Picnic Time at Hand in 44th Annual Diller Event
Plans are set for two days of parades and pageantry at the Diller picnic with Paramount Studios acts from Lincoln, Pearl Rickey and his father, Jack Barnes the Hastings baton twirler, bands from Marysville Wymore and Diller, and a White City vs Diller Stars baseball game. Floats from many communities and a full program of entertainment, concessions, rides, and motion pictures accompany the event as civic pride and patriotism align with National Aviation Week and American themes.
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Paramount Studios
Lincoln
Pearl
Shorty
Rickey
Jack Barnes
Hastings
Waxgoner Bros
God Bless
America
Beautiful Stars and Stripes
Columbia
Liberty and Justice
All
Red Cross
Scott Miller
National Aviation Week
Nation
Righteousness Exalteth
A Nation Hope Reform Church Unit
Beatrice man pleads guilty to grand larceny
Gerald F. Daun 20 of Beatrice admitted burgling Norman Frisbie’s farm home two miles east of Diller last Wednesday evening while the Frisbies were away at the movies. Loot included an auto heater a leather jacket a wrist watch a ring and $205 in cash. Daun worked for Frisbie during harvest and was bound over to district court for sentence.
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Gerald F. Daun
Beatrice
Daun
Norman Frisbie
Foutsland
Diller
Frisbie’s
Frisbie
Ellis couple returns from Kanorado Kansas visit
Dr and Mrs Claude Ellis came back Sunday from Kanorado Kansas and report rain along the Colorado line to Chester last Friday night. They say crop conditions except wheat are the same as here with row crops in the west suffering from breath. The Ellises spent a few hours with Jasper Longs at McDonald Kansas and found them as well as usual.
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Claude Ellis
Kanorado
Kansas
Colorado Line
Chester
Ellis
Jasper Longs
McDonald
Family travels after illness. Earl James dies
Mrs. Wm. Jones and son Lloyd with Walter James of Endicott drove to Powell Wyoming after learning Earl James is gravely ill. He died Saturday morning. Funeral services were held Tuesday. Rev. H. H. Pyche and wife depart Fairbury tonight on the Rock Island Rocket to Denver and Boulder to visit daughter Ruth at the college for a month.
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Wm. Jones
Lloyd
Walter James
Endicott
Powell
Wyoming
Earl James
Jones
James
H. H. Pyche
Rock Island
Fairbury
Denver
Colorado
Boulder
Ruth
Chick Boyes Players To Perform At Diller Next Week
The Chick Boyes Players will stage three performances next week near the picnic grounds in Diller. Tickets are reduced to 10c and 20c this year, with a big tent set up for the events.
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Chick Boyes
Diller
Wells Andrews and George Patterson Depart for Nebraska
Wells Andrews and George Patterson left this week for Western Nebraska to pursue cattle and spotted trout respectively. Meanwhile Mrs. Wells Eleanor and Gary Lee are visiting the Filleys.
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Wells Andrews
George Patterson
Nebraska
Wells
Geo
Mrs. Wells
Eleanor
Gary Lee
Filley’s
Emma Glathar Taken To Odels Hospital For Surgery
Miss Emma Glathar was admitted to Odels hospital Monday for a ruptured appendix. She underwent an operation Tuesday and is progressing as well as could be expected under the circumstances.
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Emma Glathar
Odels
Mrs Specht Heads to Lincoln for University Work
Miss Alice Specht leaves Monday for Lincoln to enroll at the University of Nebraska for extension duties as director of the local Home Beautification project. She will be away two weeks.
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Alice Specht
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Record Set to Print Wednesday Evening Next Week
The Record plans a print run early next week to accommodate advertisers and prep for the Picnic. This schedule aims to ensure copies are ready by midweek for distribution and event readiness.
Diller Bank Robber Sentenced To Hang
Ivan Sullivan aged 28, leader of the Diller State Bank break in July, is sentenced in Fort Madison Iowa to death by hanging on September 13 1941 for killing a prison guard. Lowell Haenze 27 receives life in prison for the guard killing. judge calls Sullivan leader and Haenze a stooge and mentally deficient.
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Ivan Sullivan
Diller State Bank
Fort Madison
Iowa
Iowa Penitentiary
Lowell Haenze
Sullivan
Haaenze
Haenze
Diller
Post Nuptial Shower For Mrs Keith Johnson
Mrs Bradford Dilier and John Henrichs hosted a post nuptial shower at Mrs Dilier’s home on July 26. Guests enjoyed a mock wedding scrap book activity and shared wedding day memories while unmarried guests spoke of future plans. Refreshments included homemade ice cream cakes and iced drinks as gifts were exchanged.
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Mesdames
Bradford Dilier
John Henrichs
Keith Johnson
Johnson
Beckman Returns to California After Nebraska Stop
Rolf Beckman left Fairbury on the Rock Island Rocket Sunday night to return to California where he had secured a job at $1.25 an hour. His wife fell ill, and he brought her back to Nebraska. Mrs. Beckman and their son will stay with her parents in Fairbury until she recovers. Rolf is at San Matro about 12 miles south of San Francisco, a town of 18 000 inhabitants.
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Rolf Beckman
Fairbury
Rock Island
California
Nebraska
Mrs Sadie Kuper Dies At 100 On Humboldt Farm
Mrs Sadie Kuper aged 100, mother of Mrs John Plager of Diller, died at her Humboldt area home. She celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday July 12 and passed away two weeks later on Friday July 26. A German immigrant, she had lived on the same Humboldt County farm for 75 years.
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Sadie Kuper
John Plager
Diller
Humboldt
Germany
Wilber Booster Caravan Skips Thirteen In Tour Numbers
The Tobias Times notes Wilber boosters avoided the number 13 on their annual tour last week. They used 14 cars numbered from 0 to 14, skipping 13 and stamping 124 in its place.
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Tobias Times
Wilber Boosters
Family Visit Spans Lincoln to Diller Trip
Mrs Emma Fitting and daughter Ellen of Lincoln joined her son Hans and his wife and daughter Geraldine of Texas in a weekend visit to Diller with Mrs Dora Wohlforth and daughter Gretchen. Hans Fitting and family have been visiting Lincoln relatives.
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Emma Fitting
Ellen
Lincoln
Hans
Geraldine
Texas
Diller
Fit
Dora Wohlforth
Gretchen
Hans Fitting
Lydia Taylor Stotts obituary notes time in Nebraska and Ohio
Mrs Lydia Taylor Lydia Italia Stotts daughter of Isaiah Stotts and Mary Magdalen Stotts born November 5 1872 on a farm near Albany Athens County Ohio married Albert Franklin Taylor November 16 1893 lived in Albany Nebraska then moved to Diller Nebraska October 17 1903 Joined Methodist church and remained member Lady Maccabee lodge at Wymore Nebraska home for 35 years before death July 25 1941 husband died October 18 1939 no children survived by two brothers A D Stotts Lincoln Nebraska and Grover C C Stotts Athens Ohio funeral July 27 at Waggoner Funeral Home interment Diller Cemetery beside husband
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Lydia Italia Stotts
Isaiah Stotts
Mary Magdalene Stotts
Albany
Athens Co
Ohio
Albert Franklin Taylor
Diller
Nebraska
Methodist Church
Lady Maccabee Lodge
Wymore
A. D. Stotts
Lincoln
Grover CC. Stotts
Athens
Diller and
Waggoner Funeral Home
W. H. Clark
Methodist Church of
Visitors From Colorado Attend Funeral and Family Visits
Visitors from Sterling Colorado Mr and Mrs Harry Weddle and daughter Dixie Rose accompanied by Mrs Donna Mentgen and baby David visited in Nebraska. They attended Henry Campbell funeral in Wymore and later went to Lincoln to see Mrs Esther Raymond, then visited relatives before returning home. Neighbors note Mrs Barber’s interest in her new great grandson.
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Harry Weddle
Dixie Rose
Donna ( Weddle) Mentgen
David
Sterling
Colorado
Mentgen
Baby
Chas. Berber
Henry Campbell
Rex Green
Lincoln
Esther Raymond
See Nebraska First Campaign Launches statewide ads
The $50 000 drive to promote See Nebraska First began this week with advertisements in every weekly and daily newspaper in the state. Roede announcements will also air on all Nebraska radio stations stressing the idea and inviting Nebraskans to learn more about the Cornhusker state with its 26 recreation grounds and seven state parks.
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Nebraska
Roede
Corn Prospects Dwindling With Sparse July Rainfall
The report notes corn in the area looks set to decline as most plants fail to revive after drought. Only limited moisture is expected. rain totals so far in July 78 hundredths of an inch, with 61 on the 21st and 17 on the 30th, leaving uncertainty about future yields.
Fine Entertainment on Street Concert Pleases Crowd
A marching band concert on the street last Saturday night featured a girls group of Ann Marie Jacobs Bonnie Thompson and Julia Diller singing twice with band accompaniment. Reuben Fanders performed a musical number while Mr Ingalsbe supplied the amplifier.
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Ann Marie Jacobs
Bonnie Thompson
Julia Diller
Reuben Fanders
Mr. Ingalsbe
Lester Schmadeke Leaves P. D. Home
Lester Schmadeke announces his departure from the P. D. Home after two years of service, praising the cooperation of the Diller community, the Home staff, and the Miller family. He cites the board’s future challenges, the institution's growth potential, and a personal shift driven by reading a Lincoln Sunday Journal column about Cal Waggoner. He wishes the Board, the Home, the boys, and helpers well.
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Diller
P.O. H
Millers
Ray Uebling
Uebling
Nebr
Lincoln Sunday Journal
Dale
Bob Fellers
Cal
Lester Schmadeke
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Odell and Diller
Wymore and
White City
Diller Stars
Weimers
Motion Pictures
The
Bonham Theatre Management
Main Street
Freedom of
Steele City
Legion
Evolution of Our Flag
Elks
V. F. W. Women’s Auxiliary
Odell, and
Jansen Legions
Old Settlers
Missouri Mule
Phillips 66
Dixie Black. Bros Library
Pilfers Frisbie House
Mrs
Lydia Taylor
Fine Entertainment
P. D. Home
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