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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1929
Page
4
J. M. Weislogel remodels rooms above the Weislogel block on Main Street and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Martin take possession as proprietors of a new rooming house. Ten rooms plus two light house keeping apartments ready for transient use with plans for lavatories and ongoing improvements.
The 1929 graduating class of the local high school held baccalaureate services at the Methodist church last Sunday evening. Mrs Pattie Eakins delivered the sermon with the seniors and faculty in front. The audience sang America as Rev O J Lundberg gave the invocation and Rev D W Herrick read John 10 1 10. The girls quartet sang and Mrs Eakins spoke on I Have Set Before You an Open Door.
O. J. Johnson of Scandia bought three two year old steers from C. J. Carlson northwest of Scandia. The animals weighed 1190, 1160 and 1260 pounds and sold for an average of 12.75 dollars per hundred, netting Carlson about 460 dollars. Johnson says high quality stock pays and foresees greater prosperity for Scandia and nearby areas.
Misses Maxine Fulcomer and Marguerite Bedard head to Logan Kansas for a two night vaudeville stand. They will perform Scandia school numbers and new routines including vocal solos duets and dance. They recently signed to appear at the Lyric Theatre Superior Nebraska marking their first out of state engagement.
Rock Islands offers the usual 4.50 excursion fare from Friday through Monday for weekend travelers to Kansas City. Personal notes mention Miss Mary West Miss Julia Larson and Miss Mabel Berggren spending Thursday in Concordia while Mr and Mrs L A Benedict drove to Miltonvale and returned home.
Will Reager of Norcatur is here visiting relatives, spending time with family in town.
The editor reports receiving an unsigned anonymous letter marking a first for six weeks tenure. Readers are urged to sign submissions or use the columns discreetly with signed material. Names can be withheld upon request, but the writer must be known to the editor. A Scandia High School Alumnae letter condemning tomorrow’s banquet alumnae dance is noted.
Business men of Scandia donate thirty eight prizes valued at over 35 dollars for nineteen events at the School Community Picnic closing day of Scandia Public Schools. Mrs E Forter Ahrens directs with the PTA sponsoring and a community dinner at Miller’s Rink after an intersquad baseball game.
At the Presbyterian Church Sunday School starts 10:00 A M supervised by Mr Matthias. worship at 11:00 A M with The Reality of Regeneration. Evening service at 8:00 P M titled The Fifth Sparrow. Welcome In Circle meets at Mrs Cora Ahrens home. Meet at the church at 2:30 for car rides. Pattie Eakins, pastor.
Amana Lutheran Church Penticost services announced with gospel reading John 15 10 17. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit. Sunday School and services morning and evening at usual hours. Pastor Chas Pehrson leads.
The Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 A M with classes for all ages. Morning service commemorates Pentecost and asks what it means to the church then and now. Evening service at 8 P M. Woman's Foreign Missionary meeting scheduled for next Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Walfred Westin's home. O J Lundberg, pastor.
The United Brothers Church plans a 10:00 A M Sunday School with Tedpic Jeremiah Calls to Repentance and 11:00 A M Morning Worship featuring The Secret Place. The next group meeting is at Clayton on Tuesday May 21 with the Ladies Aid meeting Thursday May 23 at the Aid building. D V Herrick is the pastor.
Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Norway Kansas hosts Sunday School and adult Bible class at 10 o'clock. Pentecost evening service with offering at 8 o'clock. Pastor T. Orlin Torgeson preaches. Bible quote from Acts 3 19.
Twenty five seniors of Scandia High School will receive diplomas at 8 oclock at City Hall. Dr P C Somerville of Salina will deliver the main address on The Climber and the Steady Riser. James K Currie president of the local board will present the diplomas.
Scandia High School seniors with sponsors Miss Elsie Wall and Supt Hershel Kannier toured Deshler Hebron Belleville and Concordia on their annual sneak last Friday. Breakfast was served in Deshler and dinner at Concordia.
The Scandia High School Class Day program was held in the auditorium. Valedictorian Frank Nimocks gave the address and salutatorian Miss Marceil Preble delivered the principal speech. The program included class songs, prophecies, histories, poems, solos by Nimocks and others, a class will, orchestra selections, and a senior boys quartet.
Scandia High School student annual The Viking arrives with 150 copies delivered Monday by College Crofters printers of Kansas City Missouri. Senior sponsors handle distribution to subscribers. Opal Brewer edits with Frank Nimocks as assistant editor, John Nystrom as business manager, Maurine Larson as assistant business manager under Miss Rhea Ensign’s sponsorship.
Harold Coleman returned Sunday from a ten day trip at Bucklin and Dodge City where Coleman and Reece Construction Co works on federal road projects. Mrs. C. W. Sargent and daughter Emogene Riley are in Scandia for commencement week visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Doctor. P T Strom of Republic was in town Tuesday and called at this office. Lawrence Nimocks of Hastings spent Tuesday night with his parents Mr and Mrs George Nimocks. Mr and Mrs Victor Carlson and Mr and Mrs Albert Moe visited Sunday with Mrs Della Colley and Chas Fancher.
Mrs Roscoe Cooper and daughter Donna Jean of Strong City are visiting at the Robert Nylund home. Mrs Amanda Maxell is confined to bed this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mahan of the Night Hawk Cafe own a four legged chicken described as a freak of nature. The bird is healthy, with two legs at the usual front and two more growing from the pelvic rear, attached where they first protrude. Mrs Rasmussen found the chick in Rhode Island Red eggs in a regular hatch.
Manager Mike Johnson's Swedes travel to Republic City next Sunday afternoon to face the Republic team aiming to extend an undefeated streak against Republic in two years. Scandi teams show improvement after two losses to Scargin, with Bledsoe and Frazier set as batteries for the Swedes and Millen likely to start for Republic.
Marvin Rosene, a University of Kansas student, was named to a committee chosen from the men's student council to publish next year’s KU student directory. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Rosene of Scandia.
T J West formerly cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Scandia has been appointed county treasurer of Republic county to fill the vacancy created by the death of Mrs Maude Smith. Appointed last week by the county commissioners the action came unsolicited from the commissioners who deem him best qualified in the county.
Jeannette Ahrens, a Scandia Grade School student, placed in the top ten percent in the Kansas State Scholarship Contest reading test. Sponsored by Teachers College Emporia, she was the sole Republic county pupil to place in the state event, earning a silver cup after winning the county contest and advancing from the district.
Little Virginia Mahan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mahan, returns home from Kansas City where she spent months in a hospital. She endured operations on both hips, wore a cast most of the time, and now walks on crutches though remains stiff and sore.
Mrs. Joe Johnson and children Dean and Leo of Kackley and Mrs. Harry Nelson and children Evelyn and Bobbie Dean of Jamestown attended class day exercises in Scandin Wednesday.
Miss Vada Forsberg daughter of Mr and Mrs Albin Forsberg serves as a stenographer at the Concordia Creamery in Concordia.
Mr and Mrs Adolph Nelson and Loretta Myers traveled to Beloit Tuesday to escort Loretta to the industrial school. Mrs Dick Dale and Junior plus Rich mond Mo visited E M Bogges family Wednesday. Mrs Rickel Naomi Ruth and Clifford Rickel of Kansas City spent Sunday with Earnest Erickson. Chan Cullers T J West and George Ninnocks drove to Concordia last Friday to attend Commandery. Mr and Mrs A C Wilson and Jake Storer drove up from Concordia Tuesday evening.
Jimmie Mahan waded through floodwaters south of Scania to rescue eleven young pheasants stranded on a high ground island. He brought the flock to Fred Ward's farm where an old hen from Ward tends the youngsters.
Scandia gains near synchronous sound at the Princess Theater on May 23 with the first showing of Brotherly Love. Owners West Wires and Mahan invest heavily to provide orchestral accompaniment and full sound for all pictures.
Henry G. Hahn, three year Marquette High School coach, signed to lead Scandia High athletics succeeding W. J. Matthias. Hahn drew success in football and basketball at Marquette, graduated from McPherson College in 1926, and will also head the manual training department and teach science.
Committees have been appointed to stage the annual Memorial Day events in Scandia. Services begin Sunday May 26 at 11 a.m. with union church cooperation, and May 30 at 2 p.m. in City Hall featuring an American Legion drill, cemetery tributes, a speaker, and music. Businesses close for the afternoon to honor the dead.
John Nondorf and Robert Doctor completed repairs on the Republican River bridge west of town under the supervision of the State Highway Commission.
Miss Grace Larson of Lincoln Nebraska spends her annual vacation at her parents Mr and Mrs J D Larson. She is employed in the Miller Payne dry goods office in Lincoln.
Scandia High School alumni senior class and faculty are invited to the annual Alumni Banquet at the Lutheran Church parlors on Friday after the seniors are initiated. Miss Ella Maxell and Mildred Aspegren head arrangements with Trarry Moller as vice-president. Initiations start at 7 p.m. at the I C O F hall, then banquet, followed by dancing at the lodge hall.
Joe Finch former Scandia Public Schools superintendent died suddenly in his Beloit law office Friday around 1 30 pm death attributed to heart trouble He led Scandia schools in 1911 1912 later served as Mitchell County prosecuting attorney two terms and held Kansas Day Club president status He gained statewide political recognition through his work and service.
Home-Oil and Supply Co. purchases two new Ford trucks to enhance oil delivery in Scandia area. Management aims to maintain first class service and provide quicker delivery within the local trade zone. Mr and Mrs Ray Chilcott visited Jewell City and Mankato Sunday.
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