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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1964
Page
1
The regular meeting of Albert Isaacson James Larsen Post 193 at the American Legion Hall will be held Thursday night June 26. Coffee and lunch follow. The nominating committee will meet to plan the officer election.
The Hammer family gathered Sunday at the Norway Lutheran church parlors with tables decorated by Matthew Greenhouse of Concordia and a white mums plant from Charles Satterfield of the Merchant Marines. Attendees included numerous Hammer and related families from Concordia and surrounding towns. next year’s reunion is set for the second Sunday in June in the church basement.
Band practice occurs at 7 20 p m each Wednesday at the high school. Any adult or anyone who can play an instrument is invited to learn and join.
Scandia Chapter 481 OES met in regular form with Mrs Ernest Kirk as matron and Ernest Kirk as patron. Mizpah Chapter’s District Aide Mrs Arch Thompson received honors with flowers and a vase. Refreshments were served. next meeting set for September 8 at 8 p.m.
The Bible Study Group met at Mrs. Hannah Freed’s home on June 17 to finish the Old Testament. Mrs. Bertha Granstedt and Mrs. Harley Shaffer prepared questions. The next meeting with Mrs. Agnes Cardwell is planned for July 1 to begin Matthew.
Agnes Cardwell laments the lack of visitors despite meticulous housekeeping. She describes cleaning, dust chasing, fresh flowers, and dressing up, only to have guests arrive on days she feels unkempt. The poem reflects the tension between domestic labor and social acknowledgment.
Residents and guests at Scandia Rest Home celebrated multiple birthday anniversaries and anniversaries in June. Attendees included Mrs. Loren Isaacson, Mrs. Agnes Cardwell, Mrs. Bertha Christie, and Mrs. Homer Cardwell, among many others. Events featured ice cream, cake, and social gatherings with visits from relatives.
A Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District tour on Thursday July 2 includes stops in Courtland in the forenoon and Republic in the afternoon. Kansas State University Engineer and local Soil Conservation personnel will discuss water use. Courtland attendees meet at 9:30 a.m. in front of the Irrigation office. Republic attendees meet at 1:30 p.m. in front of the West Side IGA Store.
United States Savings Bonds in Republic County totaled 169092 dollars in the first five months of 1964. County Chairman C D Makalous reported Kansas May Series E purchases near 1963 levels and EB sales at 3919874 dollars for May. Kansas end May total for Series B and H was 29384103 dollars, 42.4 percent of the 1964 state quota. Also notes visitors and family visits in Hastings and Lars Hanson households.
Western Light and Telephone Company will swap division managers Aug 1 1964 with Raymond Eustice moving from Concordia to oversee northern division and Gordon Sutton joining from Dodge City to manage Concordia Smith Center Phillipsburg Downs and other WL&T communities. Sutton brings 18 years in utilities and civic activity while Eustice is a Concordia native and former newspaper employee.
The Kan sas Power and Light Company sent Republic County a 6474.43 check for the second half of its 1963 real and personal property taxes. KPL’s 1963 ad valorem taxes across 63 Kansas counties totaled about 514 million dollars. KPL also paid nearly 8 million dollars in 1963 federal income taxes and over 300 thousand dollars in state income taxes.
Ernest Kirk of Scandia announces his bid for the Republican nomination for County Commissioner in the 2nd District. He is active in Scandia Methodist church and holds leadership roles in local Masonic bodies and the Scandia AVES chapter. Other names appear as social callers and attendees in nearby towns. Reece spent Friday in Manhattan attending a sacred Music Workshop at KSU.
Senator Sanborn of Belleville said highway funds will permit improvements on the access road from US 36 to Pike Paw near Republic. He has consulted officials to begin work on roads to historic sites to attract tourists as Kansas seeks more tourist dollars. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs George Fike and Everett of Galva.
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