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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
1
John Nystrom and Ed Forsberg won the snooker tournament held at Paramores Billiard Parlor last Thursday night. Fat Thoms and Clifford Hugos finished in second, while Foster Helvey and Walt Sandell took third.
Superintendent F L Miller previewed state school legislation to be taken up in the state congress this month. The meeting discussed re enactment of school aid laws extension of Barnes County tuition law and transportation law revisions for grade and high schools along with moving state and county superintendent elections out of politics and establishing a teachers retirement plan. Vocal duets and instrumental performances were also presented by the Hi Y and Girl Reserve clubs.
The article lists the Belleville court house construction details including 114 tons of reinforcing steel, 2 500 cubic yards of concrete, 17 367 square feet of cement in floors, and 89 metal windows, with 10 vaults and many rooms. It notes insulation, flooring types, and numerous offices. Also mentions Miss Maye Sothers visiting Salina.
Tourists share stories of travels in Italy and Europe with lingering romance on ships. A Michigan man boasts frugality while a family friend’s sister Fannie chips in a hundred dollars when he must leave a party to work in a restaurant.
The Friday night basketball game between Courtland and Scandia has been called off. The match was moved to January 6 to replace the Republic game, leaving the Scandia Swedes idle for the weekend.
Our Savior's Lutheran Norway lists Sunday School at 10 00 a m and Luther League at 730 p m Evening Ladies Aid hosts from church parlors on Thursday afternoon February 2 with Mrs Richard Loring and Mrs Joseph Melhus as hostesses
Sunday School and Bible classes at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11. The Junior Mission Society will meet in the last half hour of Sunday School next Sunday for an officer election. Grateful thanks to the men who assisted in the all members canvass last Monday.
Pastors Bertha Vogelberg and L M Keys lead a 10 a m Sunday School session on Gods Will Be Done In The Home. Mrs Fred Evert leads 11 a m study. 7 50 p m preaching by Miss Vogelberg. Scandia Sunday School 10 a m with later services and 7 30 p m choir practice 7 80 8 50 p m. Junior Mission Society meets Feb 4. Budget shows $150 raised with about $75 left. Youth Convention set for Feb 9–12 in Omaha Nebraska.
Seandra Presbyterian Sabbath School starts at 10:00 with worship at 11. Minister Jay C. Everett preaches in Ry dal at 9:45 followed by Bible School at 10:50. Youth Week features a special program. High school group to participate in morning service. Rydal Ladies Aid Society meets Thursday afternoon hosted by Mrs. Frankie Mikesell.
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday School at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11 a.m. The Epworth League will guests the Belleville group, so no evening service. Choir rehearsal Tuesday in the parsonage. Ladies Aid meets Thursday February 2 at 2:30 p.m. Lunch served 2 to 4 p.m. for 15 cents. Serving committee named. All welcome.
J B Robertson of Burr Oak was elected president at the Nort Central Kansas Production Credit Association meeting in Concordia. Jamestown’s Robt U L was named vice president, Lowell Droughton re-elected secretary treasurer, Harold Shaver assistant secretary treasurer, and Ton a Cunningham appointed stenographer. The executive committee includes M r Robertson and Robt Thompson of Jamestown. Directors approved the annual budget and planned a year of expanded service to Cloud Jewell Mitchell Republic and Washington counties with streamlined loan processing to save trips and shorten closings.
Scandia Swedes beat Norway 25 to 20, led by Lindecranty with 13 and Evelyn Neland 12 for Flickers. Norway threatened repeatedly but could not gain the lead as Scandia held on in a close first game.
A community meeting at Parkhill School House decided a wolf hunt for Monday January 30 south of highway 86 near Scandia. The event starts 10 AM and ends around noon with lunch at Lincoln Church to raise funds for the Community Band Fund. Farmers urged to safeguard stock. no rifles or dogs. pheasants or quail must not be shot. Mrs Addie Owen of Chester Nebraska visited Mrs Rachael Vincent last weekend.
The 1939 Gilmore Yosemite Economy run saw 29 cars compete over 315 miles from Los Angeles through Fresno and Wawona under AAA supervision. Oldsmobile’s Series Sixty, driven by John Bodine and averaging 21.393 mpg, won first in its price class despite adverse weather that prevented many entrants from finishing on time.
A Scandia lodge group joined Republic County lodges for a Monday Clyde meeting attended by seventeen lodges and Grand Master Fink of Atchison. The report notes mail and shipping restrictions such as eggs not insurable, two families in separate houses in one box, home killed meat certificates, and Sunday limits on money orders.
Joe Penner headlines at the Princess Theatre this weekend with Mr. Joodle Kicks Off a football centered romp about college life. The show promises goofy campus scenes and zany football bits, plus a re issue of Little Women for Tuesday and Wednesday nights with a classic cast.
Editorial urges Crane Missouri residents to curb out of town competition shifting local trade to gypsy operators. It warns of decline as firms from outside move into trucking, bakeries, cleaning, grocers, and more, urging lawful competition while stressing impact on local taxes and institutions.
Scandia High School introduces a state approved Vocational Home Economics program emphasizing cooking sewing and home making. The course links food and clothing study to art and science with state supervision and financial aid supporting instructors and student participation.
The Topeka Capital’s Jim Reed laments pencil shortages and KK V Cox known as Red Cox responds by sending a pencil bearing the Missouri Pacific name. Lovewell visitors include Mrs. Raymond Ferguson Carla Jeanne and the McDowells and Harold Currie Friday evening.
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