This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
3
Local residents and visitors gather for Thanksgiving meals and dinners at homes in Belleville Concordia and surrounding towns. Placed events include dinners hosted by the Wrights, Guliotts, Ofstads, Hugos, and Figgins families with numerous relatives in attendance.
Local notes recount visits and gatherings around Thanksgiving. Social visits include Mrs Homer Cardwell with Pauline at Leslie Rasmussen home, and events at Legion Hall Republic. Pauline Van Nortwick hospitalized after surgery. Burton Smith wed Chester Nebraska. quilting for Mabel Anderson. several families attended church and social events.
Rydal items note Lola Brant helping Mrs. West with housework over two weeks. Geo Dooley and Evelyn spent Thanksgiving with her parents in Hutchinson. No 9 Schoolhouse held a well attended literary program. Herbert and Mrs Mikesell hosted several friends at dinner last week. The McGowan family are on the sick list. Mrs Thompson and daughter are tired and will live at the depot with Mr Thompson who has been here since the OLearys left for Rexford.
District No. 96 families travel to McDonell and surrounding towns to spend Thanksgiving with the Larsons. Relatives from Topeka Belleville Denver Greeley and nearby areas join Mrs. M. E. Mainquist and others in shared holiday time and family hospitality.
District 87 reports Mrs J P Jensen hosted a Mystery Pinochle Club gathering on Thanksgiving with about 50 attendees at the Moe home. A basket lunch followed cards in the afternoon and the next meeting is set for December 9 with Mrs Corey Anderson.
Saturday evening visitors and Sunday guests gather at multiple homes. Families mentioned include Geary of Genevia, Poage and Nordorf households, Linden and Naslund families, Jensen and Nondorf relatives, and the Johnsons. Visitors traveled from Hastings and Fairbury to share meals and attend events while children return to school.
The Scandia teaching staff vacationed in diverse locations. Jessie Nichol visited Concordia with her parents, Trella Reiber stayed in Kincade, Marianne Ozment spent time with her ill father in Wichita then in Manhattan, Cornelia Furry visited Superior Neb, Rita West in Mound City, Ruby Johnson in Randolph, Floy Anderson in Belleville, Dolores Miller with friends in Kansas City. C Cummings F L Miller and O M Hardtaker remained in Scandia.
The junior class met to plan their upcoming play "Second Fiddle" and outline its advertising. In the senior class meeting a schedule for canvassing the town to sell junior play tickets was set, continuing the tradition of seniors selling for the juniors and vice versa.
Miss Cornelia Furry and C. C. Cummings led assent ee exercises on Wednesday December. The program featured hymn singing by the student body a talk by Rev. Lucretia Keys and a cornet solo One Fleeting Hour by Lenora Isaacson.
The Rebecca Lodge hosts a Pinochle Party Friday night at the Lodge Hall starting at 8 o clock sharp. Those present at 8 receive 200 points on their final average. Lunch is served with fifteen cents for one person or 25 cents for two.
Mr and Mrs Chris Nelson and Warren and Paul hosted a dinner with relatives from Topeka Lawrence Manhattan and Bellaire. Several guests including Mrs Roy Johnson of Sterling and Senator E C Johnson's sister in law were mentioned plus extended visits during the Thanksgiving holidays.
Visitors and relatives from Concordia Belleville Plainville Smolen and Hutchinson attended the funeral of John Downs at Clay Center on Monday of last week. Attendees included Dr and Mrs O V Nichols Mr and Mrs Clare Nondorf Dr Geo Nichols Mrs N J Ward Miss Lucille Ward John Van Gundy and others.
Mrs M A Eliott and Charles of Belleville visited Mr and Mrs W H Lowman and family at Concordia for Thanksgiving. Also noted were Mr and Mrs Paul Ewing and family as dinner guests.
Nutrition and Child Guidance classes will be held Thursday December 2 at 2:00 PM in the high school art room. Miss Marie Shields will conduct the sessions.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.