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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1929
Page
9
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jackson and their sons Valjean and Lorraine along with C. A. Anderson visited Mrs. M. F. Jackson on Sunday.
Sunday dinner guests were Mrs. Leonard Aspegren Mr. and Mrs Carroll Anderson Miss Norma Aspegren Miss Dorothy Aspegren Mr. and Mrs George Larson and family Mr. and Mrs Harry Bowling and Ramona Mr. and Mrs Clyde Norris Mr and Mrs Ed Loring Miss Jetty Green George L Larson and Mr. and Mrs Walter Henry visiting Mr and Mrs John Anderson.
A group of young people from Jewell surprised Violet Dabbins Saturday afternoon at her Scandia home. Attendees included Misses Irma Lysle Stansbery Mirian Peck Elizabeth Whitney Nellie Evans Susan Sumaker the Rev Murphy Robi Murphy and Lee Cooper.
A bridge party given by Mr and Mrs Hershel Kannier at their North Kansas Ave home Saturday evening honored Mr and Mrs Stanley Schwahn of Kansas City. Guests included Mr and Mrs G P Plotner Mr and Mrs J D Andrews Mr and Mrs Raymond Cooper Mr and Mrs E C Wires Miss Harriet Gordon and Tom West. Refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs J D Andrews won the high score for the evening.
Lions Club members and families attended a picnic supper on Monday night shifting from River Side Park to Lodge Hall due to chilly weather. The program featured duets, solos, a violin and flute duet, a comedy number by a quartet, and a group chorus with Lions members. About 100 people joined in meals, games, and dancing after the performances.
Mr and Mrs Gust Nystrom hosted last Sunday supper at their farm west of town attended by Mr and Mrs Lawrence Nystrom of Scandia and Mr and Mrs J N Johnson and family of Kackley providing a social gathering for local residents.
More than 100 Scandia High School students and faculty attended the Hi-Y mixer at the Gust Nystrom residence west of town. The Nystroms host it annually with watermelon and cantaloupes followed by games before the group returned to town. It was the year's first all school social activity.
The Home Circle 88 Club met last Friday afternoon with Mrs. Aaron Johnson as hostess. Thirteen members attended including guests Mrs. Benny Lervold and Miss Margaret Nelson. They spent the afternoon sewing and enjoyed chicken sandwiches potato salad ice cream chocolate angel food cake and coffee. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Richard Loring.
Eighteen members attended the Community Club meeting held last Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. ElReno Sederlin’s home. Guests included Miss Wilma Thompson Mrs C O Thompson Mrs Charlie Johnson Mrs Lester Richards Mrs Oscar Bergstrom Mrs Enoch Larosa and Miss Frances Staple. Refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting will be with Mrs Lewis Wallin.
Mr and Mrs Joe Johnson with family and Mr and Mrs Noble Isaacson and Mrs C A Isaacson spent Sunday in Shickley Nebraska visiting Pete Swanson and his sister Betsy Carlson.
Miss Maurine Larson was hostess at a Sunday dinner at her home northeast of town for Miss Naomi Nylund and Miss Dorothy Dutton.
An advertisement promises to start a paint manufacturing venture with small money and daily production. It claims universal demand across homes, barns, and garages plus nationwide sales. The ad from Eddys White Lead Paint Co lists Milwaukee department address and contact.
The Royal Neighbors held their regular meeting last Wednesday evening in the I. O. O. F. lodge hall. The refreshment committee consisted of Mesdames Ben Denoyer, Robt. Doctor, and C. A. Othberg.
A birthday party for Mrs Ellen Simms mother of Mrs Walter Preble was hosted at Ed Simms home in Republic. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ed Simms Mrs Will Slopansky and daughter Ruth and Mr and Mrs Walter Preble and Mareceil.
A telegram to Mrs Gust Anderson reports the birth of a son on September 4 to Mr and Mrs A R Larsen of Little Rock Arkansas. Mrs Larsen was formerly Miss Edith Anderson.
A reunion gathered last Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs A M Bettis with relatives and a few friends present. Guests included Ollie Bettis and June of Norman Oklahoma Gust Samuelson and family Courtland George Haser and family J N Bettis and family Topeka Maria Humphrey Courtland Mary Davidson Courtland Joe Eckler Osborne Kansas Charles Leveke Hazel Dorothy Elvin Lee and R J Bettis.
The Social Hour Club met with Mrs. Leslie Rasmussen Tuesday, Sept. 38. Fourteen members attended. Visitors were Mrs. Frank East man, Mrs. Claude Cuthbertson, and Mrs. John Davis. After business, members shared a social afternoon and a pot luck lunch. Next meeting with Mrs. C. W. Strom on Sept. 19.
In 1811 there were eighty eight banks in the United States. Their capital was fourty two million six hundred thousand dollars, their circulation twenty two million seven hundred thousand dollars, and their specie nine million six hundred thousand dollars.
The 1929 Kansas Free Fair at Topeka runs September 9 to 14 with a full display of modern farm and industrial machinery. Secretary A P Burdick notes space is fully reserved to showcase advances from combines to tractors and milking machines, highlighting the shift toward mechanization in farming, home, and manufacturing.
The Rock Island line announces a replacement for the Rocky Mountain Limited running between Chicago and Denver via Scandia. The all steel train features diner, sleepers, a parlor observation car with radio, sun room and writing desk, plus radio market and sport news. It is expected to operate on local Rock Island tracks this week.
Mrs. John Naslund and Mrs. John Linden learned their sister Mrs. Soderquist of Colorado is seriously ill and traveled there at once for her side.
Kansas Free Fair in Topeka will again provide press rooms for visiting editors from Kansas and other states. A. P. Burdick, secretary, says a news room with telephones and desks will be set up in the Grandstand. Editors planning to attend the fair, September 9 to 14, are asked to notify Burdick.
Mrs Oberia Ryan spent last Thursday with Mrs F A Cullers. Baltimore Mx was incorporated in 1745. In 1804 New Jersey abolished slavery and made all persons born in the state after the fourth of the next July free. Children of slaves would become free with males at twenty five and females at twenty one.
Agnes Isaacson begins nurses training at Trinity Hospital Kansas City MO but left last week to resume work and study duties.
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