Pioneer Music Festival Opens in Diller Tomorrow
The sixth annual Pioneer Music Festival will be held at the opera house in Diller tomorrow afternoon and evening. About two hundred students from six towns participate. A mass chorus of 160 voices will perform under the direction of Mrs Thomas of the University at Lincoln who will judge the contest.
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Opera House
Diller
Daykie
Endicott
Plymouth
Steele
City
Reynolds
Thomas
The
University At Lincoln
Sun Rises In The South At Buffalo Letter Visit
Dr and Mrs Viers received a letter from their son Serenus who works at the Bell Airplane Factory near Buffalo. He visited Niagara Falls on Sunday and found it larger than expected. The weather is cold and wet with two inches of snow. He hopes to see the Diller Record.
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Viers
Sérenus
Bell Airplane Factory
Buffalo
Srenus
Niagara Falls
Serenus
Diller
Dick Starling resumes service station at Diller
Former Imperial station manager Dick Starling re opens a service station at Diller on his own account. Deep Rock products will be sold including gas oils greases kerosene tractor fuel and a line of accessories. He seeks patronage of former customers and friends.
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Dick Starling
Diller
Blauser Named Pleasant Precinct Assessor After Father’s Death
G Clifford Blauser was appointed last Friday to fill the Pleasant precinct assessor vacancy caused by the death of his father Gilbert C Blauser. Blauser had served as assessor for eighteen years.
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G. Clifford Blauser
Pleasant Precinct
Gilbert C. Blauser
Blauser
Pianos Tuned for High School Music Festival
C B Ingalsbe father of the band master from Marysville spent Monday in town tuning the pianos at the opera house and the school house for the High School Music Festival to be held here tomorrow Friday.
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C. B. Ingalsbe
Marysville
Off To Buffalo Harold Lottman Heads To Airplane Plant
Lottman departed Monday night on the Rock Island Rocket bound for Buffalo New York to work at the Curtis Wright Airplane factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold. Lottman
Rock Island Rocket
Buffalo
New York
Curtis-Wright Airplane
New Bookkeeper at Diller State Bank
Raymond Reitfers of Hallam joins Diller State Bank as bookkeeper replacing Willard Beckman who goes to Des Moines to work in a bank.
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Raymond Reitfers
Hallam
Diller State Bank
Willard Beckman
Des Moines
Knife Incident Left Several Members Cut in Week
A report describes a knife incident where an individual using a butcher knife injured two members with finger wounds. The events occurred earlier in the week and were wrapped as a precautionary precaution.
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Cat
Waggoner
Couple visits Cavett family in Diller gathering
Dr and Mrs Joseph Bixby and Julie of Geneva visited Mrs Cavett and her husband in Diller last Sunday afternoon to see the sister of Dr Bixby.
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Joseph Bixby
Julie
Geneva
Diller
Cavett
Lord's Acre Plan Inaugurated At Ellis Church Revival
Rev W R Velte spoke at Ellis church meeting called to inaugurate the Lord's Acre plan for Ellis. Banquet tables celebrated the twelve months with roast chicken and side dishes. The program highlighted the plan already in use at Douglas where Rev Velte previously served.
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WH. Clark
Ellis Church
Lord's Acre
Ells
W.R. Velte
Diller
Douglas
Broken Leg Suffered by Fred Frisbie Near Odell
Fred Frisbie of Odell area suffered a broken leg above the ankle when a riding plow team bolted after he turned in for the night. The horses trampled him before a line was released. He lay unattended until a neighbor arrived, was taken to Odeli hospital, and the fracture was reduced and cast.
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Fred Frisbie
Odell
Fred
Odely
de Rice
Junior College talk at Fairbury by J R Johnson
J R Johnson Dean of McCook Junior College will speak in Fairbury about the establishment and operation of junior colleges under Nebraska laws. He will address the Chamber of Commerce at noon Tuesday April 8 and speak to the high school at 2 pm and a mass meeting at 8 pm in the Fairbury high school auditorium. School superintendents and board members are invited.
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Nebraska
J. R. Johnson
McCook
Fairbury
Chamber of Commerce
Fairbury High School
Board of Education
Food Stamp Plan Approved this Week in Jefferson County
Jefferson County has been designated by Secretary Wickard as an area where the food stamp plan will operate. The plan ends direct free commodity distribution and allows purchases through stamps, likely starting around May first, with free school lunches unaffected.
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S.C. Hutchinson
Board of County Commissioners
Paul H. Jordan
Milwaukee
Jefferson County
Claude E. Wickard
Pleasant precinct votes in village trustees and school board race
In the Spring Election Pleasant precinct voters narrowed trustees to three winners W E Anderson 60 C E Waggoner 3 and Floyd Hughes 43. Defeated were John Clausen 60 Geer 60 Ray Uehling 21 and II J Wolff 5. Election board judges were Fred Clark H E Green Elias Hadley with Sam Woods and Lee Calkins as clerks.
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Pleasant
John Clausen
Or, Geer
W. E. Anderson
Board of Education
C. E Waggoner
Floyd Hughes
John. Iiveceases
Ray Uehling
II J, Wolff
Fred Clark
H. E. Green
Elias Hadley
Sam Woods
Lee Calkins
Travel Light Admonition for Selectees
Brigadier General Grey N. Henninger directs men entering military training to travel light with one suitcase containing essentials. Extra baggage must be returned home at the selectee’s expense or disposed of, as they await army outfitting.
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Grey N. Henninger
Selective Service
Army
Religious survey planned by Diller churches
The Lutheran Congregational and Methodist churches around Diller arrange a community survey within five miles. Committees will be formed to handle the project and a card questionnaire will collect all desired information.
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Diller
Congregational
Methodist
Dorcas Society Serves Cafeteria Meal at City Hall
Dorcas Society of the Methodist church will host a cafeteria lunch at city hall on Friday with dinner and supper served in cafeteria style. The Pioneer Conference High School Music Festival is the main event at the opera house and invites everyone to join the midday meal with the volunteers.
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City Hall
Dorcas Society
The
Methodist Church
Pioneer Conference
Opera House
Fairbury Visit At Mrs Frericks Home
Last Tuesday afternoon Mr John Weerts and Mrs John Weerts with Mrs George Weerts and baby plus Mrs Riddle visited the home of Mrs Catherine Frericks in Fairbury for an afternoon gathering.
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John Weerts
George Weerts
Baby
Riddle of
Fairbury
Catherine Frericks
John Carico Dies at Home in Diller
John Carico passed away at his home in Diller around eleven o clock Wednesday forenoon after a period of illness. The body is at Waggoner's Funeral Home. Remains will go to Falls City for interment. Rev. W H Clark to conduct funeral services at the Methodist church Saturday afternoon at 1 30. Immediate relatives have arrived at the Carico home.
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John Carico
Diller
Carico
Waggoner
Falls City
W. H. Clark
Susie Brandt Obituary Placed at Diller Community
Susie Brandt born March 10 1856 in Ohio died March 25 1941 at her daughter Alice Hilder's home aged 85 years 15 days She moved to ass County Nebraska at age ten then to Diller where she lived sixty years She married John Henry Brandt in 1884 and had seven children Surviving daughters and sons include Arthur McCook Nebraska Myrtle Williams California Nimrod Powell Wyoming Alice Blue Springs Nebraska Homer Red Lodge Montana Maude Kansas City Missouri along with 26 grandchildren 11 great grandchildren and sister Mary Wright University Place Funeral services were held Saturday at Waggoner s Funeral Home and at the Methodist church in Diller Harry King Beatrice officiated burial at Prairie Home Cemetery beside her husband
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Susanna Foltz Brandt
Ohio
Alice Hilder
Nebraska
Diller
John Henry Brandt
Arthur
McCook
Myrtle
Williams
California
Nimrod
Powell
Wyoming
Alice
Blue Springs
Homer
Red Lodge
Montana
Maude
Kansas City
Missouri
Mary Wright
University Place
Waggoner’s*Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Harry King
Beatrice
Prairie Home Cemetery
Tragic Drowning of Larry Dean Mitlowski
Larry Dean Mitlowski two year old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Mitlowski and grandson of Mr and Mrs Andy Jamison drowned Friday morning in a neighbor's lily pool. Firemen failed to revive him after ten to fifteen minutes in water. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in Beatrice with burial in Diller cemetery.
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Larry Dean
Fred Mitlowski
Andy Jamison
Beatrice
Diller
Funeral rites held for Mrs. Cora Auld in Steele City
Mrs. Cora Auld 59 of Steele City died in Cheyenne Wyoming while visiting her daughter. Her funeral was held at 2 PM at the Presbyterian church with Rev. Williams presiding. Burial followed in Steele City cemetery. Waggoner Bros. funeral service conducted the arrangements. She was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Israel Hunnicutt.
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Cora Auld
Steele City
Presbyterian Church
Williams
Waggoner Bros
Auld
Israel Hunnicutt
Cheyanne
Wyoming
Mrs King of Beatrice Dies in Lomax Illinois
Mrs King mother of Harry King of Beatrice died February 12 at her Lomax Illinois home where she had lived since leaving Diller years ago She was the widow of Elder King former pastor of Christio Church at this place.
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Diller
County AAA Office Sets Plan For 1942 Farm Program
Jefferson County farmers meet April 12 with county AAA committee men to draft 1942 program recommendations. Farmers and residents may submit ideas to county office in Fairbury, part of a system to keep AAA in farmers hands since the 1938 act. Proposals from landlords and others are also welcome at the county office.
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Jefferson County
Arnold J. Runke
Fairbury
Ruhnke
Nebraska
AAA
Funeral attendees span towns for G C Blauser service
Last Thursday afternoon visitors from Lincoln Plymouth Beatrice Fairbury and Wymore joined local mourners at G C Blauser’s funeral. Out of town Masonic Brethren Sam Yoods Wm Jones W S Calkins and F W Meyer of Wymore assisted at the grave. County assessors Fred Jones Reid and Sophia Conelius attended. Blauser long served as Pleasant precinct assessor.
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G. C. Blauser
Thos. Price
Elsie McAfee
Hazel Blauser
Lincoln
Everett Blauser
Plymouth
Harry King
Beatrice
J. L
London
Daisy Gerard
Fairbury
Sam Yoods
Wymore
Wm. Jones
W. S. Calkins
F. W. Meyer
F. L. Spear
S. H. Diller
L. L. Kouckels
Bert Ewere
County Assessors Office
Fred Jones
Mr. Reid
Sophia Conelius
Pleasant Precinct
Annual Library Meeting at Diller Library
The Diller Library Association holds its annual meeting in the library room on Monday evening April 7 at 7 30. Reports cover the past year’s work and officers are elected for the coming year.
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The
Diller Library Association
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Pioneer Music Festival
Lord's Acres
Ellis
Diller Opera House
Susie Brandt
Mitlowski
Mrs. King
Triple A
Libray Meeting
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