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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1939
Page
4
Jeanne Alice Plotner and Claude Leroy Rice Jr. wed in a double ring ceremony at the Plotner grandparents home in Scandia with Rev. Fred H. Dawson officiating. The bride wore plum wool. Judy Crum of Topeka was bridesmaid. Claude Rice Sr. was best man. The couple will reside in Topeka.
Honor birthdays for Oscar Aspegren and Lewis Wallin at the Aspegren home. Sentries at the Fair Floral Hall win prizes. Out of town mourners attend Leo Thomas funeral. May White visits Lincoln, Nebr. Numerous weekend visitors attend gatherings in Scandia Topeka Salina Abilene and Belleville. Funeral of James McGlashan noted in Belleville.
In a Sunday basket dinner honoring Donald Brandt of San Pedro California, a long list of local families and guests attended at the Isaac home. Sorosis Club officials and members met. Ruth McElroy wed Elwyn Evert in Concordia, with plans for their Scandia home.
To celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary an open house will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bettis on Tuesday afternoon September 12 from 2 to 5. Mr. Bettis, Civil War veteran and early Scandia settler, will also mark his 93rd birthday this month. Mrs. Bettis is 77.
Social guests visited the H I Johnson home for a birthday gathering with multiple Johnson relatives. Nearby hospital news notes Mrs Edwin White's return after appendectomy and various Sunday visits to area homes.
Local residents hosted and visited relatives and friends over the week. Many overnight stays include Mrs. Tip Ryan with sons, Ray Martin, LaVerne Frazier, Aunt Carlson, Rev. Eunice Dowds, Glenn Nelson, Vivian Nelson, Dan Stephenson, Axel Jensen, Maye Roberts, Harold Hammer, Olie Johnson, P. H. Brown, James C. Brown, Elmer Nichols, Millard Sothers, Duane Johnson, Myron May, Norman May, Clark Freed, Anna Johnson, J A Carpenter, Nellie Downing, Bob White, and Lucille English among others visiting in homes across Mankato, Hutchinson, Chanute, Scandia, Kansas City, Topeka, and nearby towns.
Miss Julia Larson of Topeka and Miss Laura Lull of Kansas City visited at Mrs Anna Largon home. Numerous residents and guests shared weekend calls and Sunday dinners across Scandia Jamestown Concordia and nearby towns with extended stays and informal gatherings.
Providence Chapel Lloyd Milner and family of Longmont Colorado returned home Wednesday after visiting relatives here. Charles Fike, employed in Red Cloud Nebraska, spent the weekend at home before heading to Okemah Oklahoma to assist marble setting in the new Post Office. Mr and Mrs Mike McIntire Haddam were Sunday guests in the Clare Lash home. Mrs D O Crammer Clyde visited her niece Mrs George Fike and family from Tuesday to Thursday and attended the fair.
Mrs. Homer Cardwell Sherdahl Notes recount visits and gatherings around town. Families including the Stafords Berggrens Elliots McDowells Simmons and Perry network with Monday Tuesday and Sunday social hours across several homes. Relatives gathered Sunday to honor Wi Street.
Sunday visits include Thelma Larsen with Donna Jean Cooper and others. Pauline Cardwell hosted a birthday party with relatives bringing a basket supper at Homer Cardwell's home. Mary Frances Van Nortwick and Judith Kay Van Nortwick traveled with Pauline to Concordia.
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