Highland and Vicinity Social Roundup
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Wright and Jens Stensons visited Belleville on Monday. Families of Thompson, Woodka, Walter, Kelley and Young gathered for visits and refreshments. Seattle visitors Berthal Burk and relatives, and several Concordia shoppers also appear in the week’s local social notes. A new son born to Mr. and Mrs. Duncan on Saturday, August 4th is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Wright
Jens Stensons
Belleville
Victor Thompson
Chester Woodka
John Young
Sadie Walter
Minta
Chas
Tom Gile
Berthal Burk
Seattle
Wash
Lloyd Kelley
Grace Adams
Orrin Kelly
Charles Walter
Austin Kelly
Marion Kelly
Hattie Bartlett
Henon Bartlett
Mr. Kelly
Lester Tate
Concordia
Cora Young
Gladys
Cornalice Patterson
Leona Kelly
Vivian Kelly
Clark Murphy
Chas. Walter Home
Chester Loofbourrow
Helen
Anna Pauline
James Goodwin
Scandia
E. Schercinsky
Chas. Jenkins
Chester
Emery Hall
Frank Mikesell
Margaret
Roy
Harvest time buzz plus community notices and jokes
Roasting ears and haying wrap up as neighbors share ice cream and meals for threshers. Local families visit, farm work continues, rain boosts corn prospects, and several residents travel or host guests. A farming club meets and one man plans hospital surgery while light anecdotes finish the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labon Marshall
Ted Milner
Carl McDowell
Claude Goodwin
Lee Bowersox
Imen
Irene Housholder
Charla
Ella Larson
Hugh Loder
Frank Goodwin
Charlotte Scott
Nitus Sandell
Ole Roe
Wells
Rydal
Guy French
Bernard Marshall
Betty
Formosa
Nitus Bandell
Harry Benjamin
Erickson
Lynn Hall
Frank Charles Larson
Frankie Mikesell
Citizens Military
Emery Johnson
Courtland
Union
Joseph Mallory
Ide
al Thompson
Maurine ‘Larson
Jamestown
Vesta Green
Jerome Bowersox
Belleville
Ralph
Bowersox
Jay
Swafford
Oscar Berggren
Mutual Benefit Club
Esther McDowell
Ray Swiercinsky
Elgin
Okla
E. Swiercinsky
Farm Calendar and Agricultural Tips for Kansas
A Kansas farm bulletin urges use of superphosphate on alfalfa to boost yields, notes exhibitions at fairs require careful pre-picking care, and covers cherry leaf spot control, pullet housing, summer pig care, dairy cow pre-freshening feeding, and the broader gains from farmer cooperatives. It cites R I Throckmorton, R J Barnett, C E Graves, L F Payne, F W (initials), H W Cave, and W E Grimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
R. I. Throckmorton
R. J. Barnett
C. E. Graves
H. W. Cave
W. E. Grimes
Birthday gatherings mark week in Scandia district
District 96 residents share birthday celebrations and social visits around Scandia. M A Larson hosts and is honored on her birthday with guests including Larson families, Hoel, Eggers, and Nondorf, plus cake ice cream and notes of well wishes. Additional house calls and visits occur as neighbors note travel and daily tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Larson
Jay Bell
Mr. Bell
J. W. Shotwell
Henry Aspegren
Carl Peterson Jr
Allan Larson
Hollis Eggers
Deloris
Edith Larson
Charles Freeman
John Mainquist
C. T. Larson
Ted Larson
Clara Hoel
Scandia
Arvid
Ruth Eggers
Hollis
Lawrence Nondorf
Marvin Grim
Larson
Bert Slayers
Minnesota
Olus Free Home
Hilma Freeman
California
Laura Stephenson
Alice Brownlee
A. W. Walter
M. E. Mainquist
Lloyd Garman
Mary Garman
Mary
Edna _ Larson
Violet Reed
Edna
Howard Vandeveer
Lloyd Davis
Axel Nelson
Orville Linden
Local Families Spend Weekends Across Area
Leona Kelley spent Saturday night with Vivian Kelley. Joe Barleen and family visited Charley Barleen’s home Sunday. Mrs. E. McGregor shopped in Concorda Thursday. Jense Stensans visited Mike Stensans’ home Sunday. Oren Kelley and family joined Harry Gile’s Sunday gathering. Lloyd McGregor and family visited Harry Gile. De Glenn Wright and family from Los Angeles came Thursday for extended visits. Gerald Wright aided cousin Vernon Wright for a few days. Harry Gile and others shopped in Belleville Saturday. Mrs. Gertie Gile spent Monday with Mrs. Harry Gile. A wheat stack topic followed. A local reader quips about a $1000 car versus a $2000 car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Kelley
Vivian Kelley
Joe Barleen
Charley Barleen
E. McGregor
Concorda
Jense Stensans
Mike Stensans
Oren Kelley
Harry Gile
Lloyd McGregor
de Glenn Wright
Los Angeles
Calif
Gerald Wright
Vernon Wright
Edna Rickabaugh
Irma Mapes
Dorothy Gile
Belleville
Gertie Gile
Fire hose used to clear sewer behind Hugos Garage
City crews deployed a fire hose today to flush a sewer at the rear of Hugos Garage, clearing a block and restoring access. The operation targeted an obstructed outlet and was completed without reported injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugos
Also Mentioned on This Page
Highland and Vicinity
Union News
Texas
State Public Service Commissions
Ray
Mav
Agronomy
Payne
Rock Island
Pas
Pela
Missouri Pacific
Murray
Princess
Hunters
MR. Cinderella
Bebe Daniels
Scandia Journal
O. V. Nichols
E. H. Lewis Shoe and
Harness Shop
Mortuary Service
Jean Debeur
G. A. Mathis
Ethyl
RED Crown
Standard Oil
O. P. McMurray
Harry L. Hunt
W. Sth
V. Haggman
Scandia, Kansas
Camp
Adolph Nelson
EB. Albro
Scandia Lodge
Chas. Nordman
N. G. W. R. Billings
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