Citywide holiday lights brighten Main Street displays
A long description notes extensive decorations, blue and red lights across intersections, large star outlines, and festive fronts on stores including Sanborn Lumber Co and the Drug Store. Reindeer adorn cedar above the lumber yard, and a lit tree decorates the water fountain at the west end of Main Street along with candles and wreaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanborn Lumber Co
Hammer's Grocery
Crider’s Cash Store
Conservancy and flood control push gains in Kansas legislatures
A Baptist minister urges state action on flood control and soil conservation funded by federal appropriations. He calls for cooperative support from Chambers of Commerce, Topeka rallies, and legislative visits to push the conservancy bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Baker
Topeka
Vancy
F. L. Miller
Foster Helvey
Guy Frazier
B. Porter Ahrens
Norway by Della Mae Greer
Local social notes from Belleville Kansas detail visits attendees and upcoming travel. Guests include Mrs Karen Ross Clarice and Mrs Alfred Hammer. Weekend stops include Ann Arbor Monroe Michigan and visited families in Belleville. Socials at U B Church and Christmas gift exchange noted.
Belleville Reports Arrest in Scancia Drug Store Burglary
Authorities said J D Hall was apprehended at Sapulpa Oklahoma and deputy J A Moore departed to Belleville to bring him for trial on second degree burglary and grand larceny charges. Hall is linked to a Scancia drug store theft a year ago with Freddie Cox already serving a sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Hall
Sapulpa
Okla
J. A. Moore
Belleville
Hall
Haggman and Wires
Scancia
Freddie Cox
Concordia
Belleville Telescope
Tournament to Scandia hosts Republic County basketball tourney
Scandia will host the Republic County Basketball Tournament in February. The article notes the regular December meeting of Schoolmasters held Monday evening at the Elliott Hotel in nicacchia ye and mentions 688 principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Elliott Hotel
Nicacchia
Scandia to Host County Tournament Events
The Republic County Tournament is set for Scandia in 1986 with past eliminations in Scandia during 1937 and 1938. Local planning by the county athletic committee includes Supt. Olson Cuba Principal Meadows of Kackley and Supt. Miller Scandia. Referees are Principal Paul Burke Belleville and Mr Scovelle Concordia. No girls games planned. Evening matchups run February 15 to 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Supt
Olson
Cuba
Meadows
Kackley
Miller
Paul Burke
Belleville
Scovelle
Concorda
Postal rates for cards letters and parcels abroad
The notice outlines postage charges: two cents for a Canada postcard, three cents for a US letter or card, two cents extra for a postcard on a parcel, three cents for parcel attached mail, three cents for a Sweden postcard or greeting card, and three cents for birth announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Sweden
Republic County Farm Bureau Elects Officers at Belleville Meeting
The Republic County Farm Bureau held its regular annual meeting in Belleville with about 150 attendees. Chas Lash of Lincoln Township was elected President, J W Davis of Liberty Vice President, and Glenn Sherwood of Grant Township Secretary and Treasurer. Ralph Felton, State Farm Bureau Director, served as out-of-town speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic County Farm Bureau
Belleville
Chas. Lash
Lincoln Township
J. W. Davis
Liberty
Glenn Sherwood
Grant Township
Ralph Felton
State Farm Bureau
Sperakey
Sunday Visitors Reflect Local Social Scene
Sunday afternoon visitors included a large list of local households such as the Staffords Tandecrantz and Rogers families. Attendees traveled from Manhattan Formosa Republic Belleville and nearby towns with several dinners and calls noted among friends and relatives.
Local Social Notes and Visits Chronicle scattered events
Mrs. Ole Lund of Denver and Mrs. Charles Anderson of St Louis visited ill sister Mrs. John Loring last week. Readers from Saginaw and Split Lake called on friends, with Mr Derbin Blair and Miss Evelyn Haring passing through Scandia. Kellogge and Carol attended an address and reading at the U B Church. The Clarence Record home burned due to a defective chimney with only belongings saved. Numerous Sunday visits and dinners are noted among locals including the Currie, McDowell, Jackson, and Freed households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Lund
Denver
Colo
Charles Anderson
St. Louis
John Loring
Charles Kellogge
Carol
Lucretia Keys
Bertha Togelbere
Local Visit of Ewens and Mathis Family Members
Mr and Mrs Fred Ewens of Belleville and Wiley Mathis of Fairbury Nebraska visited. Mr and Miss G As Mathie Sundays?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ewens
Belleville
Wiley Mathis
Fairbury, Nebr
Miss G
Mathie
Local families visit over weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lindcrantz and sons spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Danielson and family. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Moore and Mrs. E. C. Lynch left Sunday for Salina for work. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Christensen of Belleville and Miss Sarah Higgin were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Vannice and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McMullen
Courtland
Joe Johnson
Fred Jackson
Roy Thomas
Carl McDowell
Woodrow Anderson
Glenn Currie
Joan
Martin Johnson
Carl Lindecrantz
Elmer Danielson
S. W. Moore
E. C. Lynch
Salina
Mr. Moore
Kenneth Christensen
Belleville
Sarah Higgin
Allen Vannice
Local visits span families across towns this week
Friday evening guests included Mr and Mrs Elmer Danielson and Dorothy at the homes of Mr and Mrs Isaacson Carl Fredrick and George McMurray. Tom Peare of Orange California arrived Thursday for a week long visit after news of his brother Art Poage’s illness and death in Almena. Miss Sadie Robison from Fairbury Nebraska stayed Thursday afternoon through Sunday afternoon with her parents Mr and Mrs Sheridan Robison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bell
Orvin
Saginaw, Mich
Wm. Weir
Saginaw
Cane
Elmer Danielson
Dorothy
Frank Isaacson
Carl Fredrick
George McMurray
Tom Peare
Orange
Calif
Almena
Art Poage
Sadie Robison
Fairbury
Nebr
Mrs
Sheridan Robison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Presbyterian Chiureh
Jay C. Frerell
Rydal Oat
Seansia Presbyterien Westminister Guild
Chris Nelson
Chimayo
New Mexico
Rydal Ladies Aid Society
Scandia Presbyterian Sabbath School
Evelyn Neander
Sydney
Norway
Della Mae Greer
Karen Ross
Clarice
Alfred Hammer
I. O. Ross
Webber
Clarence Brewer
Mary Brewer
Minnie Reynolds
J. C. Sherrard
Alga Dutton
U. B
Ladies Aid
Ann Arbor
Monroe
Mich
Elizabeth McGregor
la Marie Larsen
View
Merle Wright
Howard Kimmal
Cardinal Clit
Merle Wicht
Walter Guiot
Clayton Guiot
Andrew Stafford
Marker Tandecrantz
Robert
Earl Stafford
Louise
Nora Payne
Formosa
Dolores Fisher
Republic
Vernon Smith
Theodore Danielson
Tekle Brown
O. M. Hardtarfer
Manhattan
Jay Jewett
Frances Singleton
Agenda
Mrs. Hardtarfer
Pi Kappa Alpha
J. N. Wood
W. C. Preble
Junior
Vernon Erickson
Lois
Ev Thomas
Leonard Freed
John Sankey
F Republic
Verle Hallgren
Arthur Sandalo
Gladys Thomas
Leophard Preed
Bernard Samuelson
Charles McGregor
South Bend
Bob Brewster
Mac Amd
C Gottfrid Larson
Paul
Charles Nordman
D. Blakeley
O. I. Doubler
Little Rock
A. C. Blakeley
Kansas City
Jacob Kurz
Cold Water
Dells
Alma
Sherman Robison
Edward Robison
Edwin Robison
Edna and Ada Robison
Pate Marlow
Ed Robes
Narka
Jerry Straad
Munden
Charles Straad
Bill Clark
Lawrence Barleen
Larry
Split Lake
Idaho
Jim Brown
Evelyn
Guy Perry
E. Porter Ahrens
Derbin Blair
Los Angeles
Evelyn Haring
Smith Center
Journal
Clarence Record
Becord
Ed Larson
Cooncorvia
Mar McClain
Marilyn
Portland, Ore
C. H. Freed
A. H. Lorentz
J. H. Hooker
L. R. Denoyer
George Cardwell
Christ
the Hammer Grocery
Zenith
Haggman & Wires
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