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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1937
Page
1
Crop experts warn that burning wheat stubble dries soil and promotes erosion. L. E. Willoughby notes straw decays to feed soil bacteria, improving poor land only after rotting. burning lowers bacterial activity and reduces fertility. Plow under stubble to rot for better yields.
A Scandia commission is named to cooperate with the government and Representative Sol Bloom for a nationwide Constitution celebration from 1937 to 1939. Members include Adolph Nelson J P Stofer Jr Dr C V Hageman L Miller John Hooker and Rev B W Selin.
The Republic County grading crew worked on Kansas Avenue from Main Street to the Rock Island tracks. Wide ditches on both sides improve water drainage and street grade.
Mr and Mrs Parlee Plotzier were observed visiting in Scandia on Saturday evening.
A fragmentary Will Rogers humor piece recounts a sailor chatting with a visiting woman aboard a fleet ship. Eight bells ring and a watch is claimed amid playful banter about absence and duty ending with a tease about a whale tale and a lasso.
Ruben Engwall was bitten by a rattle snake on his foot Sunday evening while getting a drink at the cistern pump at his home. He was taken to Courtland where Dr. McComas treated him. His condition is very satisfactory.
Sunday School in Norway and Scandia at 10:00. Morning Worship in Norway at 11:00. Union Services in Scandia at 8:00 p.m. The Rev. Cook of Concordia will speak Sunday evening. All are welcome at all services.
Sunday School with Bible Class at 10 o clock. The Ladies Aid will meet Thursday this week. Mrs Hilma Stenson and Mrs C J Hugos will serve. The Circuit League Convention at Camp Brewster near Omaha should be attended by many. Pray if you cannot attend. Remember the song hour for children every Wednesday at 9 a m with Mrs Melhus director. Welcome.
The Amana Lutheran M C holds Sunday School at 10:00, church at 11:00, vesper at 5:00 with Norman Hammer as speaker and special music. no supper after vesper. Next week South-Group meets at John Swenson’s Concordia home and West Group at Ed Swanson’s. A District 88 schoolhouse picnic on Thursday August 12 includes a basket dinner at noon with ice cream and cake in the afternoon.
The Ladies Aid farm sale committee will meet this Thursday afternoon at the church parlors. Sunday school is at 10:30 with the morning service at 11 for memorial plaque dedication. Park service with Dr. L E Cook Sunday evening. Sweden pictures Tuesday by Rev J P Miller. Ladies Aid meets Thursday August 12 with listed hostesses. Church year ends August 31. pledges should be seen by the treasurer.
Ada Lutheran Church announces Sunday school and Bible classes at Yo Morning worship at 11 and evening worship at 8. Confirmation rehearsal set for Monday August 9 and Friday August 13. Mrs Reuben Engwall to host Lutheran Wheel at church parlors Wednesday afternoon August 11. Sunday School Picnic at the church Thursday August 12 starting 4 o clock with basket supper at 7. Miss Irene Houshjer to enter.
Rev. John P. Miller of Chicago will show motion pictures of Sweden at the Methodist church next Tuesday at 8 o'clock with no admission. Mrs Miller, Sophie Eklund Miller, will sing and appears in native Swedish dress. Refreshments follow. all are invited.
Charles Branhan and Orville Yoder were taken to Belleville late Monday evening and placed in the county jail on charges of assault and battery. The alleged attack on John and Abel Anderson Jr. occurred two miles west of town where Stamey and Tidd Construction Co. are building earth fill. Hearing was set for Wednesday afternoon.
Alan LeMay writes a rugged western drama for the Journal as a new serial Cattle Kingdom starts this issue. The feature profiles Mr and Mrs Lorraine Jackson of Denver who visited relatives from Thursday through Sunday.
A grass and oat field fire burned last Wednesday at the Sherdahl farm three miles north and one mile east of Scandia. Stanley Moe and J R Stofer burned high wheat stubble when embers jumped a fire guard and spread to oats and prairie grass until three threshing crews and others fought the blaze with wet sacks and shovels. Fire raged about an hour before rain and shifting wind brought it under control.
Six year old Melvin Willis, son of Mr and Mrs Foster Willis of Republic, was struck and killed by a truck driven by Evertt Frahn of Superior while the family parked in Nelson after a Beatrice picnic on a Sunday.
D L Cady sold his interest in the Concordia Creamery Station to his brother Neil Cady of Jamestown last week. The new operator took possession Monday.
Allen Gunter cut the second finger on his right hand Tuesday when a fellow worker struck him with a shovel during bridge work two miles west of town.
Attorney General Clarence V. Beck warns farmers and residents to beware of slick stock and bond promoters. He urges consulting banks for value checks, reporting unlicensed sellers to the county attorney, and coordinating with state authorities to prosecute promotions sold without licenses. The warning notes delays in discovering frauds and possible involvement of unlicensed promoters targeting wheat cash.
The Journal notes linotype operators are indebted to E H Lewis for a swivel chair. The chair is very comfortable and a lot more handy than a plain chair. The issue ends with a thanks to Mr Lewis.
A column by C. W. H. shares House life vignettes from New York visitors to Senator Hat ties Caraway to Joe Robinson, jokes about the Supreme Court switch, Canary letters to O Day, a 1928 pension bill, and the ceremonial mace.
Larry Porter tendered his resignation as grade school principal after accepting an appointment as state highway patrolman. He was a popular teacher in the school system last year. The school board has not yet elected a successor to fill the vacancy.
Last week several cars were sold locally. Frank Granstedt is driving two new Dodge sedans while John Vandeveer shows a Plymouth sedan. Chas Nendorfa shows a 1996 Chevrolet and Don Bowersox a 1936 Plymouth Tudor.
Farmers must supply sawdust for mixing as the Grasshopper prison feed mix is prepared tomorrow afternoon east of the Preble Garage. The event requires farmers to bring and furnish the necessary sawdust for the operation.
Republic County announces the Social Welfare Program replacing the KERC County plan. Applications require certification of insufficient income and detail a client history, with payments varying by need and up to 30 dollars monthly in Republic County. Federal and state shares for each aid category are outlined, and no payments begin before September with August regular allowances.
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