Appointments Made For Orphanage Management
The Orphans Home will soon be in full operation. Lester W. Schmadeke of Bradish Nebraska is hired as superintendent and J. O. Epperson of Fairbury is chosen as matron. They have begun duties and six boys have been accepted to join the home before the school year starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester W. Schmadeke
Bradish
Nebraska
Schmadeke
State Agricultural College
J. O. Epperson
Fairbury
Watermelons Restricted on Private Patch by Roy Patton
Notice declares the watermelon patch private property and asks boys to stay out. The owners Roy Patton and S. B. Viers promise to be liberal with melons if the request is respected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Patton S. B. Viers
Farmers face extended wheat crop insurance deadline
Jefferson county farmers have until August 31 to apply for wheat crop insurance policies, ensuring at least 50 or 75 percent of an average crop to sell in 1939. The previous deadline was August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Stuck In The Mud Near Diller Adventure
Mr and Mrs Olin Uim and their son visited Ord Nebraska last Sunday. They traveled home via Aurora and stayed with relatives, then reached within half a mile of their Diller area home before leaving the car and walking the rest in mud.
Appreciation for parade helpers and program assistants
Mrs. Scott Miller expresses hearty appreciation to all who helped make the parade a success and to those who assisted with the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Miller
School to open for nine month term starting September 1
Get ready for school as classes resume nine months from now on September 1. The plan mirrors last year’s opening and will be announced in these columns next week.
Eye Safety Advice From Dr. Morrison in Fairbury Nebraska
A brief notice urges annual eye explanations for safety. Dr Neil C Morrison of Fairbury Nebraska advertises an air conditioned office for patient comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil C. Morrison
Fairbury
Nebr
Three Men Travel to Powell Wyoming in Search of Work
Bernard Patton Jim Lewis and Freddie Miller left Tuesday in Patton s Ford for Powell Wyoming to find a job. Bernard had gone to Wyoming in the spring but returned home because of hard times in that country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Patton
Jim Lewis
Freddie Miller
Ford
Powell
Wyoming
Bernard
Park accident leaves girl needing silver clips
A 10 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bean, near Jansen, fell and struck her head on a park plank seat during the picnic. The wound required silver clips to close but healed nicely.
Envelope Lost for Valuable Papers Reward Offered
Evelyn Sharp seeks the return of an envelope containing important papers and contracts. Finder should deposit it at the Record office to claim a reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Sharp
Record Office
4H Club Achievement Day at City Hall Aug 20
4H Club Achievement Day will be held at City Hall on August 20 at 2 30 P M. The public is invited. 4 H Club Leader.
Will and Mrs Will M Of Ijecia Amen Day
Fragmentary text appears to record a couple named Will and Mrs Will M concerning a day of a Sicu l event. Readable names suggest a ceremonial or civil notice context, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Ijecia
Patterson Patterson McCreight Tie The Knot In Fairbury
Frances Patterson daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Patterson Reynolds and Russell W McCreight son of Mr and Mrs J B McCreight Fairbury were married Monday August 15 at four PM at the Methodist parsonage Fairbury Rev Harry F Hunotington officiating. Attendants were the bride’s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Ben F Priefort Reynolds. The bride a steel blue silk crepe dress with cinnamon rust accessories. Mrs McCreight has taught in Steele City and Gilead schools. Mr McCreight has taught in Diller and will return there in September. They will reside in Diller after a Colorado Rockies trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Patterson
Sam P. Patterson
Reynolds
Russell W. McCreight
J. B. McCreight
Fairbury
Methodist Parsonage
Harry F. Hunotington
Ben F. Priefort
McCreight
Steele City
Gilead
Diller
Colorado Rockies
Beeman Nickeson Wedding Reported from Journal
Beeman of Roca announces the marriage of Edith Elaine Beeman to Charles P. Nickeson of near Diller. The ceremony was June 10 at 4 30 p m in Maysville Missouri performed by Rev C C James. Both graduates of Peru State Teachers College, they have taught for years and will reside in Nora after Sept 1 where Nickeson is school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Beeman
Roca
Sunday Journal
Edith Elaine
Charles P. Nickeson
Charles L. Nickeson
Near Diller
Maysville
Rev
C. C. James
Peru State Teachers College
Jefferson County Teachers Institute Held August 25–26
The annual institute meets at Fairbury with sessions on Thursday in the Mary-Etta Hotel ballroom and Friday in the Junior High School Auditorium. Registration starts at 8 30 Thursday morning. Miss Gretchen Fanders and pupils present a puppet show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Teachers Institute
Fairbury
Mary-Etta Hotel
Diller Victory In Picnic Ball Matches At County Picnic
Diller won one of the picnic ball games. Endicott led 4 to 2 on opening day. Diller beat Steele City 18 to 3 in the second game. A raincut Sunday game at Daykin ended 0 to 0 after three innings. The locals schedule Steele City at Steele City and Endicott at Endicott next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Endicott
Steele City
Daykin
Unseasonal Nebraska Rain Deluges Local Area
A heavy rain storm drenched parts of Nebraska since Sunday evening into Monday morning, totaling three and eleven hundredths inches. Local elders recall no similar rainfall for this season in recent years, though such events may have occurred in the distant past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Detective Archie Trout Heads West on LAPD Leave
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Trout and children Duane and Patricia departed for Los Angeles by way of Western Colorado to spend a few days. Archie is a detective on the vice squad of the Los Angeles Police Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Trout
Duane
Patricia
Los Angeles
Colorado
Archie
Police Department
Diller Community Invited to Jefferson County Fair Booth
The Diller community is invited to set up a booth at the Jefferson County Fair in September. The Com-Club chairman seeks ideas to promote the business in operation and engage fairgoers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Jefferson County
Com— Club
Forty-Second Annual Picnic In Diller Review
The Forty-Second annual Diller picnic drew crowds for a Thursday parade and evening gathering. The highlight was the Pageant Parade of the Nations praised as possibly the best yet, led by Mrs. S. A. Miller who organized with about 300 assistants. The article notes orderly midway concessions, a beer parlor, and a parade marshal Mayor John Steiner on a spotted saddle horse, with color bearers Claude Woods and Bill Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
S. A. Miller
Miller
Ed. McCune
W. E. Anderson
John Steiner
Roeifs Bros
Claude Woods
Bill Green
Sue
Ed Hughes
Steele City
Sebulus Bros
Hay Fever Soliloquy Captures Spring Sneeze
A short verse titled Hay Fever humorously describes the pollen season with jokes about rain, watery eyes, and sneezing. The dated tone mirrors a light contributor note from a local column.
Mrs Juana Porter Named Home Management Supervisor
Mrs Juana Porter has been appointed Home Management Supervisor for the Farm Security Administration based in Fairbury. She will serve Jefferson Saline and Fillmore counties and work with Fairbury farmstead residents on budgeting food production and preservation, poultry care, accounting, and clothing. Porter, from Lincoln and a Colorado State College graduate in Home Economics, begins August 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juana Porter
Farm Security Administration
Fairbury
Jefferson
Saline
Fillmore
Ater
Lewiston
Nebraska
Hospitalized Miss Rachel Diller at St Elizabeths
Miss Rachel Diller lies in bed at St Elizabeths hospital Lincoln after an operation Tuesday morning for appendicitis. Her father J Smith Diller and daughter Marian are reportedly with her in Lincoln during the week. Cleo Green daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Green underwent removal of an adherent appendix at Odell hospital Wednesday morning and is reported satisfactory. Cleo’s friends wish her a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Diller
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Lincoln
J. Smith Diller
Marian
Rachel
Cleo Green
Will Green
Odell Hospital
Cleo
Mayborns Visit Lincoln Parents After Columbus Move
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mayborn stayed with their parents Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Mayborn last Friday through the weekend. The Mayborns recently relocated from Columbus to Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Mayborn
O. J. Mayborn
Mayborns
Columbus
Lincoln
Friday and Findlings Head Home to Conrad Iowa
Dale Friday Cecil Findling and the Misses Lurene Kobbbler and Lucille Findling travel by car to their Conrad Iowa home. Lucille will visit there for a while.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale
Cecil Findling
Lurene Kobbbler
Lucille Findling
Conrad
Iowa
Lucille
Gerd Henrichs Sidelined by Illness During Vacation
Mr. Gerd Henrichs is vacationing due to an attack of intestinal flu but shows improvement at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerd Henrichs
Whitest in the White Spot leads town parade float display
The Whitest in the White Spot band leads the parade down Main Street while the American history float shows 83 entries. Clown Mahlon Wolken directs from the rear as costumes depict Pilgrims and 1620 dates in a vivid display continuing on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Uni
U. S
Oes
Wolken
Squaw
Wm. Glathar
About Wheat Allotments by County Agent
Merle Roney of the Jefferson county rural conservation committee explains 1989 wheat allotments. Staying within the allotment yields a minimum 25 cents per bushel, plus parity payment of 10 cents, totaling 25 to 80 cents per bushel. Example shows farmer Jones with 60 acres at 12 bushels per acre could receive $180 minimum, with crop insurance raising guarantees and loan eligibility. Exceeding allotments forfeits payments and wheat loans and crop insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Roney
Jefferson County
Jones
Murial Moffit Livingston Dies in Missouri Home
Murial Moffit Livingston formerly of Diller and Lincoln area died last Saturday at her home in Columbus Missouri. She attended Nebraska University and survived by her husband Jesse E. Livingston two daughters and several relatives. Funeral services were held Tuesday at a Lincoln church with burial in Wyuka Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murial Livingston
Diller
Linss
Columbis
Missouri
Ee University of Nabenee
Jesse E. Ach
Harley K. Sa — Ee
Maba
C. J. Hiatt
Beatrice
L. Fom Odell
Iho
Wyuka Cemetery
Lincoln
Crop report highlights better corn yields inland
Erma and Sylvia with Esther Wick Myri and Jyn Harries report corn crop yields stronger here than at every other visited place indicating favorable growing conditions and progress in the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma
Sylvia
Esther Wick
Myri
Jyn Harries
M. Allother
Tia
Monday Intakes Public Superior at That Place
A brief public notice notes a Monday intake at a local superior authority location. Details are fragmented but indicate a scheduled action at the referenced place.
Stanley Lea at Picnic Draws Attention in Peace Town
Stanley Lea attended a local picnic near Rodina Piles and approached a half mile distance around the town seeking calm and conversation amid community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Lea
Rodina Piles
Spokene Visitor Stays With Mrs Elizabeth Fouts
Mise Averil Fouts of Spokene Washington visits in the city at the home of Lor mag Mrs Elizabeth Fouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Averil Fouts
Spokene
Washington
City
Elizabeth Fouts
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Patterson-McCreight
Beeman
Nickeson
Teachers Institute
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