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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
2
A wandering note covers pheasant chase anecdotes, cemetery memories with Vernon Swanson's burial, cedar trees from Maxell and Otto Johnson, Kansas storms and floods, and a Cleopatra milk facial recipe using powdered milk witch hazel and water.
The piece recalls Swedish immigrants who formed the Scandinavian Agricultural Society in Chicago 1868, founding Scaradia. It highlights young founders dreaming of land in Kansas, the aid of cooperative funds to buy 12 sections along the Republican River, and the hopes and fears of both men and women as they left Sweden and faced life in a new West, with names like Johnson, Lysholm, Wallen, and Lundeen among the early settlers.
Connie Glen Clary wed David R. Sherrod at Bader Memorial Christian Church Kansas City Missouri on May 8. Rev Scott Stine officiated. The ceremony featured blue and white floral arrangements, a six tier cake, and family members in attendance. The couple resides at 5100 Hickory Rd Apt 15 Kansas City MO after a two week Colorado honeymoon.
A Friday Sunday afternoon picnic at Lovewell Lake gathered numerous locals including Mr and Mrs E E R Stengans Mike Stensons the Bicks Reege Larson and Raney families and many others. Guests from Las Vegas and Wakefield Nebraska joined later for dinner hosted by Mrs Lottie Berggren.
A Sunday basket dinner at Belleville Park honored Mr. and Mrs. Fredericks of Las Vegas Nevada. The gathering included Ethel Hammil and many locals from Concordia Washington Kansas Munden and Weiser Idaho with former guests of Mrs. Frank Isaacson and a visit to the Arnoldys in Mankato.
A visitor from Las Vegas last week spent time in Las Vegas Nevada with Mrs Fredericks mother Mrs Golda Hammil and brother Mr and Mrs Earl Hammil and other relatives.
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