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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1971
Page
1
Scandia girls swept both A and B tournaments with strong showings. B team’s Virginia Hamler scored 10 in a 36 31 win over Washington Bs while A team defeated Washington 61 27 led by Karen Sweat with 33 points.
U S Senator Bob Dole proposes a constitutional amendment to protect public school and public building prayer. The measure echoes Senator Dirksen s prior proposals. Community social notes follow with local visits and dinner gatherings in Scandia and nearby towns.
Hospital notes report Ernest Nelson back at Concor dia Rest Home after a stay at Republic County Hospital.
Readers in Scandia Kansas and Sedalia Missouri report extended mail and telephone delays tied to strikes. The note from the Larsen and Twyford families shares relief at staying in touch and promises news once mail resumes. A recruitment ad lists Army unit options for Kansas and nearby states. Geralyn Popelka named Heart Fund Queen at a Belleville Concordia game with contestants named.
A Kansas Veterans Commission representative will visit Belleville on March 11 1971 from 1 00 to 4 30 pm at the Welfare Office Republic County Courthouse to assist veterans and survivors with service work. Those unable to attend may contact the Marysville office at 562 2581 or visit the courthouse.
Congressman Keith Sebelius announces a House Farm Day to raise awareness of farmers’ profit squeeze as urban households pay little for food and farmers receive six cents. He also promotes a new anti smut law effective February 1, enabling residents to opt out of sexually explicit ads via PS Form 2201 and face penalties for noncompliance.
The World Day of Prayer observance sponsored by Church Women United will be held Friday.
Weather across the world this Friday March 5 includes a Scandia community meeting at Amana Lutheran church at 10.4 am with offerings for global needy. Scattered notes report 20 inches of new snow on Sunday night and February ending with over 20 inches total and below normal temperatures. Farmers face harsh winter conditions. Tuesday morning’s 9 degree low marked the state’s coldest reading. On Wednesday March 3 Concordia reported a 5 degree low.
YWCA cancels its March 8 meeting and sponsors a Shawl Exhibit at the United Methodist Church on Monday March 29 at 2 30 p m. A committee will call to arrange shawl displays. Also notes highway safety data, drinking-driver deaths, teen crashes, and a report on Army Pvt Richard K Calkins’s training at Fort Ord and local dinner guests.
The Father and Son Banquet is set for March 12 at 6 30 p m in Scandia Grade School with a price of one dollar per plate. A memorial fund funds The Oregon Trail painting by Flossie Larson for the new Scandia museum and committee lists are named for the annual alumni banquet on May 28 1971 at Scandia High School.
A brass missal stand was dedicated at Sunday morning worship and placed on the altar in memory of Cora A. Ahrens. The congregation sang Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated Lord to Thee as the stand was unveiled. The gift was funded by memorial money for Mrs Ahrens.
H W Reece of Reece Construction Company Scandia Kansas elected Director At Large of the Contractors Division of the American Road Builders Association for a one year term. Announcement made at the 69th Annual Convention at the Biltmore Hotel clarifying the group as a national transportation industry body.
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