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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
5
Mrs Homer Cardwell Sherdahl hosts a birthday gathering for Abe Thompson at Laura Rasmussen’s home. Residents including the Rasmussen, Cardwell, Greenslade, Kathrineburg, Strom, and Jensen families visit relatives, with health notes on Kathrineburg and P. T. Strom. A 1930s tractor purchase and a wringer incident involving Billy Reed are also noted.
Mrs C P Rydell Miss Inga Ry dell and Mrs Reuben Johnson called at the Oscar Bergstrom home Monday afternoon. W L Wires of Norton visited his son E C Wires and Mrs Wires Monday morning. Mr and Mrs Carl Aberg were guests of ElReno Sederlin and sons Sunday afternoon. Mrs ElRene Sederlin and Eugene visited Miss Madeline Anderson and Alice Falbert Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Oscar Johnson were guests of Mr and Mrs Carl Aberg Saturday afternoon. Bobby and Arlis White were dinner guests Thursday of their grandmother Mrs Mae White. Mrs Mae White entertained Mrs Mary Shaw of Munden and Mrs Rachel Vincent at dinner Wednesday. Mrs Axel Nelson and Ethel and Alice visited Mrs Henry Rosena Thursday afternoon. Mavis Freed started work Monday morning at the Max Ellison home. Mrs Walter Anderson helped Mrs Charles Hohman cook for threshery Saturday. Mrs Frank Peterson and Narvene spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs August Swanson. Maye Roberts and Peggy McGregor were guests of Ada Jeandebeur Saturday night.
Don Bowersox travels Friday to Lincoln Nebraska for an extended visit. Ada Jeandebeur leaves Sunday for Lincoln seeking employment. Mr and Mrs Downing and Genempdega plan a business trip to Kansas City Tuesday returning Friday. Jacqueline Cooper had a tonsil operation in Concordia Wednesday. Laura Lull returns to Topeka after two months in Scandia. Families host dinners and visits across Lincoln and nearby towns including Dayton Belleville Phillipsburg Jamestown Courtland and Mankato with relatives and friends attending picnics rodeos and church events.
Mr and Mrs William Curry entertained with dinner Sunday for Miss Mary West and Miss Margaret Sells in a small social gathering at their home.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Cummings returned to Scandia Saturday after a summer in St Joseph Missouri. Mr and Mrs Henry Simmon and Fred Simmons of Belleville were dinner guests Friday at Mr and Mrs Charles Hohman. Mr and Mrs R E Downing and Gene were guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Downing and sons at Republic Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Axel Smith and Chas Robinson hosted guests including the Hugos and Jackson families at dinner. Numerous visits and calls occurred among local residents such as the Sederlin, Barber, Hugos, Reece, and Johnson households with gatherings in Concordia and surrounding areas.
Carl Hammer drove to Missouri Saturday visiting Jack c and Billy Reece in Salisbury and Williamsburg returning. Tuesday night Mr and Mrs Horton Johnson and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Charles Tedrow and family. Miss Josie Robinson and Mrs Horton Johnson called on Mr and Mrs Sherman Robinson of Belleville Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Ernest Burns and Mr and Mrs Lawrence Nystrom and Lois Jean were Sunday guests of Dwight Burns and Ethel at Portis. Lars Norgard Charley Hubbard Junior Bill Whitely and Ben Larson drove to Stockton Saturday and returned Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Hansen from Western Kansas are visiting their son Everette Hansen Mrs Hansen and children. Mr and Mrs Rene Denoyer and Mr and Mrs George Cardwell were dinner guests Monday of Mr and Mrs Joe Tedrow. Mr and Mrs T W Gritten and Eunice and Irene left Wednesday morning for St Paul Minn to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Vernon Erickson Gladys Thomas and Leonard Freed drove to Phillipsburg Sunday to the rodeo.
Mrs. George Meinhardt of Los Animos Colorado spent Friday and Saturday with her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Doctor.
Kansas State College extension market specialist Vance M. Rucker outlines forthcoming trends in farm marketing. The column previews price movements, risk management tools, and practical strategies for farmers to plan futures and cash sales amid market volatility.
With oats at 35 cents a bushel and rust damaged wheat at 70 to 75 cents per bushel, hog producers should feed a growing ration using oats and use cheaper damaged wheat to fatten shoats. If finishing out the herd is planned, prioritizing economical feed can improve returns.
Farmers should adjust hog feeding as grain becomes costly and drought risk rises. Profit is similar whether hogs are sold fat or feeder, especially if feed is expensive. Hogs over 180 pounds by late July can be sold then or carried to September or August, time permitting by market conditions.
The column covers terrace outlet planning and future terrace needs, alfalfa seedbed prep and weed control, foal care during a hard season with fly-free stalls and extra grain, European wheat trade prospects amid lower barriers, milk cooling through ice or electric refrigeration, gradual poultry flock changes, and weed control in gardens to prevent seed formation for next year.
Vernice Simmons visited last week with Mr and Mrs Henry Rosene. Earl Hawkins of Lincoln spent Saturday night at his home here.
Ralph Miles of Belleville assists at the Scandia Bakery while Leora Loring was in Superior Nebraska on Sunday afternoon.
Register of Deeds office in Bourbon County preserves a sale of a Negro woman by James E. and Minta Rucker of Illinois to Wiley Patterson of Bourbon County for 500 dollars in cash dated August 10, 1857, proving slave traffic in Territorial Kansas.
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