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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1972
Page
2
Established in 1872 the publication lists subscription rates by state with tax included three dollars per year in Kansas and Nebraska and one dollar elsewhere. It notes six cents per copy and various ad pricing terms including three cents per word for want ads and display ad pricing per inch. Open mouse announcements to. Deadline for news Tuesday at 10 a.m.
The poster campaign urges donations for cancer research with envelopes on each street like the Heart Fund Drive. Mrs Darrell Garst leads the Scandia committee as residents are asked to support continued research before the April deadline.
A series of thank you notes express gratitude from multiple families for calls visits and flowers after hospital stays and illness. Individuals named include Carl Norgard Will Mahaffey and Mrs Isa Olson with special mentions for Rev Ruff Rev Sills Dr Doubek Belleview Manor staff and various relatives and neighbors.
A reflective column notes foggy, damp conditions last week as Gaylord spots a singing bird guarding meadow larks. Gulls wheel over town while farmers plan corn. Robins gather nesting material, the author jokes about a bee pond in a bird bath and ponders discouraging birds. The piece also cites cartoons, gratitude for newspaper ads, and brief notices of visitors and family events in Kansas and nearby towns.
Corinne Naslund Hunt writes from home about resuming her Journal column duties despite lingering fatigue from a hospital stay. Readers’ encouragement fuels her resolve to keep the typewriter hot and the column alive.
A nostalgic reminiscence about a makeshift local cinema called HE PRINCESS THE ATRE open on Wednesdays Saturdays and Sundays. It describes bare kitchen chairs in rows with a middle aisle and the charm of cheap popcorn, imperfect film breaks, and the thrill of buying a ticket to Hollywood in a small box office.
The State Corporation Commission of Kansas will hear Southwestern Bell Telephone Company’s request to establish new intra state rates and charges. The hearing starts May 22, 1972 at 10 AM in Topeka. Interventions may be filed, and12 exchange groups are proposed with representative monthly rates listed for various party configurations.
Church notices list services for UNITED METHODIST Lyle Miller Scan dia Kansas and OUR SAVIOR S LUTHERAN with pastors John Jones and Rev Arnold Wuertz, including service times and parsonage numbers. Ada and Amana Lutheran entries show worship and church school timings. The fragment mentions fund figures and bonds outstanding with a note about Elsa Olson and Mr Olson’s death in Chicago.
Farmers are informed the Farm Credit Act is law and the Land Bank will be modernized to offer larger loans and housing credit. Until national changes are authorized, the local Land Bank Association will continue providing sound agriculture credit at reasonable rates with planning help from Manager Roger K Colby at 243-4689.
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