Par and Below Par and Below
Local residents report squirrels climbing telephone poles to stay agile on upland farms. Scandia whisker growers complain of headaches after harvest. A dietician says self control can replace exercise for weight loss.
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1938
Page
2
Missionary rally and Swedish services announced
A schedule lists a missionary rally Sunday August 14 at 4 PM with district involvement and a Luther League convention at the Norwegian Lutheran church from August 12 to 14. It notes Swedish services next Sunday and a stream of visits from Topeka and Kansas City figures, plus various local social guests and evenings with families.
Delinquent Tax List Preview And Election Ballot Figures
The delinquent tax list is being prepared by Parlee Plotner and will appear in the official paper for the first time on August 11. County clerk Charles H. Strand records show about 3,900 Republican ballots, 6,800 Democratic, 2,400 Socialist, and 2,400 Prohibition ballots for the primary. Also noted is the bindweed eradication campaign with two sprayers to begin after threshing, and community cooperation reported. Rev. F. J. Johnston preached. Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Mable Dodds, and Elvira Constant performed. Interment was in Estancia Cemetery. the community mourns the loss of Mr. Moe, respected and upright. Estancia News-Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parlee Plotner
Charles H. Strand
F. J. Johnston
Tery
Mr. Moe
Estancia News-Herald
Obituary Mary M Peterson 1871 1938
Mary M. Peterson born November 7 1871 in Cambridge Illinois died July 26 1938 at 66 years eight months and nineteen days in Scandia Kansas. She married W E Peterson August 26 1888 and had ten children. Funeral July 28 at Hampton Danielson F uneral Home and U B Church with Rev Bertha Fogelberg. Interment Riverview Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary M. Peterson
Cambridge
Ill
John Anderson
East Scandia
Sweden
Republic County
Courtland
W. E. Peterson
Hampton-Danielson
Fome
U. B
Bertha Fogelberg
Riverview Cemetery
Pioneer Farmer Peter J. Moe Dies In New Mexico
Peter J. Moe born December 19 1878 in Norway came to the U S with his parents at age four. He homesteaded near Estancia New Mexico since 1906 and specialized in Polled Angus cattle. He died July 18 1938 at his ranch after a long illness leaving a wife and three children Lewis Paul Iva Deena and sister Mary Moe of Scandia Kansas. Funeral services were held from the Methodist church on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter J. Moe
Norway
United States
Scandia
Republic County
Kansas
Torrance County
New Mexico
Estancia
Lewis, Paul
Iva Deena
Mary Moe
Methodist Church
Local Social Roundup of Visits and Travel
Everett Ledbetter of Belleville and Mr and Mrs Axel Jensen and son were guests of the Florells over the weekend. Blanche Haggman and niece Helen left for a two week Chicago visit. Elmer Olson and children from Sabetha visited Sederlin homes. Lester Burns and Sondra Sue of Hutchinson stayed with Burns and Nystrom families. Rev Misses Keys and Fogelberg led church services at Republic United Brethren. Nina Jean Hawkins returned from Omaha and St Louis. Fred and Vernell Wager visited Bill Clark home. Maxine Perry visiting relatives at Mankato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Burns
Sondra Sue
Hutchinson
E. W. Burns
L. G. Nystrom
Lucretia Keys
Bertha Fogelberg
United Brethren Church
Republic Sunday
Nina Jean Hawkins
Omaha
Nebr
St. Louis
Fred Wager
Norway
Miss Vernell Wager
Chester
Bill Clark
J. P. Jensen
H. G. Dalton
Maurine
Oklahoma City
Okla
Enoch Monson
Josie Robinson
Edwin Isaacson
D. L. Sabin
Jackie Lee
Belleville
Alvin Peterson
John Landing
Atwood
Ethleen
Betty Lee Fulcomer
Colby
Audrey Thomas
Vernon Erickson
Denny Stitt
Concordia
Will Rodgers
Don Davis
Udall
Davis
Harry McGregor
District Social Notes and Sheriff Sale Notice
District social notes record visits from Oklahoma City Belleville and Colby residents and local callers. Legal notices publish sheriff sale of 120 acres in Republic County to satisfy a judgment for 2651.90 with 6 percent interest from July 1 1938 and costs, plus redemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis S. Moore
Republic County
Kansas
Vance
Emery
Belleville
W. E. Pepperell
Paul MacCaskill
Petition for Change of Name in Republic County
Betty Lee Bellfield seeks to change her name to Betty Lee Doctor in Republic County Kansas. A minor under the care of James Doctor the petition is set for August 15 1938 at 10 A M in Belleville Court. Attorney R E McTaggart represents Betty Lee Bellfield and James Doctor acts as her next friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
County of Republic
State of Kansas
Federal Land Bank of Wichita
Wichita, Kansas
John T. Ward
Belleville
State of
Kansas
Betty Lee Bellfield
James Doctor
Republic County
Betty Lee Doctor
Scandia News Roundup of Local Events and Incidents
Rollo Thompson underwent an appendectomy at St Joseph hospital Concordia after falling ill Sunday. The El Reno Sederlin home saw two chicken thieves pursue by night with a woman thief identified. George Larson bought Susie Lervold’s two properties near the drug store and skating rink. Chas Othberg fills Rene Denoyer’s Home Oil role during a Colorado family outing. Miss Mable Brewer and Ernest G. Bockoven wed at United Brethren parsonage Concordia with Rev. W S Baker officiating. Hershel Kannier returns to Scandia for summer, while Marion Madison visits from Superior Nebraska. Wheat at Elmer Anderson place yields 40 bushels per acre. R G Thompson to run Scandia movies. opening feature Siegfried. Vera Platt finds a new piano installed during her visit. Dr Warren and Roy Holmes plan a wireless telegraph receiver atop Bank of Scandia. Emil Nelson and others attend Esbon tent meeting. Northwest Missouri Pac agent at Norway embezzled 800 to 900 dollars, then returned. Geo W Collins and T D Rubey escape a bad accident at Scandia bridge when steering gear fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollo Thompson
St. Joseph
Concordia
Mr. Thompson
Chicken Thelves
el Reno
Chas. Othberg
Rene Denoyer
Home Oil and Supply
Colorado
Mable Brewer
Norway
Ernest G. Bockoven
United Brethren Parsonage
W. S. Baker
Scandia
Opal Brewer
Henry Gile
Hershel Kannier
Kannier
Marion Madison
Zona Berg Music Co
Superior
Nebr
R. G. Thompson
Seigfried
Vera Platt
Dental Association
Emil Nelson
Mary West
Bertha Wilson
Tom West
Paul Preble
Bert Morey
Esbon
Mo. Pac
Geo. W. Collins
Belleville
T. D. Rubey
Republican River
Courtland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Louis Storer
Jake P. Stofer
Democratic
Ruth Hieronymus
Kansas City, Mo
Myr
Mattie van Dane
Gene Page
Minneapolis
Ellen Swanosa
Topeka
L. D. McClain
J. F. Swanson
Bud
J. McGregor
Thomas Hay, Jr
M. Sons
Clarence
Walter Berry
Max
A. H. James
Wm. Kess
Chas. H. Straad
Chas. E. Doupnik
John W. Kuchera
U. S
Geo. McGill Joe Bohner
Roy L. Hamilton
W. M. Lindsay
Elmer E. Hilton
Robert S. Lemon
Burt Comer
James F. Farley
Herman A. Gehrke
Frank L. Britton
Lane
Clive R
Ernest F. McNutt
Bill Bills
Register of Deeds
Floy E. Anderson
Josephine M. Houdek
Ist. Dist
John P. Splichal
A. J. Wilkes
Elefants
American News Features, Inc
Court Houses’news
WM. Hay
Everett Ledbetter
Axel Jensen and Son
Loren Florell
Blanche Haggman
Helen Haggman
Chicago
Mable Haggman
Elmer Olson
Sabetha
A. Sederlin
Charlotta Sederlin
Maxine Perry
Mankato
Scandia Journal
County of
Republic
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Bert Bellfield
Bert Brown
R. E. McTaggart
Annes
Pepa
Elmer Anderson Place
Business Directory
E. R. Ingersoll
D. D. Optometrist
Scandia Sanitarium
O. W. Nichols
G. W. Nichols
Masseur
Shorty Martin
C. V. Haggman
Scandia, Kansas
E. Porter Ahrens
Ole’s Barber Shop
V. C. Hartig
Courtland, Kans
Freeburg Undertaking
J. A. Freeburg
Mortician
Fred Evert
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