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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
5
Local social notes record visits and gatherings including Mrs Rachael Vincent with Mrs May White and others. Many guests came for Thanksgiving and weekend meals. several entries mention Courtland and surrounding towns with guests from Belleville Topeka Ruskin Lindsborg and Oskaloosa.
Several local residents hosted guests over Thanksgiving. Notable visits included Vincent Hatfield of Wamego staying with the Nylund home, and Cecil Sargent with family from Riley visiting Doctor and family, plus others sharing meals and weekend time with relatives in the area.
Raymond Watkins of Norton spent from Thursday night until Saturday morning visiting his grandparents and several relatives. The trip included time with Mr and Mrs Jim Brown Evelyn and with Mr and Mrs Clifford Brown and family Mr and Mrs Frank Isaacson and Carl Mr and Mrs Elmer Danielson and family Mr and Mrs Mart in Johnson and Norman and a Tuesday evening visit with Mr and Mrs Theodore Danielson.
Mrs E A McGregor and others attend funeral of Mrs Harrison Johnson at Courtland and stay for lunch with Roy Evert. Ed Boman and Eldred celebrate Thanksgiving with A W Thompson in Lincoln Nebr. Romans visit Scandia. Numerous visits among Johnson Carlson Lindecrantz and Peterson families. Beattie editor Henry Hofer and family visit Ray Chilcott on Sunday.
Analysts note total wheat output in 1988 hinges on both seeded area and yield. If 80 million acres are planted and yields are average, a 944 million bushel crop is possible. With carryover in view, supply could exceed a billion bushels, about 300 million above typical domestic and export needs. County committees urge an annual wheat acreage average of 66 million acres.
Mr and Mrs A M Bettis host a Thanksgiving dinner with George of Formosa joining. Also present are Mr and Mrs Nee George Haser and family and Geraldine Maye Bernard Herber Estel Samuelson.
Carl Swyhart reports back to Fort Snelling Minnesota after a month visiting his mother Mrs Hulda Swyhart and Mr and Mrs John Nordorf and their son.
Mrs Clyde Norris of Belleville Mrs Ada Aspegren and Mr and Mrs Carrol Anderson and daughters traveled to Trenton Missouri Wednesday to be guests of Mr and Mrs Harold Bowling and family through Saturday
A Thanksgiving dinner gathered extended families including Mr and Mrs Paul Doctor and daughters of Phillipsburg Mr and Mrs Dudley Doctor and Bobby of Concordia and Mr and Mrs Thornton and their family.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Cooper entertained at Thanksgiving dinner for Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Mahan of Salina, joined by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Johnson and their daughter.
The daughter of Talmo with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cooper and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Johnson and daughters are mentioned in a family notice.
Mrs Elise Wilson and Mrs E C Wires returned Monday night from Kansas City Missouri where they were guests the past week of Mr and Mrs Merle Leafbourrow They were dinner guests Monday of Mrs Bell Good and family at Manhattan
Mr and Mrs Grant Berggren hosted Thanksgiving at their home with guests from Phillipsburg Atchison Fairbury Nebr Ellis and local towns. The gathering included Mr and Mrs Paul Doctor and children Miss Agnes Albro Miss Patricia Wands Miss Ruth Nelson and the Helvey family among others.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carpenter and Lloyd of Mankato were guests of Mr. Carpenter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Carpenter, at.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Schwahn of Lawrence arrived Friday evening and stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Fraser until Sunday. Mrs. S. W. Grubbs joined the Schwahns in Topeka for the trip home.
Miss Eva Sandborn of Clay Center was a weekend guest of Mr and Mrs R E Cooper and daughters. She has just returned from a trip to New York City Buffalo NY and Washington DC.
Thanksgiving was celebrated with visits and meals at several households. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and son visited the G. E. Ful comer home, while the Robert Nylund residence hosted W. M. Hatfield of Wamego and multiple local families including the Havels, Swerczynski, Cooper, and Mrs. A. B. Johnson.
George E. Farrell defines restoration land as a new classification in the 1938 Agricultural Conservation Program. It covers land that should revert to grass, mainly in the Great Plains, with payments of 50 cents per acre. Classification will be gradual, focusing first on erosion-prone areas and land cropped since 1933, and decided by county committees with state approval.
Fragmentary line notes a condition of payment in the 1938 program describing that washing away or neglect will affect payment terms. The readable text is incomplete, offering limited clarity on scope or enforcement.
L. C. Williams and K. S. extension officials warn that many Kansas farms are too small to support a family, with 12 to 24 percent in several regions under 80 acres and 24 percent under 200 acres in a western area. The report urges broad cooperation among Real estate dealers, railroads, chambers of commerce, and civic institutions to address rural distress and farm relief.
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