Diller Community Notes Include School Open Date and Repairs
Tim Diller states schools will open September 2. Thiler State Bank offers complete insurance services. Mrs. Mamie Gaisford has been ill. Richard Mayborn paints the Diller State Bank. Rev W E Ludwick visited relatives in Lincoln. Beatrice resident Mrs Gay Hil visits Ed McCune home. Dr Ellis repairs his barn from cyclone damage. Diller school house repainted by Roelf Beckman and S F Clark. Katherine Thomas Harley Moffit recovering after appendicitis in Beatrice hospital. Harry Harris and wife visit from Fairbury.
Diller Visit Draws Kansas Residents For Picnic
J S Dean a retired merchant from Hollenberg Kansas and old neighbor of Alf Masborn visited Diller Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Von A Raymond and children Donna Jane and Dickie from Lincoln arrived Wednesday to visit Diller relatives and attend the Diller picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J S Dean
Hollenberg
Kan
Alf Masborn
von A Raymond
Donna Jane
Dickie
Lincoln
Local News Call for Community Cooperation
The paper urges readers to share happenings and irregular events seen or heard in town. Citizens are asked to report visits, travel plans, or any unusual activities to help keep the community informed and safe.
Hill household lifts smallpox quarantine. postmaster resumes duties
A smallpox quarantine was raised Friday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs E E Hill. Mrs Hill resumed her duties as postmaster Saturday morning. Mr Hill was the only one to contract the disease and it was a very mild case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Hill
Miss Esther Gretzinger Weekend Visit to Bloomington Kin
Miss Esther Gretzinger visiting from Peru for summer school spent a weekend with her father John Gretzinger at the home of Mrs. C L Tristman. He also visited Rev and Mrs Daniel Gretzinger of Bloomington and returned Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Gretzinger
Peru
John Gretzinger
C L Tristman
Daniel Gretzinger
Bloomington
Bank Cars Halted as Burlington Workmen Rebuild Lines
The bank cars of a Burlington gang were dropped off Sunday and the men are now at work rebuilding the telegraph and telephone lines on this section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Nebraska Visit Ties Families Across Towns
Mr and Mrs Bert Frisbie and others returned Monday from Wood River Neb where they visited their brother Will Packer and family and sister-in-law Nora Packer. Mrs Carrie Wrigley and grandchildren Norma and Graydon Harvey left Wayne Neb to return to Diller with Dale and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Frisbie
Ahiram Packer
John Greider
Wood’ River, Neb
Will Packer
Nora Packer
Carrie Wrigley
Norma
Graydon Harvey
Dale
Wayne, Nebr
Diller
Sisters Eva J Line and Alice return from 2375 mile Ford tour
Eva J Line and her sister Alice ended a three week auto trip visiting Black Hills Big Horn Mountains Yellowstone Salt Lake City Fort Collins Estes Park Denver and Colorado Springs. They enjoyed good roads and weather and bought elk antlers near Jackson Hole. The 3775 mile journey confirmed the Ford coupe as a fine long trip car.
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Eva J. Line
Alice
Black Hills
Big Horn Mts
Yellowstone National Park
Salt Lake City
Ft Collins
Estes Park
Denver
Colorado Springs
Jackson Hole
Yellowstone Park
Annual Diller Picnic Highlights Busy Two Days
The 38th annual Diller picnic featured a full schedule with daytime and evening events. The program included band concerts, addresses, quartets, juggling acts, a rodeo, and a platform dance, drawing a large crowd and festive mood.
Local Gossip and Community Notes This Week
Mrs. Folkers is on the sick list. Eleanor Dieh and Alice Line made a business trip to Beatrice. Lloyd Thrapp, 11, son of Ed Thrapp of Steele City, is suffering tonsillitis. A donation check from Rev. W. F. Clark was acknowledged to apply on a subscription. Rev. D. B. McLaughlin left in his car for Upham to tend a farm, joined by Clarence Findling who will travel to DeBolt, Canada to join Frank Cavett for an indefinite stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Clancy
Charles Hohl
Odell
F. W. Buckley
Clancy
Jack Clancy
Eastmarket Street
Beatrice Sun
P. J. Zimmerman
Gage County
Beatrice
Ellis
Bankson
Eleanor Dieh
Alice Line
Lloyd Thrapp
Ed. Thrapp
Steele City
Rev
D. B. McLaughlin
Upham
No. Dax
Clarence Findling
DeBolt
Canada
Frank Cavett
N R C Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Henry Frisbie
Mrs Henry Frisbie hosted the N R C ladies at Mrs Herman Albers home on Aug 7 with eleven members and nine children present. Guests included Mrs Will Frisbie Mrs Frank Frisbie of Fairbury Mrs Bert Frisbie of Hereford Texas and Miss Fannie Diller. A hosiery care demonstration followed by a luncheon ended the gathering. Next meeting with Mrs Bert Weaver on Aug 20 and roll call featured a favorite candy recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton Hayes
J. NC. Club
Frank Eick
Velma Hilder
Ruby Gingles
Waverly
Joe Hiatt
Clarence Hiatt
James Hayes
Henry Frisbie
N. R.C
Herman Albers
Will Frisbie
Frank Frisbie
Fairbury
Bert Frisbie
Hereford
Texas
Fannie Diller
Bert Weaver
Picnic Dinner Honors Mrs Busby and Family in Nebraska
A picnic dinner was hosted at the W H Carpenter farm near Diller Nebraska in honor of Mrs Vada Busby and her children Ethel Elsie and Orval of Woodston Kansas. Attendants included numerous Carpenters and relatives from Ellis Harbine Shea and Fairbury along with Alvin Driggs and others.
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Vada Busby
Ethel
Elsie
Orval
Woodston
Kans
W. H. Carpenter
Diller
Nebr
Alvin Driggs
Thompson
George Carpenter
Almeda Read
Fairbury
Harvey Powell
Endicott
J. W. Carpenter
Shea
J. O. Carpenter
E. L. Carpenter
J. T. Carpenter
Chas. Carpenter
Emma Carpenter
Ellis
Wayne Carpenter
Harbine
Archie Carpenter
J. T
J. N. Carpenter
Busby
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Citizens State Bank
Ogre
Tim Diller
Thiler State Bank
Mamie Gaisford
Richard Mayborn
Diller State Bank
W. E.ludwick
Lincoln and
Uivers
Gay Hil
Ed McCune
Dr. Ellis
Roelf Beckman
S. F. Clark
Katherine Thomas
Harley Moffit
Harry Harria
E L Loock
Diller Opera House
William Haines
Africa
Inn
J .Joe F W. Messmore
Bea
C.E. Waggonsr
The
Purcels Oor
Honartes W. Bryan
Lea
R. S. Wiffley
Purcell’s
Charley Barbers Stubbie
John Folkers
W. F. Clark
Diver Federated Church
N. R. C. Club
Rexall Milk of
Magnesia
Hi. K. Shutt’s
Rexall
Rollins
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