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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1947
Page
1
The Diller Community Club held a well attended meeting at City hall despite bad weather. Students from the high school assisted, and attendees enjoyed Laurel and Hardy and Pan American Highway films, with Elmer Sasse as a guest speaker praising the Exposition plan.
A large Iowa group gathered at the home of Bethel and Orval Wiemers in Melbourne to celebrate eight Diller Public School graduates. Attendees included Ralph Beck and family, Cecil Findling and wife with baby Gary Lee, Dennis Dale and Jerilyp Sue Findling, and several other relatives and classmates. The meal followed in the Marge recreation rooms, while additional entertaining occurred at Blue Springs and Inglewood, California.
Lawrence Richard Brown born December 4 1918 at Ellis Gage Co Nebraska served in the Navy apprentice seaman 1936 and chief machinist mate 1942 1945 after Pearl Harbor. He edited the Diller Record and active in American Legion Adjutant. Funeral held at Congregational church Blue Springs with Rev Powell. Survivors include parents Carroll and Dean brothers and many relatives from Lincoln Beatrice Ellis and Diller.
Mr and Mrs Frank Brown Mr and Mrs Carroll Brown and Mr Dean Brown express sincere thanks for the help gifts and floral offerings and for the many expressions of sympathy during the illness and death of their dear son and brother.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church for Mrs Grace Packer 67 a lifelong Wood River resident who died March 22 in St Luke s hospital Denver. Rev Keith Delap officiated with two songs sung by Mrs W P Moore. Burial was in Wood River cemetery. Born October 2 1879 to Rebecca and Hiram Jones she married William H Packer in 1897 and had three children Lena who died in 1909 Grenville Ogden Rawlins Wyoming and Perley Wood River plus one grandson. She belonged to Cement Chapter No 115 Order of Eastern Star and the Presbyterian church. Relatives from out of town included Grenville Ogden Rawlins Mrs John Greider Mrs Bert Frisbie and others from Lincoln Grand Island and Beatrice. A sister-in-law Miss John Greider and Mrs Bert Frisbie visited during illness in Denver. A snow storm near North Loup Easter vacation was noted.
A Sunday afternoon gathering at the Schipper home in Fairbury honored Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weshels of Diller who are en route to Sacramento to establish a new home. Attendees included numerous Weshels and Schippers from Fairbury Beatrice Dillon Inglewood and Ellie plus Roy Shottenkirk and others visiting from California.
The Diller Womans Club will meet Wednesday April 16 at 2 p.m. in the Congregational Church Annex. Hostesses are Mrs O O Meyborn and Mrs Christie Seaman. Guest speaker is Fourth District Youth Chairman Mrs R A Garret of Fairbury. Special music by students of Alice Mae Watters. Election of officers. Mr and Mrs Hubert Filley and their daughter of Crete visited relatives in Diller at Easter.
The April W.S.C.S. meeting is set for Thursday the 17th in the basement of the Methodist church. The organizing committee includes Blanche Stephens as chair and Frieda Geer Imogene Weaver Violet Fry and Pearl Cookus. Ina Viers group will hold a committee meeting and members listed include Estella Eidome Jenpie Upson Frieda Fasnacht Florence Nippert Clare Waggoner Dorothy Robson Ruth Pickard Linnie Filley Dorothy Logen Fern Hell Frieda Geer and Alice Varney.
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