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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1937
Page
1
Eighteen hours of sleet and snow hit the region as temperatures dropped to as low as nine below zero. Highways were blocked by snow drifts until state patrols opened passages. Trains and buses ran hours late while rural carriers struggled on blocked routes. Farmers and livestock faced supply challenges but wheat crops benefit from moisture in the heavy snow.
On Friday morning seven horses fell through ice in a gravel pit west of Norway. Six belonged to Warren Gish of Belleville and one to Short Kelley of Rydal. Gish previously paid $350 for one team. the loss is valued well beyond $900 considering local horses.
The first scheduled 1937 season basketball game at Agenda was postponed last Friday due to bad roads. The make up games will be played Saturday night January 16 at Agenda.
Scandia's Flying Swedes schedule a trio of Friday games on January 15 at the local court. The girls open with one game followed by two boys contests and both first teams debut their new sweat suits.
Will Rogers shares a humorous tale about a Chicago Scot with a radio who treats Sunday worship as his own service schedule. The club discussions reveal how the man imagines church collection plates as dollars per sermon as he rotates through nine services nightly.
Landowners of Drainage District No 1 in Republic County Kansas are notified of a meeting to elect one board member for a five year term. The session for this and any other business is Friday January 22 1937 at 2 PM at the Township Board office Scindia Kansas. By order of the Board of Supervisors.
Local citizens funded by unnamed donors provide rubber overshoes for Scandia school children. Nine teen pairs distributed to date with sixteen more on order. Students asked to collect overshoes from F and M Stores Company to receive them. The effort brings comfort during snow and may prevent illness from colds.
Sunday School at 10:00 Worship at 11:00 Young People Meeting at 7:00 Evening Worship at 8:00 Brotherhood Meeting tonight at the parsonage Prof Miller to speak Refreshments served Neighbor's Bible and Prayer Group meet next Wednesday at Mrs Willis Carl Larson to send news to Conference paper Trustees approve adding a fan to the heating plant Dorcas Society meets Friday at the parsonage Jan 22
The Ladies Aid group of the Methodist Episcopal Church B W Selin will host a meeting this Thursday afternoon starting at 2 with lunch served until 7. Sunday church school begins at 10 and morning worship at 11 followed by an evening service and League meeting at 7 led by Kenneth Danielson and Leslie Nelson.
The Presbyterian church in Scandia and Norway announces Sunday services at 10:00 for Sunday School and 7:00 for Evening Worship. The Men of the Church Movement event set for January 17 is postponed due to weather. a new date will be announced. Your presence is hoped for in all services.
Sunday School and Bible Class begin at 10 o clock. Morning worship is at 11 o clock. The Teachers Training Course graduates 12 members during the morning service. Aid members bring a penny meal Tin Box for Missions in the morning collection plate. League devotional program Sunday evening at 7 30. Welcoming all to worship and attend Sunday School and services.
Ada Lutheran Church lists first Sunday after Epiphany with Matthew 12 46 56 scripture. Sunday School and Bible Class at 10. Morning worship and evening service at 7 30. Choir rehearsal Monday evening at 7 30. Carl G Danielson pastor.
The Misner Players presented Ships Afloat at the high school auditorium on Tuesday January 12. Wu Ta Ming and his daughter search for their son who has fallen under the living death of dope addiction. The son reveals his wish to be an artist, not a dealer, and recounts ten years of wandering before his father hopes for a cure.
Karl Krueger conducts the 90 piece Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra in an afternoon and evening concert at Concordia Junior and Senior High School Auditorium. It marks the ensemble’s second appearance in Concordia after last year’s capacity crowds.
Dallas Nylund suffered a fractured left arm on Friday when he and others were thrown from a bob sled. The arm is badly swollen and painful. Billy Dunn broke two ribs last Sunday after a sled rammed a telephone pole on the hill east of the Methodist Church.
Ben Stofer arrived as a Thursday afternoon visitor at Mrs May White's home. The encounter was noted in local society records.
The Home Economics II class at the high school hosted a 6 136 dinner for school board members on January 6. Kansas Day themed menu and decorations were used. Guests included Mr and Mrs F L Miller, Mr and Mrs C Cummings, Mr and Mrs O M Hardtaker, Mr and Mrs L J Porter, Mr and Mrs Carl Hammer, Mrs Nathan Isaacson, Ernest Nelson, Bob Doctor, and Miss Furry Swanson Neher Rosenquist Larson. They concluded with evening games.
The Lutheran Church held its annual business meeting using a written ballot. Elected or reelected: Deacons Charles Aspegren and W. Swanson. Trustees Vernon Swanson and Albin Forsberg. Janitor Charles Anderson. Organist Mrs. Ed Olson. Choir Director Mrs. M C Linnerson. Ushers Adolph Nelson Carla Hamner Vernon Swanson Ralph Larson. Delegate to Conference P. Peterson Charles Aspegren Alternate Delegate Charles Aspegren Albert Swanson. Alternate Carl Larson Financial Secretary.
At the Belleville meeting on January 11 the schoolmasters approved adopting Spalding rules for girls basketball in Republic County with substitutions, free throws, and timeouts aligned to boys rules. Cuba faculty organized the entertainment. attendees included Miss Nichol Miss Neher Miss Furry Mr Hardtaker and Mr Mrs Clifford Cummings from Scandia attended.
Washington impressions note Congressman Carlson's office as a vantage point for events in Washington. Edward H R’s Kansas delegation welcome hints at growing influence. Mrs Edward McLean hosts a New Year party with lavish Champagne and the Hope diamond. Inauguration preparations and seating costs are described. Senator Capper considers an amendment to exclude aliens from apportionment counts, a move affecting states with large foreign-born populations.
The 26th governor of Kansas, Walter A. Haxman, inaugurated amid a Republican legislature faces an uphill path. He plans to pursue oil and real estate with partner Hutchinson while urging cooperation across party lines.
Oscar McMurray and John Davis announce the Night Hawk Cafe opening Saturday. The former Hex cafe was run by Grethel Weir. McMurray, a former Standard Oil Co. agent, and Davis are longtime local residents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Storer spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chilcott, sharing a social visit.
The next P T A meeting will be held Thursday January 21 at the high school auditorium. A Kansas Day program will be presented.
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