Eighth Grade Diploma Ceremony at Scandia Schools
The 1928 eighth grade graduation at Scandia schools was held Wednesday evening with a red and silver decor and the motto Together We Stick Divided We're Stuck. A. R. Morey presented diplomas as graduates received two American Beauty roses.
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Scandia
J. M. Mahaffy
Genevieve Freed
Warren Gunter
Elizabeth Billings
Vernon Erickson
Helen Gunter
Don Juan
Ruth Haggman
Lloyd Wetzel
Miriam Mahaffy
Jeannette Ahrens
Leona Davi
Ruth Hageman
Flying Circus Comes to Belleville on Joy Day Friday
Belleville hosts Joy Day featuring Wassenburg’s Flying Circus with Deotty McLeoud the Fearless Scotchman doing a parachute leap and wing walking. Wasenberg’s monster five passenger plane and stunts join band concerts vaudeville and a Chicken Giveaway from a rooftop toss.
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Belleville
Chamber of Commerce
Wassenberg
Texas
Deotty McLeoud
McLeoud
Wassenburg
Belleville Municipal Band
Chick Boyes
Pickaninny
Clark-Hampton
The
Majestic
Norway High School Graduation Set With Guest Speaker
Five graduates are listed for Norway high school commencement this Thursday. LaVerne Soderstrom of Lindsborg will deliver the address. Class members named include Dale Logsdon Alma Buer Julian Nelson and Melvin Ostberg. Theo Nelson has served as superintendent for two years. Also notices advertise a cash price sale by owner and two Wanted ads for cattle and pasture.
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Norway High School
LaVerne Soderstrom
Lindsborg
Dale Logsdon
Alma Buer
Julian Nelson
Melvin Ostberg
W. Nelson
Strom-Cline Marriage Celebrated at Republic
Miss Mabel Lillian Strom and Mr. Joe E. Cline wed in a Wednesday ceremony at the bride's parents home Mr and Mrs O B Strom Rev M L Robey of Republic officiated The reception included a two course wedding lunch The couple will live on the Berggren farm southeast of Republic Mrs Cline a noted county teacher and Joe Cline of Copeland Kansas are well regarded in the community
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Mabel Lillian Strom
Joe E. Cline
O. B. Strom
Cer M. L. Robey
Republic
Berggren
Cline
Joe
Chas. Cline
Copeland
Kans
Scandia Pupils Entertain Lions Club at Noon
Scandia schools music group performed for the Lions Club Friday noon event. Superintendent H Kannier music supervisor Katheryn Pohlmann and orchestra director Frank Jehlik accompanied the students. Vocal and instrumental selections highlighted a class of musical entertainment noted as a credit to the school.
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Scandia
Lions Club
H. Kannier
Katheryn Pohlmann
Frank Jehlik
Belleville Telescope
Regular Sunday School Attendance Urged at Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church urges regular attendance for Sunday School to raise standards. May 20 preaching at 8 pm features Rev. W. S. Smalley of Belleville. C E at 7 15 pm. Members and friends urged to plan for a delegation to the state convention in Wichita June 7 10 led by Minister J. M. Mahaffy.
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Wichita
Methodist Church Service Schedule and Invitation
The Methodist Church announces Sunday at 10:00 A.M. Sunday School 11:00 A.M. Morning Worship Life's Greatest Glory 7:00 P.M. Epworth League 8:00 P.M. Evening Service Choir practice next Wednesday at the church All are welcome to attend and benefit from worship Minister QO J Lundberg invites the community to services
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the Methodist Church
Epworth League
QO. J. Lundberg
Amana Lutheran Church Sixth Sunday after Easter
The Amana Lutheran Church observes the Sixth Sunday after Easter with morning worship and Sunday school at usual times. No evening service as the pastor preaches at Ada Lutheran Church. The pastor attended a district meeting at Swedesberg Church near Morganville this week. Dorcas Society meets Friday afternoon May 25 with Augusta Swanson and Ida Isaacson as hostesses. Pray for the Holy Spirit.
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Amana Lutheran Church
Ada Lutheran Church
Swedesberg Lutheran Church
Morganville
Dorcas Society
Augusta Swanson
Ida Isaacson
Chas. Pehrson
Mrs Milo Johnson Dies in Belleville After Illness
Mrs Milo Johnson aged 33 died Monday morning in Belleville after a year of tubercular illness. She lived at the H. S. Johnson home and her own residence before treatment in Belleville. Funeral at her mother Mrs Bert Williams home conducted by Rev O J Lundberg with Presbyterian quartet. Burial in Belleville cemetery. Born September 26 1894 in Denver Colorado, moved to Belleville Kansas at age four. She taught in Republic County and worked at Lincoln Nebraska before marriage in 1924 to Milo Johnson. Survived by husband, daughter Betty Lee, mother, sister and many relatives. Burial in Belleville.
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Milo Johnson
Belleville
H. S. Johnson
Bert Williams
O. J. Lundberg
Presbyterian Quartette
Scandia
Lula Williams
Denver
Colo
Kansas
Republic County
Lincoln Business College
Lincoln
Nebr
Burlington Railroad
Kans
James O’neil
Betty Lee
Bert Wibamass
Charles Warner
School Hill notices mark senior year events and exams
Junior class members were excused Friday to decorate the Lutheran church for the Junior-Senior banquet. Elda Isaacson led a farewell Girl Reserve meeting with speeches honoring seniors. Final exams were held Monday and Tuesday with exemptions for top averages. A Lions club program in Beleville featured multiple performances by Scandia High students. The yearbook Blue and White 1928 was issued and sold for two dollars. Senior girls received a party for coach Harriet Gordon, and Girl Reserve pins were awarded to each senior.
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Lutheran Church
Elda Isaacson
Lions Club
Elliott Hotel
Beleville
Scania High School
Frank Nimocks
Ruth
Phil Haggman
C. V. Haggman
John Nystrom
Scandia High News
Scandia
Harriet Gordon
Erickson
Miss Gordon
Meryl Horn
Katheryn Pohlman
W. J. Matthias
Maurine Larson
Opal Brewer
Norway
Nelsons to lecture on Africa experiences at church
Rev and Mrs E N Nelson visiting after years in Africa mission work arrive from Denver. He preached a Mother's Day sermon at United Brethren church and will give a May 27 lecture with stereopticon views on their missionary experiences. All are invited.
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E.N. Nelson
Africa
Denver
Ms. Nelson
Nylund
Nelson
United Brethren Church
Baccalaureate Exercises Held At Lutheran Church
Rev. Chas Pehrson delivered the address titled The Well Strings of Life to a large congregation. Seniors and faculty were seated in reserved pews while the Sophomores decorated the platform with green and gold decor. The program included a processional by Mrs. Clara Cederstam the invocation by Rev. O J Lundberg two selections by the boys quartette doxology and benediction.
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Lutheran Church
Chas. Pehrson
O. J. Lundberg
FOR SALE A TM portable 8 h international gas engine
Ed Boman advertises an 8 horsepower portable International gas engine for sale, noting it needs tuning. The item is listed with a name Ray Tingstrom and a Mrs Phéne 181 with a 50c price mention and 24 p. date fragment.
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Marcel
Carl
Phéne
Ray Tingstrom
Ed Boman
Court House Notes Recap of county business and marriages
County commissioners completed the May session and will reconvene later. The old south Meridian highway contract nears completion with work planned toward the Republic Cloud county line. Local divorces were heard with one denied for lack of jurisdiction and one granted. Mortgage case Republic County Mutual vs Johnson proceeds in district court. Normal Training exams set for May at Belleville grade school. Five marriages reported this week but none involving Republic county residents. Norway high school commencement speaker announced. Scandia Rebecca lodge meets.
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Republic- Cloud County
Lillian Cannady
Travis Cannady
Cannady
Kincaid
Belleville
Rosa Peter
Chas. G. Peter
Hogin
Republic County Mutual
Frank A. Johnson
Agenda
Republic
Roger Howey
Mary Nault
Haddam
Clifton
Alfred L. Smith
Walter A. Nevey
Pearl E. Grabbs
Nebr
Reese
Methodist Church
Glenn
Wiley
Mankato
Leona M. Freudt
Burr Oak
Fuller
Clare Baldwin
Norway High School
Norway
LaVerne Soderstrom
Lindsborg
Conditions ideal in northern Kansas report says farmer
A. H. W. Larson of Scandia in Republic county reports ideal conditions in northern Kansas. Wheat looks promising and corn planting is near completion. Mixed stock farming prevails with corn already coming up, ground is ideal, and good rains are continuing. Larson notes fewer hogs on hand and fewer cattle on feed.
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A. HW. Larson
Scandia
Kans
Republic County
Mr. Larson
Glass Day Program Honors 1928 High School Graduates
The 1928 high school class held a glass day program in the auditorium on Wednesday May 16. Senior Girls Quartette saluted the event with a program including a salutatory by Naomi Nylund class will by Jetty Green class history by Frances Florell song by Dudley Doctor class prophecy by Arthur Jackson class poem by Alice Nylund colors flower and motto by Reba Nordman and valedictory by Alein Lundbere.
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Scandia High School
City Hall
Lawrence Bowersox
Agnes Isaacson
Myrtle Edgren
Melvin Hillery
Dudley Doctor
Alice Nylund
Naomi Nylund
Jetty Green
Wilbur Sothers
Glenn Currie
Frances Florell
Dale Sanderson
Arthur Jackson
Reba Nordman
Alein Lunderg
Alein Lundberg
James W. Mayberry
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Alein Lundbere
Kansas City Business Men To Visit Here
Four Kansas Citians met Saturday to plan a Goodwill Trade Tour for 125 Kansas City business leaders. The group aims to visit about 45 towns across northern Kansas and southern Nebraska over five days in June, with a 15 minute stop at Scandia on June 22. The Pathfinder Party will tour by car or bus and meet local merchants and manufacturers, led by Colonel Ruby D. Garrett and other Kansas City officials.
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Kansas
Ruby D. Garrett
Garrett and
Ruark
W. F. Coleman
Empire Printing Company
Hugh Thompson
Holland Furnace Company
J. E. Burke
Young Men’s Department
Chamber of Commerce
Kansas City
Community Field Day Prize List at Ball Park
Stores close Friday 1 to 4 pm for school community picnic events at the ball grounds. Field day prizes include candy bars, flour, perfumes, knives, neckties and more from local merchants. events cover sprints, hurdles, long jumps, and races with adult and youth divisions and a baseball game finale.
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Ball Park
City Market
D. B. Green
E. W. Beeman
Chilcott Bakery
Bank of Scandia
Howard Mahan
Hageman & Wires
F. & M. Stores Co
W. R. Billings
Nighthawk Cafe
E. H. Lewis
Guy Ward
Home Oil Company
E. T. Olson
Albert Larson
North Side
Ed Olson
Geo. Jeandebeur
H. H. Mahan
Howard
Dug Gunter
Melvin Hillery
Earl Beeman
Hank Nystrom
Ed Wires
Frank Peterson
Allary Gunter
Chas. Freed
Lester Richards
E. M. Boggess
Ben Goldbronson
South Side
Hugh Weir
K. Bedard
Henry Johnson
A. J West
Frank Mahan
Emil Isaacson
Fred Ward
Walt Billings
Harry ,Moller
Bill Clark
Capt
Dorcas Society to Meet in Church Parlors Friday
The Dorcas Society will meet in the church parlors on Friday afternoon May 25 in Augusta. Swanson and others are listed as participants.
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Dorcas Society
Augusta
Swanson
Ida Isaacson
Junior Senior Banquet In Lutheran Parlors May 11
The Junior-Senior banquet was held Friday evening May 11 at 6 30 in the Lutheran church parlors. The basement was decorated with tree foliage and blue crepe streamers and a Victrola read poetry. A four course dinner was served with toasts built on the word adieu by Marcell Preble Jetty Green Lawrence Bowerson Miss Harriet Gordon and others.
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Robin Hood’s Forest
Genevieve Freed
Frank Nimocks
Marcell Preble
Jetty Green
Lawrence Bowerson
Elbow Room
John Nystrom
Under the Stars
Harriet Gordon
Notice to Bird Destroyers City Ordinance
City Council warns the public under the city ordinance that killing birds within city limits with airguns or other devices is punishable. Complaints report boys using airguns destroying birds. cooperation of parents requested to prevent serious trouble.
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Strom
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Wm. Hay
Rebecca Lodge
John Poage
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Yuma
J. H. Sandell
G. E. Thorp
Thorp
Wm. Segerhammar
Amanda Johnson
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Harry Gile
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