Memories Of The Past From The Diller Area
Forty to fifty years ago residents recall community events in Diller and nearby towns. The column lists picnics, visits, weddings, craft fairs, and Independence Day celebrations with names like Mrs Lon Snyder, F A Fox, Clara Steiner, Anton Friday, and the Friday family, plus local landmarks such as Indian Creek and Diller’s celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Snyder
Missouri
Anton Friday
John Friday
Steele City
Diller
City
Frank Lambert
Kelley
Indian Creek
Burl Ballard
Weston Haover
Smith Diller
John Lpock
Joe Bixby
Will Bell
Elmer Malchow Honors Stockton Training And Diller News
Pvt Elmer Malchow reports seven weeks at Motor Transport School Stockton California with a 96 percent average. He thanks Mrs Cavett for the Diller Record and mentions reading about Elmer Davis in Uncle Sam’s news office. He recalls a Sacramento visit with Mildred Krebs and friends, noting warm days and a water fight joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
Mildred
Sacramento
London
Eleanor Stahl
Edward Wehsele
Eleanor
Mrs. Wechsels
Agein
Thank you for the Diller Record from Pvt Maw
A wartime letter from Pvt Don Maw in Washington DC expresses appreciation for the Diller Record home paper. He notes the city’s beauty but overcrowding, mentions completing a radio engineering course, and plans to move on while thanking Mrs Cavett for the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D.C
War at Sight Is Not Rule in World of Ants
Scientists dispute the idea that ants constantly fight. Dr Laurence Lafleur notes ants usually avoid war, only raiding during slave making or land competition. Wheeler observed raids where attackers kidnapped pupae but did not kill the defenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence J. Lafleur
Science Service
Lafleur
William Morton Wheeler
Harvard University
Wheeler
Jolly Neighbors Club Meets For June Event
The J N C met at Mrs. Don Frisbie's home on Saturday June 27. Guests included Mrs. Rudolph Hubka and Mrs. Frank Grone. A car contest was won by Mrs. Rudolph Hubka and a cake contest by Bette Novotny. High card scores went to Mrs. Romish Camilla Hubka and Eleanor Novotny. low prizes to Mrs. Frank Weber Mrs. Joe Hiatt and Bette Novotny. Lunch followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolly Neighbors Club
Don Frisbie
Rudolph Hubka
Frank Grone
Bette Novotny
Shorty's Cafe Leased on Fairbury Square
Lease of Shorty's Cafe on the south side of Fairbury's square to Ted Tippen and Russell Roberts is announced. Dean Barber, formerly of Diller, has moved to Grand Island to work at the ordnance plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shorty
Fairbury
Dean Barber
Ted Tippen
Russell Roberts
Diller
Grand Island
Ordnance Plant
Observations Link Malnutrition to Mental Deficiency
Miss M Frances Martin assistant supervisor of education for exceptional children at the Los Angeles Board of Education cites observations from a survey of 5000 city children in special treatment schools. She says malnutrition in underprivileged homes is a major cause and that with more food and rest and relief from heavy academic tasks children improve rapidly and conduct improves in those previously badly behaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Frances Martin
Los Angeles Board of Education
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sok
Nve
F A Fox
Wymore
Indiana
Scott Merrill
W S Diller
Mra J C McClay
Woodman
Clara Steiner
Pensylvania
T Eick
Hanlonton, Se
August Varnkingelsteinhausenklotter
Pearce
August
Tonnemaker Bros
Arthur Price
Forest Hertzel
Nettie Bixby
Wallenshaw
Presbyterian Church
Hartzel
Davie
Ed Conlogte
W Brant
W. Hauver
Geo Brant
A J Hadkinson
Harry Hudson
Charley Green
Cy Cully
John Zook
Clyde Cole
Dave Payton
Bert Gerad
Will Trowbridge
Geo Hudson
John Brant
Clark Blauser
GJ Crum
Grace Burkett
Sam Diller
Mabel Ridenour
Wilma Thompson
Joe Roessler
Robert Upson
Beverly Anders
Pvt
Elmer P. Malchow
Stockton, Calif
Elmer Maichow
2Nd Provisional Co. Motor Transport School
M. Motor Base
California
Don Maw
J.N.C
Shorty’s
Jefferson County
Rien
Val
Phillips
Phill
QredZn
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