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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1930
Page
4
A jumble of items from Scandia Kansas includes a Jake Fleagle trail tale tied to Sandia and Belleville, local gossip about small-town life, carnival visits, and town manners. Readers hear about the river name joke, civic letters, and a tease on radio stations, with notes on a Jewell City bride and distant ocean crossings.
Lions Club and local businessmen guarantee financial backing for Courtland's Fourth of July event. The highlight is an Scandia versus Formoso baseball game with Formoso leading the Republican Valley League and Scandia second. A large fireworks display closes the celebration promising a big crowd from nearby towns.
Mrs. Gilbert Jensen of Norway won the first prize a 100 lb sack of intermediate hen chow for the largest amount of poultry and eggs brought in. Mrs. Ole Johnson from north of town won the second prize a 50 lb sack of P P P flour. Chas. Hugos of south of town received the second prize two blocks of white salt.
The Friendship Club meets this afternoon at Mrs. Osar Freed’s country home. Saturday hosts a Ladies Aid food sale and supper in the Aid Room. Sunday services at Scandia and Norway, with Christian Endeavor at Norway and a Children's Day program at Scandia titled Gods Gift of June. Daily Vacations Bible School runs all next week at Norway. Seven teachers assist this year and a strong program. Boy Scouts left items at the parsonage including knives forks pans jars. V Glenn Megill, pastor.
More than sixty five men from the Kackley and Norway communities met at the Norway town hall to discuss county and state roads from No. 81 through Norway and Kackley to the Jewell county line. Alex Scott was elected president of a temporary group with Adolph Johnson as secretary and Charles Chizek as treasurer. Delegates were chosen to go to Topeka to confer with the state highway commission on the proposed road. John Hugos and M. C. Chambers were named delegates. The plan envisions the road following the current county road through Norway and Kackley to meet a new state road from Linnin Washington county through Agenda Wayne and Talmo to No. 81 east of Norway.
Scandia Boy Scouts complete a week long encampment at Pawnee Park with 19 scouts led by Rev. V. Glen Megill and Rev. Bert Selin returning to Scandia. Sixteen fathers Lions Club members and town businessmen joined a Sunday visit and defeated by the troop in baseball before a picnic supper.
Amana Lutheran Church the First Sunday after Trinity invites worshippers to Matthew 16 24 27 with no evening service. Sunday School and morning worship at usual hours. Local youths Dena Kullberg Yvonne Nelson Hazel Edgren Axel Blomgren Vernon Swanson Carl Larson attend District Luther League convention at Swedesburg near Clay Center Kansas June 18 15. Dorcas Society hosted by Mrs Gust Isaacson Ida and Mrs C J Carlson in church parlors Friday afternoon June 27.
City councilmen met in a special session to open bids for a new water main linking the well to the municipal system. No bid was awarded. another special meeting was scheduled for Friday to consider awarding the contract. Damages sought by Roy Tedrow for $45 worth of chickens lost to a clogged ditch were denied. No action was taken on Wm. Clark’s damages claim after a city truck collision three weeks ago.
George Nimocks president of the Bank of Scandia attended a Group Four Kansas State Bankers Association meeting inClay Center Monday afternoon. Republic County was represented by Nimocks and George Fulcomer of Belleville.
The church will meet at the regular hour with an eleven o'clock worship by Rev. D. R. Laport of Republic, a North West Kansas Conference member. The Epworth League will hold a devotional at 7, but there will be no evening service due to the pastor's absence.
J A Freeburg is repainting his hardware and implement store on West Fourth Street to enhance the appearance of Scan dia's main street. Mr and Mrs Joe Hawkins and Mrs Zella Sisco and son Lyle visited Earl Hawkins in Pretty Prairie and returned home.
Our Saviors Lutheran Church Norway Kansas holds Sunday School with Bible study at 10 o'clock and a Luther League program Sunday evening at 8 with a message on the Augsburg confession by the pastor. League officials for the year and delegates for the circuit convention will be elected. The Mission Club meets Friday with Mrs P P Hammer entertaining. The pastor reports plans to leave Monday for the District Luther League convention and a visit with relatives Orlin Torgeson pastor.
Mr and Mrs Day Green and daughter Jetty with Miss Eleanor Jackson depart Sunday morning for Kansas City where Jetty and Eleanor will pursue beauty culture study.
Mrs Minnie Jewell of Fort Dodge Iowa arrived Thursday night to spend a few weeks at the home of her sister Mrs Ray Chilgott and Mr Chilcott.
Mrs. Dick Dale and her son Junior of Richmond Missouri returned home Monday after a fifteen day visit at the home of her father E. M. Boggess.
Paula Palmer of Los Angeles arrived Monday night to visit at the L A Hageman home with other relatives.
Guy Frazier's Swedes beat Superior 4 to 0 to seize second place in the league. Matt Larson and Cuthbertson led Scandia with two hits each while Rugg held Nebraska to six safeties. Frasier used a smart steal and walk to third strategy as Rugg scored on a fumbled throw.
Mrs Emily Ebright and Mr and Mrs Earl Cahill visited Concordia yesterday to see Ruby Sallman who is in the hospital with a leg injury from a running four pitch fork Irvin Currie and Miss Erma Davis of Abilene spent Sunday visiting J K Currie and G McDowell homes
Mr and Mrs Dan Scherrer and their children of Kansas City visited the Carl Reece home from Thursday through Saturday afternoon.
Mrs Esther Barcum traveled to Belleville for business last Friday. She conducted matters at local offices and left without incident.
Workmen from Van Sickle Paint and Glass Co. of Lincoln installed plate glass in the new fronts under construction by J. O. Anderson and Son at the Haggman building corner of Fourth and Cloud Streets. Carpenters finished the new marquee and interior preparations begin next week. New display windows rise in the F. and M. Stores room, with the Scandia Wholesale Candy Co. space now vacated.
Daily Vacation Bible School in United Brethren Church, Norway, opened with twenty six participants including teachers. Rev W Glen Megill leads the program with junior and intermediate departments. no tuition. A Friday program and student work exhibit will conclude the session June 27. Saturday no school. public invited. Assistants include Miss Bertha Kellogg Mrs Francis Fickel Miss Ruth Ahrens Mrs Merle Wright Bernard Cahill and Wyatt Corbin.
Scan dia will journey to Nelson Nebraska Sunday to face the Nelson Republican Valley League team in a reg ularly scheduled game. Nelson sits tied with Republic and Ruskin at the cellar with two wins and four losses while Swedes hold second place with three wins and two losses. Nelson shows a strong ball club despite its league position and features one of the best pitchers in southern Nebraska as local fans expect a large turnout.
V E Throop of Belleville announces candidacy for Republican nomination for sheriff of Republic County. He previously served two terms as sheriff of Washington County and three years as undersheriff there. He ran second in 1928 and promises an efficient administration if nominated and elected.
The Rev. and Mrs. Bert Selin and Carl with Mrs. Pattie M. Eakins depart by cay for Chicago for a two week vacation in Illinois and Indiana. In Chicago the Rev Selins will attend the wedding of an old seminary classmate, the Rev O G Sandstrom of St Paul Minnesota, to Miss E Carlson at Bethany Methodist Church next Saturday evening.
The thirteenth annual Kansas State Fair will be held in Hutchinson from September 13 to 19. A. L. Spensler secretary announces a varied program including State Dairy Cattle and Dairy Products exposition and 4-H encampments. The grounds have expanded to 191 acres with eighty more acres added since 1929.
Mr and Mrs Harold Coleman and daughters accompanied by Mr and Mrs C O Berea and their children Taft plan a two week vacation at lakes in Michigan starting Sunday morning.
Rock Island Lines will build a spur to a new gravel and sand works at Scandia on the J. J. Smith land east of the river. D H Hardman of Alton and Reed and Wheelock of Clay Center start pit construction and hire workers. The plant aims to produce gravel for roads in Phillips Republic and Cloud counties within about 60 days.
Scandia delegates to the Luther League district convention held last Friday through Sunday at Clay Center included Vernon Swan, Cay Larson, Axel Blomgren, Yvonne Nelson, and Hazel Edgren. Additional Scandia attendees on Sunday were Ella Maxell, Amanda Maxell, Adolph Nelson and family, Albin Forsberg and spouse, Chas Asnegiep and family, and Mrs. John Swenson plus their son Albert.
Frank G. Spurney announces his Republican bid for county attorney. He is a Belleville native, high school graduate 1917, KU Law School graduate 1928, and has practiced law in Belleville since admission to the bar in 1929. He states he is fully qualified and will perform duties conscientiously if nominated and elected.
A Kansas Power Co transmission line broke at Jamcec town Saturday night at 9. Scandia Courtland and Republic were without power for the rest of the night. Repairs lasted until early Sunday morning. Local businesses suffered evening losses and the Princess Theatre could not show Sally due to the outage.
League leaders shift games to Fridays after school, inviting public attendance. Meth odists meet the League leading Presbyterians at 1 30 and United Brethren face Lutherans at 3 20.
Mrs Pattie M Eakins and General Gilbert depart Monday morning for Chicago. They will visit Mr Eakins' parents and Gilbert will spend the summer there before Mrs Eakins returns to attend the University.
Mr and Mrs Joe Hawkins returned home with Mrs Zella Sisch and their son Lyle to Omaha last Tuesday morning for a short visit.
Mrs Bert Boman visited with Mrs May White on Sunday afternoon in a social encounter.
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