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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1931
Page
1
In Scandia a collage of quips, playfully sharp observations, and local bits fill a page. jokes about governors, romance, theater, and a parade of small-town characters mix with farm notes and classroom in-jokes.
Swedes from Scandia High School defeated Republic City boys and girls in a Friday doubleheader on Republic City court. They then beat Courtland on Scandia court, with the girls winning 35 to 10 and the boys 15 to 13 in a tight thriller. Reserve squads also prevailed 8 to 3 and 15 to 7, underscoring Scandia’s weeklong sweep led by E Watson and forwards Larsen Granstedt.
The Presbyterian church announces a Sunday morning service at 11 o clock with the topic New Testament socialism and a Sunday School at 10. U B church Christian Endeavor meets as well. About 40 attended the morning service and more are welcome next Sunday in a warm room. Rev Campbell will lead the pastorate next year, moving to the Lloyd Davis property by March first.
The lesson sermon, drawn from the Bible and Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, emphasizes life as spirit not matter. It quotes John 6 63 and Matthew 19 17 to affirm eternal Life, divinity, and the limitations of material existence.
The Amana Lutheran Church announces Third Sunday after Epiphany with Gospel from Matthew 8 1 38. Morning Sunday school and service at usual hours. Evening service at 7 30. Luther League social this Friday evening in church parlors. Dorcas Society monthly social Friday afternoon January 30 hosted by Mesdames Amanda Ederen Ed Olson and Chas Pehrson. Pastor Chas Pehrson invites members to take Jesus at his word.
A church note invites attendees to Bible study at 10 o clock and welcomes all. Pastor Orlin Poreckan leads the service with Sunday evening events noted in the snippet.
The church schedules a 10 a.m. meeting for the church school and an 11 a.m. morning worship service. The choir will sing and the sermon topic will be announced.
The Journal announces a weekly serial feature starting next issue. Hon. W. Brown of Pratt County, an early Kansas pioneer and legislator, writes the continuation on the 1893 Topeka conflict. Editor Gephart approves reprinting from Pratt Union.
Agnes Albro returns to Scandia with the Midget Lunch after a transitive ownership path. Previously Ed Nordorf, then Mrs. Moe and Frank Cooper held it, and Miss Albro’s Roselyn Novelty Shop closing sale continues as bargains draw buyers.
A group of hunters killed two coyotes during a wolf drive south of Rydal and east of Norway on Tuesday. The effort covered four sections of land with each section circled. no coyotes were found in the first three sections, but two were bagged in the final section.
Workmen began Tuesday to recover the United Brethren Ladies Aid Building on East Fourth Avenue. Composition shingles are being laid over the old wood shingles. John Mahan and his crew perform the labor.
Mrs Ida Satterfield and her children visited over the weekend at the home of Mrs Carrie Ross in Morway. Also Mrs Rogoe Cooper and her children and Miss Gladys Cooper spent Sunday at the Robert Nylund home.
Miss Marguerite Bedard of Superior spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Vic Bedard.
The Epworth League will meet at seven followed by an evening service at 7 30. A welcome is extended to all to the services at the College Church. B W Selin is the pastor.
United Prebyterian and Church of Norway members plan meetings at 11 am with Ladies Aid and dinner prep. The Friendship Club hosts at the Aid Room for all women and community members. Services at Scandia and Norway include communion and evening services. V Glen Megill, pastor.
A new beauty shoppe opens in Scandia at the Haggman and Wires Building on Tuesday and Wednesday January 27 and 28. Miss Jetty V Green will run the shop after completing beauty culture training in Kansas City. A specialist will be on opening days to advise on permanent waving finger waving and other treatments.
Belleville officials report a prosperous year ending December 31 led by utility profits. Electric plant earned 49752.08 with 44599.08 in expenses including a new diesel unit. water operations earned 25997.21 with 1622.59 in expenses leaving a 9674.71 balance. City seeks no tax levy next year as surpluses fund services.
Fragmentary report mentions Leo Smith and nursing at a hospital in Concor. Mentions of Jetty Green Elea nor Jaakson and others traveling to Lawrence Kansas for tests. Several garbled names and a ninth ray attack of gal is noted as improved.
The town of Scandia laments Merritt Sigsbee's ten day absence due to a fall from the hay loft. Daily life slows as deliveries, mail, driving, and street activity feel his absence, though well wishes rise for his quick recovery.
A massive turnout of over 400 gathered north and east of Scandia for a wolf and coyote hunt sponsored by the Scandia American Legion. One coyote was bagged and an apparent chase for a roaming panther yielded no sightings while hundreds of rabbits fell to hunters. Sheriff Chas Nordman won the auction bid of 5.50 for a coyote. A second hunt occurred northwest of Scandia and west of Republic, drawing additional spectators and suggesting a follow up drive soon.
Bert Haggman of Copreland and Adolph Johnson of Hackley depart Sunday for Topeka to press for the proposed state lake at the salt marsh. They work to advance the project which is broadly supported in the region and plan to push the work promptly while citizens stay ready to assist.
Carpenters are at work remodeling the interior of the Haggman and Wires building on Fourth Avenue. The former Scandia Produce space has been leased to Miss Jetty Green who will open a beauty shop next week. The front will be redecorated and a partition will separate front and back areas.
Rev and Mrs V Glen Megill attended the Ministers and Lay men's Association Group Meeting held at Ionia United Brethren Church. The next association meeting will be at United Brethren Church in Concordia.
Dorothy Nelson, attending Strickler's Business College in Topeka, now plays forward for the college basketball team. The City League girls team remains undefeated to date. Mrs. Jack Brown and son, plus Misses Ruth Davis and Leona Hohman, spent Saturday with Mrs. Eleanor Jackson. Royal Neighbors held a food sale with lunch in the U B Aid Room. Erickson accompanied a stock shipment to Kansas City. Mr and Mrs Wim Moe adopted a baby boy named William Warren.
Three separate crashes last week injured a Kansas City salesman and Ralph Van Nortwick of Republic City while a fourth crash near Oberlin killed Luther Robison, formerly a Scandia gravel pit worker. The incidents occurred on Highway 36 east of Scandia and near the No 9 School House, with Robison dying from a sleet impaired crash into a ditch.
Highland Local No. 717 Farmers Union met at Highland school house on January 15. Ten new members admitted, four transferred from Fortney local, totaling thirty nine members. Officers elected include J W Cowle as business manager and Chas Barlein as assistant. executive committee members are Mrs Amos Dulin, Mrs Retta Cowle, and C B Loofbourrow. Next meeting at Rootstock Highland school house January 22.
The firm of W. P. Shivvers, contractor, submitted the low bid on three culverts and a bridge on State Highway No. 93 in Lansvenworth County. The project near Forty T Leavenworth will begin soon as Shivvers crews depart for the site.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Norris and Mr and Mrs Carrol Anderson drove to Trenton Missouri Saturday Mrs Ada Acnecren who has been visiting for the last few weeks at the Harold Fowler home returned home with them Sunday Mr and Mrs Adolph Nelson and family and Mrs D E Mathis and children drove to York Nebraska Sunday Mrs Mathis and children remained for a few days visit with Mr Mathis who is in the shoe repair business
Mrs Porter Ahrens announces a Presbyterian ladies group will hold a food sale on Saturday January 81. Readers are advised to see next week’s issue of The Journal for a further announcement.
Mrs AL Bettis and Mrs Geo Haser accompanied Mrs Merton Frye and Debris to Chester for a brief visit. Mr and Mrs Paul Doctor and Patty Lou Dudley Doctor with Miss Ruth Lyons of Concordia spent Sunday afternoon with Robert Doctor. H Lem Cooper visited Topeka with Mr and Mrs Cooper. Victor Alstrom of Clay Center visited Jonas Alstrom. Alstrom returned home with his son. Kenneth Bedard visits his mother Flora Maheffey in Superior for a few days. Raymond and Coanerware in Teaverwort on Sunday.ardy Monday.
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