Memorial Day Socials and Family Visits Across Town
A long list of Memorial Day and May gatherings details visits and dinners. Attendees include Ray Mach family, Glenn Loring family, Carl Hammer, Art Aspegren, Anna Kier, Lee Loring, Julia Lee, Bill McClure, Rex Sandell, and many others from Burr Oak, Belleville, Republic, Mayfield Green, and surrounding areas, with multiple weekend and overnight stays noted. A written thanks from Arthur Jacobson concludes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Larson
Clyde Norris
Mildred Anderson
Judith Lee
Art Aspegren
Burr Oak
Anna Kier
Richard Loring
Lee Loring
David
Glenn Loring
Gary
Bill McClure
Alana
Republic
Local Notes on Community Happenings and Education
J M Sigsbee traveled to Missouri to buy an animal famed for bray and long ears. Little Grant Berggren earned a nine month perfect attendance certificate for second grade. Sophia Schwan and J A Freeburg wed in Kansas City on June 4. Main Street improvements included two culverts and a gutter. Carl Westin earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Emporia Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Sigsbee
Missouri
Grant Berggren
Frank Berggren
Kansas City
Sophia Schwan
J. A. Freeburg
Carl Westin
Emporia Teachers College
New bar design installed at Haggman and Wires Drug Store
In June 1937 a modern back bar was installed at Haggman and Wires Drug Store. Bernice Jackson started as a new clerk at Hammer Grocery replacing Bill Reece who left for contract work in Manhattan. Eleven new members were confirmed at the Methodist church on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggman and Wires Drug Store
Bernice Jackson
Hammer Grocery
Bill Reece
Manhattan
Personal File Notes on Local History and Social Gatherings
Editor notes growing local history, recalling Scandia figures Aaron Johnson's mother organist in Chicago, coffins maker Frans Hellgren, Erickson and Pearson memories, and farm tool stories. Social updates report Mrs Danielson birthday observance, Wichita Commencement, and visits by Stansberry and Sjolander families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Johnson
Chicago
Scandia
Edward
Frans Hellgren
John Nystrom
Everett Robison
Hellgren
Gust Hallgren
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ray Mach
Alvin Sjolander
Ad. Scotty
Sjolander
Carl Reece
Anna’ Hohman
Alfred Swason
Bertha Christie
Vic Brown
Mark
Melanie
Walter Preble
Jim
Belleville
Carl Hammer
Lidille Cunningham
Gary Cunningham
Kingas' City, Missouri
Ralph W. Larson
Larry Hobson
Robert Champlin
Maytfield Green
Kansas
Lyell Ocobock
Ray Mzch
Gatley
Glevnn Loring
Lula Wite
Grace Kallman
Walter Wonifort
Stanley Williams
Judith
Melanis Brown
Anna Hohman
Jim ‘Osborn
Mrs
Don Freed
Brad and
Kristine
Max Berry
Jack Reece
Kenneth Tuley
Max Thompson
Bill Waite
Homer Cardwell
Kenneth Danielson
Mabel Cline
Oscar Berggren
Rex Sandell
Ruby Budler
Pasadena
Texas
Lola Gilbert
California
Mandy
Tteir
Ed ‘Nondorf
Bertha Nondorf
Janice Dirkes
Hutchinson
John Nylund
Nancy
Darrell ‘Wolfe
Syrécube
Nebr
Ernest Nelson
Glen Elder
Francis Cornett
Patt Sandell
Elmer Danielson
Larry Olsen
Eamiesses
Russell Hall
Rhonda
Nelson, Nebraska
Vic Berggren
Jim Mosher
New Mexico
Cynthia Thompson
Dan Chinck
Craig
Fairbury, Nebr
Marvin Novak
Alfred Swanson
Harold Swanson
George Barleen
Thomas Andeson
Jewell City
Mike Nondorf
Slater, Mo
Lester Thompson
Pat
Paula Sue Saunders
Courtland
Walter Saunders
Arthur Jacobson
Olive Isaacson
Jim McDonald
Hampshire
Scandia Ffa
Singer Touch & Sew
Overland Park
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Hastings
Belleville Exp
McDaniel Wiredas
Swift’s
Calif
Arizona
Arkansas
Dixie Sweet
Van
Gol
Giant
Lden
Nebraska
Faulkner-Dart We
Belleville and Scandia
Chester
L. F. Sandberg Courtland, Kansas
Vic Erickson
Erick Nelson
Leams
Emery Berry
Erick Pearson
John Brandstrom
Pat Sandell
Danielson
Bette Lee
C. B. Stensons
Wichita
Wichita University
James Anderson
John Graham
Federal Land Bank
FLB
Roger K. Colby
FLBA
Concordia
Farm Bureau
Sp4
John Stansberry
Katherine Fike
Otto Nelson
Leslie
Bert
Clarence Nelson
Margie
Jerry Carlgren
John
Germany
Martin Larson
Lloyd Baleen
Waterville
Barbara
Brenda Barleen
Charlie Sjolander
Wayne Allen
Eva Sjolander
Tia
England
U.S
Duaine Hall
Sioux City
Dakota
Rex Sandell and Sons
Albert Anderson
Washington, Ks
Klima Lumber Co
Scandia, Kansas
Colony House
Velda L
Tru
Royal
Ethel Thomas
Eugene Waring
Scandia State Bank
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