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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
1
A collage of local quirks from Scandia Kansas includes playful nicknames for a girl, hospital charity letters from Children’s Mercy, small-town incidents like theft of alcohol, a bachelor at a ball game, rock garden borrowing, and a facetious farmer’s prayer from Illinois. The items reflect community voices, humor, and modest mischief.
Scandia men and other town representatives from seven north central Kansas counties will join in Mankato to discuss the Kansas Chamber of Commerce agricultural program. Dr. W. R. Barnard of Belleville leads the eighth district planning and invites participation for district self help on agricultural problems. Ralph Snyder and Samuel Wilson will lead the discussion and aid in permanent district organization tonight at 8 in the Mankato municipal auditorium.
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity service at Amana Lutheran features a Luke five gospel call to follow. Union services in City Hall Park are in the evening. A patriotic sermon lines the day with evening events and a Monday July 3 foreign missions lecture led by Pastor Chas Pehrson.
Our Saviors Lutheran Church Norway Kansas announces Sunday Bible class at 10 o clock and evening worship with Holy Communion at 8 o clock this Sunday. The Ladies Aid meets Thursday with Mrs Lars Tiller entertaining. TM Orlin Torgeson, pastor.
The church holds Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 o clock. In the evening the congregation joins other Scandia churches for a union service at City Hall Park. Pastor B W Selin invites all to attend the warm electrically cooled auditorium.
United Brethren Church announces the Friendship Club will meet after cooler weather. York College Tree will present a musical at the Scandia church with free will offerings. Sunday services at Scandia and a union patriotic service at Highland Church in Norway planned. Bible School closing in Norway and union services at City Hall Park Sunday evening. Woman's Missionary Association meets next Tuesday at Mrs. J. W. Plotner's home. Pastor V. Glen Megill.
The Sunday Lesson-Sermon topic was Christian Science with the Golden Text from Isaiah 60 1 and Blesses the pure in heart for they shall see God The text Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health is cited urging reliance on truth over falsehood in the faith.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. led by Supt. Stukenbroeker at his best. Preaching at 11 a.m. on The Man, King David. The Sunday School and congregation extend thanks to Mr Nimocks for a battery of electric fans in the auditorium. Sunny: C. B. Campbell, pastor.
The Scandia American Legion Junior Baseball team has organized with fifteen certified players under athletic director Rev. W. G. Megill and manager Coach Guy Frazier. Sponsored by Albert Isaacson Post No. 249, the club has 1 win 1 loss and 1 tie through three games, with Belleville and Munden among opponents. Readied players include Lorraine Jackson and Wyatt Corbin among others as district tournament plans advance.
Local Scandia Boy Scout Troop plans a weeklong camp at Pawnee Park near Republic City starting Monday under scoutmasters Rev. V. G. Megillk and Rev. Bert W. Selin. All members may attend, with each scout reporting by Friday or Saturday and providing bedding, eating utensils, and a share of camp foods. a $1 camp fund fee applies plus self provisioning of staple foods. The organizers promise a regular program and expect strong turnout after last year’s success.
Two men suffered illness due to excessive heat in Scandia last week. John Brandstrom had a sun stroke at his blacksmith shop and is under medical care at home. Henry Peterson, afflicted by a flu-like illness, was on an ice delivery wagon and also received medical aid at home.
Thornton Doctor won the snooker tournament at Green's Recreation Parlors last Thursday night. He defeated Karl Hugos in the first match, then beat Guy Frazier in the final games, taking two straight to secure the title.
An up to the minute lecture on missionary work in India and Africa will be given at the Lutheran Church in Scandia Monday evening at 8 by John E. Sutherland traveling representative for the Augustana Foreign Missionary Society of Augustana College and Theological Seminary Rock Island. The lecture will be illustrated with stereoptican slides. The public is invited. Admission is free.
The Scandia American Legion Junior Baseball Team routed Munden last Wednesday evening on the Scandia diamond, scoring seventeen runs to two. The Scandia lads out-classed the Eastern Republic County boys in size and experience.
Mrs Clarence Mahan and her daughter Virginia drove to Wichita Monday and returned Tuesday. Virginia is taking treatments in Wichita.
Scandia reports a cooling break from a multiweek heat wave as an inch of rain fell Wednesday afternoon with intermittent showers. Rain reached Belleville and Norway with thunder and lightning. farmers remain hopeful for corn rain within two weeks while wheat harvest accelerates and heat disrupts daytime work.
The Scandia community faces a prolonged power outage as residents blame the Kansas Power Company for unreliable service. Frustration grows as bills arrive on time while lights fail, affecting homes, theaters, shops, and daily life, with calls for action and accountability.
Union Church plans July and August services in City Hall Park starting next Sunday evening at 8. The Scandia Lutheran Church will sponsor the opening. United Brethren will lead July 22, Presbyterian July 19, and Methodists July 26 with the respective churches in charge.
State Bank Examiner S. H. Padgett conducted a site visit in Scandia at the start of the week as part of routine inspection work connected to Salina bank oversight.
Scandia plans varied closures for Saturday July 4 with some businesses shutting all day and others closing from noon to 5 30 pm Local merchants urge public cooperation to ensure everyone can enjoy the holiday including restaurants cutting to 1 pm and reopening after 5 pm
Scandia toppled Ruskin 17 to 0 in six and a half innings on the Scandia diamond. Ole Frazier led with five singles in five at bats and four runs scored while Gyp Frazier added two hits and three runs. Ward and Currie drilled their first home runs of the season as Matt Larson opened with a two-base hit and the club piled up 19 hits.
The snooker tournament at Ward's Pool Hall began Monday night with Allen Gunter defeating Chas Glover two games to one. Gunter won 43 11 in the first game, lost the second 6 28, then triumphed 39 10 24 in the final. Bill Moe faces Ray Chilcott tonight as play continues. Raymond Cooper meets Fred Brand Strom in the second night.
Ernest Wennersten sustained severe lacerations to the head when his car collided with another on Highway 81 north of Belleville. Driver Art Kathrineelerg escaped uninjured as Wennersten received seventeen stitches at Belleville hospital.
A car belonging to Floyd Aspegren of Courtland was stolen from the Aspegren garage last week and later found abandoned near the river north of the Webber farm northwest of Scandia. A pair of baseball shoes was taken and two Scandia youths are under surveillance in connection with the robbery.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hiatt and their son Dick will leave tomorrow for Estes Park and Denver for a few days of vacation. Miss Lois Hiatt and Mina Ruth Hageman will return home with the Hiatts.
Courtland readies a full day of free acts band concerts and fireworks for a July Fourth program. The Lovewell Band will play, two baseball games feature Scandia versus Formosa and Courtland versus Norway, a continuous picture show runs from 1 p.m., an outdoor dance at 7:30 p.m., and a 9:30 p.m. fireworks display.
Scandia aims to rebound from a 9 to 0 loss to Republic as they meet the neighbors next Sunday in Republic for the last game of the first half in the Republican Valley League. Republic sits tied for second with Red Cloud. lineup likely unchanged except Frazier and Larson swap positions.
William Hay of Belleville, former District Court clerk and longtime Republican county correspondent, won a $500 prize in the Movie Test contest by Lincoln Daily Star. He was the only Kansas or non Nebraska contestant to tie for first in the $1,500 prize pool, submitting 2,587 words from 30 cartoons. Six contestants tied for first in the final tie-breaker.
Norway United Brethren Church ends two weeks of Bible school this Sunday and plans to award diplomas to eighteen or twenty children. Older girls made dolls and belts, younger children colored and sewed pictures during the handwork period. Instructors were Miss Grace Smith, Miss Ruth Ahrens, and Rev. W. G. Megil. Miss Evelyn England assisted.
Notice invites all interested residents in Scandia to organize a Garden Club tonight at 7 30 at the home of Mrs Hershel Kannier. The Scandia Garden Club will be organized after the meeting.
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