Ruth Patterson Named New County Superintendent
The Board of County Commissioners appointed Ruth Patterson as County Superintendent during the absence of Russell McCreight who is in preliminary training in Pensacola Florida. Patterson, a resident of Thayer County near Reynolds, has a college degree and eight years in education and is currently teaching in Seward. She will assume duties in the Fairbury County Superintendent's office around March 11 as she is released from Seward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Ruth Patterson
Russell McCreight
Pensacola
Fla
Miss Patterson
Thayer County
Reynolds
Seward
Fairbury
Death notice for Mrs C. E. Caldwell Ward
Death of Mrs C E Caldwell Ward formerly of Diller reported from Garden City Kansas. Survived by six sons William and Elva Garden City Frank and Edward Denver Bert Belleville Lawrence Caldwell of Diller. Funeral 10:30 Saturday at Harman Johnson Funeral Home Beatrice. Interment Evergreen Home Cemetery.
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Ward
C.E Caldwell
Diller
Garden City
Kans
William
Elva
Frank
Edward
Denver
Bert
Belleville
Lawrence Caldwell
Harman-Johnson
Beatrice
C C. Hoyt
Evergreen Home Cemetery
Fasnachts Leave for Denver Visit Headed for Colorado
Mr and Mrs Elbert Fasnacht travel from Burlington Tuesday evening to Denver Colorado to visit their daughter Mrs Gay Eggenburger and son Sybil at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert Fasnacht
Burlington
Denver
Colo
Gay Eggenburger
Helen
Sybil
Breaks Wrist Of Skelly Station Owner In Accident
Robert Drake owner of the Skelly station at Dil ter broke a bone in his left wrist while cranking a truck last Saturday morning. Dr Rice set the fracture and the injured wrist is healing as well as can be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Drake
Skelly
Dilter
Dr. Rice
Bread Deliveries Resume After Mumps For Beatrice Route
The Champion bread map of Beatrice is back on duty delivering bread to Diller stores after a pause caused by mumps. The route resumes normal service with the familiar bread deliveries reestablished for local shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice
Diller
Local Mumps Outbreak and Birth Record at Fairbury
Beverly Carpenter, Mrs Paul Kuper and Eldon Fanders are listed as sick with the mumps. The Robert and Phylie Coeper family report their father has the mumps. Ilese Arntt underwent an appendectomy at Odell hospital last Tuesday. A baby boy was born February 10 at Fairbury hospital to Mr and Mrs William De Boer Rosa Wenz, the newborns mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilese Arntt
Connie Arntt
Odell Hospital
Fairbury Hospital
Wm. de Boer
Rosa Wenz
Methodist church group meets February 24
The WwW S.CS of the Methodist church will meet Thursday February 24 instead of February 17 as announced in last week's issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.cs
Methodist Erutch
Fourth Bond Drive Reaches Its Goal in Jefferson County
The fourth war loan campaign closed on February 14 with Jefferson County meeting its bond quota of 816000 dollars. The drive again achieved its target as local residents supported the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Weving
Dale Gates Named Jefferson Co War Price Panel Member
District Director Dwight F. Felton announced the appointment of Dale Gates to the Jefferson County War Price and Rationing Board as an additional member. Gates co owns Livingston & Gates Clothing Store and was added at Chairman Bern Rempel's request due to heightened Price Control Program activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight F. Felton
APO
Dale Gates
Jefferson County War Price and Rationing Board
Gates
Livingston & Gates Clothing
Felton
Bern Rempel
Wymore Woman Named Sponsor of USS Don O. Woods
Mrs. Hezil Rozilla Woods of 320 North Tenth Street Wymore Nebraska is named sponsor for the destroyer escort USS Don O Woods honoring her son Don Otis Woods USN hospital apprentice first class. The ship will launch February 19 at Dravo Corp Neville Island Pittsburgh. Woods died from wounds on Gavutu Solomon Islands August 2 1942 and received the Silver Star and Purple Heart posthumously. The Woods are related to Mrs Herbert Barber.
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Hezil Rozilla Woods
North Tenth Street
Wymore
Neb
Don O. Woods
Don Otis Woods
USN
Dravo Corporation
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
Woods
Gavutu
Solomon Islands
the Woods
Herbert Barber
Public Farm Sale Scheduled by Alvin Stahl
Alvin Stahl will hold a public farm sale on Saturday February 26 with bills to follow and an advertisement to appear in the Diller Record next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Stahl
Diller
Clarence Robson Returns from York After Mother's Death
Clarence Robson came back from York Nebro Monday after being summoned due to his mother’s death that occurred the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Robson
York
Nebro
Mrs Lena Werz Aids Daughter In Household Duties
Mrs Lena Werz is assisting with household duties in the home of her daughter Mrs Wm De Boer this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Werz
Wm. de Boer
Snowstorm Closes School as Roads Drift Shut
Last Thursday’s near blizzard left pedestrians and drivers in one boat. Snow banks blocked streets and east west roads, with schools closed for Thursday and Friday. Mail routes delayed, townsmen baked bread amid yeast surplus, and conditions look unsettled as we go to press.
Mrs Bert Weaver Returns to Work After Illness Leave
Mrs Bert Weaver resumes duties at Holle's store after a week away due to her mother Mrs Jobman's illness in Beatrice. Mrs Holle also out several days last week with flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Weaver
Holle
Jobman
Beatrice
Earl Riddle Returns for Treatment in Kansas Hospital
Earl Riddle was home for the weekend and returned Monday aboard the Burlington to Hiewa tha Kansas where he is receiving hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Riddle
Burlington
Hiewatha
Kansas
Camp Callan Letter From Soldier Lloyd Lamb
Lloyd Lamb writes from Camp Callan California about guard duty quarantine illness in his battalion show visits by Kay Kyser and Bob Hope volunteers for work jokes about training dresses and hikes a 15 mile forced march and weight gain as he plans to leave camp soon and notes exchanges of hometown papers with Beatrice readers.
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Camp Callan
San Diego
Calif
Kay Kyser
Bob Hope
Beatrice
Times
Claes B
Weill
Lloyd
Snowstorm Alters Local School Activities and Exams
Snow caused two school days to be canceled and postponed a tournament to February 17 and 18. Normal Training girls received exam grades with several students earning certificates. Doris Wolken completed hers in junior year while others like Shirley Garrels Elaine Grabowski and Mary E Freitag advanced in subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine Champ
Denice Anderson
Doris Wolken
Mary Lou Thompson
Shirley Garrels
Elaine Grabowski
Mary E. Freitag
Mary E. Freit
Gaisford Family Buys Fairbury Home on D Street
Mr and Mrs Chas Gaisford and daughter Connie Mae have purchased a residence at 1404 D St Fairbury. They returned from Denver at the start of the month and plan to move soon. Mr Gaisford intends to open a radio shop shortly. They are visiting Mrs Mabel Carmichael, Connie Mae?s grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Gaisford
Connie Mae
Denver
D St
Fairbury
Army air base Sgt Fanders visits Beatrice relatives
Sgt. D Wendel Fanders of the Tonopah Army Air Base in Arizona spent his furlough with his wife and baby daughter and sister Gretchen at Beatrice. The group then came to Diller for a brief visit with his parents Mr and Mrs D V Fanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Wendel Fanders
Army Air Base
Tonopah
Ariz
Gretchen
Beatrice
Diller
D. V. Fanders
Andersons visit Brown family. Lawrence Brown homecoming
Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Anderson and sons visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown near Diller on Thursday. They came to see Lawrence Brown, machinist mate 1st class, nephew of Mrs. Brown, who has returned after two years in the South Pacific.
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O. T. Anderson and Sons
Frank Brown
Near
Diller
Lawrence Brown
Lawrence
South Pacific
Cpl Edward Haba Wounded in Southwest Pacific
Cpl Edward Haba seriously wounded on combat duty in the southwest Pacific theatre. He has been awarded the Purple Heart Medal. Haba is nephew of Mrs. Martin Weers of Beatrice.
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Cpl
Edward Haba
Southwest Pacific Theatre
Joe Haha
Beatrice
Haba
Martin Weers
Relatives Learn Pvt Fasnacht Reaches England Safely
Relatives of Pvt. John Le Forest Fasnacht have received word that he has arrived safely in England.
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Pvt
John le Forest Fasnacht
England
Son Tony in Alaska Reports Good Weather and Kitchen Job
Antone Zeleny says his son Tony in the armed forces stationed in Alaska writes that the weather is fine there and that he has a good job now working in the kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone Zeleny
Tony
Alaska
Local Military News and Sale Notice
Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson learn their son Pfc Merle Johnson arrived in England. Pfc Harold Lottman from Battle Creek Michigan is convalescing at his parents home Mr and Mrs Jake Lottman. See A H Greizinger sale bill on page four.
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Frank Johnson
Pfc
Merle Johnson
England
Harold Lottman
Battle Creek
Michigan
Jake Lottman
A.H. Greizinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. E. Caldwell
Beverly Carpenter
Paul Kuper
Eldon Fanders
Robert
Phylie Coeper
Pes
Red Cross War Fund
Humanity
Jefferson Co. War and Price Rationing Board
Mother Launch
Wymore Hero Ship
Lloyd Lamb
Camp Callan, California
By Doris Wolken
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