Life long residents reflect on rural changes and families
Ed Kallman near 90 recalls a life in farming and weaving with a lush garden of beans carrots tomatoes and berries. The text traces the Hobson Granstedt Johnson families on area homesteads with long standing ties to Scandia and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kallman
Frantz Granstedt
Ole Johnson
Hannah
Fred
Scandia
Bertha Johnson
Frank Granstedt
Granstedt
Rutherford B. Hayes
Tour Alaska Trip Ends with Arctic Circle Flight
Mr and Mrs Loyd Blosser arrived home Wednesday from a nearly month long Alaska trip. Loyd flew a two day tour to the Arctic Circle and Nome while Kate stayed in Anchorage. They visited Fairbanks via Mt McKinley 20520 feet high and traveled by ferry through the Inland Passage to Washington state. They call the journey grand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Blosser
Alaska
Loyd
Arctic Circle
Kate Hue
Nome
Blosser
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Mt. McKinley
Haines
Washington State
English Reunion Brings Wide Family Gathering
Mrs Edna English hosted a large reunion with children and spouses visiting from Denver Greenwood and San Jose from Sunday to Tuesday. Attending were Mr and Mrs AoeJo English Denver. Rob Eddy Killimington. Lucile English Los Angeles. Larry English Joyce San Jose. Dick English San Jose. Norman English Janet de Jamie Denver. James Graham Greenwood. and numerous relatives and friends including Carl Reece Max Berry Kellie McDonald Annjeannette Isamp son Lottie Larson Franklin Lloyd Dorothy Ocobock and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna English
AoeJo English
Denver
Colo
Rob Eddy
Killimington
Bass
Liss Lucile English
Los Angeles
Calif
Larry English
Joyce
San Jose
Dick English
Norman English
Janet de Ja
Great grandson for Hobson S
Omaha couples announce a newborn son with Hobson and Von Fungeln lineage in Oklahoma City. Update notes Mary Willson’s July 4 trip to Newton and Scandia care, plus a church testimony about faith and giving. A missionary tale contrasts past generosity with ongoing fear in trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.L. Hobson
Hill City
Hobsons
Woodward
Oklahoma
Iir Hobson
Kidwest Inmiber Company
Osborne
Republic
Tk Company
Scandia
God
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Gustava Ostberg on 97th
Ted Ostberg and Mr and Mrs Haywood Ostberg entertained on Thursday evening July 6 to honor their mother Mrs Gustava Ostberg on her 97th birthday. The event drew many neighbors and relatives from Scandia Janestown Belleville Kackley Concordia and multiple families. Pastor John Jones left for Fort Collins Colorado to attend the Great Plains church leadership Training School July 10 21 with Fraster Arnold Wuertz also attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Ostberg
Haywood Ostberg
Gustava Ostberg
Carl Hammer
Richard Loring
Lars Norgard
Elizabeth Erickson
Geore Larson
Billa Norris
Edith Norris
Iole Larson
Olga Hugos
Gladys Huge
Iver Hemmer
Leslie Stensons
Porte Hammer
Jom Jones
Esther Hanner
Joseph Melhus
Ollie Hugos
Harold Melhus
Arnold Perry
Eugene Herrman
Victor
John Jones
Ft. Collins,Col
Great Plains Church
Arnold Wuertz
Open House for Dr. E Porter Ahrens
The American Legion and Auxiliary invite the public to an Open House at the legion Hall on July 16 from 2 to 4 to celebrate Dr. E Porter Ahrens 87th birthday. The event highlights a period of hot dry weather and blustery Monday night readings with some locations reporting up to half an inch of rain last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
E Porter Ahrens
the Legion Hall
Memorial book donated to city library in memory of Peterson
Mr and Mrs Earl Hammil donated Home On The Range to the city library in memory of Mr and Mrs Charles Peterson. Also notes hospital dismissal of Jennie Stromberg from St Joseph's Hospital Concordia on July 8. Election year context shows Timothy Isaacson on the stump with brothers Richard and Troy and their parents Jim and Anjeannette Isaacson and Eugene and Anjeannette Waring as grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Hammil
City Library
Charles Peterson
Hospital News
Jennie Stromberg
St Joseph's Hospital
Concordia
Timothy Isaacson
Richard
Troy
Jim Isaacson
Anjeannette Isaacson
Eugene Waring
Belleville
Old-Fashioned Patriotism And Fun Marks July Fourth Picnic
A cold but festive July 2 event at the 4T's & J Pond drew nearly 375 signers in Scandia and Belleville areas with residents from Kansas towns such as Topeka Belleville Mankato and Derby. The program featured horseshoe contests won by Gerry Thompson and Bob Currie with Carl Carlgren second while a performance by Concordia quartet the Accidental s and multiple local acts entertained amid snacks and a fireworks finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Scandia
Concordia
Courtland
Cuba
Clifton Plainesville
Topeka
Bellerville
Kansas City
Munden
Republic
Mankato
Smolan
Formosa
Derby
Wichita
Nebraska
Colorado
California
Oklahoma
Bob Currie
Gerry Thompson
Carl Carlgren
Dale Kietzer
Ichita
Jim Erickson
Doris Hoard
Clyde Gile
A.G. van Kooten
Loren Hedstrom
Jerry Kates
Pond
Gayle Johnson
Kristy Thompson
Marcy Isaacson
Kibby Larson
Kim Sothers
Pam Nelson
John Blackburn
Bessie Chezek
Frank Trecek
Herrman Balloun
Belleville
Nancy
Diane Blackburn
Tom Nieffer
John Nieffer
Darnard Tarkowski
America
Procran
Swedish Shop Opens With Community Dreams And Local Talent
Enthusiastic volunteers scrub and paint for opening day at the Swedish Shop east of the former IGA, stocking sofa pillows, paintings, crafts, and knitted goods. The shop promises Swedish foods with a Saturday sale and hints at transforming the old IGA into a community arts venue for local performers and students with notable travelers like Mrs Grace Robison and Robert Raneys cited as dreamers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
IGA
Grace Robison
Robert Raneys
India
Nelson Feature Highlights Warren Nelson in Harvey Herald
The Harvey Herald profiles Warren Nelson, detailing his work explaining Bureau of Reclamation field office activities to Kiwanis members. It notes the use of computers, the Denver link, and rapid data processing for dam projects, saving years of manual calculation. Mrs Hannah Freed and Donna Moss return from a 10 day Topeka visit with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Nelson
Harvey
Nd) Herald
Warren
Bureau of Reclamation
Kiwanis
Warren Nelson
Denver
Hannah Freed
Donna Moss
Topeka
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Hobson.s
Ronald Hobson
Omaha, Neb
Alfred Hobson
Lloyd L. von Fungeln
Oklahoma City
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L. ,L. Hobson
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Newton
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Alvin Stolander
Scott
Wilson
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Jésus
Senate
Maurice Graham
Graham
Neil Arnsmith
Republic County
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Kackley
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Narka
Agenda
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Talmo
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Lincoln Counties
Esther Thompson
Bool
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Andy Danny
Joey
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