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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1971
Page
1
Scandia High hosts St Johns Beloit on Saturday December 18 with a 5:30 pm freshman game and a full night of Swedes basketball. The A team sits 2-2 after recent wins while Shown player stats indicate scoring leaders and rebounding totals.
The Social Hour Club met at Mrs Harold Anderson’s home on December 7 with eight members. They shared a Christmas poem, recited the pledge, and discussed past Juletta customs, holiday travel in cold weather, and wartime changes. The meeting adjourned to January 4 with plans for future roll calls and reminiscences of Christmases from the 1920s to postwar times.
Ernest Nelson, longtime Scandia figure and former 15 year Scandia School Board member, enjoys football basketball and baseball. Now at Belle View Manor he recalls family spread across Kansas and Illinois while community ties and local pride persist. Decorated homes and shops in Scandia will be judged after December 18 with prizes for the best displays.
Sorosis Club met December 7 at the Methodist Church Parlor with Misenadine Stutzman of Belleville presenting an angels display from copper straw china volcanic clay glass hemp cornhusk and silk from Germany Mexico Austria Italy Taiwan Uruguay Guatemala Sweden Switzerland and the Ozarks. Mrs Mary Wilson was admitted to St Joseph's Hospital Concordia on Saturday. The Blair Theatre will hold over The Cross and the Switchblade through Thursday. the film emphasizes faith and prayer amid New York gangland scenes. A letter reports the death of George M Harres, 70, of Savannah Missouri December 1 in St Joseph Missouri hospital. his wife Georgene and son Preble survive.
Christmas Eve and morning services are scheduled at several churches including United Methodist Scandia Ada Lutheran Our Savior's Norway and Norway United Methodist. Radio Julotta in Swedish airs Christmas morning on WMAC Chicago. Community Club prize drawings awarded bacon hams and turkeys with another giveaway planned next Saturday at 2 30 PM.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Melby hosted a pre Christmas dinner for relatives and friends including Mr and Mrs Earl Melby and sons, Mr and Mrs Harvey Melby and family, and Mrs Myrtle Nondorf. The Melbys plan to visit Alexandria Louisiana for Christmas. Charles Fire addresses Historical Society in December meeting.
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