Diller High Faces Ohiowa in Big Away Game
Diller High basketball resumes with a Tuesday visit to Ohiowa marking their first game on a large floor since the Friend games. Ohiowa, a strong foe, has beaten Hebron and Geneva. The Diller five prepare with shooting, floorwork and scrimmage ahead of further league challenges including Beatrice Reserves, Fairbury, Daykin, Reynolds and Bardston in county play leading to a state tournament in Lincoln.
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Diller High
City Hall
Ohiowa
Ohiona
Hebron High
Geneva High
Diller Five
Beatrice
Fairbury High
Fairbury
Daykin
Reynolds
Diller
G. W. Casler
Steele City
Frank Furman
W. H. Leask
Odell
Bardston
Lincoln
How Jasper Won Popularity and a Diller Piano Trick
A school audience rewards Jasper for clever piano deception. He recounts buying a Lern Quick Co. method, learning to fake pieces in two hours, and performing at noon dismissal and a radio remote concert from Clay Center during county contests.
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Jasper
Jonas
Lern- Quick Co
New York City
KMMJ
Clay Center
Diller
Porty
Letter from class of '26 member in Ponoka Alberta
Mr. Springer shares extracts from Frank Cavett's letter describing life in Ponoka Alberta. Cavett notes trapping for nearly two hundred dollars in hides, a lynx shot by a neighbor, eight hour work days, and extreme cold described as a fifty two below dry cold. He mentions wintering at his brother's ranch and efforts to become a lumberjack while brushing and carding wood for sale.
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Springer
Frank Cavett
Ponoka
Alberta
Canada
Lam Havidi
Tam
Home Economics Students Study Balanced Diets
Home Economics girls study foods related to health. They prepared cereals and breakfast items and now plan balanced menus. They learn milk is healthful and each child should have at least one pint daily along with eggs cereals whole wheat bread fruits and vegetables in a well balanced diet.
First Primary Preps Playlet and Silhouette Studies
Pupils practice a playlet The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe for the mid winter chau tauqua on Friday night. Second Grade studies story telling industry occupations and tradesmen in silhouettes.
Fifth Grade Classes Describe Farm Ada Lukes and Lincoln
An OCR fragment notes Fifth Grade study areas including The Farm and Ada Lukes in school. It mentions beginner work on Weeds calendars and art class drawing cartoons and Lincoln's log cabin as part of classroom topics.
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Ada Lukes
Clase Fe
Lincoln
Playlet Good Manners Delights Intermediate Class
Intermediate room performs Good Manners playlet with help from Miss Meek. Fifth and sixth grade pupils wrote the set and showcased the before and after scenes illustrating proper conduct.
Mise Babcock to Speak at Endicott PTA Meeting
Mise Babcock will address the Endicott PTA meeting discussing the topic Child Hearth. The event highlights community involvement and parental input on child welfare.
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Mise Babcock
Endicott
Endicott Declamatory Contest Returns in 1998
A high school note recalls the Endicott declamatory contest first held in 1998 during an evening assembly. A senior observer watches the event from a windows view as peers compete in oratory and poetry readings.
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Tory Aare
Poselarlty
Endicott
Orn
Five Bay Program Tonight At School House
The Diller P T A offers a mid winter chautauqua at 8 o clock tonight in the school house. It aims to surpass a five day program and benefits the Parent Teachers Association. The PS Symphony Orchestra will perform with other features including Miss Ray and her Juniors, a drama sketch by Miss Fitzpatrick, Rex Green and Chas Waggoner, a ladies recital, a lecture by Mrs and readings by Miss Fitzpatrick. Tickets sold at local business houses.
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Diller P.T. A
Perent- Testhéts Association
Ine Ps Symphony Orchestra
Misa Ray
Miss Fitzpatrick
Rex Green
Chas. Waggoner
Four Assemblies For This Month
This month presents several assembly programs at Diller High School. Feb 4 features a home economics program led by Miss Babcock with a play The Road to Health. Feb 11 showcases a Better English Week program run by Miss Parker and Miss Patterson. Feb 18 includes a basketball rally for the County Tournament in Pairbury led by Mr Springer and a Washington’s Birthday program by Miss Patterson. Mrs W F Clark donated chemistry books to the library including First Principles in Chemistry and Laborotory Exercises in Chemistry.
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Parker
Patterson
Aled
Springer
Pairbury
W. F.clark
Diller High School
Brownlee-Fuller-Sohow- Whitsit
Chemistry
January Calendar Snippets Reflect School Return Pulse
Fragmentary notes show dates in January with comments on returning to school and uneventful weather. A brief line mentions a rally for Alexandria, signaling local events while the rest remains unclear.
Second Annual Music and Declamatory Contests at Diller
One hundred fifty Jefferson County high school students competed last Friday January 28 in Diller for oratorical dramatic and humorous declamation titles. Winners included Donald Potts Daykin first in oratorical, Charles Lowe Steele City first in dramatic, Garnet House Helvey first in humorous, with top choir and orchestra performances by Daykin and Fairbury clubs and the Diller school orchestra. Judges from Wymore, station KMMJ Clay Center coordinated an all day event ending with evening broadcasts and ribbon awards.
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Jefferson County
Diller
Esther Blobaum
Bower
Joan of Arc
Donald Potts
Daykin
Edna James
Steele City
Esther Brobaum
Charles Lowe
Florence Fairchilds
Endicott
Lucille Taylor
Carel Gridley
Garnet House
Helvey
Amy Shimice
Marie Roelf
Mises Sheets
Carrico
Lasher
Wymore
Johnson
Kyne
KMMJ
Clay Center
Tee
Fairbury
Mornrise
Fairbury Club
Wanita Cook
O. G. Dteh
Diller Schoos
Orange and Black Orchestra
Liberty Sons
G. N. Watkins
Winging
Ee Ai Superin
Kleinmeier
Grade School to Stage The Pixies Operetta This March
The Grade School plans The Pixies operetta to be staged in the opera house with Miss Patterson supervising. An orchestra from lower grades will provide preliminary music and the Orange and Black Orchestra will perform between acts.
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Opera House
Winter Weather and School Notes From January 1940s
A diary style roundup notes January events at a school with weather remarks, game scores, and classroom topics. Entries mention Jan 14 through Jan 27, including basketball results 17-13 and 8-6, splits about winter, skating, exams, and junior Mother Goose projects.
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United States
Reynolds
Adolphe, Colette
Patience
Odell
Diller
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Rachet Nee
Boodwork Clase Fe
Qhildeee
Tore
Chaetatyes
Vali Bontt
Home Economics
Mies Patterson
Washington
J Erma Franzen
Irene Vanier
Velma Amos Pasigs
Makine Patton
Cees Wantaeese Tee Thela
Miss Eee
Sylvia Sibile
Eve Shoman
Galendar
Alexandria
Chleer
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