11 May 1939
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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
1
A home owned rendering plant has opened in Belleville to process tankage and meat scraps. It will be operated by Weaver and son and employ several local workers.
A reflection on Mothers Day tracing its origins from England’s mothering day to America’s 1914 adoption by Congress. Ann Jarvis is celebrated for promoting the day with white carnations symbolizing purity beauty and love. The piece urges passing spiritual heritage to children and honoring mothers who shaped families.
Mitchell county experiences rapid oil activity with leases and royalties changing hands quickly. Rumors place high royalties up to 30 dollars per acre north of Beloit as Carter Oil Co seismographs Beloit block lands and prepares for test well number one. Social notes mention Mr and Mrs Glenn Housholder visiting the McGregors and Bert Fulcomer dining with the Vanous family in Belleville.
An all school dinner is scheduled for Friday May 19. Dinner committee members are Mrs. Carl Hammer, Mrs. Carl Reece and Mrs. Irvin Currie. Table committee members are G. A. Nystrom, Athletic committee includes O. M. Hardtaker, C. C. Cummings and Herbert Shde. Each family should bring their own table service.
Miss Jean Hartman, longtime Scandia Schools music instructor, becomes a contralto with the St. Louis Opera Company after beating out 247 rivals. The company will perform at Forrest Park amphitheatre in summer, starting with Rose Marie. Hartman trained at Kansas City Junior College, Baker University, and the Kansas City Conservatory of Music.
Scandia City Council held its regular meeting last Friday night swearing in the newly elected officers. L. E. Cooper was named Clerk, Charles H. Freed Treasurer, with Marshall and Night Marshall positions left open until June. C. E. Albro was named president of the council as the top vote-getter. A tractor purchase from Omar Olson was approved for street maintenance. Committees were appointed including Claims, Licenses, Streets, Parks, Poor, Lights, Water and Sewer, Ways and Means, and Building and Grounds with members Gunter, Albro, Stromberg, Cardwell, and others. Mayor E. T. Olson. Councilors C. E. Albro, GC. Wires, Allen Gunter, George Stromberg, Art Cardwell. Marshall Walter Anderson and Night Marshall Charley Nordman to serve as hold-overs. Dr. C. V. Haggman returned home after a Milwaukee visit.
The Princess Theatre presents Paris Honeymoon this weekend starring Bing Crosby with Fran ciska Gaal and Akim Tamiroff. Crosby sings four late hits in a breezy comedy about a honeymoon, with Shirley Ross and Edward Everett Horton featured in the cast.
Emil Haggman left Tuesday for his home in Los Angeles after a three week stay with relatives here. A B Johnson departed Saturday for Manhattan to attend Feeders Day at Kansas State College and visit friends. Mike Rath McElroy of Randall was a Sunday guest at Fred Evert's.
The investor, the silent partner in American industry, funds jobs and new plants. Politicians must win investor trust with deeds, not words, by limiting government competition and securing specific agreements for a return. Willkie notes investors demand clear policies before supporting recovery.
Roy Phillips a Jewell County farmer reports 14 dams being built this spring while he supervised 23 dams last fall in the same area. County agent C E Bartlett says ponds store runoff water for farm use and improve well conditions, providing lasting farm benefits.
Governor Ratner named Ben H. Johnson of Talmo as business manager for Kansas a high appointive role. Johnsons banking farming and legislative experience suit the post. friends statewide and in Republic County cheer the appointment.
Thelma Larson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Larson of Kackley, is hired as instructor for intermediate grades at Newton. She will earn a bachelor of science in education from Emporia State College in July and holds an elementary life certificate. She formerly taught in Republic County rural schools and Mankato, returns to study geography and psychology, and has been active in Art Club Geography Club YWCA and Pi Delta Theta. Walter Mowry of Smith Center and Gayl Tedrow joined Sunday supper guests at the Tedrow home.
Mrs J C Everett departed Minneapolis on Tuesday bound for Neodesha to visit Mr and Mrs Floyd McNair and daughters, with Mrs Frank, Edrow and Ge accompanying or noted in the text.
Sheriff Curtis S. Moore says Frank Hammon, arrested April 20 in Kansas City, admitted taking part in the Courtland Post Office robbery on November 30 1938. He also confessed to Aurora and Clifton Hill post office robberies carrying nitroglycerine and dynamite caps. Hammon, remanded to Wyandotte jail, faces grand jury June 6 after failing to post 5000 bond. previously 40 year Iowa bank robbery sentence with 11 year parole.
A Journal reporter toured the Shivvers Sand and Gravel concern at the town’s west end uncovering a river pump driven by Buick auto parts lifting sand and gravel for plastering sand and concrete. The plant also makes tiling drainage blocks and cement blocks with a small crew, amid earlier periods of larger employment. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Forsberg returned home after two weeks visiting relatives in Dayton Ohio and Kansas City Missouri.
Mrs. Wm. Kallman visited Sunday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Nellie Anderson.
Twenty seniors of the Class of 1939 will conclude Scandia Schools with a week of events beginning with a Friday Junior-Senior banquet. Baccalaureate on May 14 features Rev. J C Everett. Commencement on May 18 has Rev. Thomas C Parish as main speaker and diplomas presented by Supt. F L Miller. Fifteen eighth graders also graduate on May 17 with addresses by Lawrence Nelson and Norma Jean Richards.
The article notes Courtland marking the first school building’s 50th anniversary and the opening of a new modern building at the next fall term. An alumni banquet is planned for Friday night May 19 to commemorate both milestones and dedicate the completed structure. Visitors include Miss Mable Haggman, Miss Marguerite MecNall of Chicago, and accompanying relatives.
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