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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
1
A faded parcel includes a 1846 sale bill with enslaved people listed and various farm goods, followed by reminiscences of Scandia, Iowa in 1929. The letter recalls childhood days, local banks, schoolcoasting on Wilson Hill, and community ties, ending with holiday wishes and a light remark about a local boarding house.
Misses Marguerite Bedard and Leona Anderson sustained serious injuries when a John Newcomb truck was forced into a ditch on Highway 36 south of Belleville. Wesley Newcomb and Leonard Newcomb, with Alfred Hallowell, suffered minor injuries while the others escaped uninjured. The truck was damaged and pulled from the ditch by a second Newcomb truck.
Max Muth of Scandia High School, a junior, has been elected football captain for the 1930 squad. He played right guard this year, bringing a hard-hitting 205 pound presence, and is expected to continue at guard next season. Muth succeeds Glenn Farbear as captain of the Flying Swedes.
The Amana Lutheran Church announces a church board meeting this Thursday in the parlors. The annual meeting is set for Tuesday Jan 7 at 10:30 a.m. with a brief Epiphany service and business session. Ladies to bring lunch. reports due to Auditors. Pastor Chas Pehrson invites all to carry Jesus into the New Year.
The United Brethren Church announces Sunday School at ten in Scandia and Norway with morning preaching at Norway and no evening service there. Scandia hosts Sunday evening services with Christian Endeavor at seven followed by preaching at seven thirty. Pastor V. Glenn Megill and the congregation thank the town for contributions toward a pleasant Christmas.
The Methodist Church schedules Thursday evening prayer in the parsonage and shifts the Ladies Aid meeting to January 9. Hostesses are Mesdames N Isaacson C Othberg and O A Johnson. Sunday morning begins a sermon series on The Practical Son with A Man Had Two Sons. At 7 30 pm an illustrated lecture titled A Temperance Crusade or Trust Your Eye will be presented. B W Selin pastor wishes a bright and prosperous New Year.
The note invites attendance at Sunday School, morning worship, and a New Year message. Morning worship begins at 11:00 with an evening service at 7:30 at Rydal. Pattie M. Eakins is mentioned in connection with the event.
Norway High School brings both boys and girls basketball teams to Scandia for the Jan 7 opener. Coaches tout improved squads with a mix of veterans and new talent. The schedule lists key battles against Clyde, Cuba Courtland, Republic City, and Belleville with county tournament set for Feb 28 and March 1.
Scandia Public Schools will resume after a two week holiday on Monday. Superintendent J D Andrews returns from a short vacation to begin the final five months of the school year with a full program planned. All teachers expected in town this weekend.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Nystrom hosted a dinner Saturday. Joe Johnson and family of Kackley visited. Emil Nelson of Des Moines spent Christmas with his mother Mrs Oliver Nelson. Charles Downing of Denver arrived for Tom Downing’s funeral. A M Sanborn Lumber Co addressed business in Concordia. Miss Florencé Lervold visited Miss Pauline Linden Sunday.
Guy Jepson of Edgar Nebraska and Jack Critchlow were seriously injured when a speeding car failed to negotiate a curve two miles north of Scandia on Christmas Eve. Dr. C. V. Haggman treated scalp and facial wounds before the men continued toward Wetmore Kansas to spend Christmas with relatives.
The city hires workers under Alfy Tingstrom to clear trash and dirt from fall and winter streets. Officials hope the effort will benefit residents and improve town cleanliness.
Notice to real estate owners in Drainage District No 1 Republic County Kansas of annual landowners meeting on Saturday January 11 1929 at 2 pm at W P Shivvers Scandia for electing one board supervisor for five years and other business. Also local social notes and visits from area residents including families from Scandia Jamestown and Dodge City society updates.
Allan Gunter, nearly out of fuel in his Chevrolet, was helped by a stranger who paid for four gallons at Home Oil Co. The man unknowingly filled the wrong car and fled, leaving Gunter to enjoy the sudden windfall.
Walter Brand of Scandia held the lucky number 2436 drawn at the Princess Theatre last Saturday night earning him a $75 diamond ring. For two months coupons with each paid admission offered prizes including a wristwatch won by Myron Christensen and the diamond rug awarded the previous week. Vivian Nystrom drew numbers from the locked box for the tenth draw.
Ed Nondorf foreman for W P Shivvers Construction Co sustaining a broken left arm with both bones fractured just above the wrist while piling for bridges near St Marys. He returned home to Scandia Sunday evening after the accident last Sunday morning.
Thomas Powning died at the home of his daughter Mrs. George Tebow in Scandia early Sunday morning after a long illness. A Republic County resident for nearly fifty years since arriving in 1881 he left eight children. Funeral services were held at the United Brethren Church Monday afternoon with Rev. V Glenn Megill officiating.
A watch night service was held at the Methodist Church Tuesday evening with a midnight session led by the Rev G Mepill of the United Brethren Church. After the service a social followed as attendees shared greetings and Christmas wishes with local families and visitors.
Night agent A Frakes at Rock Island depot covers for vacationing Charles McGregor. Stella Sisco of Omaha stays with her parents as Mrs Hawkins is ill. George Haser family visits Bettis in Belleville from Colorado. A P Lofgren of Allison Colorado wintering with Axel Nelson. Steve Blakeley and L A Frakes visit Belleville. Joseph Johnson teaches Union Valley school this week. Anna Forsberg celebrates Christmas with Albin Forsberg. Blanche Sanderson visits Lawrence Nystrom. Lee Renner visits W E Hiatt households. Jetty Green spends evening with Dorothy Aspegren. Florence Sederlin travels to Jewell City Thursday.
Earl Medlin prominent farmer and former Norway resident died suddenly in Kansas City Missouri last Sunday morning. He is survived by his wife and four children Anita Maurice Lyle and Earl Junior. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Belleville and at Norway Cemetery later that evening. Burial followed in Norway. He had lived in Cuba since 1909 after moving from Joplin Missouri.
A former Scandia student at Seardia High, son of J. H. Sandell, has been selected for the Kansas Players, the University of Kansas dramatic troupe. He appeared in a principal role in Fidelities, staged at the Fraser Theatre last month.
A large hay barn on the Frank Schercinsky stock farm four miles north and seven miles east of Scandia burned Monday evening. The barn was nearly full of hay and the entire structure and its contents were a total loss.
Grant Fulcomer’s coupe and Jim Davis’ truck collided at the Grant and Main Streets corner Tuesday evening as Fulcomer made a U turn. Fulcomer’s car sustained minor damage while Davis’ truck escaped without damage.
Mrs Hershel Kannier wife of the editor of The Juvenal has been confined to her home this week with ear trouble. She was taken to Concordia last Friday evening where Dr Starr performed a minor operation on her eardrum. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Pare Kans Miss Wilborn Lloyd Falk and Mrs Beau Carlson.
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