Joint Installation Highlights Masons and Eastern Star
A large crowd attended the joint installation at Masonic hall despite snow and bad roads. Beatrice visitors included Mr and Mrs Kionamon Hattie Baker and Miss Morris with others from Steele City Worthington and Fairfield. Officers from both groups were installed and talks by members and visitors followed with refreshments and renewed acquaintances.
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Masons
Eastern Star
Masonic
Hall
Beatrice
Kionamon
Misa Hattie Baker
Miss Morris
Steele City
Tod Williama
Anna- Earhart
Miss Rucker
Margaret
Mavis Holle Improves as Dr Rice Killed Here
Dr Rice of Odell who was killed here Thursday and again Monday to see Mavis Holle reports her condition improved. Mavis is up and about and feeling fine despite flu and bronchitis.
Mrs Webbling Returns Home After Mennonite Hospital Stay
Convalescing Mrs John Webbling returned to her Beatrice home last Friday after a two week stay at Mennonite Hospital. She is slowly improving.
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John Webbling
Mennonite Hospital
Beatrice
Check Your Coal Bins At Reasonable Prices
C L Geer Lumber and Coal. Diller Nebraska. Phone 153 02. Local ad urging customers to buy coal at fair prices from a regional supplier.
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C. L. Geer
Lbr
Diller
Nebr
Booklover's Club hears adventure aboard The Titus
The Booklover's Club met at the library on Friday afternoon January 24. Mrs. Ralph Long reviewed Three's A Crew by Mrs. Pinkerton, recounting the Pinkertons seven years aboard their boat The Titus exploring Alaska summers and schooling for Babs winters. They later sold the boat and settled ashore. Mrs. Clarence Steffen served refreshments. Next, Mrs. Harold Logan will review Giant Joshua.
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Booklover’s Club
Ralph Long
Pinkerton
Clarence Steffen
Harold Logan
Joshua
Dorcas Society Holds January Meeting at Methodist Basement
The Dorcas Society met Thursday afternoon January 23 in the Methodist church basement. Mrs. Mattie Clark led devotionals during the session which elected officers: President Mrs Fred Clark Vice president Mrs Geo Champ Secretary Mrs Ira Casper Treasurer Mrs Dede Fanders Elaine Champ won a tapioca contest and a luncheon followed.
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Dorcas Society
Methodist Church
Mattie Clark
Fred Clark
Geo. Champ
Ira Casper
Dede. Fanders
Elaine Champ
Mesdameés
NCSA Meeting At Mrs Hutchinsons Home
NCS A group met at Mrs S C Hutchinsons home on Wednesday January 22 with guests Mrs Lynn Waggoner and Mrs Claude Ellis. After business they played rook with prizes won by Mrs H H Green and Mrs Charles Waggoner. Refreshments included chicken sandwiches salad cupcakes coffee mints and California fruit a gift from Mr and Mrs A A Eick. Next meeting set for February 12 with Mrs Starling. Rachael Viers returned from Beatrice to stay with her parents due to influenza. Bob Carver of Diller HS learns of his mother in Lincoln facing double pneumonia. Her progress later reported as improving slowly. Gerald and Walter Harvey of Basin Wyoming visit Harbine area relatives.
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S.C. Hutchinson
Lynn Waggoner
Claude Ellis
Rook
H. H. Green
Charles Waggoner
California
A. A. Eick
Starling
Rachael Viers
Beatrice
Mrs. Viers
Bob Carver
Lincoln
Mrs D V Fanders Improving After Illness
Mrs D V Fanders, previously ill with flu for several days, is showing gradual improvement and recovery progress.
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D V. Fanders
Lease-Loan Bill in Congress Draws Mixed Reactions
The Lease-Loan-Aid to Britain proposal, H.R. 1776, faces hearings in the Foreign Affairs Committee with support and opposition voiced. The article notes two women committee members Mrs. Bolton of Ohio and Mrs. Rogers of Massachusetts and recalls Mrs. Rogers’ Red Cross service in 1917. Nebraskans filled the Inaugural crowds, with five House members and wives present, seven guest tickets apiece, and heavy turnout despite frigid weather and crowd control by police and Marines providing first aid.
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Britain
Great Britain
Jack
Congress
Bolton
Ohio
Rogers
Massachusetts
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Capitol
Jefferson County Draft Quota Set at 20 for February
Jefferson County will call 20 men on February 18 as part of Nebraska’s February draft, a smaller share than expected from the 2 percent of total registration. No official orders yet. local board members await directives while 30+ men remain in Class 1-A. The district projects 2,062 statewide inductees Feb 5–28 with broader regional totals and various classifications and appeals processes. Geer Brothers repair W. E. Anderson’s damaged car after sleet crash. Serenus Viers and Joe Young visit from Pattensburg, Kansas.
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Jefferson County
Jefferson. County
Chas R. Moon
Montie Lum
Nebraska
Saline County
Gage County
Omaha
Cheyenne
Wyo
Leavenworth
Kas
U. S
Frank M. Rain
Arthur J. Denney
D. 0
Hughes
John C.hartigan
Virgil Falloon
Falls City
Diller School February Events and University Visits
Diller School calendar lists events from February 1 to 21 including one act plays, basketball tournaments, and local contests. University instructors Sorenson and Saylor visited, praising student conduct and school upkeep. Study Center groups met to discuss the school library, with a next meeting planned in Fairbury.
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G. R. Hobby
Robert Geer
Diller
Sorenson
Saylor
University of Nebraska
S. Sorenson
Prin. A. L. Biehn
County Supt and Mrs McCreight attend Nebraska conference
County Superintendent Russell W. McCreight and his wife are at the Nebraska county superintendents conference in Lincoln this week.
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Russell W. McCreight
Nebraska
Lincoln
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W. M. Carl Ladington
S. W
John D. Steiner
J. W. Charles E. Waggoner
Treas
W. F. Filley-Secy
Wilber F. Green
S. D. Willis F. Clark
J. D. C. L Geer
Tyler
Stat
Ada Geer
W. M
Robert Upson
W. P. Anna Bachart
Mavis Holle
Dorcas. Society
Carl T. Curtis
The
Plymouth News
Geer Brothers
W. E. Anderson
Serenus Viers
Joe Young
Pattensburg
Kansas
Diller School News
Margaret Barnett
Harry King
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