Masonic Lodge Consolidation and Local Notes
The Blue Springs Masonic lodge consolidated with the Wymore lodge last week. The editor and his wife enjoyed their first roasting ears at dinner on Wednesday. Ed McCune farms at his son Orville’s east of Odell as Lon Snyder delivered fresh ears. Ed’s whiskers are thriving on the farm.
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Blue Springs
Masonic Lodge
Wymoré
W. A. Snyder
Lon
Ed. McCune
Orville
Odell
Grudge Flares in Local Catch as Catch Can Bout
Rivalries spark chatter as Doc Rhoden and Wig Green prepare a catch as catch can match. Reportedly many competitors think Rhoden would overpower Green in the bout.
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Doc Rhoden
Wig Green
Doc
Wig
Saturday Movie Show Fails To Appear
The Record notes a free movie show did not occur last Saturday night and questions its planned entertainment announcements while acknowledging occasional public event failures.
Brush Community Cold Storage Plant Sold to Denver Owner
A Brush Colorado owner from Denver will relocate his family to Brush to run the Community Cold Storage Plant personally. Brigadier General Guy N. Henninger notes that veterans with three or more years in the Regular Navy Marine Corps or Coast Guard are exempt from Selective Service training. A photo feature courtesy of Fairbury News shows Campbell Brothers mule Lizzie the last survivor of Campbells Are Coming circus days, with Ed Virge Campbell and sister Mrs Hatfield still in Fairbury. The piece also recalls memories from Henry Hepprichs Wichita Byron Ballard Crete John Zook Oakland and other old timers recalling the good old days.
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Brush
Colorado
Denver
Regular
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Guy N. Henninger
Fairbury
Don Shearon
Campbell Brothers
Lizzie
Campbells
Virge Campbell
Hatfield
Henry Hepprichs
Wichite
Byri Ballard
Crete
John Zook
Oakland
Calif
Motor trip to Lincoln ends with notable sightings
Harold Allien drove with passenger L M Cavett on a Lincoln round trip Tuesday. Harold saw Bob Carver, while Carver visited Dr. Sanderson.
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Harold Allien
L.M. Cavett
Lincoln
Harold
Bob Carver
Dr. Sanderson
Jefferson County Food Stamp Use Reported by Fairbury Papers
Fairbury papers note heavy food stamp use in Jefferson County. May and June sales totaled 17 793 dollars with one third paid by free blue stamps.
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Jefferson County
Fairbury
Lincoln Bakery Strikers Clash Causes Property Damage
Reader letters describe violence among Smith Bakery workers in Lincoln with claims of proletarian impulse and anti-totalitarian sentiments. The missive contrasts Nebraskans with industrial centers and notes property destruction linked to the strike.
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Smith Bakery
Lincoln
Local Heat Dip Shows Cool Early Season Weather
The vicinity reports unusually mild heat with only a brief 100 degree reading last Wednesday. Cool breezes dominated the spell and Monday morning opened with a 51 degree thermometer reading.
Gasless Sundays Suggested as Wartime Policy
The essay argues that Americans resist restrictions but may accept more limits as wartime deepens. Gasless Sundays are proposed as a potentially beneficial measure to conserve resources and ease overall war strain.
Colorado Derby Highlights July Fest at Beavers and Diller
A July 3 and 4 celebration in Colorado features horse racing the Colorado Derby, rodeo shows, and National Independence festivities drawing big crowds. In Nebraska, local events include a well attended Methodist church program and a film screening titled A Child of Bethlehem. District residents Beavers Lincoln Elsie McAtee helped bring the show to Diller churches.
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Brush
Colorado
Frank Hale
Walter Greenwood
Bethlehem
Defense Bond Quiz Note To Purchase Bonds at Post Office
Instruction emphasizes buying Defense Bonds and Stamps at post offices or banks. directs readers to write for information to the United States, Washington D. C. and mentions contact points for defense savings programs.
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United States
Washington, D
Local Purchases and Picnic Music Arrangements Noted
Louis Bugbee bought material for his new home of C. L. Geer. Delivery is being made this week. The Diller Band is engaged to furnish music at the Fireman's Picnic at Liberty on July 3 and August 1.
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Louis Bugbee
C. L. Geer
Diller
Liberty
Rosco Colman Repaints South Town Residence
Rosco Colman updates his home in the town's south section choosing the popular white color scheme for the repaint project.
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Rosco Colman
Zook Seeks Address Change to Berkeley Home
John Zook requests his Record address change from Fresno to 1275 University Ave Berkeley California He has taken a passenger run out of Oakland and may relocate there with Edith if he approves the arrangement.
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John Zook
Fresno
University Ave
Berkley
California
John
Oakland
Edith
Mrs Diller Returns Home After Beatrice Visit
Mrs Roy Diller traveled from Lincoln and Beatrice to her Diller home on Tuesday with her son Bradford Diller. He had taken his wife to Beatrice so she could catch a bus to Lincoln for a train to Des Moines Iowa to spend a couple of weeks with her parents.
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Roy Diller
Lincoln
Beatrice
Diller
Bradford Diller
Des Moines
Iowa
Diller Finds New Idle Drama in Long Freight Trains
Diller residents amuse themselves watching box cars pass daily on the Burlington. Trains run from Kansas City to western Nebraska with wheat to load or unload, reaching lengths near 130 cars when empty and about 100 loaded cars. Engines of the 5300 class handle the drag though drawbars slip, with locals noting larger Rocky Mountain engines are unlikely to be used.
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Diller
Burlington
Kansas City
Rocky Mountain
Filley
County ACA Office Warns on Wheat Allocations and Quotas
Notices from the county Triple A office inform farmers about 1942 wheat allotments insurance premiums and normal yields sent by mail. Voters at the polling place receive new regulations for the wheat quota referendum, with a note that changes were made on May 26 and distributed to voters. A. J. Rubinke, Chairman.
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ACA
Act of Congress
Congress
A. J. Rubnke
Double Wedding At Walter Greenwood’s In Brush Colorado
In Brush on June 29 at 9 a m at the Greenwood home, Ethel Greenwood wed William W Campton and Cinda La Greenwood wed Willis H Mann. Rev F E Edwards presided under a lawn arch with family and friends present.
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Walter L. Greenwood
Munn
Brush
Colo
Ethel Greenwood
William W. Campton
Cinda la Greenwood
Willis H Mann
F. E. Edwards
Methodist Church
Marilyn Jean
Richard Hale
Ruth Greenwood
Mary Moyne Hale
Marilyn
Jean
Mary Moyne
Joyce
Joan Roderick
Ethel
Cinda- la
Campton
Brush Bigh
Colorado State College
Fort Collins
C. C.campton
Fort Collins High
State College of
Electric car relics riders tour Washington streets
Congressman Carl Curtis recalls how street cars once scared horses and reports a group of electricians on an annual picnic riding antiquated cable cars with an old horse car in tow. About 50 people traveled roughly 65 miles from 9 AM to late at night at speeds near 15 mph, highlighting relics kept by transit firms for jams and nostalgia.
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Carl Curtis
Washington
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Minnesota
Avril (Tomemaker) Kisro
Chatfield
Roy Geer
Minneapolis
Triple A
Paul
Kingdom of Heaven
Jesus Christ
Brush, Colo
The
Brush Tribune
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
the Marx Bros
Tony Martin
Joan Blondell
Dick Powell
Virginia Weidler
Martha Scott-Geo. Brent
Richard Arlen
Andy Divine
Majestic Theatre
Clive Brooks
Eddie Albert
Thelves
S. C. Hutchinson
Diller, Nebraska
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