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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1930
Page
5
In Scandia, a collage of political satire and small-town humor unfolds. Bits on female fashion, Billy Sheridan broadcasts, Davey Woodring, and Clyde Short’s wagon mix with a poem about perseverance and a turtle removal tale. The piece also cites a local sports score and a tongue in cheek club resolution.
Fire of unknown origin leveled the Walter Boman farm barn last Friday evening at 5. Neighbors arrived too late to rescue any contents. Five work horses and a colt died, a calf perished, and grain and about fifteen tons of hay were lost. Two horses were saved from a nearby lot. The family was away when the blaze started.
Vice-president Charles Curtis returned to his Topeka home Sunday night and will stay through the election. He plans four Kansas speeches with possible additions, including stops in Kansas City October 16 Dodge City October 21 Emporia October 23 and Topeka November 3. The Kansas City Kansas City Star broadcast his October 16 address from 8:30 to 9:30 p m on WDAF.
Ray Tingstom left Thursday for Centerville Iowa where he will be employed by a contractor.
Church activities include a food sale and supper last Saturday and plans for the November 4 election day. Sunday services feature Sunday School at 10 50 and combined worship at 10 with the first communion of the year in the evening. Norway services follow a 10 30 Sunday School and 11 30 worship. The Friendship Club meets October 23 at Mrs Walter Preble's home.
Presbyterian Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 00. A surprise for the 19 is promised. Welcome-In Circle meets in church parlors on the 22 with Mrs Ryan as hostess. The Ladies plan a chicken pie dinner in church parlors on the 18.
Tonight at 7 30 Bible Study and Prayer Hour at the church. Friday night the Sunday School Board holds its annual meeting all members urged to attend. Next Lords Day the church School meets at 10. At 11 o clock worship the pastor speaks on Tax Exempt Possessions. Epworth League at 7 and evangelistic service at 7 30. B W Selin pastor.
Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Norway Kansas lists Sunday School with Bible Class at 10 oclock. The Luther League will render a devotional program Sunday evening. Choir rehearses Thursday evening at the church. Missionary club meets Friday October 24 with Mrs Edmond Buer entertaining. Pastor Orlin Torgeson plans to attend the circuit meeting at Robinson Kansas this weekend. Remember this meeting in your prayers. You are welcome.
The Dorcas Society plans its annual Thanksgiving dinner and sale. Pastor Chas Pehrson notes offerings and organist position. trustees meet Thursday in Freeburgs office. Gospel from Mark 10 17 27 precedes Sunday School and morning worship. Evening service at 7 30.
Miss Elsie Wall will sing a solo and the eighth grade will present a one act playset at the Scandia P T A meeting to be held next Wednesday Oct 22 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium Clare Baldwin state superintendent will be the principal speaker Mrs E Porter Ahrens P T A president will preside Lunch will follow in the home economics rooms after the meeting
Members of Group 4 of the Kansas State Bankers Association will meet in Beloit on Wednesday October 22 at the Main Street Theatre. Republic county bankers will attend and all county banks will close the day. George Nimocks Bank of Scandia president will speak on How Should Banks Be Taxed. Sandell vice president Peoples National Bank Kansas City will also attend the Beloit program.
Frank Nimocks of Scandia and son of Mr and Mrs George Nimocks a freshman at the University of Kansas has been chosen as a member of the University Glee Club. He was active in music and extra curriculars at Scandia School and was in the 1929 graduating class.
Scandia based Flying Swedes defeated the Mankato High School squad 14 to 6 in a home game. Beeler and Waugh sparked a late drive, Hall scored twice and Watson added a goal. Mankato threatened early but the Swedes held firm and extended their win streak to three games.
Frank Haucke Republican candidate for Kansas governor and James G. Strong congressman from the fifth district will headline a Republican rally in Scandia next Monday at 3 30 pm. They will discuss state issues and agricultural concerns with local Republicans urging attendance.
Mrs. George Jeandebeur of Scandia and Mrs. Karl Hugos of Norway left last Monday for Dodge City to attend the Rebekah Grand Lodge. They expected to return home at the end of the week.
Kansas Senator Payne Ratner argues on WIBW that the state runs a 1930 model government on an 1859 chassis. He critiques the general property tax and supports the income tax amendment to end sales tax reliance and ease property tax burdens on farmers workers and homeowners while asking wealthier earners to pay.
Foundations laid last Friday for the Phillips 66 service station at the northeast corner of Fourth and Washington. The building measures thirteen by twenty feet with driveways and pumps placed between them. Officials expect operation in under ninety days and a local manager is likely a long time local man.
The Scandia High School Flying Swedes travel to Clifton High School for their first ever meeting on Clifton’s field at 3 p.m. The Swedes aim to extend their undefeated start to four games as local fans plan a large turnout to support them.
Major league players from the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Giants will join the Superior Club of the Republican Valley League to play Oxford, Nebraska, on a Franklin, Nebraska diamond. Frankie Frisch, Jim Bottomley, and Spec Mitchell are slated to appear with more big leaguers being arranged. The Sunday game closes Frisch and Bottomley’s season before their hunting trip. barnstorming West tour costs are mentioned.
Coupons issued with each paid admission on Tuesday and Wednesday and with every thirty five cent admission on Friday and Saturday. Numbers from coupons go into a locked box and will be drawn after the first show on October 25 for a chance at the $50 diamond ring. Only audience numbers present at the drawing are eligible.
Nebraska rainfall last Sunday and Monday raised the Republican River near Scandia to near flood stage by Tuesday morning. The bridge height registered nine feet about six inches below flood mark as Scandia workers and the night crew secured equipment and raft at the gravel works with help summoned to safeguard machinery. The high water began subsiding Tuesday.
Intermittent showers over the past week produced roughly one inch of precipitation with slow rainfall. Weekend and Monday night showers kept roads in fair condition, though country roads remain poor while highways see minimal impact on traffic.
The Scandia Rifle Club expands as members join rapidly while awaiting charter from the National Rifle Association. Local president Karl Hungos urges interested people to contact him. dues are three dollars yearly. Miss Doris Wapler visited Wakefield over the weekend.
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