Diller News Briefs Include Visits and School Registration
Local items report Mrs. Cora Coleman on the sick list and new telephone directories distributed. Visits include Mrs. Will Robertson and Meridith of Loup City at Cloyd Cully’s. Roy Nelson of Washington DC and Harry Abhrenda family in town. Diller High School registration day set for Saturday October 31 1929. B B Kensington to meet with Mrs. Harley Moffitt Tuesday August 27. Attendance at Diller picnic noted with Ommen Warnke and Behrends families. Edna Hulman returns to Beatrice after vacation to resume work at Sopderegger Seed Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Robertson
Loup City
Cloyd Cully
Edna Hulman
Beatrice
The
Sopderegger Seed Co
Carpenter Family Plans Three Week Motor Trip
Mr and Mrs W H Carpenter and Wayne Carpenter departed Wednesday for Hemingford Nebraska traveling via Bloomington and other points to visit relatives and expect to be away about three weeks.
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Wayne Carpenter
Hemingford
Nebr
Bloomington
Weddle Sisters Return Home After Visit to Diller
Misses Donna and Della Weddle concluded a weeks long visit with grandparents Mr and Mrs Chas Barber and other Diller relatives. They departed by Burlington train Sunday morning bound for Sterling Colorado.
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Donna
Della Weddle
Chas. Barber
Sterling
Colo
Burlington
Families Return Home From Diller Picnic Tour
Mr. and Mrs. Sherm Cully and their son Ora along with Ora’s wife and Mrs. Tola Fordyce, who visited relatives in Beat Rice and Lincoln and attended the Diller picnic, returned Saturday to their homes in Gage Oklahoma and Wichita Kansas. Earnest and family visited relatives in Beatrice.
Beatrice Picnic Draws About Fifty At Chautauqua Park
About fifty Diller residents attended the M. E. Sunday school picnic in Chautauqua Park Beatrice on Wednesday. C P Rhodes and son Bob of Edmonton Alberta Canada visited Beatrice residents Mr and Mrs L Rhodes at Dr O C Diehl's home.
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Diller
M. E
Chautauqua Park
Beatrice
C. P. Rhodes
Bob
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
L. Rhodes
O. C. Diehl
Southwicks to Fort Collins Visit Rodney Southwick
Mr and Mrs A E Southwick and Mr and Mrs Raleigh Southwick with their young son leave Tuesday for Fort Collins Colorado to visit their son and brother Rodney and his wife and other relatives.
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A. E. Southwick
Raleigh Southwick
Fort. Collins
Colo
Rodney
Hiatt Family Plans Visit to Mrs Tullis in Iowa
Mr and Mrs C W Hiatt and family expect to travel Saturday to Oskaloosa Iowa to visit Mrs Hiatts grandmother Mrs Anna Tullis. Mrs Tullis age 88 recently fell and dislocated her hip. Odell Oraele.
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C. W. Hiatt
Oskaloosa
Prairie Home cemetery clean up day announced
Notice posted for Monday August 26 at 1 P M at Prairie Home cemetery. Residents are urged to help beautify the grounds for the coming year bringing scythe meadow hook and rake. Ground Committee orders assistance. Chas E Waggoner Secretary.
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Prairie Home Cemetery
Chas. E. Waggoner
Diller Picnic Lists Generous Local Contributions
This report notes the Diller picnic last week showcased excellence in program, attendance and orderliness due to devoted committee work and favorable weather. It names many contributors including farmers, banks, businesses, and individuals. also mentions a sick child, a sign painter, a hot weather record, and the Gretzinger family funeral.
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Diller
Pranicford Farmers
Union
Sto Citizens State Bank
State Bank
W. Green
Henry Frisbie
Cornbelt
Lumber
Diller Farmer's Grain Co
H. Cully
D. -V.fanders
Ho Shutt
S. C.hutchinson
Moser & Green
Clarks
John Pulee
Gus Dressen
Frank T Pearce
John Clauson
Dr. Dieh
Sam Thompson
Bart
Stefford
Waggoner Broa
John Greier
E L. Carpenter
M. Calland
Tree Fisher
W. E Mudge
R Dieh
Scott A. Miller
C. FE. Hill
John Weera
C. W. Sparks
L. H. Findling
Wm. Leaper
G. Elis
Guy Cassell
Briers
Billie R. Barton
Ashcraft
J. D. Steiner
Herb. Beckwith
Telehone
Beatrice Light & Power, Co
Masonic and Eastern Star Members Escort Elder to Plattsmouth Home
Dr and Mrs S B Viers led a group to Plattsmouth Monday forenoon to move Mr George B Pearce to the Masonic Home. Fraternal caretaking then took the party to Omaha for a visit before returning home Tuesday.
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S. B. Viers
Masonic
Eastern Star
George B. Pearce
Plattsmouth
Frank _T. Pearce
Viers
Pearce
Omaha
Tuesay
Obituary of John Gretzinger Leader of Gretzinger Family
John Gretzinger born April 26 1847 in Wurtemberg Germany died August 15 1929 at age 82 3 20. He came to the United States in 1871 and married Katherine Herwig October 28 1877 in Dayton Ohio. They settled near Diller Nebraska where he lived with daughter Mrs C L Tristman after Dec 2 1924. Five sons and three daughters survived with Lydia who died in infancy and son Reuben who died at 22.
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John Gretzinger
Wurtemberg
Germany
U. S
Katherine Herwig
Dayton
Ohio
Nebraska
Diller
C. L. Tristman
Nebr
Gretzinger
Lydia
Reuben
Funeral Notices Reflect Long Faithful Life and Family Ties
Surviving family members listed include Adam H. Steele of City Nebraska and others from Scottsbluff Bloomington Kansas City Diller and Esther Diller Nebraska with ten grandchildren. He valued the Bible and church life, blending affiliations from German State church to Presbyterian then Congregationalist, dying after a long illness. Services were held at the Congregational church conducted by W. E. Ludwick with burial in Prairie Home cemetery.
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Adam H. Steele
City
Nebr
Benjamin
Scottsbluff
Daniel
Bloomington
Evers
Kansas City
Mire
Elizabeth
Tristman
Diller
Esther
Presbyterian Church
Father Gretzinger
Church of
Jesus
Congregational Church
W. E. Ludwick
Prairie Home Cemetery
Community Honors Beloved Father Gretzinger
The family offers heartfelt thanks to friends who supported them during the illness and death of their father, Gretzinger, expressing appreciation for assistance and sympathy.
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Father Gretzinger
Universal Fall Vacation in Nebraska Attracts Thousands
Nebraskans enjoy an eight day vacation opportunity yearly with large attendance. Last year 427034 visited the fair to learn about resources and enjoy entertainment and friends. The 1929 Fair runs August 30 to September 6 and promises the best exhibition yet.
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Nebraska
Also Mentioned on This Page
Citizens State Bank
Cora Coleman
Diller State Bank
H. Kk. Shutt
Telephone. Co
Gorden Fanders
Alias Bud
Roy Nelson
Washington, D. C
Peter Nelson
Harry Abhrenda
DeLoris
Stanley
Bill Wiemers
Remsen
Iowa
Henry Reinholtz
Diller High School
B. B. Kensington
Dick Ommen
Harbine
John Warnke
Fairbury
Wm. Behrends
Diller Opera House
Picnic
Arthur Hoyle
Mercury
Archie Peterson
Filley
Dick Fanders
John Gretzinger, Jr
John Gretzinger, Sr
Rexall
H. KK. Shutt’s
the Universal Fall
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