Pioneer B B Tourney Draws Teams for Feb Finals
Jefferson County Pioneer Conference schedules six schools for the annual basketball tournament at Plymouth High School February 12 and 4 with byes for Plymouth Endicott and Daykin. First round pairings include Diller vs Steele City and Fairbury reserves replacing Reynolds. Finals night decides fifth and sixth places. admission 50 cents for early rounds, 60 cents for finals. A girls volleyball tournament at Daykin February 22-23 is also planned with Berbokde entering a team. first round Feb 3. Officials Roy Holloway and Marian Bauer announced.
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Jefferson County
Pioneer Conference
Plymouth High School
Pute Diller
Steele City
Fairbury
Plymouth
Endicott
Daykin
Reynolds
Diller Garden Club Plans 1950 Program at Marian Logan Home
The Diller Garden Club met last Friday at Marian Logan's home. Members answered roll with vegetable names and cooking tips. President Mrs. Upson named a 1950 program committee: Mrs. Stella Henrichs, Mrs. Elma Sebuz, Mrs. Nellie Green, and Mrs. Cora Weigel. A round table discussed forcing bulbs, ordering seeds, and propagating hard wood cuttings. The next gathering will be at Mrs. Pearl Brauser's home.
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Pearl Brauser
Meeting Note on Mission Study Session
Activities to be held January 20 at 2 p.m. at Mrs. G Lig Richardan's home. Leader is Mrs D E MecKe.
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Mre
G. Lig Richardan
Nie
Prairie Home Cemetery Association Meeting Notice
The regular annual meeting of Prairie Home Cemetery Association lot owners will be held at City Hall today January 26 1950 at 2 pm for the purpose of erecting improvements and other business that may legally come before the meeting Lot owners are especially requested to attend.
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Prairie Home Cemetery
Will ‘Bheld
Obituary of Mrs Margaret Albers Margirethe Jotman
The obituary notes the death of Mrs Margaret Albers Margirethe Jotman born October 6 1967 in Keokuk and died in 1950 in Ojell hospital at age 52. She married Dick Albers and lived in Hanover Nebraska later moving to a farm near Diller and then into Diller. She had 13 children six sons and four daughters with eight grandchildren and many relatives. Funeral services were held at St Pauls Lutheran Church with burial in Prairie Home Cemetery. Postal boxes on Janeen rural routes were shot but no theft reported. Odell library project organized by Odell Womans club raised 326 books with more ordered. library opens weekly.
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Margirethe Catharina’ Jotman
John - Aod
E¢ke Jobman
Keokuk
WS Ft
Ojell
Boepital
Ny Grater
Cove
Nebraska
Hanover
Ship of the Ev. Lutheran
Albers
Pasang
Dale Calif
Heen
Gastelye
Beatrice
Los Angeles
Calif
Emma ™ Wolken
God
Handah Garrets
Diler
Robert
Odell
Oracle
Odell Women’ 'S Club
Proect
Mra. AE N
Swanson
Oo. Ss
Smith
Lucille Fasse Engaged to Lawrence Schmidt
Lucille Fasse announces her engagement to Lawrence L Schmidt son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Schmidt of Fairbury. No wedding date has been set.
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Arthur’ Fasse
Lucille
Lawrence Ls Schmidt
Hugh Schmidt
Local residents relocate homes and parsonage use noted
Mr and Mrs Don McKenzie and family vacated their home Saturday and moved into a newly purchased house. Mr Oscar Amos and his companion moved into the Congregational church parsonage on Monday, while Dr Elie sold the previous residence to the McKenzies.
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Oscar Amos
Congregational Church
Don
McKenzie i
Elie
Henry Schultis Hospitalized After Injury
Henry Schultis was taken to Lincoln General Hospital on Friday and is scheduled to undergo surgery tomorrow. The report notes his condition and the planned medical procedure following the incident.
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Henry Schultis
Lincoln General Hospital
Births and Visits Highlight Medford Family News
The article notes the birth of Robert William Tib or Tib William to Mr and Mrs Robert Glathar of Medford Oregon on January 7. Minnie Shower visits Beatrice then travels to Denver to spend winter with her sister Grace Martin and family.
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Robert. William
Robert Glathar
Medford, Ore
Minnie Shower
Beatrice
Orville
Denver
Grace Martin
Opera House To Get Repairs And Reopen
Jordening announces plans to repair and reopen the Opera House purchased from Lyman Fowler last week. Plastering, seats, windows, and the heating system will be upgraded, with regular entertainments likely to resume once ready. Built by Anna Diller in 1912, it cost over 43000 and seats 400 with hand painted ceilings. electrical work unfinished when construction halted.
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Jordening
Lyman
Two Robberies and Local Elections in Diller Area
Sheriff Young of Fairbury investigated thefts in Diller including beer worth over 35 from Wester’s Café stored in the ice house behind the building accessed by removing door hinges. A welding torch was taken from Harold Fasnacht’s garage last week. Harry Abrends seeks reelection as Jefferson County 2nd District commissioner as a Democrat. Diller American Legion will not host a trap shoot this Sunday and a coyote hunt draws turnout. Mrs Ralph Long becomes Sunday School superintendent of the Congregational church replacing Mrs Earl Weigel.
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Sheriff Young
Fairbury
Diller
Wester
Harold Fasnacht
Ralph “Long
Congregational Church
Earl Weigel
Goodbye Tin Lizzie ends in Diller as last private Model T sells
Charley Smith the final private owner of a Model T in Diller sold his coupe, a 1924 model purchased in 1928, to an out of town buyer. He recalls decades of service and a preference to stay in town. The Smiths also purchased a 1936 Chevrolet from Mrs Shower. Ed Stipsky spoke in Diller on on the farm training class about soil and water conservation.
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Diller
Charley Smith
Charley
Ed Stipsky
Fairbury
U.S. Roil Conservation Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
B.B. Tourney
Sere Oresa
Roy Holloway
Marian Bauer
Cailen
Mrs
Margaret Albers
Janeen
Benjamin, Meyer
Norman Brett
Francis ‘Podendorf
Beloit
Community Club
Frank Grone
George Regnier
Lissa Fanders
Harold Wester
Dora Miller
Arthur Wieths
John, Weere
Leota Long
Lucille Fasse
Diller H. S
Harry Thompson
Faibury
Frank Webb
J. E. Bowers
Mee
Filo Jones
Pickrell
Harry “Abrends
American: Legion
Tin Liz
Smiths
Chevrolet
H. S
Plymouth H
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