Week of Prayer Schedule for Union Services
Churches unite for a week of prayer starting January 3 at 7 30 PM with services at the Presbyterian Lutheran United Brethren and Methodist churches The evenings feature pastors and leaders including Rev Chas Pehrson Rev W S Baker Rev O J Lundberg Miss Hilda Swan and Rev J M Mahaffey Topics cover biblical promises nations the church universal missions families and youth with a call to attend and seek God’s blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Chas. Pehrson
Lutheran Church
W. S. Baker
U. B
Church Universal
O. J. Lundberg
Methodist Church
Missions
Hilda Swan
U. B. Church
J. M. Mahaffey
Wheat Beards and Farm Records Boost Spring Profits
Kansas farmers are urged to start farm inventories of equipment stock grain and farm products to track losses and profits. The piece advocates meticulous record keeping, winter feed and care for dairy cows sows and ewe flocks, seed treatment, and shelter and exercise for livestock to improve spring yields and profits. It also notes club programs for youth, and disinfecting incubators to prevent tuberculosis and other diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Public Sale Advertised by Chas Hohman Farm west of town
Chas Hohman announces a public sale next Tuesday January 5 at his farm west of town. The notice appears in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas Hohman
Road building contracts let for federal aid project 272 A B C
Bids opened at Belleville courthouse for divisions drainage culverts bridges grading and concrete slab. Rickel Coleman Reece won section A culverts $14 073.25. W P Shivvers got two bridge contracts $8 893.42. Cook Construction Ottawa to grade road $20 715.35. H J Taylor Belleville to lay slab $72 619.60. Work to start early spring with an eighteen foot cement slab from the school to west hill and dirt highway to county line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
County Commissioners
Rickel-Coleman-Reece
W. P. Shivvers
Scandia
Cook Construction Company
Ottawa
H. J. Taylor
Rickel
Weislapel
Erickson and Rickel Tie Knots in Republic Ceremony
Ernest J. Erickson and Helen Rickel were married at the M E parsonage in Republic with only close relatives present. The couple left for a trip to San Acacia Colorado and will reside in Mankato. Mrs. Erickson is a former county schoolteacher and secretary for Rickel Shivvers. Mr. Erickson works with Rickel Coleman Reece and will oversee cement plants in Mankato and Smith Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest J. Erickson
Helen Rickel
M. E. Parsonage
Republic
San Acacia
Colo
Mankato
Erickson
C. F. Rickel
Rickel-Shivvers Company
Rickel-Coleman-Reece
Mankato and
Smith Center
Davis Rasmussen wedding ties two local families
Miss Flossie Davis and Leslie Rasmussen wed at Concordia with attendants Glen Eastman and Edna Moe. The bride, a local high school student, and Rasmussen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen, plan to start housekeeping on the J. L. Ambrose farm near Sherdahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossie Davis
O. E. Davis
Leslie Rasmussen
Concordia
Glen Eastman
Edna.Moe
Mr. Rasmussen
R. A. Rasmussen
J. L. Ambrose
Sherdahl
Christmas social notes and visits in Scandia area
Scandia area residents share holiday travel and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Hobart West visited relatives in Jet, Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs Baker and daughter came from Scanda for a weekend. Family health concerns and Christmas programs at Providence chapel and Superior schools are reported along with multiple visits to relatives in Salina Republic Lovewell and Belleville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart West
Rydal
Jet
Okla
W. S. Baker
Scanda
Gilbert Mitchell
Pittsburg
Kans
Gilbert
Norma Price
Grover Price
Providence Chapel
James McGlashan
Hugh McGowan
Salina
McGlashan
Ralph Husted
George Collister
Husted
Maude McGlashan
Oliver Nelson
Anton Nelson
O. C. Nelson
Emil
Superior School
Dist
Merle Barrett
Santa Claus
M. B. Shecks
C. E. Chambers
Fairbury
Nebr
Jank Collins
Jefferson Township
Labon Marshall
Scandia Township
Chambersy
Collins
R. E. Scrivner
Lovewell
Jessie McHenry
Earl Cook
Kenneth Burwell
Wm. Hay
Belleville
Cynthia Scrigner
John Packwood
White Rock
Santa
Local Card Party Hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank Isaacson
About fifty friends attended a Monday evening card party hosted by Mr and Mrs Frank Isaacson. A late luncheon followed. Guests included Kay Chilcott Albert Jackson and family Albert Moe Carl Benson and family Ray Muth and daughter Maxine Oscar Linden Oscar Freed and family Robert Cloyd and son Franklin Charlie Tedow and family Ed Roberts and family Evie Erickson and family John Wells and family Esther Johnson Alice Johnson of Salina Aberg Glada Erickson Pauline Linden Ruth Benson Violet Debinus Margaret Freed Katharine Moe Minnie Wells Margaret Brandt Carl Hammar Reuben Johnson Max Crane Gayle Sorick John Fredlund Arnold Regier Kas McPherson and Sigrud Larson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Isaacson
Kay Chilcott
Mirs
Albert Jackson
Albert Moe
Carl Benson
Ray Muth
Maxine
Oscar Linden
Oscar Freed
Robert Cloyd
Franklin
Charlie Tedow
Ed. Roberts
Evie Erickson
John Wells
Esther
Alice Johnson
Salina
Ena
Aberg
Glada Erickson
Pauline Uinden
Ruth Benson
Violet Debinus
Margaret Freed
Katharine Moe
Minlie Wells
Margaret Brandt
Messrs
Carl Hammar
Reuben Johnson
Max Crane
Gayle Sorick
John Fredlund
Arnold Regier
of McPherson
Kas
Sigrud Larson
Obituary of World War veteran Henry Falk
Henry Falk, a World War II veteran, died after a long illness following measles pneumonia. He trained at Camp Arthur in Waco Texas and was discharged January 3, 1919. He was treated at Army Hospital in Kansas City and spent his final months at home. Funeral services were held at Ada church with pastors E. P. Olsson and G. T. Hjortholm officiating. He is survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. C J Falk, brothers Victor Floyd and Raymond Falk, sisters Mrs. Carl D Larson Mrs. Levi Nelson Mrs. Andrew Rood and others. Interment was in Ada cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Camp Arthur
Waco
Texas
Army Hospital
Kansas City
Jesus
Ada
E. P. Olsson
E. P. Torsten Olsson
Round Rock
G. T. Hjortholm
Norway
Smadarsaivesene
C. J. Falk
Victor
Floyd
T. E. Nordell
Kansas
Minnie Hulquist
Gilbert Larson
George Neswinder
Bertha Larson
Elway Hodgson
Clarence Larson
Victor KE. Carlson
Vans Skaad
Otto Jorgensen
Peter Jorgensen
Ada Cemetery
Produce Firm Changes Hands in Belleville Transfer
D B Green sold his produce and feed business to Anderson and Beeman of Belleville. The new firm will take charge January 1 with Earl Beeman managing and moving his family to the area. They will run the business much as before and seek local patronage through an advertisement in this paper.
Ten Commandments Screened Four Days at Courtland
The famous film The Ten Commandments will screen for four days at Courtland Picture Show starting Wednesday evening December 30. It is billed as a major attraction and the first showing in Republic county, offering residents a last chance to see the movie locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtland
Republic County
Birth Announcement for Hanson Baby Girl
Born to Mr and Mrs T E Hanson a baby girl Wednesday December 89 with details limited in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
T. E. Hanson
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the Farmers Union
Henry Nystrom
Mer
A. L. Larson
Clothier
Kuppenheimer
OVER
Rickel-Erickson
Davis-Rasmussen
L. A. Seabolt
A. R. Morey
Chas. Nondorf
Clare
Norton
Art. Poage
Scandia Produce Co
County Seat News
Harry Hohman
Chas. Hohman
Archie Carpenter
F. and M. Stores CO
U. S. Bureau of Standards
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