The Gay Sisters at the Princess Theater
The Gay Sisters star in a Warner Bros. production opening at the Princess Theater Saturday night. Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Nancy Coleman headline as the Gaylord sisters in a tale tracing an aging mansion and a $500 million will’s impact on the family through decades of court battles and tragedy.
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Warner Bros. Studio
Princess Theater
Gaylord
Barbara Stanwych
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Nancy Coleman
Red Heads
Aan Gaylord
Lusitania
Wood
Waldron
Fiona
Evelyn
Susanna
Miss Stawyck
Miss Fitzgerald
Miss Coleman
Charles Barclay
Princess Theater Alerts Patrons on Conduct Standards
The Princess Theater manager Dr. E. McKimson urges younger patrons to behave properly to ensure a pleasant experience for all. He notes changes aim to maintain clean amusement in Scandia and asks visitors to show respect consistent with the majority of patrons. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Avery and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Swenson visited S. J. Swenson in Concordia Sunday evening.
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Princess Theater
Scandia
E. McKimson
Merle Avery
Arthur Swenson
Concordia
S. J. Swenson
Commencement Program for High School Class of 1943
The May 20 1943 ceremony at the high school auditorium includes processional Miss Irma Dietrich victory overtones, Wood Wind Echoes performance, Rev Hjalmar Larson and Paul Nelson addresses, Mrs Zula Bennington Greene Peggy of the Flint Hills reading, Bohm Calm as the Night vocal, Girls Trio The Ways, Eldora Coleman Eastham appearance, diplomas presented by Supt Donovan W Rees, Board of Education, benediction and recessional.
One Show Each Evening for Gone With the Wind
Notice states only one performance per evening on May 29 and 30 due to runtime of three hours and fifty five minutes. Patrons should arrive promptly at 8:00 PM to view the full production.
Senior Class Night Honors From 1943 Seniors
The 1943 senior class held a night at the High School Auditorium with a salutatory by Lawrence Nelson and a class history by Betty Johnson. Carl Kallman delivered the class prophecy while Miss Irma Dietrich played a piano solo. Darwin Housholder gave the Vale dictory and Lorraine Helvey read the class poem. Glenn Johnson presented the class will and Irvin Nondorf the $25 bond as a parting gift. Mrs. D W Rees and two vocal numbers closed the program. Awards for outstanding work were given by Emory Groves, Mrs Melvin Erickson, Evert Morgan, Irman Dietrich and Supt Rees.
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Lawrence Nelson
Betty Johnson
Carl Kallman
Irma Dietrich
Darwin Housholder
Lorraine Helvey
Prof. Rees
Glenn Johnson
Irvin Nondorf
Mrs Mary Glaze and John Glaze Visit Kansas City Hosts
Mrs Mary Glaze and John Glaze of Kansas City are visiting Mr and Mrs John Mahan. The social greeting highlights kinship ties and a friendly visit arrangement between households.
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Mary Glaze
John Glaze
Kansas City
John Mahan
Liberal education after the war must shape postwar freedom
A wartime speech to graduates urges that while many will join the armed forces disrupting schooling, the future requires liberal education to preserve freedom. It stresses understanding freedom, moral reform, and the duty to pursue liberal studies after the war to ensure the highest good for society.
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Ucation
Superintendent Donovan Rees Resigns from Scandia School System
Superintendent Donovan Rees announces resignation at end of the current school year May 21 1943. He cites twenty years in the profession and seeks permanent employment elsewhere while thanking the board Mrs Rees and the Scandia community for their courtesy and friendship.
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Donovan Rees
Rees Plans Continued Residency in Scandia Vocation
The interview with Supt. Rees highlights a distinguished career in education and public service. Rees holds advanced degrees at the Colo. Col lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts and has participated in State Teachers Association programs as a lecturer. He belongs to several honoraries Pi Gamma Mu Iota Lambda Sigma Sigma Mu Delta and Delta Epsilon Alpha. He is a 32 degree Mason Knight Templar and Shriner. He notes many former students became doctors lawyers and farmers with only two entering penal institutions. He plans to stay in Scandia for the time being while deciding his future course.
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Colo. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
State Teachers Association
Teachers Institute
Pi Gamma Mu
Iota Lambda Sigma
Sigma Mu Delta
Delta Epsilon Alpha
Supt
Rees
Scandia
Annual Community Dinner at High School Auditorium
The annual community dinner will be held at the High School Auditorium on Friday May 21 at 12:00 noon. Attendees should bring a basket dinner and personal dishes and silverware. Coffee and lemonade will be served and cream is requested. Mrs. E. P. Ahrens is president of the PTA.
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E. P. Ahrens Pres
Birthday visitors honor Ada Aspegren birthday
Sunday afternoon guests of Mrs. Ada Aspegren and Norma included Mr. and Mrs. Jack Reece Linda Vici and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Reece with Carla in a birthday visit honoring Ada Aspegren.
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Ada Aspegren
Norma
Aspegren
Jack Reece
Linda
Vici
Carl Reece
Carla
Scandia High Faces Complete Faculty Shakeup After Supt. Rees Resigns
The Scandia Board of Education must recruit an entirely new high school staff after Supt. Rees resigns on Thursday morning. Rees, who filled Hodges’ unexpired term, plans include possible departures from teaching. Helen Louise Rees and the family will stay in Scandia for now as other faculty members had already resigned to pursue other jobs. Rees expects to join government work with the Farm Security Administration last summer and now returns as Zone Collector for the Internal Revenue Service.
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Supt
Rees
Scandia
Scandia High
Board of Education
Wm. ‘Hodges
Cole
Prof
H. S
Helen Louise
Farm Security Administration
Internal Revenue Service
U. S. Treasury
Peggy of the Flint Hills to Speak at Commencement
Zula Bennington Greene Peggy of the Flint Hills a witty columnist comparable to Will Rogers appears at the Scandia commencement tomorrow evening. She travels from Ottawa County attends a local event then returns to Topeka for her son's graduation and to Russell County for an eighth grade ceremony.
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Zula Bennington Greene
Peggy
Flint Hills
Will Rogers
Scandia
Kathryn O’laughlin McCarthy
6Th Dist
Topeka
Ottawa County
D. W. Rees
Russell Co
Russell County
Seventh and Eighth Grade Banquet Held at Methodist Church
A Banquet for seventh and eighth graders was hosted by the mothers Thursday evening in the Methodist church parlors with a Bon Voyage theme. Mothers committee included Mrs Greenslade Mrs Hohman Mrs Nichols Mrs Cox and Mrs Reece.
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Methodist Church
Greenslade
Hohman
Nichols
Cox
Reece
D. W. Rees
Melvin Erickson
Kelcher
Kenneth Nichols
Patsy Cooper
Max Berry
Billie Moe
Carlson Considered for Republican Whip
Rum tax legislation has brought Rep. Frank Carlson of Kansas national attention as talks circulate about naming him Republican whip to succeed the late Rep. Harry Englebright. No decision before Englebright's funeral, Carlson's leadership rise highlights Kansas imbalance in the party organization.
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House
Frank Carlson
Kansas Dist
Harry Englebright
California
Englebright
Carlson
Republican House
Clifford Hope
Kansas
Republican Caucus
Scandia Tire Co Formed By Local Partners
Irvin Currie and Jack Reece form Scandia Tire Co to be located across from Home Oil and Supply Co behind 66 Oil Station. Currie returns from Parsons to join local business scene. Reece remains in charge at Home Oil. Display ad noted elsewhere.
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Scandia
Scandia Tire Co
Irvin Currie
Jack Reece
Home Oil and Supply Co
66 Oil Station
Irvin
Home Oil Co
Parsons
Jack
Clyde couple visit Nelsons on Sunday
Mr and Mrs H Nelson of Clyde were Sunday visitors of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Nelson and family.
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H. Nelson
Clyde
Lloyd Nelson
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