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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
7
The North Central Kansas Free Fair in Belleville opened its gates with strong exhibits in agriculture horticulture and 4-H. Gov Walter A Huxman attended Wednesday to present 4-H awards and oversee championship prizes as auto races and rodeo thrills promise big crowds over the next two days.
Will Rogers reflects on small towns with Rotary or Kiwanis clubs and jokes about civic virtue. He parodies booster culture and cites a boy asking what Civic Virtue is, ending with a quip about state institutions and asylums.
US 36 will be opened today from Scandia to Belleville after Hardman Construction completed roadbed rebuilding. Traffic has used a detour from Rydal since Tuesday with one mile north of Rydal and east into Belleville while oil mat installation proceeds.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 led by Mr Anton Nelson. Lecture by F L Miller titled Tools of Tomorrow.
Pastor C G Danielson will preach the morning sermon at Amana Lutheran M C. Linnerson leads worship at 11 with evening services announced. All invited to attend in Ada for Sunday worship.
Ada Lutheran Church led by Pastor Carl G. Danielson offers Sunday School and Bible Classes at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. An Evening Bible Study follows at 8 p.m. Swedish services are planned for next Sunday morning. Mrs. Ruby Larson will host the Lutheran Wheel at her Belleville home on Thursday afternoon September 8.
Sunday School with Bible class at 10 morning worship at 11 this Sunday. The third quarterly offering for the Budget will be received. Ladies Aid entertaining Thursday September 8 with Mrs Amelia Buer and Mrs H O Buer as servers. Confirmands meet Tuesday mornings and the choir rehearses Tuesday evenings. Welcome.
In Norway and Scandia the United Brethren Church held Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and preaching at 11:00 a.m. in Norway with Holy Communion. Scandia featured 8:00 p.m. preaching after a 7:30 p.m. Christian Endeavor led by Irena Skidmore. An official board meeting at the parsonage elected officers for the coming year. a Friday C E gathering at Tony Gritten’s home appointed Irena Skidmore president and Irene Gritten vice president until the next election.
Sabbath School at Scandia 10 am and worship at 11. Minister preaches in Rydal at 9:45 am with Sabbath School there at 11. Presbytery of Solomon will meet in Wilson September 14 15 with two representatives from Scandia Rydal. Dr. Raymond V Kearns to give opening address. Local social visits noted with guests and travel.
Princess Theatre resumes operations this Saturday September 3 with Her Jungle Love a technicolor drama starring Dorothy Lamour Ray Millard and Lynne Overman showing from 7 30 pm The Sunday show starts an hour later Tuesday and Wednesday night screenings resume in October with new pictures and local interest films planned Manager Raymond Cooper reports over 2000 dollars of sound equipment added in 18 months keeping the theatre as the area’s best sound venue Admission stays 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children
The agriculture department reports July 1 old wheat stocks at 154 072 000 bushels, up from 83 214 000 a year earlier. Total supply with new crop on August 1 stands at 1 110 061 000 bushels, vs 957 855 000 last year.
Scandia volunteer firemen met at the Masonic Temple to reorganize and elect officers. William Moe was named Fire Chief, Walter Anderson Assistant Chief, and Jake P. Storer secretary and treasurer of the Firemen's Relief Association. The roster lists 15 volunteer firemen ready to respond to fires in Scandia. A meeting is scheduled for Friday September 9th at the same venue.
Civil Service competitive exams will be held in four towns in Kansas Sixth District on Saturday October 8 starting at 9 p.m. to fill two appointments at West Point and the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis. Eligible are district citizens under twenty one. Interested young men should write Congressman Frank Carlson at Concordia before September 15 to notify the Civil Service Commission. Exams will occur in Concordia Hays Horton and Salina.
Scandia merchants will close stores at noon to let clerks attend the North Central Kansas Free Fair auto races. The action aims to accommodate accompanying racegoers and fair participants.
Probate Judge and Mrs Van Nat ta resumed official duties after a Colorado vacation. Court house and welfare offices close afternoons for the North Central Kansas Free fair. Over twenty five oil and gas leases filed for Harry Mellor of Wichita on land in Grant township near Wayne. County plans for courthouse bids await final approval with a 14 month completion target by Christmas 1939.
Miss Ruth Hageman of Knoxville Tenn visited her parents Dr and Mrs C V Haggman and other relatives Saturday night Allan Currie spent Friday with Harold and Joyce Rasmussen in a small town social note
Scandia schools begin Monday September 5 for the 1938 39 term with six high school courses including College preparatory Vocational Agricultural Journalism General Commercial and Vocational Home Economics. New students enroll Saturday and band and instrumental instruction will be added with Fred K Reasoner directing the band and Miss Jean Hartman teaching music and directing the orchestra. Scandia offers both band and orchestra for grades and high school.
Dr John W Ekblad a Duluth based physician and former Scandia resident is the Republican candidate for coroner of St Louis county Minn His campaign emphasizes efficiency and economy voters face the November 8 decision Dr Ekblad and Dr C V Hagman practiced medicine in Scandia in their youth.
John C. Benson publisher of the Courtland Journal has accepted a civil service appointment as occupational therapy instructor at Fort Stanton Marine Hospital New Mexico and will report by September 7 Beents will take over complete charge of the Courtland Journal Benson long served as Formosa high school principal for thirteen years and would have taught there again this term.
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