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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1937
Page
2
The piece reflects on strike peril and union roles amid national politics asking for mediation and criticizes wage battles. It notes Scandia and Belleville anniversaries with a new pool and city pride as old swimming holes give way to modern facilities. Washington tax debates and auto registration laws are also critiqued with cost concerns for taxpayers.
Regular monthly commodity distribution is set for June 24 to 26 with dried milk juice oats and cabbage for relief clients. Mortgage filings rise as deeds office reports. Republic river bridge construction advances toward traffic with old bridge removal following the 1985 flood. Taxes paid heavily before June 20, and one wedding noted Melvin Beckman and Florence Baldwin wed in Belleville. Conservation rules require mowing oats and barley on program farms before supervisors verify neutral acreage conformance.
The article notes enrollment near seventy children in a religious study program, with elected officers including Gloria Lee Nelson as President and Paul Hawkins as Vice President. LeRoy Williamson leads the Red Side, and Blue Side is also mentioned. A picnic for the children is planned for the last day of school.
Olof Fogelberg born August 10 1885 in Vastra Sjuberg Elga Parish Sweden died June 19 1937 at 81 years 10 months and nine days. He married Maria Kajsa Gustafson in Varmland in 1879 and came to America the following year settling near Scandia where he helped build the Missouri Pacific Prosser branch then farmed. He was a faithful Swedish Methodist and father of five with six grandchildren. Funeral services were held June 21 at his home with Rev Miss Lucretia Keyes officiating and interment in the Lutheran cemetery.
Local residents attended church services at Rydal Church with Rev. Ben Rundus delivering a children’s day message. Visitors and relatives from Topeka and Republic gathered at homes near Scandia and Republic for social visits and meals, while several residents assisted at homes and the C H West elevator. A San Diego visitor attended a funeral in Burdick before returning home.
Fifteen Republic county students enrolled at Emporia State Teachers College for the summer session as part of a total campus enrollment around 1900. The college registrars report 1516 regular students plus about 60 in a summer music camp and 325 in elementary and high school programs. Names and hometowns of the Republic county students are listed.
Mr and Mrs HE Co Bowling and family from Trenton Missouri are visiting Mrs Celia Kuiken in Ionia this week. Mr and Mrs Walter Henry and Philroy were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs J C Anderson on Sunday.
Algor Anderson buys Robt. Doctor home on the hill and takes possession Wednesday. Robt. Doctor family moves east of the old Methodist Church. Will McLowell farms two hundred acres with watermelon patches and irrigation potential. Bill Boggess begins work for Kansas Power at Concordia. Thornton Doctor visits Riley for summer with sister Mrs Janet Sargent. O P McMurray undergoes appendicitis surgery at Belleville hospital. Oscar’s friends hope for quick recovery as he improves. J M Brown reports southern wheat and oats in good condition amid seasonal showers.
Harold Coleman stays with his uncle in Union Township and helps on the farm. Little Grant Berggren earns a perfect attendance certificate for nine months in the second grade. Street improvements on Main Street include two culverts and a new gutter to direct water runoff. Eric Larson returns from Emporia where he studied at the State Normal. James West, a Scandia boy, graduates from the State Agricultural College in General Science. Sophia Schwan marries J A Freeburg in Kansas City and they move to Scandia. Earl Hawkins starts as clerk at Star Grocery and proves a big help to the firm.
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