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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1944
Page
4
The Scandia Journal notes its establishment in 1871 and its second class matter status after the March 8 1879 act. Subscriptions run one year for $1.50.
Church notes list Rev Hjalmar Larson sermons and Sunday School at 10:00, morning worship by Clarence Nelson at 11:00, and Willing Workers and W S C S meetings with hostesses in late April and early May. Campaign literature for the Conference Claimants Endowment Fund is distributed. Amana Lutheran Church reports Sunday School at 10:00 with no morning service, 8:00 evening service, and Friday 4:00 confirmation classes.
Oliver J. N. Wigdahl pastor leads Sunday School at 10 30 a m with Mrs Fred Walie superintendent Divine services Sunday evening at 8 o'clock sermon Through Sorrow to Victory John 16 16 22 Junior confirmation class Sunday and Monday at 7 p m Sunday school teachers and officers meet at the parsonage Tuesday May 2 at 8 p m Our Savior's Ladies Aid Thursday May 4 at 2 30 p m at the church parlors Hostesses Mesdames C B Stensaas and H Ringer
Pastor M. A. Perkins leads Sunday School at 10:00 and preaching at 11:00 in Scandia. Evening service at 8:00 at Norway follows. The notice cites Hebrews 10 25 about not forsaking assembly.
Joseph Osborne born near Lena Illinois January 16 1865 died April 16 1944 at Concordia Kansas. He moved with his parents to Republic County Kansas in 1870 and grew to manhood. He married Mary Ellen Fisher on September 13 1887 at Belleville.
Obituary details multiple family deaths including Mr Osborne and related kin. Memorial and funeral services were held at Courtland and interments at Rose Mound and Courtland cemeteries. The record lists survivors across three generations and service details.
Charles W Pilcher born March 26 1871 in Sangamon County near Chatham Illinois died April 12 1944 at his Courtland Kansas home aged 73 years 17 days He married Ethelyn A Dickerhoof on November 3 1897 and had six children Vera June and Lora Marie died young four surviving Inez French Velma Carlson Greta He is survived by his wife and one grandson He joined the Christian Church in Courtland in 1901 and remained devout throughout his life
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