Memories Of The Past Sparks & Folkers And Local Events
A note recalls Sparks & Folkers sending a load of chickens to Beatrice. W W Wright, Gage County treasurer, attended the Masonic lodge and helped confer degrees on three candidates. Perley Miller, son of Mr and Mrs P B Miller, broke his left collarbone when a horse threw him. Railroad graders arrived west of town to cut a 500 foot long, 22 foot deep channel for Indian creek to protect the road bed, aiming to finish by New Year’s Day. Thanksgiving Day fifty years ago featured 11 o clock church services and a K P Hall basket dinner with extensive chrysanthemum-decorated tables. Eight diphtheria cases in one family were reported in Beatrice. Jas Evans returned home due to his father John Weise’s illness and Miss Florentine Derr wed at the grooms parents’ residence near Harbine at 8 pm, with Rev Doolittle officiating and a reception following.
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Indian Creek
John Henrichs
John Weise
Florentice Derr
Harbine
Hearing on Estate of Catharine Hill in Jefferson County
Notice to heirs and creditors that Winn W. Hill filed a petition in the County Court of Jefferson County Nebraska seeking a determination of Catharine Hill’s death date and heirs. The hearing is set for December 18 1943 at 10:00 AM in Fairbury Nebraska. The petition concerns real estate Lots 1 and 2 in Block 3 Caldwell Add to Diller and heirs Andrew J Hill George L Hill Winn W Hill Charles E Hill Maggie M Mann Hattie Hill Anna Marsteller Leslie J Hill.
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Caldwell
Diller
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Andrew J. Hill
George L.hill
Winn W. Hill
Charles E. Hill
Maggie M. Mann
Hattie Hill
Anna Marsteller
Leslie J. Hill
Catharine Hill
Fairbury
Samuel Gallamore
Heirs to Real Estate of Lesle J Hill Face Probate Action
Opal Glathar petitions in Jefferson County Nebraska probate court alleging Leslie J Hill died intestate around June 19 1943 owning an undivided 2 21st interest in Town of Diller real estate. Heirs listed include Ina May Hill Max Hill Irene Mayborn Glenda Hill Man. The court set a hearing for November 19 1943 at 10 a m in Fairbury Nebraska to determine time of death kinship and right of descent.
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Lesle J. Hill
Jefferson County
Nebraska
Opal Glathar
Leslie J. Hill
Caldwell
Diller
Ina May Hill
Max Hill
Irene Mayborn
Glenda Hill
Fairbury
Samuel Gallamore
War Bonds and Letters via Microfilm Method
The War and Navy Departments promote a microfilm system to speed letters home to soldiers and sailors. The method, known as the Vaik procedure, aims to boost morale by delivering word from home with maximum dispatch.
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War and Navy Departments
Treasury Department
Drama and Comedy Week at Local Theatres with Serial Picks
Dec 5 6 7 features Red Skelton and Eleanor Powell in I Dood It plus Bullets and Saddles and Dr Gillespie's Criminal Case in weekly film lineup. Range Busters show in late afternoon. Includes Lectures and Selected Shorts amid latest war news.
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Red Skelton
Eleanor Powell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sparks & Folkers
Beatrice
W.W. Wright
Gage County
Masonic Lodge
Perley Miller
Mr. P B Miller
Guy
K. P. Hall
Jas Evans
Sombrero
Clifford Knight
Old
Mexico
America
Lincoln's Birthplace
Keefe Ore Li Re Ao
Conag
Tagolene
Skelly
Robert Drake
Neb
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Dee
Diddle
Martha Scott
Adolph Menjou
France
Constance Cummings
Tommy
Trinder
Die
Louise Rainer
William’ Bendix
William Hayden
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