Sorosis Study Club Holds Last Meeting Before Summer
The Sorosis Study club met for a breakfast on Tuesday May 20 in a sea shell and spring flower decorated room. Mrs Donald Freed sang Oh What A Beautiful Morning then New officers were installed led by Mrs R B Cooper with Don Larson as president and Earl Melby as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis Study Club
Donald Freed
Albert Jackson
Nathan Isaacson
Centralia
Wash
Sorosis
John Dart
Belleville
Larry Meyers
Henry Henriksen
Scandia Alumni Banquet Celebrates 57th Year in 1958
About 352 graduates and guests attended Scandia alumni banquet on Friday May 23 1958. Theme Evening In Hawaii featured palm trees pineapples and candles. 14 1958 graduates were guests after initiation in the association. Officers and honored classes noted with a dance to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
The
Lutheran Church
Hawaii
George Nielson
Barbara Stearingen
Earl Melby
Hilton Hammer
Robert Boswell
Reading
Carol Fogelberg
Don Freed
Raymond Cooper
Harvey Sandell
Washington
Oregon
California
Iowa
Missouri
Michigan
Kansas
Mickey Kull
Glenn Kirk
Judith Anderson
Leslie Cady
Edward Forsberg
Charles Robison
Arnold Perry
Reunion for Class of 1933 Holds 25th Gathering
Scan gia high school's graduating class of 1933 celebrated its 25th anniversary at an Alumni banquet on May 29. Nine of 23 graduates attended, with ten others sending greetings. Dena Kullberg Paul of Lincoln Nebr. had died in July 1957. A 1963 reunion is planned to mark 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scangia High School
Glada (Bell) Weir
Saginaw
Mich
Ada
Samuelson
Barleen
Klamath Falls
Ore
Phil Smith
Concordia
Raymond Isaarson
Belleville
Vivian (Evert) Bettis
Had
Hohman and Pence Wed at Christ King Church Chicago Ti
Evelyn Hohman and Bob Pence of Kansas City Missouri wed at 4 30 p m Tuesday May 20 in Christ King Church Chicago Ti by Pastor Swanson Evelyn daughter of Mrs Anna Hohman Scandia and Scandia High School graduate They will reside in Kansas City Mr and Mrs Ed Helm and Dean of Lincoln Nebraska visited the Freed family over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Hohman
Bob Pence
Kansas City
Christ King’s Church of Chicago
Swanson
Evelyn
Anna Hohman
Scandia
Scandia High School
Our 1958 Honor Roll New Renewals
Subscriptions renewed or received this past week include Fred Larson and E. C. Kollman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Larson
E. C. Kollman
New
NEED MORE CARS FOR TOUR TO LOVewell DAM
The Scandia car group for the Lovewell Dam dedication on June 5 seeks 25 to 50 vehicles. Departure is 10 30 a.m. from the Legion Hall Park with a group drive to the dedication site. Contact Ole Frazier or Cap Berger to participate. Scandia signs provided by Scandia Community Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
Lovewell Dam
Legion Hall Park
Ole Frazier
Cap Berger
Scandia Community Club
Triple L Club Meets With Hostess May 22
Mrs Reuben Johnson hosted the Triple L club at her home on Thursday afternoon May 22 with 15 members and two guests Mrs Alice Hammer and Mrs Ruby Berry present. After business the group played pinochle and visited with prizes going to Mrs Wm Clark Mrs Merle Haser and Mrs Wm Moe. Lunch followed and the club adjourned to meet with Mrs Duaine Greenslade on Wednesday afternoon June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Johnson
Alice Hammer
Ruby Berry
Wm. Clark
Merle Haser
Wm. Moe
Duaine Greenslade
School Faculty Completes With New Commerce Teacher
Ronald Shaffer, a Kansas University graduate, is hired for the commerce position as part of a two new teachers addition next year. Marilyn Rownd will teach the 5th and 6th grades, while Shaffer joins. current staff includes Supt. Harry Quantic and several teachers in high and grade school. The expanded faculty fulfills recommendations from State education consultant George Clelland and is praised by officials from the State Department of Education and the North Central Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Shaffer
Kansas University
Commerce
Marilyn Rownd
Shaffer
Harry Quantic
Grace Robison
Lucille van Gundy
Daryl Haegert
Duane Trauer
Jim Fajen
Helen Beck
Laveda Cornett
Edna Robison
State Department of Education
North Central Association
George Clelland
Willing Workers Circle Meets in Methodist Parlor
The Willing Workers Circle met in the Methodist church parlor on May 22 with Mrs Hannah Freed and Mrs Ettie Nystren as hostesses. The group sang, did responsive reading, and heard a worship service by Mrs Walter Saunders, who read scripture and a poem. Business was led by Mrs Raymond Cooper and lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers Circle
Methodist Church
Hannah Freed
Ettie Nystren
R. E. Cooper
Walter Saunders
Raymond Cooper
Bible Study Group Hosts May Meeting At Lutheran Church
Mrs Edith Swanson and Mrs Charles Freed hosted a Bible Study group at the Lutheran church parlors on Wednesday afternoon May 21. Attendees included Mrs Ivy Brown Miss Ida Isaacson and other members. Refreshments followed and the group planned to meet June 4 with Mrs Ivy Brown and Mrs Eva Sjolander as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Swanson
Charles Freed
Lutheran Church
Ivy Brown
Ida Isaacson
Otto Wetzel
Axel Smith
S. J. Swenson
Eva Stotander
Carrie Larson
Olga Hugos
Gladys
Elen Sederlin
Bessie Tedrow
Frank Lervold
Eva Sjolander
Social Hour Club Meets May 23 At Mrs Cady Home
Seventeen members attended the Social Hour club meeting May 23 with Mrs. John Cady presiding. Recreation featured a game of states, won by Mrs. Rex Sandell. The next meeting is scheduled for June 6 with Mrs. Homer Cardwell and a wedding dress description as roll call. Mr and Mrs Corn Martin and their children of Salina visited the Melbys and attended the alumni banquet Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cady
Rex Sandell
Homer Cardwell
Oorn Martin
Salina
Earl Melby
Bamquet
Saturday Supper Guests Breeze in from Several States
Saturday evening guests at Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fogelberg included Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith with Cynthia and Calvin of Seattle Washington. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. John Boreman with Mark and Bruce from Kansas City Missouri and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Berggren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fogelberg
Clarence Smith
Cynthia and
Calvin
Seattle, Wash
John Boreman
Mark and
Bruce
Kansas City
Charlie Berggren
Melody Club and FFA Notes From Scandia School
Scandia School notes detail the Melody Club awards plan for next year, point system for letters, and honors for 1957 58 high school stair. It lists students with perfect attendance, FFA banquet highlights, awards, and new officers, plus junior and eighth grade activities including performances, awards and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Muth
Lois Quantic
Jacqueline Everhart
Phyllis Newcomb
Martha Robison
Carl Reece
Pamela Anderson
John Odell
Douglas Modlin
Betty Johnson
Dora Moss
Charles Robbins
John Nylund
Diane Perry
Pat Brown
Eva Louise West
George Nielson
Patricia Brown
Chevy! Currie
Trauer
Beck
Fajen
Edna Robison
Mr. Fajen
Social Security Representative to Visit Belleville
A Social Security Administration representative will visit Belleville on June 4. People seeking information should call at the Courthouse Welfare office from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
Belleville
Courthouse Welfare Office
Scandia OES Chapter Holds May Meeting
Scandia Chapter No 481 OES met in regular stated form on Tuesday night May 20 with Mrs Carl Peterson as wor thy matron and Harold Johnson as worthy patron presiding. Guests included Mrs Glen Chaloupka and Mrs Joe Morton. A District Aide visit by Mrs Elsie Noble is planned for the next meeting followed by a covered dish luncheon. The next meeting is set for Tuesday June 3 with lunch served by Mr and Mrs Guy French and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scandia
OES
Carl Peterson
Harold Johnson
Glen Chaloupka
Narka
Joe Morton
Elsie Noble
Guy French
Picnic in Belleville Park Honors Clarence Smith Family
A Sunday picnic in Belleville Park celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith with relatives from Seattle and many local families. Attendees included the Berggrens Nesmiths Fikes Hay Lervolds and others from Republic Courtland Bennington and Benne.
Rehearsal Dinner Guests Honor Erickson Wedding
Mr and Mrs Vernon Erickson hosted a Saturday evening reception after the wedding rehearsal. Attendees included Lois Erickson and a long list of relatives from multiple Kansas towns and nearby states, plus Rev George Nielson and family. Thursday evening guests of Carl Hammer and Joyce included pastors, families, and local residents from Scottsville and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Erickson
Lois Erickson
Paul Kuchera
Jack Kuchera
Emporia
John Kuchera
David
Art Neurauer
Dennis
Don Rizek
Munden
Norman Sankey
Julie
Republic
Dean Hobelmann
Chester
Nebr
Dean Chnstman
Salina
Vance Shuttleworth
Geneseo
Loren Isaacson
Manhattan
LaVera Melhus
George Nielson
Ruth Sandell
Leonard Freed
Janice Erickson
Carl Hammer
Joyce
Hilton
Baby
Harold Hammer
Alice Hammer
Reuben Johnson
Sherman Robison
Helen Beck
Edna Robison
Lois
Janice
Vic Erickson
Charley Cardwell
Janet
Bob Boswell
Jim Muth
Bill Hammer
Edith Swanson
Vernon
Don Cox
Scottsville
Kenneth Tuley
Seattle Guests Share Week With Berggrens
Mr and Mrs Clarence Smith Cynthia and Calvin of Seattle were guests from Thursday to Sunday of Mr and Mrs Charlie Berggren. Visitors included Mrs Mabel Nesmith Belleville Mr Mrs Jerry Hay Mr and Mrs Richard Fogelberg and family Mr and Mrs Glenn Loring Oscar Berggren Grant Berggren Mrs Glen Scrivner David and Bryan Mr and Mrs John Boreman Mark and Bruce Kansas City Mr George Fike Jr and Mrs Rodney Deal Renee and Danell Wichita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville Park
Clarence Smith
Cynthia
Calvin
Seattle
Wash
Charlie Berggren
Richard Fogelberg
John Bureman
Mark and
Bruce
Kansas City
Mabel Nesmith
Belleville
Oscar Berggren
Grant Berggren
George Fike
John Fike
Bill Free
Courtland
Ben Lervold
Reuben Johnson
Clarence Berggren
Republic
Tom Hay
Jane
Jerry Hay
Vic Berggren
Russell Lervold
Berg Nesmith
Glen Scrivner
David and Bryan
Rex Sandell
Don McIntyre
Bennington
Charles Fike
Tony Reed
Jerry Lee
Glenn Loring
David and
Bryan
John Boreman
George Fike, Jr
Rodney Deal
Renee and
Danell
Wichita
Farewell Party For Sonja Berry Hosts Fifth Grade
Lynette Boyles hosted a farewell party for Sonja Berry who moves to Omaha. May 22 activities ran from city playground games to a supper at the Boyles home with key helpers Mrs George Cardwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynette Boyles
Sonja Berry
Omaha
Nebi
Boyles
Mr and Mrs Stanley Moe Dinner Guests of Chester Anderson
Mr and Mrs Stanley Moe were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Chester Anderson, sharing a family meal and conversation in the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Stanley Moe
Mrs Chester Anderson
Man in Paradise Seeks News From Scandia Friends
Howard Mahan of 4 Wayland Road Paradise California, in ill health, would appreciate hearing from his old Scandia friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Mahan
Wayland Road Paradise
Calif
Lovewell Reservoir to get new recreation area and marina
R L Boyce of the Bureau of Reclamation announces a new recreation area on the south side of Lovewell Reservoir near the road from the lake. A marina will open when the Kansas State Park Authority assumes control. A temporary agreement exists with the State Park Board as a formal transfer to Kansas proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovewell Reservoir
R. L. Boyce
Bureau of Reclamation
Superior
Nebr
Kansas State Park Authority
State Park Board
Kamsas
E. Porter Ahrens
Scandia
Lovewell
Ahrens
Paul H. Berg
Board of Geographic Names
Secretary of the Interior
Goldin Wedding Anniversary Celebrated in Republic
The golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Thomas of Republic was marked with an open house May 18 at the Strom home. They were married May 19, 1908, in Belleville and lived on a Big Bend farm except two years in Republic. One hundred seventeen guests signed the guest book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Thomas
Republic
Clarence Strom
Bertha Denoyer
Belleville
Big Bend Township
Thomas
Minnie Thomas
Wm. Miller
Ollie Miller
Goldie Miller
Howard Alspaugh
George Cardwell
Boyd Imler
Alvin Miller
Louis Marcaux
Ralph Fuller
Lloyd Oppenlander
Clyde
Minnie Gray
Melvin Moon
John Young
Concordia
Esther Mahagan
Earl Mahagan
Larry
Bug Mahagan
Twin Denoyer
Lincoln
Frank Ebright
Hardy
Nebr
Clara
Stewart
Springdale
Ark
Wesley Campbell
Tom Myers
Ella Summers
Webber
Bill Tipton
Chester
Class of 1943 Reunion Held at Alumni Banquet
The class of 1943 held an Alumni banquet Friday night with attendees Cecil Figgins Alantic Iowa Margaret Spinharney Russell Edna Haser McCook Nebraska Lorraine Albro Los Angeles Calif Darwin Housholder Belleville Betty Bowers Salina Glenn Johnson Garden City Carl Kallman Scandia Robert Lervold Scandia Irvin Nondorf Scandia Phyllis Dirks Hutchinson Eugene Morehead Morganville Norma Nelson Superior June Bundy Concordia Harold Smith Haysville Robert Smith Columbus Frank Stanley Courtland Gerald Goodwin Junction City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Lavern Figgins
Alantic
Iowa
Margaret Jeanne Goodwin
Vincent Spinharney
Russell
Alfred Hallowell
Edna Mae Haser
McCook
Lorraine Helvey
Paul Albro
Los Angeles
Calif
Darwin Housholder
Belleville
Betty Johnson
Jack Bowers
Salina
Glenn A. Johnson
Garden City
Carl Kallman
Scandia
Robert Lervold
Irvin Nondorf
Phyllis Marshall
Leonard Dirks
Hutchinson
Eugene Morehead
Morganville
Norma Richards
Warren Nelson
Superior
Nebr
June Shotzman
George Bundy
Concordia
Harold Smith
Haysville
Robert Smith
Columbus
Frank Stanley
Courtland
Gerald Kay Goodwin
Junction City
Michigan Alumni Banquet Attended by Two Dearborn Women
Mrs. H. J. McLaurin of Dearborn and Mrs. R. L. Nulty of Plymouth arrived Friday to attend the Alumni banquet. They spent the weekend with their mother Mrs. Ellen Sederlin and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. McLaurin
Dearborn
Mich
R. L. Nulty
Plymouth
Ellen Sederlin
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Reunior
Hohman
Ed Helm
Lincoln, Nebr
Charles H. Freed
Triple L
Social
Scandia School News
Melody Club
FFA News
FFA
Inner Larsen
Alan Kirk
Mike Rockey
Y-Teen
YWCA
Dean Milner
Harvey Fogelberg
Haegert
Fort Hays
Paul Osborne
DeKalb
Ronald Odell
Loren Hammer
Larry Thomas
Larry Johnson
Gene Hammer
Sentinel
Linda Erickson
Duane Freed
Judy Hansen
Deanell Reece
Steven Cardwell
Marilyn Johnson
Linda Larson
Jim Newcomb
Kathy Rocky
K. U
Carla
Steven
Gary
Richard
Alva Thompson
Nancy
Linda Freed
Donald Runft
Sharon
Albert Isaacson
James Larsen
Scandia American Legion
Legion Hall
McDonald
Scandia Lutheran
Scandia Riverview
Norway
Poplar Grove
Highland
Highland Church
Goldin
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