Board of for School on May The event will start to morrow and for New will arrive daily to keep fresh and purchase in the store will count toward votes in the Prices will bp consistently Remember to take advantage of the sale it lasts the next fourteen i school meeting for the Scandia school district which was held last Friday afternoon at the high school building was only by a small number of the school Only were pres Currie was reelected without opposition to the directorship of the local of The and treasurers reports were read and approved and because the dis has considerable money in the it was believed that it would not be necessary to vote as large an appropriation as in previous than CLOTHING HAS CLOSING OUT SALE Carl Reece and Harold Coleman Purchase Inter est in ALL MERCHANDISE TO BE SOLD As Soon As Present Business Is Closed a New Haberdashery Shop Is to Be The clothing event of this community started this week when the Scandia Clothing Company announced a Sale in which of cloth ing in stock be sold at cost or below cost Carl Reece and Harold Coleman last Saturday purchased Lar sons the local with Claude Larsons former partner in the and the store immediately an the sale which Will not end until in stock has been ancl fourteen which is was voted ayear ago The question of the addition of vocational agriculture to the high school curriculum discussed at some length but no definite actron was HOME TALENT PLAY AT NORWAY Who Killed a home talent play under the auspices of the AntiSaloon League of will be presented in the United Brethren Church Norway next April date origi nally was set a week ago last but because weather ft was to presentation to a later trucked the household poods to Vic to Ft last The are now located in Vic of Clay Center Saturday and Sunday Jonas But the singular prevails among the general run of suppliers that they should advertise when business is booming arid cut down their adver tising space when busi pursue just the policy keeps business They go squarely against the policy that has up many of the tohe most typ ically successful merchant in our history held to his policy When business slows down I swell my for the people will always buy His great stores in Philadelphia and New continue that policy and thrive upon The Marshal Field store in became famous and gath custom ed States by its and complete service ko poor and rich Ifi that store arty day nesses in John Annie Gessell Fairbury spent the weekend with and Joe Miss Eleanor Jackson spent Sun day her Fred Addie Dick of Hardy visited from until Saturday with Lewis Stofer is clerking in the Ward at Concor Emmert and children of Randall spent last weekend with and Joe one side of millionaires from Chicago s gold Womans Foreign Society coast on other sideall at the same 7 r it hard the mill run of merchants that as the early bird gets the worm so the nervy advertiser sells the as it is to convince Scott McBridge that prohibition is a less every merchant with gumption confesses that it is the best ed goods of the nation that sell most readily and nin largest Local business depression can best be overcome by before the eyes of the in attractive ad the goods the people are known to universally and the favorable prices for which they may now be Constitu NOTICE Union Valley Cemetery Association be helS at the April at 2 oclock Lee NOTICE Ice cream and cake will be served at the Odd fellows Tues April members urged to he r E FILM SWEDEN QF TODAY At the Church 16 Under the Auspices Of the Luther League Contents Keel Coast and Gota Keel Queen of the Keel and Reel Industries and Midnight Sports Eeel Visby and the Chateau Students 25c OPERETTA GIVEN LAST THURSDAY Glee Clubs High School Present The Ghost of Lolly ONLY SMALL CROWD ATTENDS Nearly All are Well Cast Presented Be tween Last Thursday the oper etta The Ghost of Lollypop under the direction of Miss Frances Guthrie and given by the boys and girls glee the Scandia High School was at City HalL and attended only by a small Nearly all of the characters were well cast and they fitted into their particular Miss who the leid ing should be commented on her singing Miss Ruth Hagg who a colored TENTH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE Wednesday Evening April 22 Sponsored by Association PROGRAM Display of School Exhibits Program in Study Hall a Six contestants will com for prizes in orations on the subject of prohibition b Musical numbers and Moth er features c Explanation of Vocational Agriculture Lunch served by the Economics Class THREE PUPILS AMONG HIGHEST State Eighth Grade Contest Held in BelleVille Two Weeks ALICE ISAACSON WINS Lee Swanson and Bernard Are Also Named in List of Ten of among the ten highest SANBORN LUMBER TO OPEN NEW DEPARTMENT Local Lumber Yard Installs New Modern Fixtures for Building Hardware The Lumber Com through fe the local and Austin j has announced that the of the new building hardware depart j 1 I WAlW kf As soon as tne present business ment be held about May open a new Scandia which will give to Shop in the com munity one of its finest merchan dising He will carry a complete line of brand new including sale at store this week al ready is attracting large As a sample of the prices which the local Suits which originally sold for are to seventyfive cent socks being at three pairs for a shorts are marked down the dollar shoes are down to from to and other clothing is in If you miss this sale during the few you will miss the best opportunity Scandia has ever afforded to get mer at bargain ANDREW BERGGREN DIES AFTER Succumbs to Blood Poisoning at Hos pital at to Be at Andrew 34yearold resident near and a former Scandia died at the hospital in B early Tuesday morning after a more than 2weeks illness during which time he had confined to the hospital for the past Blood poisoning the cause of hie Berggren was born and grew to manhood in He was from Scandia School and attended Kansas at Salina for two years local company had made many improvements and have added a hardware department which will give the Scandia trade territory its most uptodate line of building New display cases and tables of the latest design have installed and the stock soon be placed in Since the have acquired the local they have rapidly im proved the business until they are enjoying the best business which the has ever They plan to keep the Scandia yard among the best in this part of the and their action in adding the new de is one of the best improve ments which they have yet NEGRO MINSTREL American Legion Gives Perform ance at the City Hall Monday Last WIKI immediately following his complet exceedingly well m that high Miss Gladys Cooper and John Nim T did especially well in portray ing their respective was eight has made his home on his farm near He is sur Miss Jeannette and sisters Don Bowersox services will be held CAST COMPOSED OF 25 MEN Endmen Furnish Comedy Specialty Numbers Given DuY ing A house greeted the p of In Old the Negro minstrel presented by Albert Isaacson of the Am erican legion at the City Scandia Monday The was under the direction of The cast was composed of twenty five local Perhaps the out standing character on the stage could be named in the of Guy as an end time after down natural LaRoy Three pupils of the eighth grade were county in the State Grade Scholarship a division of which was held in weeks Emma Poage if in eighth subjects in school Those Whose names appear the highest ten in the county in clude Alice who was sec ond highest among the more than 200 who participated in the event in his arid Cahill andT Two years Mis Jeannette Ahrens won first place jni Republic and in the contest a Scandia pupils wan five of the ten places the In addition to the three winners in the first ten the Scandia schools placed other individual win Verna Wallin tied for first place in both English and Bernard Cahill was first in and Wilma Shiwers was in MARCH SHOWS HEAVY FIRE LOSS IN KANSAS by a total of 82 fires under the sinister listing ojf cause un known the March fire loss fort Kan sas was caused by 389 This by state fire is a new high record for hTe loss for March Of 1930 was only For the first three months of fire loss has only 235 compared to a of 310 forthe corresponding months in Fires of origin caused a total damage of and this damage represents mately twothirds of the fire loss for the month are invest a number of these causes which the total loss to such a high Graham an I am afraid in a period of arson may be a factor in causing such high Next to the unknown sparks on the roof resulted in largest the 61 blazes from this cause ported for the 45 fires were caused by defective chimneys anoT flues 32 were caused by fut boilers and There losses from fires caused by these losses only Genevieve Miss Lois by his wife and several broth Scott was equally good his To tin fUst to A S I Graf ton Nutter of was in town business CHURCHES afternoon Carl Forsberg carried minor parts but performed exceptionally Wayne one of the Well cast for his Carl performed well the personnel of a middleaged A special chorus composed of the Misses Helen Kathryn Doc Clarice Vivian Ber nice Ada several of Fae Leona and Jeanne Plotner did Other will Have a social at the Lunch will be The com munity This Teacher Training Class will meet at the This class is being con ducted cooperatively by the churches of Western Republic For information and inspiration you should attend these Next 7 Lords Day the Church School meets at 10 11 oclock the regular worship service will be The sermon topic will Dove That Re It has been decided to send a case of the Susanna Wesley Home for of which Miss Hilda Swan is The contribution of eggs can be brought to At 7 oclock the Epworth League meets and at thie evening vice will be are BJ Church The Ladies Norway meet ai the Church basement this after Glen Amana Second Sunday after John The Good Sunday School at There will be no church services as the pastor is attending the confer ence convention at The Luther League will serve re at the close of the pro Thursday The Dorcas Society will hold monthly parlors on Friday April Mes dames Kull berg and Granere will the Misses Fran peg Cur Vernke Gayle fed Alberta Glada and Lorraine Everette Axel Maurice Johnr Leslie Marvin Ralph Dean Vic tor Sothers Specialties between acts consisted of a tap dance by Miss Genevieve a Spanish song and dance by Bernice Miss Avis Larsen Miss Ruth and Miss Jeannette and negro spirituals given by the high school girls Congratulations and Ernest Erickson are the proud parents of girl born was Miss Rickel New welcome banners have been by forty of the business houses in Scandia The banners were the local American Legion The Misses Bernice Sunday services will be as usual the evening service fallowing Christian Endeavor at The Whq Killed Wright will be given at Norway the April Wezel spent afternoon with Miss iNona Fae Lawrence Hugos drove to Salina will play in Along Came The Princess to and Edna and Miss Beulah Anderson were in Superior Friday Florence LervOld spent Sun day at the Berggren Spring hats pn sale at The Jetty Beauty Priced at Bedan tf Green of town Tuesday on day and burial to be made in and and Miss Josie attend lines and Melvin the V Law rence completed the sextet of endmen and Hershel Kannier acted as num bers were sung by Adolph fires in county alone caused a Montgomery damage of give that county the undesirable position first in for Cowley county withr 38 fires damage of 161 was close Only reported in ci ty but that fire caused a fourth place ed a dinner Vernie of to give fourth place home Sunday in of Karl arid to that In Saline county all of whom should be com mended on their The composed of Phillip morning for Chicago where shewill John Tom West Julia Larson left Monday stay Try Rogers for Linoleum to and your Wires 48 pounds Maple Leaf guaranteed Metz Packing T iRussell Roe of Olathe spent Sun day and Monday visiting relatives friends and Adolph Nelson accompanied I Nelson on the chorus Of his Stofer has been to bis home because of an attack of the Carl Reece left for Salina Tuesday where he submitted bids on way construction high Miss Frances Florell has been do ing parttime work in the Midget Lunch for the past Mr Lewis Wallin and Clarice were in Concordia Saturday number and then gave two special at the Misses Genevieve Freed num ber during the Carl Reece gave a and Guy Ward was seen in a novelty act at the In addition to the fifteen men George Ralph Jimmy Les ter Cecil Harry Alfy Jan Carl and Sherman Robison the Miss Opal Brewer played the musi cal NOTICE The of the Scandia High Schol will have tag day next Sat Everyone who gives to the will receive a The Misses Mary Ellen Brewer and Brewer left for Michigan Tues they will spend a Miss Wilhelmina Wetzel spent with Jeande Wards Barber Shop class barber ORE heavy cream sale at far Gust Nelson of Belleville night and Sunday spent with John Brandstrom and Emma Isaacson were Belleville mpon While of various kinds are being if or Scandia to lay claim to pion quilter of the in been that Mrs Bettis probably holds that distinction of the country at At least that can be made until Bettis ret cord is beaten by has quilted 23 guilts since last August approximately in seven In addition to she all of her own housework for her self arid her husband and for one of the largest houses in town at that For her nearly seventy she has remarkable Her fame as a is confined In eighteen months she made quilts which have to Califor anil in addition to many places in until Bettis record is hailed aa the champion factories by to give that there were four fires which caused a damage of to give that county third Damage to Kansas fire totaled group of industry the leading loss Stores and mercantile establish ments suffered a total loss of Residences and dwellings were third on the list with a total loss of three during the month known to have resulted from incendiarism and the accompanying losses including defective wiring and out fifes a loss of Stevens and Wabaunsee each reported only one fire and the loss totaled but in each county Only 57 out of the 105 bounties inr the fires during BASEBALL MEN START ANNUAL SPRING Baseball interest is taking a new hold in Scandia with the approach off the opening of the 1931 the Swede team is beginning to take its regular workouts three times each A large delegation of candidates for the on hand last Sunday work on local Another practice session was held Men who are reporting regularly and probably will com pose the of the team in Guy Glenn Irvin Allen Ed and TWO WRECKED MILE NORTH OP Grant Berggren was shaken up and bruised early day at the mile north of when the car which she ing with ths cSw driven bjr as f tCW who Was in the car his mother Both cars were aAd Elmer Olson r relatives r A r
