Community Christmas Program Delights Local Audience
The hall was packed for a community Christmas program featuring a Nativity pantomime read by Mrs. Clinton Cook. Everett Wyman, Pauline Nylund, Blanche Burns, Teddy Ostberg, Eskil Lindberg and others played roles with seven boys as shepherds and thirty girls as heavenly hosts. The event, under the Parent Teachers Association, praised by many, included a large decorated stage, lighting effects, choir, and a post performance treat prepared by local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Cook
Zacharias
Everett Wyman
Gabriel
Pauline Nylund
Mary
Blanche Burns
Joseph
Teddy Ostberg
Angel
Marceil
E. C. Wires
Parent-Teachers Association
C. V Hageman
Blanche Hageman
William Widden Dies After Paralytic Strokes at Home
William Widden, once noted for a second paralytic stroke, died Friday night at the Paul Erickson home after not regaining consciousness. A Swedish native who settled near Concordia, he lived as a recluse on a farm two miles north of town. Funeral services were led by Rev. Richards and burial was in River View cemetery. He left one son F. fu. Widden. a brother, now deceased, had preceded him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Taylor
Lieyd
Hid Johnson
Long Beach
Calif
F. M. Johnson
Beloit
H. Anderson
Wilson Gregg
Kelleville
Margaret Lowden
Scotch Plains
H. W. Browns
Guymon
Oklo
Margaret Sells
Pueblo
Jas, Cardwell
Hugh Belfield
Belleville
W.G. Saip
Fleming Place
Rydal
I Chas
Henry Hanzlick
Kansas City
Emma Beecher-Bradley
Ciildren
Blue Springs
Nebr
Bradley
Ed Belcher
W. T. Patterson
Red Top
Scandia Township
Jesse Barnyhart
Mankato
Vern Farlee
Concordia
Kitty
Farlee
William Widden
Boee
Paul Erickson
Rev. Richards
Lutheran Church
River View Cemetery
Billy
Sweden
F. Fu. Widden
Evangelist Rayburn Ends Salina Tabernacle Meeting
News notes Rayburn closed a six week tabernacle in Salina with 1382 converts. He soon plans a new six week meeting in Ponca City Oklahoma after a short rest at home. Local items include Belleville church activity and residents’ weekend visits.
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Rayburn
Salina
Ponca City
Oklo
Milt Tell
Formosa
Episcopal Church
Belleville
Mies Os Bel
Schoolmarn Sans Pupil in Rural Kansas School
Miss Neva Morris of Delphos Kansas teaches in a rural school with one pupil who moves away, leaving the class empty. She records daily lessons and repeats routines each day, awaiting new pupils or contract cancellation, highlighting urgent need for rural education reform per the Kansas School Code commission report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Morris
Delphos
Miss Morris
Notice to Electricity Customers on Power Suspension
Kagurs Power Co of Concordia informs customers power will be suspended for one hour Sunday afternoon between unspecified times due to planned outage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electeiity
Aren Ss
Kagurs Power Co
Concordia
College Folks Coming Home For Christmas Festivities
College students return to their communities for the Christmas season to escape home sickness and share in local Yuletide events. The piece notes the influx of college boys and girls arriving to join holiday celebrations and take a respite from campus life.
Christmas Homecoming List Includes Many Colleges and Towns
Miss Jennie Werner plans a Christmas weekend return from Omaha to spend the holiday with her parents Mr and Mrs O F Werner. Mrs Viola Puckett of Kansas City visits her mother Mrs L A Seabolt and family. Dr Erick B E Larson arrives from Rochester Minnesota to visit his mother Mrs John Tu arson and many local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rive
Stephen Humphrey
Washburn
Helen Baker
Kans
Wesleyan
Salina
Jim True
A. G. Manhattan
Ted Nelson
N. U. Lincoln
Jennie Werner
Omaha
O. F. Werner
Viola Puckett
Kansas City
L. A. Seabolt
Erick BE. Larson
Neighbors Aid Forsstrom After Illness and Loss
Charles Forsstrom, delayed in caring for his corn due to illness and his parents' deaths, received field assistance from neighbors last week. Present were Er nest Beck, C. T. Magnussen, John Fredrickson, Reuben Fredrickson, Theo and Elmer Danielson, Anton Nelson, Lars Brown, Walter Westin, oseph Johnson, Oscar Swanson, Al bert Swanson, Martin Johnson, Ed Swanson, Eric Ericson, Ed Roberts and Gust Hallgren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Forsstrom
Ernest Beck
C. T. Magnussen
John Fredrickson
Reuben Fredrickson
Theo
Elmer Danielson
Anton Nelson
Lars Brown
Walter Westin
Oseph Johnson
Oscar Swanson
Albert Swanson
Martin Johnson
Ed Swanson
Eric Ericson
Ed Roberts
Gust Hallgren
Oscar Frederickson Home on Two-Week College Vacation
Oscar Frederickson returns to Grand Island Nebraska for a two week vacation from his studies at the G I Business College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Frederickson
G. I. Business College
Grand Island
Nebr
Local Poet Carl Segerhammer Sees St Louis Volume Highlighted
The editor acknowledges receiving Ripples on the Deep by Carl J. Segerhammer a St Louis poet and pastor. The piece notes poems of love religious and patriotic plus a Kansas themed poem and mentions sale locations offering the volume at 1.25 with Christmas gift appeal. Also reports Dr Segerhammer recovering from an operation and local residents L E Cooper and Mrs Farlee in Belleville on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Segerhammer
A.B
St. Louis
Carl Segerhammer
Segerhammer
Scandia
U. K
Kansas
Mr. Segerhammer
Ted
Haggman and Wires
J. J. Richard
Dr. Segerhammer
Gethsemane
Lutheran Church
L. E. Cooper
Frances
Belleville
Elmer Farlee
Williamses Motor To Concordia For Visit
Mr and Mrs Frank Williams and Mrs Walter Henry traveled to Concordia on Friday. The report mentions Mrs Vern Farlee who has been a member of the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Walter Henry
Concordia
Vern
Farlee
Grandma's Boy at The Princess Shows Strong Appeal
The Princess announces an early showing of Harold Lloyd's five reel comedy Grandma's Boy. The theater promises top entertainment and invites patrons to compare with other cities while aiming for strong box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lloyd
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W. J. McFarland
Fresdor Township
Tee
Howard Stacid
Pak Mason
M.te
Cutter
Loys
the House of Kuppenbeim
Rydal News
Film Dem
Erry
Journal
O. K
Albert L. Larson
Clothier
Howe Af Kappenheimer
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