Ada Church Anniversary Plans Highlight Week of Services
Ada Lutheran Church marks its sixty fifth anniversary with a week of services and pipe organ dedication. A Friday pre-dedication recital, Sunday morning sessions with communion, a 2:30 organ recital by Mrs. Paul Esping and remarks by Dr. G A Dorf, and evening cemetery consecration follow. Week includes Swedish service, multiple pastors, and daily sermons with light lunches for visitors. Prof. Richard Niessink will preside at the Friday prelude.
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Kackley Ada Lutheran
Linnerson
Scandia
Paul Esping
Kansas City
G. A. Dorf
Marquette
Dorf
Nordell
Brantford
Torgeson
Norway
Dahlsten
Leonardville
Oleen
Randolph
Nelson
Olsburg
Julius of
Axtel
Carlson
Clay Center
Richard Niessink
Wesleyan University
Irvin Street Takes Over Concordia Cream Station
Irvin Street has taken over the Concordia Creamery Station in Scandia succeeding Neal Cady who had run the station for the past year. The change occurred last Wednesday. Cady will continue to operate the milk route for the Concordia Creamery Co.
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Irvin Street
Concordia Creamery
Scandia
Neal Cady
Mr. Cady
Concordia Creamery Co
Standard Oil consolidates bulk stations in Courtland and Scandia
Standard Oil Co. of Indiana merges the Courtland and Scandia bulk stations and assigns local agent L. G. Nystrom to serve the territories. Courtland agent Carl Ericson is transferred to Wakefield Kansas by the company.
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Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Courtland
Scandia
L. G. Nystrom
Carl Ericson
Standard Oil Company
Wakefield
Kansas
Humorous Wortplay Exchange Over Webster Dictionary
A light exchange in a hotel pits two men against each other in a playful debate about who wrote the dictionary. One claims the other is ignorant of Webster and Noah Webster’s authorship, sparking a humorous back-and-forth about fame and words.
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Bane
Aleck
Bell
Big Spud Grower Tops North Central Kansas Harvest
Joe Tedrow is hailed as a champion sweet potato grower in North Central Kansas after digging four tubers from one hill on Tuesday morning. The largest potato weighed three pounds and was left with the Journal force for guarding, alongside a large peach transported from Colorado by Paul Housholder.
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Joe Tedrow
Kansas
Journal Force
Colorado
Paul Housholder
Church Notes and Announcements
Sunday School at 10 A M Morning worship at 11 The Aspegren trio will sing Sermon by the minister on The Secret of a Successful Church Evening worship at 8 o'clock.
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Aspegren
Our Savior’s Lutheran announces church events
Our Savior's Lutheran in Norway lists Pastor Torgeson leading Sunday School and Bible classes at 10 o'clock. Mrs Amelia Buer and Mrs H O Buer host the Ladies Aid Thursday. Confirmands meet for instruction Saturday at 9:00 AM.
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Our Savior’s
Lutheran Norway
T. O. Torgeson
Amelia Buer
H. O. Buer
Ladies Aid
Church notices from Ada plan services and activities
Expressions of gratitude accompany the Ada church schedule. Sunday School at 10:00, Services at 11:00 led by Pastor Danielson, afternoon and evening worship at Ada. Dorcas meets Thursday with listed organizers. Junior Missionary Society at the parsonage Saturday, confirmation class at 9 AM Saturday, Choir Monday night.
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Danielson
Ada
Dorcas
Albertina Isaacson
Ida
Albin Forsberg
Benny Lervold
Victor Erickson
Junior Missionary Society
Ada Lutheran Church to Celebrate Sixty Fifth Anniversary
Ada Lutheran Church will mark its 65th anniversary with services on September 11 12 and 13. An organ fund offering will be taken Sunday afternoon and a church treasury offering that evening. A mission meeting menu outlines items for Sunday through Monday. A pre dedication organ recital is set for Friday September 9 at 8:00 PM.
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Ada Lutheran Church
United Brethren and Local Church Notices
United Brethren Church pastors are Rev Bertha Fogelberg and Rev L M Keys. Norway services include Sunday School at 10 and Christian Endeavor at 11 led by Carol Kellogg. Scancia services feature Sunday School at 10 preaching at 11 and communion service. The Women’s Missionary Society meets September 13 at 2 pm with Mrs Fred Evert as leader. Otterbein Guild meets September 11 at 2 pm at the home of Mrs T A Gritten led by Nina Jean Hawkins. All welcome. Church sale planned for September 24. donations or commission details to be announced.
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Norway
Christian Endeavor
Carol Kellogg
Scancia
Women’s Missionary Society
U. B
Fred Evert
Allotments Back Wheat Loans Under 1939 Plan
E H Leker state AAA officer says 1939 wheat allotments protect loans as supplies exceed a billion bushels after 1937 and 1938 high acreages. He outlines payments of 26-30 cents per bushel for those not exceeding allotments, with 16-18 cents from the Conservation Program, and penalties for overplanting.
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E. H. Leker
AAA
United States
Laker
Justi
Death of Pete Lofgren in Durango Colorado
Mrs Axel Nelson learns of Pete Lofgrens death in a Durango hospital on August 28. Born in 1865 in Wimmerly Sweden he immigrated to Scandia with his parents in 1881 and spent most of his life in Colorado. Relatives include Charles A Lofgren and Axel Nelson of Scandia.
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Pete Lofgren
Axel Nelson
Durang
Colo
Wimmerly
Sweden
Scandia
Colorado
Charles A. Lofgren
Idaho trip ends with work in Twin Falls group
A small group led by Lee Loring including Wayne Sutton Bob Wager and Charley McGregor left Monday for Twin Falls Idaho where they will continue work on assignments.
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Lee Loring
Wayne Sutton
Bob Wager
Charley ‘McGregor
Falla
Idaho
Furniture Store Contest Ends With Fifteen Prizes
The Big Friendship Contest at Hampton Danielson Furniture Store in Scandia concluded last Saturday night awarding fifteen prizes to top candidates. Edna Larson won the living room suite, Mrs Harold Nelson took the bedroom suite, and Mrs Frank Fordham earned the inner spring mattress. Other winners include Mrs Reuben Johnson, Mrs Joyce Johnson, Mrs Charles Cardwell, Mrs K V Cox, Mrs Alfred Konovalsky, Miss Ethel Johnson, Mrs Guy French, Mrs Walter Anderson, Mrs Frank Peterson, Miss Della Mae Beach, Mrs Archie Isaacson, and Miss Gladwus Thomas. The event drew large crowds each evening with many votes from daytime shoppers. It drew participants from all directions to Scandia.
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Hampton-Danielson
Scandia
Edna Larson
Harold Nelson
Kackley
Frank Fordham
Reuben Johnson
Joyce Johnson
Charles Cardwell
K. V. Cox
Alfred Konovalsky
Ethel Johnson
Guy French
Walter Anderson
Frank Peterson
Della Mae Beach
Archie Isaacson
Gladwus Thomas
Junior Horseshoe Tournament Planned For Saturday
Recreation supervisor Lee Swan son plans a Junior horseshoe event at Recreation Park this Saturday afternoon. Divisions include up to 14 years and 14 to 18 years with draws for partners and opponents in both double and single events. Cash prizes await winners. An adults tournament follows on September 17.
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Lee Swanson
Young Democrats Set Friday Meeting at Scandia City Hall
The Young Democrats announce a county meeting at Scandia City Hall Friday evening. An eight o'clock program features four Sixth District speakers and local home talent acts for an evening of entertainment.
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Young Democrats
Scandia
Former Teacher Stella Wayland Visits Here
Former Scandia public schools teacher Stella Wayland, now teaching first grade in Glenrock Wyoming, visited her mother Mrs George Mathis and other relatives in Missouri and Kansas last week. She attended summer school at Missouri University in Columbia and taught in the crippled children's ward there. She plans a brief visit with Sherman Mathis in Smith Center before returning to Glenrock.
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Stella Joe Wayland
George Mathis
Mathis
Miss Wayland
Scandia
Glenrack
Wyo
Missouri University
Columbia
University’s Hospital
Marvin Woody
Moberly
Fred Ewens
Belleville
Sherman Mathis
Smith Center
Glenrock
Graveling Gravel Avenue Improves County Road Safety
The county grades and lays gravel on Kansas Avenue from Hamp ton Danielson Funeral Home corner to the Rock Island railroad tracks, a half mile. Since grading two years ago with deep ditches, the road has been dangerous with many stalled cars, prompting this improvement.
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Kansas Avenue
Hampton-Danielson Funeral Home
Rock Island
Ratner to Open G. O. P. Campaign in Kansas
Senator Payne Ratner Republican nominee for governor will open the 1938 G O P campaign in Kansas with a kick off speech at the Newton city auditorium. The program begins at 7 30 o clock with bands drum corps and delegations from counties. Ratner will broadcast at 8 00 for 30 minutes over stations KFH Wichita WIBW Toneka KGGF Coffeyville KWBG Hutchinson and KCKN Kansas City Kansas.
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Payne Ratner
Newton
Newton City
Senator Ratner
KFH
Wichita
WIBW
Toneka
KGGF
Coffeyville
KWBG
Hutchinson
KCKN
Kansas City
Kansas
N. C. K. Fair curtailed by three days of rain
Rain at the North Central Kansas Free Fair shortened the event to three days, with Thursday receipts down and Friday entirely rained out. Four late racing events drew little interest as fans waited for the track to dry, while drivers and cars relocated to other tracks in hopes of better conditions.
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Belleville
Regular School Sessions Begin At Scandia
Scandia schools opened with a brief morning session to arrange classes and send students to their regular schedule. Ninety-one students are enrolled in high school with 19 seniors and 25 juniors. grade school has 121 pupils. Football prospects look strong as 23 suits issued and a home game with Republic set for September 23. Minor renovations updated rest rooms and the Domestic Science room. Mrs. J. W. Plotner injured her right hand in a wringer accident and was hospitalized in Concordia.
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Scandia
Jessie Nicho
F. L Miller
Republic
Belleville
Jewell
Esbon
J. W. Plotner
St. Joseph Hospital
Concordia
Death notice for Dan Mosher of Araba Colorado
Relatives report Dan Mosher died on Thursday at Araba Colorado. Mosher was raised in the Rydal community and will be buried locally after his body is brought back for funeral rites.
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Dan Mosher
Araba
Colo
Mosher
Rydal
Fire Meeting For Scandia Fire Protection
Members of the Scandia Volunteer Fire Department and citizens concerned with adequate fire protection are invited to meet in the dining room of the Masonic Temple Friday at eight o'clock. Eldon Stenson left Tuesday for Rapid City South Dakota to take a teaching position at the school of mines. He will visit his brother Leonard Stenson and family in Torrington Wyoming on his way home. Mr and Mrs Foster Helvey and children spent Sunday and Monday in Wichita visiting Miss Beuna Helvey.
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Scandia
Eldon Stensons
Rapid City
S. Ca
School of Mines
Leonard Stensons
Torrington
Wyo
Foster Helvey
Wichita
Beuna Helvey
In 8 Lifton We Are All Sarneun
A brief item notes a cryptic phrase tied to Lifton residents, focusing on a cohesive local sentiment and unnamed events or statements shared among the community. The readable text centers on collective identity and a sense of unity during an unspecified period.
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Sarneun
Eanny
Mrs Gomer Davies of Concordia Dies at 67
Mrs. Gomer T Davies wife of the editor and publisher of the Concordia Kansan died unexpectedly last Wednesday evening after a fall left her with a fractured hip. Funeral services were held Sunday. The Davies family lived in Republic County for years while Mr Davies led Republic City News and the family was known in Cloud County as well.
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Gomer Tpwies
Concordia Kansan
Republic County
Davies
Republic
Republic City News
This County
Cloud County
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Concordia Cream
Will Rogers
Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph E. Englund
Amana Lutheran
M. C
United Brethren Church
Bertha Fogelberg
L. M. Keys
Mr. Leker
DEMOS
Jim Goodwin
N. C. K. Fair
Gomer T. Davies
Makar
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