Sunday Band Festival Planned at Fairbury
The annual band festival in Fairbury features ten groups performing 1:00 to 6:00 PM with a 30 minute program per act. Scheduled bands include Plymouth, Diller, Swanton, Wilber, Cuba, Geneva, Marysville, Beatrice, Washington, and Fairbury under directors C W McBratney Nelson Ingalebe H N Snyder Dr E V Kalin Paul W Curtis Bb W Theemas W H Caman G S Berentz and Harold L Chatelain.
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Fairbury
Plymouth
C. W. McBratney
Diller
Nelson Ingalebe
Swanton
Wilber
H. N. Snyder
Cuba
E. V. Kalin
Geneva
Paul W. Curtis
Marysville
Bb. W.theemas
Beatrice
W. H. Caman
Washington
G.S. Berentz
Harold L Chatelain
Agriculture fellows design rammed earth poultry house
Agriculture specialists devise a rammed earth poultry house with a concrete foundation. Forms shape thick brick walls, using a clay sand cement mix with water to create a solid one foot thick wall.
Busy week plans sweep Fairbury area with fairs and events
Folks between Fairbury and Beatrice including Diller faced a busy week with a circus on Wednesday a 4 H Club Exposition on Thursday and Friday a Band Festival next Sunday at Fairbury and the Gage County Fair Tuesday through Friday. Some chose to stay home to avoid overbooking.
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Fairbury
Beatrice
Diller
Gage County
Henry Wiemers heads to Iowa State Fair with hogs
Henry Wiemers left early Thursday with his truck and several Hereford hogs for exhibition at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines scheduled from August 26 to September 1. The fair ranks among the nation’s largest with last year’s admissions around 500000, compared with about 90000 at the Nebraska fair.
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Henry Wiemers
Des Moines
Septe Inc
Navy recruit Roe Sparks earns praise on enlistment
Roe Sparks, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sparks, recently enlisted in the Navy and was sent to San Diego California. He has gained six pounds and his company won the infantry drill while tying for the boxing banner. Roe has been chosen as one of the second class petty officers.
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Roe Sparks
Chester Sparks
Navy
San Diego
California
Roe
Henrichs Buy Willems Residence. Plans Move to Miller Farm
Gerd Henrichs has purchased the two story Willems residence at Shea. The house will be wrecked and materials used to build a new home on the Carl Miller farm northwest of Lanham. Henrichs recently bought that farm and will relocate his son Gerd Henrichs Jr. to live on the property.
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Gerd Henrichs
Willems
Shea
Carl Miller
Lanham
Mr. Henrichs
Gerd Jr
New Modern Sales Barn Near Fairbury Opens Soon
A large new sales barn southeast of Fairbury nears completion and will open next Tuesday August 31. The facility is described as among the finest in the state with sales on Tuesday expected to total around $20 000.
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Fairbury
Mrs Mayborne Hosts Visit From Relatives From Iowa and South Dakota
Mrs A Mayborne enjoys a Sunday morning visit from her half sister Mrs Nora Shafner and grandson from Pierre South Dakota and another sister Mrs Mionie Griffie with her married daughter from Shenandoah Iowa delivering a pleasant family reunion.
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A. Mayborne
Nora Shafner
Pierre
South Dakota
Mionie Griffie
Shenandoah
Iowa
Temporary bridge planned at Court street crossing Beatrice
A temporary bridge will span the Blue River at Court street crossing in Beatrice to serve during the construction of a new river bridge.
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Court Street
Beatrice
Florence Cafe at Fairbour Closed For Remodeling
The Florence Cafe at Fairbour is being remodeled and modernized. Service has been suspended until an opening date.
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Florence
Fairbour
Methodists Vote To Discontinue Church In Diller
Superintendent McDade of the Beatrice district led the last quarterly conference. A motion to disband the church and turn its property over to the Nebraska Conference to satisfy a prior claim passed. A congregational meeting is set for Friday at 4 PM to ratify or reject the action and inform members by mail.
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McDade
Beatrice
Diller
Nebraska
Farmers urged to plan fall plantings under 1938 AC program
The agricultural office advises winter wheat producers and fall sown crops to consider probable 1938 Agricultural Conservation provisions. Officials expect soil depleting acreages to be lower than 1937 levels and propose seedings not to exceed 80 percent of the 1937 soil depleting base acreages, a 20 percent cut.
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Agricultural Office
AAA
Herman Diekman Celebrates 81st Birthday At Home
Herman Diekman marked his 81st birthday last Friday with his brother Henry his wife and son from Cortland and Carl Diekman and family joining for dinner. He came to Diller from Germany in 1890 and has lived nearby most of the time. He suffers rheumatism in his lower limbs and plans a possible stay with his son in Burlington Colorado to seek relief.
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Herman
Diekman
Henry
Cortland
Carl Diekman
Mr. Diekman
Diller
Germany
Burlington
Colorado
Dick Family Vacation to Idaho Falls and Idaho Homes
Mr and Mrs Will Dick and son Wayne with Mrs Dick and Mrs Peterson depart Sunday for Idaho Falls and other Idaho points. They visit four brothers and two sisters. Mrs Peterson's home in Idaho, and expect to be away about two weeks.
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Will Dick
Wayne
Forrest
Anderson
Mrs Dick
Mrs. Peterson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Peterson
Silo Gas Dangers Warn Farmers After Fatalities
Farmers are urged to watch for lethal silo gas as reports of gas deaths recur each season. Last year three family members died while attempting to rescue a child from a silo pit. Carbon dioxide settles in low areas, and unventilated pits are most hazardous. Open bottom doors ventilate upright silos, while trench silos are generally safer.
Blue Flame Oklahoma Coal Promotion Headlines
Promotion notes a Blue Flame Oklahoma Coal on track in a few days. Describes coal as super cleaned oil treated free burning with very little ash and high heat. Claims reasonable price and offers ordering via phone 153.03 C. L. Geer Lumber and Coclusive Dealer.
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Oklahoma
Nesus
C. L. Geer Lumber and Coclusive
Diller High School Opens After Labor Day Schedule
Diller High School plans a Sept 1 registration for town and rural students with a full program in music dramatics athletics and shop work. The school is accredited by the University of Nebraska and the State Department of Education with three courses college prep commercial and normal training. Regular classes begin Sept 3 after a week of orientation and teacher conferences.
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H. S
Diller Board of Education
Diller High School
University of Nebraska
State Department of Education
State “Department
University Extension Department
Diller
Supt
Sinkey
Plan To Buy a New Driver's License Plan To Buy a New Driver's License
The office summarizes the new driver's license law effective Sept 1. Existing licensees renew with 75 cent fee and eye test, possibly a driving test for deficiencies. Those without an old license face eye and written motor law exams plus a one mile driving test. if successful a $1 license fee. Exams run Sept 1 to Nov 30, 1937. Licenses renew every two years. under 16 are ineligible. Further details at the county treasurer's office.
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Nebraska
Happy On Eighty Second Birthday Mrs Saylor
Mrs. Isaac Saylor celebrated her 82 birthday on August 23 with several gifts. Friends delivered a large white cake from Beatrice and the Albrights, another cake from Mrs. Harrold, a bouquet from Mrs. Pulec, and singing by Mary Lou Thompson Joyce Johnson and Wilma Thompson.
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Isaac Saylor
Saylors
Beatrice
Albrights
Harrold
Carleton
J. Pulec
Mary Lou Thompson
Joyce Johnson
Wilma Thompson
Mrs. Saylor
Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show Invites 4-H Calves to Omaha
Iowa and Nebraska 4-H boys and girls are invited to bring baby beef calves to Omaha from October 5 to 19 for judging and potential awards. The grand champion calf traditionally tops national 4-H sales at about $1.50 per pound. Sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, this marks the 10th anniversary of Ak-Sar-Ben's livestock show.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Omaha
Inc
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hail Utopia Vision Sparks Bold Social Plan
Jay Biden editor of the Pink Rag imagines a government funded program to rear children instead of aging support. He envisions feeding and educating every child while allowing parents to care for their own old age, with a stark threat of capital punishment at 65 for noncompliance.
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Kansas
Jay Biden
The
Pink Rag
Utopia
Happy Land
Papa
Glathar McLean Marriage in Lincoln Church Ceremony
Miss Mildryde Glathar and Emory Key McLean wed in St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran of Lincoln on August 17 at 3.00 pm. Attendants were Dorothy McLean and George Brown. Bride wore blue chiffon ensemble with gardenia corsage. Mrs McLean a Diller High School 1933 graduate. They will reside on a farm near Fairbury after a brief honeymoon.
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Mildryde Glathar
William Glathar
Diller
Nebraska
Emory Key McLean
Clara I. McLean
Fairbury
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lincoln
Lb. Rodenbeck
Dorothy McLean
George Brown
McLean
Diller High School
San Diego
California
Small Paper Size Stifles Large Copy Flow
The Record laments limited space for local readers and rejects extra prepared copy. Authors note a bigger sheet would handle more material, but foreign copy is not to be accommodated.
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Omaha World-Herald
Per Capita Cash in U S Circulation Report
The treasury announces total money in circulation at 6 460 099 147 dollars and says individuals with less than 4992 dollars are short of their share of U S cash. The report highlights per capita figures and overall national cash levels.
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U. S
United States Treasury
Library Benefit Show At Diller Library
The Diller Library sponsors a benefit performance in the opera house this Saturday evening. The band plays from 7:45 to 8:15 in the gallery, followed by Miss Stockwell presenting short plays and an amateur hour. Door receipts go to the library. admission is 10 to 20 cents.
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The
Diller Library
Opera House
Miss Stockwell
Jack
Gill
Library Association
Rural Children to Sing at State Fair Chorus
The seventh annual rural school chorus will perform at the State Fair on Tuesday September 7 at 1030 a m. Boys and girls from across the state trained by listening to phonograph records will participate. Director Miss Chloe Baldridge and leader Mr Diers will preside and conduct.
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Phonograph
Sky Music
Bobolink
Rio
Chloe Baldridge
The
State Department of Public Instruction
Diers
Mercury behavior at low temperatures and thermometer use
The article explains that mercury does not freeze at ordinary world temperatures and remains liquid. only at about thirty eight degrees below zero Fahrenheit would it solidify, a fact linked to thermometer operation.
Big Parade features historic outfits and Wild West acts
The Big Parade includes Alvin and Elvis Schipper and Edward Wech sels as Covered Wagon Days entrants with guitars. Buffalo Bill Cody Earl Weigel Wild Bill Hickock Mahlon Wolken Calamity Jane and Fayetta Hudson appear in period attire on white horses. The Pony Express unit with Far Copper is shown and Scott Miller organized the display. The Freeman Homestead entry recalls the 1863 Cub Creek claim in Gage County.
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Schipper
Alvin
Elvis
Edward Wechsels
Buffalo Bill Cody
Earl Weigel
Wild Bill Hickock
Mahlon Wolken
Calamity Jane
Ralph Long
Fayetta Hudson
Scott Miller
RFD
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Freeman Homestead
Cub Creek
Gage Co
Harold Roelfs
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