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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1931
Page
1
A local page mixes light social banter with a crash report on Highway No. 36 east of Scandia. It quotes bystanders on an accident, mentions a marriage joke, and prints a lengthy mayoral city-finance statement detailing current levies, bond interest, and budget plans amid tax concerns.
Rock Island announces a new schedule effective Sunday delaying Scandia mail until the next morning. The railroad also implements maintenance cost cuts, laying off 37 section foremen from Colorado Springs to Omaha and merging sections. Aura Caldwell of Formosa is named new foreman in Scandia. Scandia’s eastbound and westbound train times are listed, with a note that second trick operator Charles McGregor will stay. Marvin Bixler visits relatives then heads to Norton for work at the Norton Courier.
United Prebyterian Church schedules no preaching service next Sunday at Scandia or Norway. Sunday School remains at regular hours. Tuesday a Women’s Missionary Association meeting will be held in the Aid room led by Mrs. Bell Tedrow. all women and church friends invited. Glen Megill, pastor.
The Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon in the church parlors with Mesdames Othberg Emil Nathan and Isaacson as hostesses Lunch is served until seven The Everymember Canvass Friday teams of two will visit all families to meet the budget Friday evening the Epworth League Social at the church Young people invited Next Lord s Day church school meets at 10 morning worship at 11 sermon topic The Human and the Divine Epworth League at 7 Beulah Anderson leader Evening service at 7 30 You are invited to all church services
Amane Lutheran Church observes the eighteenth Sunday after Trinity with gospel reading from Matthew. Sunday School and morning worship in Swedish follow usual hours. Dorcas Society social in church parlors Friday afternoon. Mariadahl District to meet at Salem Lutheran Ax Tell Kans Sunday and Monday. God is Love. Pastor Chas Pehrgon.
The church announces a larger Sunday School program for fall and winter with a single Sunday morning preaching service at 11 a.m. Congregants are urged to attend. The Christian Endeavor hosted Rev Megill, his family, and Mr and Mrs Campbell with a reception and refreshments. The pastors and wives received desk lamps as thanks for their service.
Norway Karsan Sunday School at 10 oclock with Bible class Morning worship at 11. Ladies Aid meets Thursday with Mrs Mary Thompson Sunday School teachers meet Friday evening at Harry Buer home Senior choir Thursday evening Confirmants Saturday morning Pastor Orlio Torgeson extends welcome.
The post office announces an earlier closing time at 6:30 PM due to Train No. 5 arriving later. Mail for evening dispatch must be in the office by 6:00 PM. mail from Train No. 5 will be processed the following morning, says Postmaster G. P. Plotner.
A 4a meeting in Courtland brought 27 barbers from ten towns in Northern Kansas and Southern Nebraska to form a permanent association. Shaves will be 20 cents and haircuts 35 cents, with Belleville shops keeping 20 and 40 cents for now. Officers elected include Guy Ward vice president and Jack Lilly secretary. A follow up meeting in Mankato will include a state board member.
State Fire Marshal Douglas A. Graham announces Kansas observes National Fire Prevention Week starting Oct 4 with a campaign to curb carelessness. He urges cooperation from property owners, schools, and civic groups to reduce fire losses, noting past gains and the need for safer buildings and strict fire drill compliance.
Coach H G Hahn reshapes the Flying Swedes for the season opener against Republic City Wildcats on Scandia field. The 1931 squad rebuilds after heavy graduation losses from the 1930 champion team. Captain Warren Gunter shifts to tackle, Nimocks moves to the other tackle, Beck Returns at guard, Watson will call signals and full back, Isaacson in back field, Ward at half back, with White, Wetzel, Larson, Tedrow, and Sothers in likely starting roles.
Three Scandia students are among about four thousand one hundred enrolled at the University of Kansas Law School in Lawrence. The Scandia group includes Alphild Larson Marvin Larson and Frank Nimocks. The Republic County list adds many Belleville Courtland Narka residents and others in the area.
Company officials from the Missouri Pacific Lines visited Scandia last Friday to discuss plans to discontinue motor bus service between Concordia and Prosser. The move would merge passenger service with daily freight routes due to rising expenses. An application has been filed with the Kansas Public Service Commission, awaiting action.
The outstanding dance orchestra will play at Millers Rink on Wednesday evening Oct. 14 for Scandia’s dance. Ed Anderson and his Blues Chasers, fresh from Mitchell South Dakota, will debut in Scandia. Vernie Holmes, local dance manager, calls the group a major attraction.
Announcement from the Kansas State Reformatory at Hutchinson says 1932 auto license tags will be ready to send to county treasurers for distribution on January 1. The 1932 tags will be black and orange with dark orange lettering and the word Kans in the inner left corner.
Harry Hohman and Fred Jackson drove four to Topeka on Saturday. The Misses Eleanor Jackannond and Leone Hohman returned with them and spent Sunday at their homes. Wes T. Perry and AQ. Miller were callers in Scandia. Stores and Bellevista ware business noted.
Mrs Ray Chilcott bedridden twelve weeks due to illness still created a winning quilt at the North Central Kansas Free Fair in Belleville. The pattern features a tub design in each square, reflecting her long love of fancy work and perseverance.
Gaylord took the second game of the series against Formoso to move 2–0 in favor of the Solomon Valley League team. The 6–4 victory featured ten Formoso hits but costly errors deciding the outcome. Dunstan left the game injured as Ole Frazier provided solid defense and a two-base hit for Formoso. The third game was played in Formosa yesterday evening.
One of the year's heaviest rains drenched the area last Thursday, with wind and hail in spots. The saturated soil boosts fall seeding though damage from high winds and uprooted trees occurred south and east of Scandia, with some livestock losses and washed-out roads. Farmers hail the moisture as a net positive.
Ex service men may talk with Congressman Chas I Sparks or a representative at the American Legion Hall in Belleville this afternoon from 2 to 5 p m. Sparks offers free help on adjusted service certificates compensation and war risk insurance involving the Veterans Bureau and its work.
The Scandia Parent-Teachers Association opened its new school year with a full auditorium turnout. Miss Rhea Ensign, a former Scandia High School instructor, described her summer trip to Europe as music students from public schools performed several numbers. The next meeting is scheduled for the third Wednesday in October.
Mr and Mrs Walter Mowry and Mrs Irene Carter of Moreland visited Sherman on Saturday, calling at the homes of Charles McGregor and at nearby arson sites before returning home Wednesday.
A severe windstorm struck Norway and Highlands Thursday night causing extensive damage. Roy Gile and family were injured seeking refuge in a cave as hail and rain battered homes. Ten people sustained minor injuries, barns collapsed, livestock killed, many trees uprooted, and roads blocked by debris. The storm, described as the worst in forty years, damaged multiple farms and residences including the Gile, Ames, Kelly, Thompsons, Larsen and Hedstrom properties.
Scandia Swedes blank Ping Woods School of Mississippi by ten runs on Scandia field. Pitcher Gyp Frazier allowed two hits while striking down twelve. Scandia outhit the opponents with two base hits by Frazier and multiple singles.
The Kansas Power Company finished work on a new sub-station west of the Missouri Pacific tracks near Scandia. Power was switched through the sub-station last Sunday, promising better service for the town and its property.
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