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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1939
Page
2
A regulatory notice recorded as second class matter at the post office in Scandia Kansas under wander the act of Congress dated March 8.
Twenty one teachers or prospective teachers took the Republic County Teachers Examinations at Belleville high school May 19 and 20. Auditors from the Kansas Department of Social Welfare checked local offices May 16 17 and 18. The Board of County Commissioners met May 15 and will stay in session about 10 days for tax assessment hearings. Tax payments for the last half begin June 1 but are already arriving, per county treasurer Parlee Plotner. The Federal Soil Conservation Demonstration at Mankato is set for Friday June 2.
Services Sunday at 11 a m with Sunday School at 10 a m and Evening Worship at 8 p m. Young People Service at 7 p m. Bethany College program Monday 8 o'clock. Junior Missionary Society meets Saturday afternoon at the parsonage. Vacation Bible School starts Monday 9 a m. All welcome bring Bibles and councils. Our fourth annual Bible Vacation School.
United Brethren Church pastors Rev Bertha Fogelberg and Rev L M Keys announce Norway Sunday School at 10 a m and a class at 11 a m with study led by a class leader Plans also cover Scandia Sunday School at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m Teachers prepare for weekday Bible School and Children’s Day Delegates from our W M A are Mrs T A Gritten and from O G are Miss Ruth McGregor and Irene Gritsten They will attend the Wichita First U B Church convention May 31 to June 2 with noted speakers and returning missionaries present.
Vida Lutheran Church led by Pastor Carl G. Danielson announces Sunday School and Bible Classes at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11. Confirmation rehearsal Friday at 9 a.m. Junior Mission Society meets next Sunday. May 30 program by Bettany Missionary Society at 8 p.m. Luther League Convention in Cleburne June 2 to 4. W M S hostesses June 1 at church parlors.
A Scandia church announces Sabbath School following at 10 00 a m with a Service of worship at 11 00 a m as usual.
A cordial welcome is offered for services at 9 45 with Dr Everett preaching at the Rydal church. Bible instruction follows at 10 50. The Ladies of the Rydal Presbyterian church plan a food gate and bazaar in Belleville chamber rooms next Saturday beginning at ten o'clock. The Rydal Ladies Aid Society meets Thursday with Mrs Ben Doctor as hostess just south of Rydal.
The Sunday School invites all ages to Bible instruction at 10 a.m. Morning worship follows at 11 a.m with church choir music and a sermon titled Divine Dynamics by the minister. Epworth League plans for White Rock visitors next Sunday at 8 p.m. Memorial Day program ends with ice cream and cake in the church parlors. Union Vacation School opens May 20 at 8:30 a.m. for two weeks.
A Columbus Ohio bulletin from the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station details a winter checkup of tractors corn planters and plows for 1939 crops. It highlights a new fertilizer depositor for corn planters showing a deflector and hood to improve yields by directing fertilizer and widening furrows. Year one gains ranged 11.1 to 21.4 bushels per acre. year two gains reached 19.9 to 28.8 bushels per acre with higher fertilizer rates.
After an all night desert trek two footsore car party members reached the sheriff at Plaster City California to report four others including two children marooned. L M Sherman of San Diego led a three hour search with deputy sheriffs locating the group twenty miles away and bringing them to safety. Sherman credited his flashlight with guiding the route through shifting sands and darkness. The party, returning from Imperial Valley, faced extreme cold then blistering heat and blowing sand but all avoided permanent harm.
Belleville residents visit Brewer home as Lars Larsen Ellen Hammer and others call. Concordia residents Sarah Pyle and Gertrude Whitebread spend time with Chizek Wright and Wright families. Norway school dismisses for a large dinner and program.
Madeline Tornquist thanks relatives and friends for visits flowers cards letters and gifts received during her hospital stay. She says kindness will never be forgotten.
Mrs. Bill Free and Billy of Courtland and Norma Jean Lervold visited Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Carl D. Larson and Mrs. Elmer Boyer and daughters.
A new rooming house opens in the Weislogel block as J M Weislogel completes painting work and Mr and Mrs Chas Martin take the helm. Scandia High School seniors graduate tonight at City Hall with Dr P C Somersville as principal speaker. The Princess Theatre plans a grand opening next Thursday night May 23 with sound pictures promised.
May 14 1914 notice calls all interested to the Council rooms City Hall this Friday to arrange a suitable Memory Day program. It notes a successful first band concert last Friday and a benefit baseball show Tuesday night. It adds John Botts as new Rock Island Elevator manager seeking patronage and touts Scandia as offering more entertainment than any other town in Republic County.
Providence Chapel student Miss Faye Kelly returns home for summer vacation. Scandia cattle buyer Sam Summer visits Tom George home. Clayton Barleen works at Sam Blair farm. Phyllis Jean Donaldson visits grandmother in Belleville. Stuart Wilbur suffers neck and face burns from boiling radiator water. Howard Donaldson family host Henry Barleen and Clayton for supper. Charlie Barlea dinner guest at Henry Barleen’s. Cora Oliver and Frank Ives visit George Fike’s. Henry Barleen, Clayton dine with Howard Donaldson. Highland Baptist Vocational Bible School closes amid sizable crowd. Funeral of Mrs. Grant Fulcomer draws large attendance. pioneer resident. Mrs. George Ames confined to bed with illness.
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