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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
4
Amana Lutheran Church announces the Little Friendly Church with Pastor N H Pearson. Gundey School and Bible Classes listed. Vernon Swanson is Superintendent. Morning service and Communion at 12:00.
Rev. W. S. Freeborn of Concordia will conduct services and preach for the next three Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Morning worship with 8:00 a.m. Sunday School. Family Night on September 2 at 6:30 features a potluck supper and a film The Village of the Poor. WSCS meets September 6 at 2:30 p.m. with potluck lunch. all invited.
A note thanks all who patronized us during the baseball tournament and says the support was greatly appreciated. Also expresses gratitude from Mr. and Mrs. Loren Isaacson and family for cards and letters received during hospitalization and after returning home. Jamestown families are mentioned hosting and visiting.
In Republic County Kansas this page reports multiple probate items: notices of hearings on petitions by Chas H Freed to determine heirs and allocations of the NW ¼ of section 21 township 2 south range 5 west among Freed family members. appointment and probate filing for Milton O Brown estate with Olive Richards as administratrix. and social notes of family visits and birthday observances in the Belleville area.
Social notes list numerous visitors and engagements. Names include Warren Nelson Loring Richards Bookless Reece Linden Larson Nondorf Cline Simmons Hastings Perry Anderson Ahrens and others with dinners birthdays and weekend stays mentioned.
Vacationists learn about nearly 1 million motel rooms with about 1.5 billion dollars in annual sales. Motels gain luxuries like swimming pools golf courses airstrips switchboard service and in-room amenities. Hospital room rates vary widely with New York highest at 35 dollars daily and national average around 14.14 dollars.
Janice Jimmy Bill and Beth Barleen of Waterville spent a week with Mr and Mrs Ralph Larson and Steven while their parents Lloyd and Benton Barleen vacationed in Minnesota. All children except Jimmy returned home Sunday. Jimmy remained for another week.
A four inch tubing filled with liquid helium helps Duke University scientists study ultra low temperatures. Dr. William M. Fairbank and two colleagues developed a heat rectifier to produce extremely low temperatures more easily and quickly. The device directs heat in one direction using a helium mixture produced by radioactive decay, aiding research toward temperatures near absolute zero.
Dr. Neil H. Jacoby predicts a 70 percent rise in the average American family income over the next 25 years. He argues federal economic policy is now flexible enough to curb booms and busts, but warns against assuming fluctuations are over.
Mrs Ralph Rasmussen and Miss Laura Rasmussen spent Thursday with Mrs Carl Cuthbertson of Belleville for a social visit.
A meeting of the Lutheran Sunday School teachers was held last Thursday evening at the home of Rev. and Mrs. N. H. Pearson. Present were Rev. and Mrs. Pearson, Mrs. Walter Boyles, Mrs. Clarence Strom, Mrs. Ralph Rasmussen, Miss Joyce Hammer and Vernon Swanson.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Melhus spent Monday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hammer and family. An Executive Board meeting of Republic County Council was held Monday afternoon at Mrs. Walter Boyles home. Plans were laid for the October 22 meeting.
Pack 232 met at the river park on Wednesday August 22 with strong attendance and a potluck supper. George Cardwell awarded prizes and a display showcased the cubs month work. The next meeting is scheduled for September 29 at the school house. Edith Rockey secretary.
Flower shop advertisement listing Mrs Irving Isaacson as contact in Catl area with phone number 4291. Short classified style notice.
Rev. and Mrs. N. H. Pearson attended the annual North Central Kansas Lutheran Ministerial Association picnic at the city park in Clay Center. The gathering served as a farewell in their honor.
Mr and Mrs Forsberg and daughter of Lindsberg and Mr and Mrs Arthur Swenson of Concordia were Monday evening guests of Mr and Mrs S J Swenson. Sunday supper guests of Mr and Mrs Richard Loring were Mr and Mrs Maurice Medlin and family of Riley who had just returned from a vacation to Minnesota. Jan Medlin returned home with her parents. Ms Sherman Skidmore of Manhattan spent Thursday and Friday with the Loring family.
Mrs. Fern Cuthbertson of Belleville spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rasmussen and Miss Laura Rasmussen. Myron Donna and Sharon Runft were Tuesday overnight guests of the E W Runfts of Belleville.
Mrs Harold Swanson and Allen and Mrs Carl Peterson accompanied Carl Peterson to Lincoln Nebraska Sunday. He then traveled to Springfield Illinois to arrange bringing back a new school bus for the Norway schools.
Chicago report describes a pressure suit made from red flannel to aid people with orthostatic hypotension. The elastic cotton rayon garment applies pressure to the lower body to prevent fainting when standing. The condition, linked to diabetes or post-sympathectomy, drops blood pressure on standing but remains manageable while supine.
Berkeley researchers at the University of California analyzed European and American disease and mortality tables and found Americans are living longer and healthier. Midlife adults are physiologically about four years younger than a century ago, with more reaching adulthood and onset of heart disease and cancer delayed by 5 to 20 years, extending productive early middle life.
Police arrested Earl L. Collins, 22, when he displayed a sign on his parked car warning of a radar trap ahead. His mother was also arrested for causing a scene surrounding her son's arrest.
Minneapolis report notes strong demand for engineers pushing spring classes, attracting instructors and raising starting salaries to about 420 to 450 dollars. Pay boosts from overtime, relocation, and study assistance widen offers. Women in science and math face high demand for engineering and physics roles, while liberal arts women enter management training and government careers.
LOS ANGELES A University of California entomologist Roy J. Pence unveils an infrared death ray box that kills powder post beetles in hardwood floors. In tests the device eliminated all life stages after five to ten minutes exposure, and it can be cheaply built in pest control shops.
CHICAGO Barbiturates antihistamines and tranquilizing drugs used for various diseases compete with alcohol as highway hazards. Dr Walter J R Camp professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the University of Illinois says patients should not drive when affected by their medication. Alcohol is not always the most dangerous since overindulgence effects are obvious. He notes many patients take drugs with definite central nervous system effects.
The Smithsonian Institution houses a 230000 specimen termite collection with 1286 distinct species among about 2000 known worldwide. Dr. Thomas E. Snyder, a retired Agriculture entomologist, gathered termites across the Western Hemisphere over 46 years and secured Old World species by exchange and gift. The set includes 943 type specimens used for definitive species reference.
Baltimore County added a Human and lost a Fantom in one day. Theodore H. was hired by the Bureau of Engineering while Francis C. resigned from the Fire Department.
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