Diller Picnic Plans Advance Despite War Shortages
Diller plans a good picnic this year despite war handicaps. The Chasdek sound system is secured and the Diller Band will perform under Mr Renbick of Beatrice who leads the municipal and high school bands. Surprises are promised and soldier photos should be sent to Mrs Ira Casper. announcements will come next week.
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Chasdek
Diller
Ign
Renbick
Beatrice
Municipal
H.S
Ira Casper
Fairbury Budget Reports Higher Levies and Valuations
The county clerk's office in Fairbury lists 1943 school and town levies rising due to living costs and teacher shortages. Diller town valuation is 256 179 with a 12 mill levy unchanged, while school district 70 shows 486 829 valuation and a 15 42 mill levy, up from 15 25 mills in 1942.
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County Clerks Office
Fairbury
Diller
Doctor sustains severe burn aiding farm fire
Dr. Eilis received a severe burn to his foot while helping control a blaze at the Ross Hays farm. A 60 ton hay stack near the buildings was moved by tractor using a cable to an open field to prevent further damage. He remains unable to put full weight on the injured foot.
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Eilis
Ross Hays
Ellis
No Band Festival in Fairbury This Year
Fairbury band officers announced there will be no band festival this year citing reduced manpower due to army and defense work enlistments and transportation difficulties that make the event inadvisable.
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Fairbury
Death of E. A. Roessler
E A Roessler died Monday morning at Odell Hospital after months of illness. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 30 at the Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. A. Roessler
Odell Hospital
Congregational Church
Mrs. Ellison Passes Away
Mrs. Mae Ellison died Tuesday evening at Odell hospital. The obituary notes her passing and records her as a local resident. Funeral arrangements were to be announced by the family.
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Mae Ellison
Odell Hospital
Heating Stove For Sale By C L Geer
Coal heater offered for sale by C L Geer in Diller. Bargain price for a real stove and urging buyers to act quickly.
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C. L. Geer. Diller
4-H Conservation Camp At Seward Draws 250
Richard Steffen a Diller Club member joined 250 4-H leaders and members at the 9th Annual 4-H Club Conservation Camp in Seward August 3 to 6. A 7 AM to 10:30 PM program covered soil and wildlife conservation with College of Agriculture professors. The group toured Lincoln Pioneer and Antelope Parks the Museum and the State Capitol and met Gov Griswold.
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Richard Steffen
Diller Club
Seward
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
State’ Capitol
Griswold
K. C. Fouts
Lawrence Gill
Arizona Drought Brought Welcome Rain in Heatwave
Clarence L Muliman reports extreme heat and drought in Arizona with rain arriving overnight. He notes flooded areas, washed out Union Pacific sections briefly disrupting buses, and relief at cooler air as sand settles. He hopes more rain will come and keeps busy writing home.
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Clarence Lmuliman
Arizona
Tpo Part
Union Pacific Railroad
Dunn Returns Home From California Visit
Mrs. E S Dunn former Diller resident renews Record subscription and says she cannot do without the Diller Record. She will be at 331 South Loomis Fort Collins Colorado after the 17th after visiting her daughters Doris and Willa in California for two and a half months. Best regards to old friends.
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E. Dunn
Diller
Juet
California
Doris
Willa
E. S. Dunn
Loomis Ft. Collins
Colo
Death of Former Resident J C Boetteher
J C Boetteher died at his home in Wymore on Monday August 9 at age 81 after several weeks ill health. He moved to Wymore from Diller in 1919 and is survived by his wife, sons J F James and Walter of Wymore, and daughter Mrs E M Lund.
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J.C. Boetteher
Wymore
Diller
J.F., James
Walter
E. M. Lund
Pvt Ernie Roessler Attends Father’s Funeral
Pvt. Ernie Roessler arrived by train Tuesday evening from Camp Polk Louisiana to attend his father’s funeral.
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Pvt
Ernie Roessler
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Memorial Service for Raymond Meyer Kero of Bataan
Memorial services for Sgt Raymond Meyer of Odell formerly of Diller were held Sunday August 8 at the Fairbury Christian church at 2 50 o'clock. Meyer enlisted in 1940, trained at Jefferson Barracks, served in the Philippine Islands, and was held as a prisoner of war before being listed a war casualty. He is survived by his mother Mrs Lucy Meyer Walker of Odell and a brother Max Meyer at Northwestern University Chicago.
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Raymond Meyer
Odell
Diller
Fairbury Christian Church
Lucy (Meyer) Walker
Beatrice
Max Meyer
Northwestern University
Chicago
Illinois
Huge Army Air Base at Alliance to be Dedicated
The Alliance air base in Nebraska, described as the state’s largest and a complete training center, will be formally dedicated on Sunday August 22. The open house will feature a re-enactment of early Allied invasion phases of Sicily, with units such as Parachute Infantry Glider Infantry Field Artillery and Airborne Engineers fully trained at the facility. Nebraskan sand hills and plains have been transformed into permanent defense areas and are highly rated by military personnel.
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Sicily
Army Air
Alliance
Nebraska
Tardy Fuel Oil Users May Have Empty Tanks
Although 80 percent of Nebraska fuel oil users have returned their renewal applications to their ration boards the remaining 20 percent have failed to do so. The OPA warns those people may face empty tanks when cold weather arrives as coupons are issued by arrival and delays could miss the winter quota.
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Nebraska
OPA
Jefferson county rationing office relocates in Fairbury
The Jefferson county rationing office in Fairbury moves this Saturday to the second floor above the selective service office in the Fairbury State Bank building with entrance opposite the Fairbury News office. Hours remain 8:30 am to noon daily except Sunday.
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Jefferson County Rationing
Fairbury
Selective Service
Fairbury State Bank
Fairbury News
Miss Lois May to Teach High School in Taylor Nebro
Reynolds educator Miss Lois May who taught locally last year has been elected to teach at the Taylor high school for the coming year.
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Lois May of
Reynolds
Taylor
Nebro
Daughter born to Sgt and Mrs Elmer Malchow
A daughter was born Monday night at Beatrice Mennonite hospital to Sgt. and Mrs Elmer Malchow Mildred Krebs.
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Beatrice Mennonite Hospital
Elmer Malchow
Mildred Krebs
Flies From Texas Lieutenant Tinstman Receives Commission
1st Lt Dale Tinstman, son of Mrs C L Tinstman of Lincoln, was commissioned last Friday as an 1st Lt and served as an instructor at the army navigation school in Hondo Texas. His uncle and aunt and his mother traveled from Omaha to Lincoln and Omaha for the occasion. His brother 1st Lt Allen Tinstman, who recently received his commission, is serving in the southwest region. Both brothers were formerly students at the University Law College before enlisting.
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Dale Tinstman
Diller
Lincoln
Hondo
Texas
Omaha
Jobus Nider of
Jansen
Army
Tinstman
Sun
Allen Tinstman
Pavilic
Law College
Guadalcanal Hero Leaves for Quantico Virginia
Major and Mrs Lymabd D Spurlock visited the J S Diller home Sunday night before entraining for Quantico Va. Spurlock recently received the Silver Star for gallantry on Guadalcanal where he served seven months with the Marine Corps. He will remain in the United States for an indefinite period.
Air Medal Awarded to Two Nebraskans in 13th Air Force
The War Department announced Tuesday that two Nebraskans in the 13th Air Force in the South Pacific received the Air Medal for operational air flights where exposure to enemy fire was probable. Lt. Delton C. Goerke of Syracuse is one recipient. the other is not named here, and Ph Bernard Goerke is noted as not being his brother.
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Army
13Th ‘Air Force
South
Pacific
War Department
Delton C. Goerke
Syracuse
Delton Isn
Bernard Goerke
Diller School
Army Exam Applicants Named for August Induction Quota
Ernest H. Garrels and Joy B. Berz of Diller are listed among Jefferson county’s August army examination quota. Harold E. Diller of Fairbury also appears on the induction center list.
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Ernest H. Garrels
Joy B. Berz
Diller
Jefferson County
Harold E. Diller
Fairbury
Hutchinson Brother of Local Residents Dies After Illness
Lewis Hutchinson of Harbine died Tuesday night after a lingering illness. He is survived by brothers S. C. and A. J. Hutchinson of Diller. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at Wymore. Burial will follow at Blue Springs cemetery.
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Lewis’ Hutchinson
S.C
A. J. Hutchinson
Diller
Harbine
Wymore
Blue Springs
Librarian Isabelle Bixby Enjoys Nebraska Vacation
Mrs. Isabelle Bixby City Librarian of Geneva Nebraska is on vacation visiting her sister in law Mrs L M Cavett. She plans trips to Fairbury Hollenberg Lincoln before returning home to Geneva.
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Isabelle Bixby
Geneva
Nebraska
L. M. Cavett
Fairbury
Hollenberg
Lincoln
Methodist church group to meet August 19
W. 3. cS, W.S.C.S. of the Methodist church will meet Thursday afternoon, August 19, in the Methodist church basement.
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W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Mrs Christopher Morgan Returns From California Visit
Mrs Christopher Morgan formerly Margaret Barnett has returned home after visiting her soldier husband in California.
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Christopher Morgan
Margaret Barnett
California
Letter from an Army Camp by Bernie Anderson
Dear Mom My first day here I drew K P and scrubbed dishes pans and pots from dawn to night. Four thousand spuds were peeled and the dining tables floors and areas cleaned as I thought of harvest and threshing. Soldier life feels hard but I recall farming chores like scooping wheat plowing and butchering.
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Bernie Anderson
K. P
Letters and Address Changes From Garrison Letters
Pvt Ernie Roessler requests address change to receive The Record uninterrupted at Camp Polk Louisiana. Pvt Barry Lottman reports transfer to Colorado Springs and thanks for The Record. his new address is Pie Harry Lottman Co D 13th Med Bn Camp Carson Colorado Springs Colorado.
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Ernie Roessler
Diller
L. A. Camp Polk
Louisianna
Harry Lottman
Bc Camp Carson
Colorado Springs, Colo
Patton Selected for MM&S Training at Fort Benning
Word arrives that Pfc. Bernard L. Patton has been chosen to attend a training course at the Motor, Mechanic and Maintenance School at Fort Benning Georgia. His new address is Pfc. B. L. Patton 20th Coast Students Training Regt MM 88 Fort Benning Georgia.
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Pfc
Bernard L. Patton
Fort Benning
Georgia
B. L. Patton
20Th Coast Students Training Regt
Fort Benning, Georgia
Harold Lottman in Air Force Photo at Gulfport Field
Harold Lottman appears in the Beatrice Times with a ground crew member from the air force stationed at Gulfport Field Mississippi. He attends a machinist school after enlisting April 2 and completing basic training at Clearwater Florida. Sgt Donald Maw is noted in the Omaha World Herald with a Sunday photo and a paragraph about reuniting with his two months old daughter Donna Jean.
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Prc
Harold Lottman
Beatrice Times
Harold
Ai Force
Gulfport Field
Mississippi
Army
Clearwater
Florida
Sgt
Donald Maw
The
Omaha World-Herald
Donna Jean
Ward Promoted to Staff Sergeant at Drew Field
Donald Maw stationed at Drew Field in Tampa Florida was elevated to Staff Sergeant this week.
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Ward
Donald Maw
Drew Field
Tampa
Florida
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E. A. Roessler
KERO
Bataan
Guadalcanal
Virginia
Lewis Hutchinson
Gideon
Pfe
Barry Lottman
Colorado Springs
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