Oil Surfacing Contracts Let On US 36 In Kansas
The State Highway Commission awarded contracts for oil penetration surfacing on US 36 from the Missouri line west to Norton and on US 81 from the Kansas Nebraska state line to Concordia. Nine miles in Republic County from Belleville to Scandia plus 25.5 miles in Jewell County and 18 miles in Phillips County and 10 miles in Norton County will be resurfaced. The project aims to provide all weather, dust free surfaces across a major route.
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Scandia
Sécindia
Belleville
Republic County
Jewell County
Mankaty
Smith-Jewell County
Phillips County
Norton County
Phillipsburg
Norton
Kansas
Missouri River Bridge
Missouri Line
Troy
Hiawatha
Marysville
Kensington
State Highway Commission
Republic
Cloud Counties
Kansas-Nebraska’ State Line
Concordia
Cloud County
Six from this county attend K. S. T. C. Emporia
Six students from Republic County attend Emporia Teachers College this summer. The group includes Audrey Tedrow Scandia Carrie Whipp Belleville Marjorie Myrtle Douglas Belleville Edna Adeling Sjoholm Courtland Ruth Elvins Falk Courtland and Sarabel Ros Hop Narka. Emporia Teachers College reports 1202 college students enrolled last night, 344 more than last year, with 259 in the laboratory roll, total school enrollment 1461.
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Emporia Teachers College
Republic
Audrey Tedrow
Scandia
Carrie _Whipp
Belleville
Marjorie
Myrtle ‘Douglas
Edna Adeling ‘Sjoholm
Courtland
Ruth Elvins
Falk
Sarabel Ros
Hops
Narka
City of Erie Voyage Reports Dry Period Reflections
The crew details a leisure trip aboard the City of Erie with Cleveland and Buffalo Transit. Tourists board cars for the voyage and enjoy Lake Erie while noting a drought elsewhere. Buffalo and Western New York feel the drought’s impact alongside parched Ohio and vacant waterfront structures.
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Erie
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company
Transportation Company
Cleveland
Auté Saleo
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Melvin Hillery Has New Bottle Story
Melvin Hillery prominent Scandia business leader suffered a head injury when a Fly-Tex bottle fell from a shelf after a phone call. His brother Cleo Ward found him unconscious and administered first aid.
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Melvin Hillery
Scandia
Amana Lutheran Church Announces July Mission Meeting
Church notes invite congregation to Sunday school and morning worship with gospel from Luke. Dorcas Society hosts monthly social Friday afternoon. Annual Mission meeting linked to District Luther convention set for July 12 13 15 at Ada Lutheran church and Ada. Pastor Rev Charles Pehrson to speak What manner of child will your child be.
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Amana
Dorcas Society
Ada Lutheran Church
Chas. Pehrson
Methodist Church Plans Quarterly Conference and Events
The four th quarterly conference meets at the parsonage Friday evening June 22 with all members urged to attend. Sunday morning features Church School at 10 AM and worship at 11 AM led by the minister. In the evening Wayne Epworth League visits Scandia for a program. Ladies Aid Society hosts June 28 in the church parlors with Mesdames Fredrickson Naslund and Erickson as hostesses.
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Methodist Church
Wayne Epworth Leagdé
Scandia
Ladies Aid Society
John Fredrickson
John Naslund
E. K Erickson
B. W. Selin
United Brethren Presbyterian Church Schedule and Activities
Sunday school at ten with new officers in charge. C B will meet at seven on the Plotner lawn. Genevieve Freed leads The Mind of Christ on Fear and Worry. Welcome In Circle hosts in church parlors Wednesday by Mrs E P Ahrens. Mrs Jay Bell hosts Friendship club Thursday afternoon June 28 in the Aid building.
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C. B
G. P.plotner
Genevieve Freed
Christ
E. P. Ahrens
Jay Bell
Friendship Club
Aid
Savior's Lutheran Church Norway Service and Classes
Savior's Lutheran Church Norway announces Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 and morning worship at 11. Bible school continues through next week with classes from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Pastor Orlin Torgeson leads the congregation.
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Orlin
Torgeson
Ada Lutheran Church Kackley Sunday Services and Events
Ada Lutheran Church in Kackley announces Sunday school and Bible classes at 10 o'clock, morning worship at 11, and evening services at 8. Swedish language. Choir rehearsal Tuesday evening with Luther League convention in view. Luther League Bible study Thursday evening June 28 at church parlors. Ladies aid hosted by Mrs Richard Olson Thursday afternoon June 28. Sunday school teachers and officers to lead Sunday evening services. Pastor G G Danielson welcomes all.
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Luther League
The
Richard Olson
God the Preserver of Man Sermon Highlights
In Christian Science Sunday services the lesson titled God the Preserver of Man centered on Isaiah 3 verse 15 and the theme of divine protection. The text speaks of the Lord defending and delivering Jerusalem and preserving from all evil, with the sermon continuing on the next page.
Harvest Under Way This Week In Republic County
Harvest starts in Republic county as binders and combines move through fields. Weathery delays noted with wheat yielding about fair and local crops expected to net farmers more due to the $24,000,000 government bonus. Local first deliveries report 56 to 59 testing for wheat at 74 cents and 10 bushels per acre on Archie Larson farm.
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Republic County
Scandia
Isaacsor Brothers
Dan Housholder
Archie Larson
Isaacson Grain Company
Kansas
Crescent oil received to combat chinch bugs
Republic county received 100 barrels of cresote oil for chinch bug barrier building. Most will be used in the eastern part of the county where pests are worst. The oil is part of 100 carloads sent to 48 eastern counties under a 1 million dollar Midwest control funding approved by Congress.
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Republic County
St. Louis
Detroit
Mich
Kansas
Middlewest
Sons of the American Legion
Belleville
Loaded trucks routed via Scandia on US 81 from Belleville to Concordia
Six weeks of truck traffic detours on US 81 divert loaded transport units through Scandia while the Belleville to Concordia highway is oiled. County engineer C. E. Adee says empty trucks use county roads via Rydal and private cars may detour freely. Loaded trucks head through Norway to Scandia to avoid No 9 west of Stony Point construction.
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Scandia
Belleville
Concordia
C. E. Adee
Rydal
Norway
Stony Point
Last Day for Taxes June 20 Sees Penalty Loom
Tax records show the second half of 1933 taxes due by 5 o'clock yesterday with a 10 percent annual penalty after today. County Treasurer Henry Coombs reports strong collections earlier in the week and expects similar payment levels before the final date.
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Ny’ Coombs
Cosmics
Cooper Returns to Office in Salina Area Bridge Work
Raymond says Cooper, an inspector with Reece Construction near Salina, returned to the office Wednesday June 13. Gerald Reece, brother of Carli Reece, is taking his place as the bridge project on Highway 8 is being straightened.
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Raymond
Eight Kansas Counties Added to Drouth Relief List
Eight counties including Atchison Brown Doniphan Jackson Marshall Nemaha Republic and Washington are added to Kansas drouth relief as 50 to 85 percent freight reductions apply for feeding cattle. Local relief groups and county agents will organize to gather cattle movement, pasture water capacity, and transport needs to alleviate drought impacts.
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Drouth
Kansas
Republic
H. Umberger
Washington, D.C
Atchison, Brown, Doniphan
Jackson
Marshall
Nemaha
Washington
Grouth
Arrest brings: close to wild night of carousing
Russell Sanders of Concordia faced grand larceny and robbery charges after a Saturday night spree in Concordia in which he wrecked several cars stole one and endangered pedestrians. He could not post a $1 000 bond and remained jailed pending a June 25 hearing after officers finally captured him following a chase toward Belleville. Sanders a former prize fighter had returned to Concordia and troubled officers.
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Concordia
Russell Sanders
Dew Drop Inn
Belleville
Sanders
New 4 H Club House Nears Completion
A new $100,000 building for the 4 H Club is nearing completion and will be among the finest of its kind in the United States. It will house encampment facilities for about 1000 girls and boys.
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Ain Beed
United States
Beck Visits Scandia in Friday Call on Local Politics
Clarence V. Beck of Emporia visited Scandia Friday as a Republican candidate for attorney general. He called on local residents and discussed state issues and law enforcement.
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Clarence V
Beck
Emporia
Scandia
Jeck
Swift Opens Cream Station in Scandia
Swift and Company of Clay Center Kansas rents the Haggman and Wires building to reopen a cream poultry and eggs station in Scandia. Lloyd La Dow will manage the station. E C Dudley reports Scandia as a promising field while the building gets a new front paint sewer line and gas. John O Anderson Carroll and Andrew Wilson are remodeling the building.
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Swift and Company
Clay Center
Kans
Haggman and Wires
Scandia
Lloyd la Dow
Beloit
Swift
E. C. Dudley
John O. Anderson
Carrol
Andrew Wilson
Quotas Set for Corn and Hog Reductions in Kansas
County allotment committees received corn and hog quotas from the State Board of Review in Topeka. They began adjusting individual contracts and prepared for final signing this week. Contracts will then go to Washington for approval and payment, with early riders likely to speed payment.
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Kansas
State Board of Review
Topeka
Washington, D. C
Drought Not Serious in Republic County Says Adams
County farm agent H. J. Adams says the drought is not serious over Republic County except perhaps in the extreme northwest. Some hay may be shipped in, but few farmers will need to move cattle for pasture. Adams has a list of places with pasture available and notes recent rains have improved corn and pasture prospects.
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Republic County
H. J. Adams
Grasshoppers Invade West County as Pests Rise
Western Republic County farmers report increasing grasshopper invasions while eastern areas battle chinch bugs. County farm agent H. J. Adams says state relief includes poison bait, with nearby counties already receiving aid to combat the pests.
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Republic County
H. J. Adams
Wayne Epworth League to Present Program at M E Church
A miscellaneous program will be presented at the Methodist church at 7 30 Sunday evening by the Wayne Epworth League. The event invites all to attend and will be followed by a social hour.
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Methodist Church
Wayne Epworth. League
Wayne
Scandia Epworth League
John Chase Dies After Long Illness in Norway
John Chase aged 26 died at his home near Norway on Thursday morning June 14 after a long battle with tuberculosis. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the United Brethren church in Norway.
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John Chase
Norway
United ‘Brethren Church
Resumed Work On New Lutheran Shared Facility
Work on the new Lutheran shared facility resumed on Monday after a delay. Crews completed basement excavations and initial foundation work, with three sections now secured and ready for framing.
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New Lutheran
Rain and Wind Bring Relief to Scandia Area
Storms last week dropped about two to three inches on Scandia and surrounding areas, easing drought by soaking crops and pasture. A three hour blackout occurred Tuesday night as strong winds and dust damaged a cow shed roof and farm buildings in Whiterock township.
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Scandia
Ted
Larson
Whiterock
Courtland
W. P. Shivvers
Kansas
United States
Landon Faces Five Democratic Governor Hopefuls
Alf M. Landon, solo Republican on the secretary of state list, may be unopposed in the primaries as five Democrats Kirk Prather Walter Eggers George E. Rogers Thurman Hill Omar B. Ketchum have ballots ready in August. The state notes tax cuts totaling 11 million dollars since Landon became governor.
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Alf M. Landon
Secretary of State
Kirk Prather
Kansas City
Walter Eggers
Bird City
George E. Rogers
Thurman Hill
Wichita
Omar ‘B. Ketchum
Topeka
Landon
Secretary Of‘state
Hudson River
Kansas
Peggy McGregor Leases Jetty Beauty Shoppe
Miss Peggy McGregor of Norway has leased The Jetty Beauty Shoppe. Mrs. Glenn Johnson, who operated it for three weeks, leaves for Kansas City today. McGregor graduated this spring from MacGregor College of Beauty Culture in Kansas City with strong qualifications and recommendations.
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Peggy McGregor
Norway
Glenn Johnson
Kansas City
McGregor
MacGregor College of Beauty Culture
Practice on Minstrel In Full Swing
Practice on Swanee Minstrel to be presented the first week in July under the Scandia Commercial Club auspices. The benefit supports the band with EB wires coaching and preparation in progress.
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Swanee
Scandia !Commercial Club
Officers Elected for Next Year by Sunday School Unit
Officers for the upcoming year were selected Sunday, June 17 by the United Brethren Presbyterian Sunday school. The new slate includes superintendent Mr. Jeene and assistant.
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United Brethren - Presbyterian
Jeene
Eae
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Nebraska’ State Line
State Highway Department
Travelogue
By B. W. Selin
New
United Brethren-Presbyterian Church
Kackley
G.G. Danielson
US 81
Cooper
Holmes
Adams
M. E
John Chase’ OF
Jetty Beauty
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