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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
2
The Scandia Journal notes its post office registration in Scandia Kansas as second class mail matter and lists a subscription price of 1.50 dollars per year.
Report from School Hill notes visits by Miss Dorothy Aspegren and Miss Vesta Green of Jamestown to the high school. A freshman Lilah Moller withdrew on Tuesday. Carnival activities and posters are described, with the minstrel show praised. Scarlet fever cases affect staff and students. classes adapt with teachers covering Kannier’s duties. Basketball games for juniors and seniors yielded wins. sophomores and freshmen finals postponed due to bad weather.
Thirteen football players will get letters this year for playing in at least one half of the quarters. The list includes Captain Dudley Doctor, Leeander Edgren, Arthur Jackson, John Nystrom, Laurence Rasmussen, Glenn Currie, Melvin Hillery, Glen Farlee, Elmer Isaacson, Clifford Farlee, Everette Somers, Thornton Doctor and Floyd Johnson. Better Christmas cards at three cents and up from Gift Shop Concordia.
The Anderson family expresses sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for help during the sickness and after the passing of their wife and mother. They thank those who assisted with singing and the many flowers, naming Andrew Anderson J S Anderson Mrs Bert Williams Albert Anderson Mrs B T Bray Mrs Eldar Nichols Mrs Lewis Black Carl Anderson Mrs Garold Lee Mrs Ethel Engstrom Mrs Carleton Lee and arnest Anderson.
Winter cattle housing advice and calving prep. dairy weighing to tailor rations. seed corn grading. pruning guidance for fruit trees. chinch bug control and turkey growth data. farm inventories for credit. ten quiz items with Kansas wheat marketing answers including costs, charges, and land values.
W E Grimes states that progress in farm property accumulation can be measured and that inventories can be obtained by requesting them from the agricultural college at Manhattan.
The First Christmas pageant will be presented in place of the PTA meeting by boys and girls in the Glee Clubs during the third week in December at City Hall. Directed by Miss Katheryn Pohlman, the event features carols such as It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. Gift Shop Concordia advertises Christmas cards and enclosures.
Six members of the 1927 Flying Swedes join Scandia High School All-time All-star Football Squad chosen by local business leaders. The list names Lee Ander Edgren, Melvin Hillery, Clifford Farlee, Dudley Doctor, John Nystrom and Glenn Currie among first team selections with others on second team and honorable mention.
Wilma Thompson a former Scandia high school pupil was in an automobile collision near Clay Center on November 24. Thompson and other occupants were uninjured while the other vehicle's driver suffered serious injuries. They were returning from Lindsborg when the crash occurred.
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