Accident at Rock Island crossing leaves driver unharmed
Truck driver Hege escaped injury after a freight train struck the right side of his vehicle last Saturday. Hospital check showed he was seemingly fine. The piece urges driver caution at crossings and supports signals at the Rock Island and Missouri Pacific crossings. It notes obstructions and calls for 200 percent driver responsibility. The column then shifts to local community reminiscences and social visits.
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Hege
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
The Editor's Wife and Mrs Ekblad Letters
The writer recalls Edna Ekblad and her husband Dr Will Ekblad, once a Scandia doctor linked to Dr Haggman. The memory centers on a bend in the road near a church and cottonwoods beside a hillside stone house, Dr Will Ekblad’s boyhood home.
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Dr. Will Ekblad
Ickblad
Worship Times At Savior's Lutheran Norway KS
Sunday School and worship schedules listed for Savior's Lutheran in Norway Kansas. Youth activities include Luther League and Sunday night programs.
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Ltheran Vee GH
Norway
Kansas de Donte
Base ‘Pdbausen Seboar
Luther League Let
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Amana Lutheran Unit Seeks Layettes For Liberia
Lutherans meet in the Amana church parlor to sew layettes and quilts for shipment to Liberia. Jeanette Isaacson, a nurse there on leave, described the hospital’s dire needs for layettes soap and bandages. A soap box saved for the group by a Belleville motel and bandages was mailed yesterday. Residents also heard of quilts being prepared for use where the need is greatest.
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Amana
Kallman Builds Rugs Gardens and Shares with Kin
An 85 year old retiree Ed Kallman keeps busy with rug making from rag strips 18 by 26 inches and 70 to 80 hot pads. He gardens tomatoes beets potatoes onions peas corn and preserves sauces jelly and shares produce and crafts with his children and neighbors. He lives alone in Scandia after his wife’s passing and enjoys decorating and maintaining a lively home and yard.
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Ed Kallman
Mr. Kallman
California
Maine
Coronado
New Mexico
Kallman
Scandia
Belleville O E S Attendee List and Local Visits
A Belleville O E S meeting attendance is listed for residents of Scandia including Mr and Mrs Homer Cardwell Mr and Mrs Bill Matthias Mr and Mrs Clarence Strom and others. The report also notes visits from Mt Pleasant Iowa and Formosa with various family and friends over the weekend and into the following days.
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Scandia
Belleville
Jim Williams
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Williams
Eugenie McDaniel
Mr. McDaniel
Wheat outlook steady despite record 1967 crop forecast
Agricultural leaders say the June 1 crop estimate shows wheat production up sharply in 1967 with about 1.5 billion bushels total. Domestic and export use are expected similar to last year, implying little carryover gain and stable prices if markets remain orderly.
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Mainhattan
Gilbert W. Egbert
Chirman
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation State Committee
Egbert
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