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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1940
Page
5
Radio reports say hostilities ceased at 5 51 pm our time on Monday evening. France is said to be under Hitler’s control and not to participate further in the war between Germany and Great Britain.
The Rock Island Lines in Chicago maintains a ledger in the office of W. H. Burns, general auditor, that has been in constant use for 85 years. Its pages and original entries remain fresh as when the book first opened in 1855, a unique artifact in railroad records.
Emmett Gonzelman, postmaster of Repub lic, is transferred to Route No. 1 carrier from July 1. His prior Civil Service seniority at Fort Leavenworth qualifies him for the move. Clifford Brown continues to substitute as before, and the Gonzelmans will move to Scandia.
J P Vandeveer brings the Journal a sample of Black Hull wheat grown four miles east of Jamestown. The sample tests 683 and the yield is just over 30 bushels per acre on a 120 acre field. He reports over 500 acres of wheat across Republic and Cloud counties.
The Luther League enjoyed a picnic at Moore's Bluff on Tuesday evening. Miss Anita Hammer visits Lovewell area with grandmother Mrs Pontus Ross and Mr and Mrs Fred Ross and family. Miss Anna Satterfield returned from a month long Hillboro vacation. Miss Betty Tiller of Belleville stays with sister Mrs Donald Wright and family. Mrs Harry Hanlon hosted guests.
The Pinochle Club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Ida Satterfield Mrs. Howard Brewer and Mrs. Lillie McGregor among the guests. Weekend visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Strand of Washington and Gene Clark of Scandia at the Fred Wager home. Sunday dinners involved multiple local residents and birthdays celebrated.
Mr and Mrs Will Street and Mrs J Street and Grace visited Mrs Anna Hall and family at Concordia Friday. Ralph Rasmussen Homer Cardwell and families were Sunday visitors at Laura Rasmussen home. Many Cardwell relatives spent Sunday at Homer Cardwell home in honor of his birthday. Pauline Cardwell visited Shirley Anderson. Emer Larsen and Thelma visited Joe Cline home. Several relatives were visitors at P T Stroms at St Joseph hospital and other local gatherings.
A long list of social calls and visits fills a week as Mrs. Jewell Winfrey from Kansas City and many area families spend weekend and weekday hours with relatives and friends. Numerous hostess guests include the Hohman, Battis, Lemon, Loring, Linden, Swensen, Haskins, Ahrens, Cardwell, Lorentz, Hooker, and Kallman households with travels to Belleville Superior Agenda Court Treated towns and nearby cities noted.
Miss Lulu Rodebaugh of Logan called on Mrs. E. C. Wires Saturday. Eugene Tice spent the weekend at his Beloit home. Miss Dellamae Beach visited Miss Betty Jo Cox for Sunday supper. Mrs. Roscoe Cooper and children were guests at the A. B. Johnson home Friday. Daughters drove to Washington on Sunday afternoon.
Irene Lash earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Emporia State Teachers College and will teach English at Ford Rural High School. While a student she joined the YWCA and History and Government Club, was VP of the Alice Freeman Palmer Literary Society and Collegiate 4-H Club, and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs B L Lash. She graduated from Wichita East High in 1933.
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