Memories of The Past at Diller Picnic Recalled by Local Figures
The Record recalls twenty five years ago when RF Starr J C Stucker E E McCune J F Kerr E F Habicht and S F Clark organized the Diller Picnic. This year Serenus Viers Ira Casper and Roe Patton organized the event with a few bills. Ed Wrigley and family headed west for the San Francisco exposition and other sights while Mrs Leona Barber aided at the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RF Starr
J C Stucker
E E McCune
J F Kerr
E F Habicht
S F Clark
Serenus Viers
Ira Casper
Roe Patton
Ed Wrigley
Edythe
Gretchen Wohlfarth
Pacific Coast
Portland
West
Leona Barber
Miss Wohlfarth
Fifty Years Ago in Diller and Nearby
Fifty years ago this week residents of Diller and surroundings engaged in social events trade and illness. Jake Zook shipped stock while Wallace Clark attended an Interstate reunion in Superior. Local bank history and names of officials are noted alongside prices for corn oats and flax seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Zook
Diller Band
GAR
Superior
People’s Bank of
This Place
People’s State Bank of
Diller
A H Colman
GH Clark
Lincoln
P W Price
T P Price
First National Bank
Citizen’s State Bank
Saloon Spying Accusations Stir Town Controversy
The passage condemns spying on Diller saloon patrons as unnecessary meddling, labeling those involved cranks and ridicule to the town. It asserts current United States taverns are respectable and that both sexes drink together, with some patrons getting drunk in public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
United States
Senator Tydings Urges 3,922 Antiaircraft Guns Needed
Maryland Senator J Tydings emphasizes national defense needs calling for 3,922 antiaircraft guns of various types. He notes the current total is 1,477 old and new guns with none of the 90 mm type. The Army requires 1,423 of the 37 mm guns but has only 15, with no more for six months, plus a need for 1,350 detectors and 276 height-finders, of which 44 detectors and 142 height-finders are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Tydings
Maryland
United States
Tydings
War Department
United States Army
Cong Curtis
Great Maker and the Love Rope in a Spiritual Trail
A spiritual reflection speaks of the Great Shepherd Chief guiding a believer along a lush path. It describes love as a rope drawing the faithful toward safety, renewal after weakness, and a feast of blessing amid challenging journeys. The piece shifts to a political note, quoting Senator Tydings on defense production and coordinated industry, via Extract from Cong Curtis' letter.
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante at Bonham Theatre
Judy Garland returns with Mickey Rooney and the Judge Hardy family in Andy Hardy Meets Debutante. Loretta Young and Ray Milland star in The Doctor Takes A Wife, a sparkling comedy about a woman pursuing a doctor. Also featured is Those Were The Days a college period piece set in 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Garland
Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Ann Rutherford
Judge Hardy
Andy Hardy
Andy
Beau Brummell
Broadway
Judy
Loretta Young
Ray Milland
Loretta
Family learns truth as parents visit school
A fragment reports a family event where parents visit a school to learn about a past incident. The children, junior and sis, will hear what happened, while the parents enjoy the moment with family, framed as a life lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother
Dad
Junior
Sis
Mom
Pop
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ray Green
Scott Miller
Record
Allen Nelson
Deshler
Burlington
John Clark
Wymore
Wallace
Fairbury
Henry Eaton
Messrs
Thos Coupland
Ira Coupland
Boone County
Indiana
Coupland
Lee Calkins
Charley Carr
Thos Copeland
Perry Tate
F D Carr
DR Kelley
Chas Brandt
D K Calkins
J H Brandt
C W Townemaker
Olive Ballard
Lillie Brandt
A Ballard
Gale
Erva Clark
F T Pearce
Patrice McElwee
Frank Rositer
Cash McElwee
Inez McManes
Wallace Clark
Lady Friend
Wm Tennemiker
Ike
George
Charley
Joe Bixby Sr
W H Diller
Boston
East
Ladies Aid of
The
Methodist Church
C A Mills
Dorcas
al Boggs
A Gant
Jessie Miller
Scott Merrell
Jesse Fouts
Isaac Townemaker
Noah Conklin
H L Randall
E H Good
Forrest Hartzell
Frank Powell
J W Fouts
Beatrice
Temple Pierce
Charlotte Loach
CA Mills
John ‘Allen
Elsie
Penn
Farmers Oil Supply Co
K B Woodruff
Wiers’ $Store
Brunswick
Bonham Theatre
By Jimmie Redmond
Fairbury, Nebraska
Carole Landis
Lon Chaney Jr
Lorretta Young and
Ray Millard
William Holden
Benita Granville
Johnny
Mack Brown
Roaring Dan
Drs
Hull & Hull
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Odell
General Hospital
E. Rice
M. D
Odell, Nebraska
Llon
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