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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
5
A lively Scandia column laments power outages by Kansas Power Co. and urges municipal control. It notes crowded Bell Ringers concert crowds, a playful yet odd local act, and upcoming Formosa Scandia game plus air service ad pitches.
The Kansas state fish and game commission approved a salt marsh south of Courtland and west of Kackley as a state lake site. About 1,500 acres will be bought to create a 1,000 plus acre lake, one of the state's largest. The site north of the Jamestown Gun Club lake was selected after inspecting alternatives. Approximately 200000 dollars will be requested in the next legislature for development.
United Brethren Church notes an All-Star Baseball game between Scandia Sunday School team and Belleville Junior League this afternoon in Belleville. A Sunday School picnic follows at 3:30 at the Presbyterian Church en route to Pawnee. A united service with Norway and Scandia is set for 10:00 Sunday morning at Scandia, with a sermon, lesson study, and a joint business meeting for next year.
The church lays out next Sunday's plan with Church School at 10 a.m. and worship at 11 a.m. The sermon titled The Inestimable Christ. An evening union park service is planned and a new Board of Trustees will be elected during the morning service.
Our Saviors Lutheran Church Norway Kansas hosts the Luther League and Choral Union convention August 22 to 24 with choirs from Kansas and Nebraska. Dr Carl R Youngdahl directs the Choral Union. evangelist Scotvold speaks. Omaha Our Savior’s Church choir provides music.
Superior comes to Scandia for a Sunday matinee with the Cement lads of Nebraska aiming to hold second place in the league. The Swedes seek to regain control as they host their rival in a battle described as a battle royal with two games remaining before the Sept. 14 finale against Republic City.
Mrs Harold Coleman suffered a broken collar bone and other injuries last Sunday when the Coleman car skidded on wet pavement near Lawrence Kansas and overturned. Other family members escaped uninjured. The car was demolished. The Colemans recently moved to Topeka from Scandia.
The Scandia Public Schools board and new superintendent Fred W. Stukenbrocker announce September 8 as opening day for the 1930 31 term. High school registration runs September 1 2 with seniors freshmen sophomores and juniors scheduled for specific morning and afternoon slots. Stukenbrocker outlines football plans noting first game against Republic on September 19 followed by Concordia, emphasizing balance of athletics and academics.
The musical No No Nanette will be shown at the Princess Theatre as the major attraction for Friday and Saturday. The talking screen version mirrors the stage musical with lavish Technicolor sequences and features a top ranking screen production of the era.
Amana Lutheran Church observes Tenth Sunday after Trinity with gospel from Matthew and a woe message to the unrepentant. Sunday school and morning worship at usual hours, union park service in evening, offering for Jewish Missions at morning service. Dorcas society to host monthly social in church parlors Friday afternoon. All members serve. Pastor Chas Pehrgon urges seeking the Lord today.
Formoso downed Scandia 10 to 9 on the Scandia diamond last Sunday, completing a four game sweep in the 1930 Republican Valley League. The see saw game featured multiple lead changes and errors, with Rugg homering for Formoso and Frazier striking out nine.
Norway will host delegates from the Omaha, Kansas, and Oklahoma circuit of the Young People's Luther League and Choral Union next weekend. Plans call for extensive entertainment of one of the largest delegations in the organization's history with sessions across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday under Rev. T Orsen Torgeson of Our Saviors Lutheran Church coordinating arrangements.
Judge Henry Van Natta led the Republican ticket in Republic county election returns with 2 220 votes. The probate judge candidate ran unopposed and has long served the county, reflecting strong voter regard in past elections.
An open air union church service at City Hall Park drew the season’s largest crowd last Sunday evening to hear Miss Graccio Legge Houlder of Australia lecture on temperance. The internationally known orator is touring the United States under the auspices of the W. C. T. U.
City workers install concrete stop signs at the Fourth Avenue intersection this week. Signs bear the word Stop and the intersecting street name on the facing side. Signs are cast in the cement yard of contractor W. P. Shivvers.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wyman intend to depart tomorrow for a three week trip. They will visit their son Horatio in Chicago and relatives in Illinois, then travel to Collington, Ontario, Canada to see Mrs. Wyman's kin.
Mrs. N. E. Davis came home last Tuesday evening after visiting relatives in Bramon Oklahoma and Winfield. Her niece Mrs. Wilbur Shaffter and nephew Jess Sutton accompanied her for a few days visit together.
Mr and Mrs T J West spent last Monday in Topeka for business.
The first train load of gravel from the Scandia pit owned by Reed and Wheelock of Clay Center and Dwight Hardman of Alton left over the Rock Island Lines Monday morning. The material is destined for Phillips county to surface No 36, with the plant running at full capacity until the job is finished. Trucks in Republic county will resume once gravel becomes available.
Sunday afternoon collision on the highway four miles south of Concordia injured Mrs. T. J. West with minor lacerations and bruises. Both cars driven by T. J. West and Sam Summer of Scandia were damaged. other occupants uninjured as the Summers headed to Topeka and the Wests from Oklahoma.
The Scandia All-Stars from the Sunday School Baseball League travel to Belleville to face the American Legion Junior team at Fair Grounds Park. Belleville seeks revenge after losing to Scandia last week with the game set to start at 3 p.m.
Dr. Cameron L. Hogan former Scandia resident, now stationed at the Portsmouth New Hampshire Navy yard. He received his lieutenant's commission in the medical corps and has prior postings in Chicago and Boston. He is the son of Mrs. Chas Monson of Scandia.
Mr and Mrs W A Johnson depart Sunday by motor car for a two months Western trip They will visit Yellowstone National Park Portland California to see their daughter Mrs Neal L Wray and sons Walter Warren and Ross Other relatives are listed Miss Edna Kackley Courtland recovering from an appendicitis and gall stone operation at Concordia is reported to be improving Mrs M M Lansborn returned home Tuesday night from southern Kansas where she had visiting relatives
Mr and Mrs A Q Miller and L L Coleman were in Scandia last Saturday night for an informal gathering and social visit.
North Central Kansas Free Fair in Belleville launches next Monday with prize money near ten thousand dollars. The program includes horse and auto races, vaudeville acts, musical revue, ostrich races, and a high school horse show, drawing about one hundred thousand visitors. Children attend free on opening day, pony races and junior baseball added, auto races Thursday and Friday, calcium chloride dust control, and a unique horse and mule pulling contest run for three nights.
A capacity crowd at City Hall Monday evening greeted the Scandia anneurance of the Scandinavian Bell Ringers. The orchestral group offered an inter esting program under the Brotherhood Society of the Methodist Church banners. This marked their first appearance in Scahdia in four years.
Members of Scandia Presbyterian and United Brethren churches will hold their annual Sunday School picnic at Pawnee Park tomorrow. Dinner will be served in the evening followed by a baseball game and various games and stunts for all ages. All members and families are urged to attend.
Well testers from the Layne-Western Co. arrived Saturday with a rig to drill for a new municipal water well. The original site failed when the pump and motor were installed and the hole proved dry. no new location has yet been selected.
The Scandia Sunday School League postponed all games scheduled for next Friday because of the United Brethren Presbyterian Sunday School picnic at Pawnee Park. Regular games set for that day were moved to Friday, Aug. 29.
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