Concordia pair killed in car crash near Beloit
Mr and Mrs Mayfield W Warren of Concordia died when their Hupmobile left an icy embankment six miles east of Beloit around 4 30 p m Sunday The husband died instantly while the wife lived about twenty minutes She was principal at Garfield school and a renowned teacher in Concordia The Warren family and local residents were stunned by the tragedy and investigations pointed to speeding to crest a hill on the icy road Her maiden name was Mary Gile She is survived by her mother brothers and a sister and is remembered for her work with students and civic groups The husband left a battery business and later worked with a Hupmobile agency in Concordia The coroner handled the case with relatives from Norway identifying the bodies
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Mayfield W. Warren
Concordia
Beloit
Warrens
Mrs. Warren
H. C. Wagner Place
Mr. Warren
Bracken, Undertaking Establishment
Mitchell County
Harold Smyth
Downs
John Gile
Norway
Gile
Warren
Mary Gile
Kansas ‘State Agricultural College
Hays’ School
Republic County
Sibley Township
Cloud County
First Methodist Church
Philathea
Martha Society
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ira
Jack Fairbanks
Hupmobile
The
Masons
Scandia Maps Jersey Train Schedule Return
C A Seale of the Rock Island informs Mayor West and Adolph Nelson that the Jersey train will be restored to nearly its former schedule on January 31 after a territory canvass. West bound Jersey departs Belleville at 8 30 a m and east bound arrives at 9 45 p m with fifteen minutes running time to Scandia. Trains 5 6 and 39 40 will stop here to pick up and discharge passengers, aiming for the hoped for service level.
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C. A. Seale
Rock Island
T. J. West
Adolph Nelson
Jersey
Belleville
Scandia
Luther League Renewed in Church Parlor Meeting
A Thursday January 21 gathering in the church parlors renewed Luther League activities. Officers elected include Rev. Pehrson as president and Albert Swenson as vice president with Inga Rydell as secretary and Alfred Magnusson as treasurer. Social and program committees named. lunch followed with a social close.
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Luther League
Pehrson
Albert Swenson
Alfred Magnusson
Inga Rydell
Gertrude Magnusson
Myrtle Edgren
Carol Anderson
Carrie Aberg
Algot Anderson
Margaret Brandt
Special Speaker for Next PT Meeting
The PTA program committee has secured Mrs. Walter Burr of Manhattan to address the next regular meeting about children and the school. The meeting date moved to Friday February 12, and she will also speak at the county teachers association in Bellevale the next day. Mrs. Burr is described as a forceful entertaining speaker by attendees and will visit school departments and talk with local pupils during her stay.
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Parent-Teachers Association
Walter Burr
Manhattan
Burr
County Teachers Association
Bellevale
SCICOL HONOR ROLL SHOWS STUDENT MERIT
Scan dia graded school lists honors for the first half of the year. Eighth grade pupils Opal Currie Lucile English Elda Isaacson Marceil Isaacson Phil Hageino Gis plus sixth Ruth Laggman Genevieve Freed fifth Mariam Mahaffey John Nimocks fourth Albert English Winona Mahan Donald Somers Jeanne Platner third Wanda De Berry Alice Isaacson Mildred Bagby Bernard Cahill Alice Nimocks second grade Ruth Ahrens Dorcas Mahaffey Edward Fosverg.
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Scandia Graded School
Opal Currie
Lucile English
Elda Isaacson
Marceil Isaacson
Phil Hageino
Donald Somers
Jeanne Platner
Wanda de Berry
Alice Isaacson
Mildred Bagby
Bernard Cahill
Alice Louise Nimocks
Ruth Ahrens
Dorcas
Mahaffey
Edward Fosverg
Scandia High To Broadcast Talent Program
Scandia High School will present a radio program from the 4ona Berg studio Superior via Oak Nebraska station KF BKQ Tuesday evening from 8 30 to 10 o'clock. The varied program includes orchestra music choruses by the girls octet instrumental solos. Viewers are urged to show appreciation with telephone calls during the broadcast. The station wavelength is 268.
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Scandia High School
4Ona Berg
Superior
Throuhg Oak
Nebr
Acxt
Archer Carlson Name Child Born on January Twenty Seventh
Mr and Mrs Archer B Carlson announce the birth of a son on Wednesday January 27. The couple reside in the city and the infant joins siblings at home. The announcement lists both parents and confirms a healthy arrival.
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Archer
Carlson
Rickel Coleman Reece Win Road Contract Portfolio
Rickel Coleman Reece return from Hiawatha with a new federal aid road project worth 45000 dollars. The seven mile Norton Everest stretch will include bridges culverts and earthwork. Rickel plans to start near February 8 in Brown county and supervise personally. This marks their third bid in a month including a 21000 dollar Sith county contract for bridge and culvert work on a federal project.
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Rickel, Coleman & Reece
Hiawatha
Norton
Everest
Rickel
Brown County
Sith County
P T A Meeting Highlights School Pageant and Music
The third P T A meeting at the high school included performances by Frances and Florence Larson in a piano duet and Genevieve Freed singing The Old Red Show My Mother Wore. Snip Snap girls presented Kansas numbers and a sunflower staff display while Mrs Walker sang I heard a Thrush at Eve. The boosters boys presented an operetta Freshies with humorous songs. The junior class provided sandwiches cake and coffee in the Domestic Art room. Gertrude Swanson read a well received Kansas paper.
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Frances
Florence Larson
Genevieve Freed
Kansas
Gertrude Swanson
Kanas
Builders forecast steadier 1926 activity says Radford
William A. Radford, editor of the Home and Farm Building Department, predicts building operations in 1926 will be as strong or stronger than the previous year. He notes growing interest in construction and related industries.
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William A. Radford
Home and Farm Building Department
Home and Farm Building Department invites readers to submit questions
Architect Radford oversees the Home and Farm Building Department and offers free answers to all building questions when a self addressed stamped envelope is included. Readers are urged to buy building materials from Scandia advertisers and to support regional cooperative plans to reduce costs for entertainment and concessions across nearby towns including Downs Lenora Barnes Formosa Norton Frankfort. A February 20 meeting at Concordia will discuss these plans.
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Radford
Home
Ilis
Home and
Scandia
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the Farmers Union
Henry Nystrom
Mer
M. W. Warren
Geneva Johnson
Methodist Hospital
Republic
Courtland
At Republic
Narka
Æi Courtland
Ai’ Narka
Scicol’s
Kingwood
Bartlett
Kyrup
California
Washington
F. & M. Stores Co
Mr. Radford
Picniec
Zona Berg & Son
Superior, Nebraska
Aparket
Grocere
Eberhardt & Johnson
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