Court House Notes Highlight Local Officials and Civil Actions
Marvin Larson reports near completion of annual school visitation showing good progress. County records note mid winter filings and upcoming spring work in the register of deeds office. Edward Petr named chief clerk at Belleville relief office preparing for social security setup. County commissioners plan regular re organization meeting and year appointments. Three civil cases filed this week including quieting title and habeas corpus. Three marriages recorded by probate court on Dec 31. Blair theatre wedding of Amos Flint and Ruby Washburn among Belleville families, with other couples listed.
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Serine Republic
Belleville
Edward Petr
Cuba
Clay
Riley
District Court
I. R. Fletcher
Elsie Beaston
Clarence Bradley
M. E. Kelly
C. A. Thompson
Ellen Thompson
Probate Court
Blair Theatre
Amos W. Flint
Ruby E. Washburn
van Natta
Norman FE
Ude
Deshler
Hazel M. Coulter
Munden
Frank J. Blazek
Victoria Trene. Shimek
Dike Northwest of City Rebuilt After Flood Repair
Drainage dike northwest of Scandia repaired by the drainage district. New channel fills from 1 to 7 feet. old dike also repaired. Ditch cleared of debris. annual meeting announced for Friday Jan 17 at Scandia township office at 2:00.
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Scandia
Mahan Sale Draws Crowd Despite Slow Bidding
A large crowd attended the Mahan household furnishings sale last Saturday afternoon. Bidding was not brisk and items failed to fetch prices matching their worth. J. W. Shotwell was auctioneer and Adolph Nelson clerk.
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Mahan
Gale
J. W. Shotwell
Adolph Nelson
Notice of Election for Drainage District No 1
Owners of real estate in Drainage District No 1 Republic County Kansas are notified the annual land owners meeting to elect one board of supervisors for a five year term and to handle other business will be held Friday January 17 1936 at 2 00 oclock at the Township Board office in Scandia Kansas designated by the district board of supervisors.
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Republic County
Kansas
Board of Superviors
Township Board
Scandia
Board .of Supervisors
Board OF Supervisors
Town Team Games Play Wayne Here Thursday Night
The town basketball team will host Wayne this Thursday at 7 30 p m. Next Monday the Kackley team is scheduled to play here at 7 30 p m.
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Wayne
Kackley
Kansas Taxpayers Face Tiny Property Tax Increase in 1935
Kansas taxpayers will pay virtually no rise in property taxes for 1935. A state tax commission report shows total levies of $65,181,608.85 across 105 counties, up from $65,138,466 last year by about $43,000. The 1935 total is 31.86 percent below the 1929 peak of $95,662,414 and near 1933 levels.
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Kansas
State Tax Commission
Church Notes And Announcements
The Ladies Aid meet this afternoon in the church parlors with hostesses listed. Lunch will be served until 7. Church School Sunday at 10, worship at 11, and a Sunday evening lecture at 7 by Dr. J W Simmons of Simpson on Making Faces. All invited.
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Ladies Aid
J. Johnson
Emma. Isaacson
Methodist Church
B. W. ‘Selin
Amana Lutheran Church Announces Services and Farewell
Amana Lutheran schedules Sunday school and Bible class at 10 AM and morning worship at 11 AM with evening services at 7 30 PM. Dorcas Society social in the parlors Friday afternoon. student pastor R Seastrand to leave after next Sunday’s service for Augstana Seminary in Rock Island IL. Parish invites all to attend.
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Dorcas Society
R. Seastrand
Augustana Seminary
Rock Island
Ill
Ada Lutheran Church Epiphany Services and Meeting
Ada Lutheran Church lists Epiphany services with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11 in Swedish, evening service at 7 30, and a Luther League wake thank you. The annual congregational meeting is Tuesday Jan 14 at 1 PM for all members, plus a church wheel program hosted by Mrs Oscar Johnson on Wednesday Jan 8. Pastor Carl G Danielson signs the notice.
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Luther League
Our Savior’s Lutheran Morning Worship Preview
Our Savior’s Lutheran invites parishioners to Sunday morning worship at 11 o clock with special music. The note thanks the congregation for strong attendance at last Sunday’s League service and encourages continued support to make the year a banner one across all services. Signed by Pastor T O Torgeson.
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Our Savior's Lutheran
Pastoy
Scandia town basketball club defeats Norway 137 to 21
The Scandia town basketball club suffered its first setback of the season Tuesday night in a heavy 137 to 21 loss to the Norway club. The second stringers also tasted defeat at the hands of the Norway club.
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Scandia
Norway
Rasmussen Family At Sunday Dinner
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs R A Rasmussen and family Will Street and family Mr and Mrs Ralph Rasmussen and family Mr and Mrs Charles Rasmussen and Gene plus Mr and Mrs Reuben Fredrickson and Alice Louise
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R. A. Rasmussen
Will Street
Ralph. Rasmussen
Charles Rasmussen
Gene
Reuben Fredrickson
Alice Louise
Ben Gulbronsen, local gas station operator, dies
Benjamin Gulbronsen, 66, died Tuesday morning at Patterson Hospital Belleville after injuries from a New Year’s Eve street accident on Main Street. He later contracted pneumonia and passed away. He ran the Skelly service station for years before selling to Gust Bensen. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Riverview Cemetery with Rev. B. W. Selin officiating.
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Benjamin Gulbronsen
Patterson Hospital
Belleville
Harrison Mahan
Main ‘Street
Ben
Skelly
Gust Bensen
Riverview Cemetery
Rev
B. W. Selin
Joe Nelson Patient at Veterans Hospital in Lincoln
Swan Joseph Nelson, a former regular army serviceman who took residence at the Veterans Hospital in Lincoln Nebraska, is writing a life history that may eclipse Jack London Seawolf. He entered the hospital just before the holidays and does not know how long his stay will last.
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Swan Joseph Nelson
Veterans Hospital
Lincoln
Nebraska
Nelson
Jack London
Alford Johnson Leases Local Bakery from Chilcott
Mr. Alford Johnson has leased the bakery from Ray Chilcott and will take charge next Monday morning. Johnson already owns bakeries in other cities and has been baking for the local concern in recent months.
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Alford ‘Johnson
Ray Chilcott
Mr. Johnson
Scandia Town Team Triumphs In Close Friday Night Game
Scandia town basketball squad edged the up county boys 37 to 25 after a tense encounter Friday night. Lyle Ocobock scored five straight baskets late, while Flesher led scorers with 13 points.
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Scandia
Republic
Lyle Ocobock
Flesher
Boyers Welcome Daughter Patricia Bess
Mr and Mrs Elmer Boyer of Salina announce the birth of a daughter named Patricia Bess born Monday in December Mrs Peover formerly Mildred Larson is the grandmother and the family notes the new arrival with joy.
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Elmer Boyer
Salina
Piatricia Bess
Peover
Mildred Larson
Return of Ada Jeandgbeur to Salina
Ada Jeandgbeur, visiting her parents for two weeks, returned Sunday to Salina where she is employed.
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Salina
Ada Jeandgbeur
Miss Wayland Leaves for Wyoming Teaching Post
Stella Jhe Wayland of Glenrock Wyoming spends Christmas with her mother Mrs Geo Mathis and Mr Mathis. She leaves for Wyoming by way of Denver Colorado where she visited friends before heading to her teaching post in the Wyoming public schools.
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Wyoming
Stella Jhe Wayland
Glenrock
Geo. Mathis
Mathis
Fred Ewens
Belleville
Denvery
Colo
Miss Wayland
Wyomingy
Burns Returns to Kansas City After Christmas Visit
Lester Burns, who has been visiting his parents during Christmas vacation, returned Tuesday to Kansas City, Missouri, where he is attending business college.
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Lester Burns
Kansas’ City
Business-College
Donald Brand
Salina
Fans get money's worth as Norway tops locals in three games
A packed gym saw Norway boys win 32 28 over Scandia High in a tight finish after leading 17 16 at halftime. The junior high boys fell 16 8 to Norway, while the Flying Flikers girls were defeated 20 8. The girls remain winless as bad luck lingers.
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Norway
School Hill
Miss Hulda Edlund Taken by Death Tuesday
Hulda Edlund 75 died at her Formosa home Tuesday night after illness beginning New Year’s Day with complications and pneumonia. She lived previously near Scandia and is survived by sister in law Mrs Anton Edlund a niece Miss Florence Nelson and relatives in Topeka. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m from the family home and the Formosa Methodist church. Interment will be at Riverview.
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Hulda Edlund
Formosa
Scandia
Inlaw
Anton Edlund
Florence Nelson
Topeka
Riverview
Kansas State College Journalist to Join Soil Conservation Service
Promoted F. E. Charles, nine-year Kansas State College journalism staffer, plans to depart around January 15 for the U S Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service as regional information specialist. Charles hails from Republic City and once owned the Republic County Democrat at Belleville, son of Tydor. TM A
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F. E. Charles
Kansas State ‘College
Soil Conservation, Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carles
Republic
Kans
Belleville
Tydor
Supreme Court Rules AAA Unconstitutional Across Nation
The Supreme Court declared the AAA unconstitutional in a 6 to 3 vote, striking down related acts and signaling a need for constitutional farming relief. Government faces about 602 million dollars in benefits to farmers and potential new taxes to replace lost processing levies. Roosevelt and key officials react with cautious commentary as Congress debates substitutes and plan viability.
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Supreme Court
AAA
The
United Press
Kerr-Smith
Jones-Costigan
Roosevelt
Gonters
Homer
Henry Wallace
Congress
Kansas Income Tax Due For 1935 Returns
Kansas residents must file income tax returns by April 15 1936. Individuals with a $750 or more net income on a single return or $1500 for married must file, with gross income of $4000 triggering a return obligation. Corporations and partnerships must file regardless of net income. Tax blanks available at the Journal office. Collections in 1935 totaled about 1.401 million. 84,185 returns filed in 1935, up from 76,375 in 1934.
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Kansas
Journal
Mrs Ed Carter Released on Bond in Sigsbee Murder Case
Mrs Ed Carter was released on bond from the county jail last week and will appear at the February term of the district court in connection with the Sigsbee murder case.
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Ed. Carter
District Court
Sigsbee
4 H Club Meeting Tonight At 7 30
The Viking 4 H Club meets this evening in the school music room at 7 30. A program of talks music and readings is planned with a potluck lunch served. After the meeting a recreation program will be held in the gym inviting all interested in the organization.
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Viking
Fordham Wreck On New Year’s Day
Frank Fordham and Dean Appleby were involved in a New Year’s Day collision north of Formosa. Both drivers escaped injury, with minor damage to their cars.
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F. Fordham
Frank ‘Fordham
Formosa
Dean Appleby
Students Return After Christmas Vacation
College students who spent Christmas in Scandia return to campuses late last week as most schools reopen the week of January with classes resuming Monday.
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Scandia
Automobile tag sales rise early in new year
License tags for automobiles show renewed activity with about 900 sold by last Saturday. Sales are counted daily as the time limit nears and interest grows in the early part of the year.
Dr. J. W. Simmons To Lecture On Making Faces
Dr. J. W. Simmons of Simpson Kansas will present an illustrated lecture titled Making Faces at the Methodist Church Sunday evening at 7 o clock. The Epworth League and the school cooperate in bringing the talk to Scan dia. No charge but an offering will be taken. Simmons will claim life philosophy is revealed in personal features. The lecture has been given in many schools and churches across the state.
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Methodist
J.W. Simmons
Simpson
Kansas
Epworth League
Scandia
Salina Return of Donald Brand During Christmas Visit
Donald Brand, who spent Christmas with his parents, left for Salina Saturday to resume college studies.
Student Albert English Returns to Hays College
Albert English returned to Hays after vacation and travel, spending time in Salina before resuming studies at the college in Hays on Saturday.
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Albert English
Thomas
Salina
Sau
Hays
Lettings Agent O Reece Trips Through Marysville Valleys
O Reece attended lettings in Marysville Valley Falls and St John last week representing Attends Lettings Co. The brief tour covered multiple sites and marked ongoing activity in the regional rental market.
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Lettings Co
O. Reece
Marysville
Valley Falls
St. John
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Register of Deeds
Josephine Houdek
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Amana Lutheran. Church
Ada Lutheran Church
Denver
Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago and North-Western
Ben” Gulbronsen
Joe Nelson
Veterans’ Hospital
Alford Johnson
Chilcott’s
TOWN
Kansas City
F.escharles
Stork
the Grim Reaper
Mr. Stork
Grim Reaper
Belléville
J. W. Simmons
the Journal
Duane Johnson
Winfield
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