Bennington Carrier Hit by Typhoon During Halsey Action
Essex class carrier Bennington suffered damage in a June typhoon that struck Adm. William F. Halsey's Third Fleet. C-E-M Robert Thompson, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Thompson, was aboard and reports a 138 mile gale. No deaths or serious injuries reported and no ships were sunk. most vessels have returned to action.
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William F. Halsey
Bennington
C-E-M
Robert Thompson
Sam Thompson
Nebraska
Mrs Harold Herricks Recovers After Major Operation
Mrs Harold Herricks's stay with sister Mrs Ed Dorman in Belleville ends as she undergoes a major operation Friday at St Joseph Hospital in Concordia Kansas. She is reported to be getting along nicely and many friends are glad to hear the news.
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Harold Herricks
Ed Dorman
Belleville
St Joseph Hospital
Concordia
Kansas
Robson Son Undergoes App Pad CTomy at Odell
Lowell Robson, son of Mr and Mrs Robson, underwent an appendectomy at Odell Hospital Monday morning. He is reported to be getting along nicely.
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Lowell Robson
Mrs.Robson
Odell Hospital
Lincon couple wed in Columbus Kansas ceremony
Orsayce Cully of Lincoln and Harry Remley of Joplin Missouri were married on Wednesday July 11 in Columbus Kansas. The couple announced their marriage this week.
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Ward
Orsayce Cully
Lincoln
Harry Remley
Joplin
Columbus
Kansas
Mrs Hueske Visits Beatrice by Train Trip
Mrs Edora Hueske visited friends in Diler for a week and spent Saturday in Beatrice traveling by train. She was accompanied by Miss Donpa Folkers who enjoyed the train ride, noting it was a rare privilege to ride the train.
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Edora Hueske
Diler
Mrs Wells Andrews and son Gary Return Home
Mrs Wells Andrews and her son Gary, after spending three weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs W S Filley, return to their home in Billinge Montana.
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Wells Andrews
Gary
W. S. Filley
Billinge
Montana
Card of Thanks from Mrs. Jake Lottman
Card of thanks reads thanks to friends and relatives for cards letters gifts and flowers during hospital stay. Mrs. Jake Lottman expresses appreciation for support and well wishes.
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Jake Lottman
Funeral Attended by Extended Family in Beatrice Area
Family members from Beatrice and Tecumseh attended the funeral of Margaret Luteaville of Tecumseh on Sunday. Attendees included Mrs Alice Haye Mrs Georgia Hays Mr Elmond and Mary Lou aod Mrs Her min Albers Mr and Mrs Keith Hays Beverly Me and Mrs Leonard Richardson and Mrs Norman Mal chow.
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Alice Haye
Georgia Hays
Aod
Elmond
Mary Lou
Hermin Albers
Béatrice
Keith Hays
Beverly
Leonard Richardson
Norman Malchow
Margaret Luteaville
Tecumseh
Wilbur and Gale Green Visit Veral Green Family in Rawlings
Mr and Mrs Wilbur Green Gale and Dennis returned from Rawlings Wyoming Thursday to visit their brother and sister Veral Green. They sought their son Dwaine who is employed there for the summer and found him busy and happy, making his home with his uncle and family.
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Wilbur Green
Gale and
Dennis
Rawlings
Wyolxet
Veral Green
Dwaine
Soldier letters from Germany reflect camp life and travel
Harold reports in training at Thungerstein Germany on June 29 1945. He describes light duties a four day switchboard shift and days off for swimming sightseeing and visits to Heidelburg castle and a German eagle trainer. He notes scarce supplies and crowded outdoor sleeping quarters while awaiting possible Pacific deployment.
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Thungerstein
Germany
Ike
U.S
Red Cross Club
Air Corps
Patton
Neursburg
Glenn Miller
3D Army
Pacific
Harold
Weekend visitors of Huttenmeyer home welcomed by family
Weekend visitors included Mrs John Buttenmeyer and her brother Ted with Sgt Andrew G Leuthold and his wife who visited the Huttenmeyer home. They left Monday for Iowa to visit relatives. Sgt Leuthold, a German prisoner from September to April 27, recently arrived in the US and was married soon after.
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John Buttenmeyer
Ted
Andrew G. Leuthold
Huttenmeyer
Iowa
Sgt
Leutholld
Greider Farm Sold at Fairbury Auction
Belding was the high bidder on the 9 acre Greider farm of Mrs. Clara Greider, with a $1,300 bid, at the courthouse sale held Tuesday in Fairbury.
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Orval. Belding
Clara Greider
Court House
Fairbury
Miller family fills in as carrier takes vacation
Scott A. Miller, a rural route mail carrier, is on vacation and his daughter Marilyn has assumed his duties. Sett has not been well lately and is advised by his physician to take a vacation.
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Scott A. Miller
Marilyn
Sett
Do Not Wait Till Christmas To Mail Packages To Navy Men
The Navy urges sending parcels to personnel overseas any time, not only at Christmas. Early mailing aims to speed delivery and avoid last year’s delays.
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Navy
Lightning Fatality at Beatrice Farm Worker Dies
Chester Eads a 39 year old war worker was killed by a lightning bolt while serving on the Robert Eeau farm six miles northwest of Beatrice. The strike also stunned Mrs. Eads and Lloyd Miller. Eads leaves a widow and two young sons.
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Chester Eads
Robert Eeau
Here
Eads
Lloyd Miller
Eads Ia
Ludingtons Return Home to Milford After Nebraska Summer
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ludington and Stephen Dean returned Monday from Nehawka Nebraska where they spent most of the summer with her sister and husband Harm Fahrenholtz. Mr Ludington helps on the farm and will move August 1 to Milford where he has been elected Superintendent of Schools. Greta Evers of Cook Nebraska, niece of Mrs Ludington, will assist in caring for Stephen Dean during the move.
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Carl Ludington
Stephen Dean
Nehawka
Nebraka
Harm Fahrenholtz
Ludington
Milford
Greta Evers
Cook
Nebraska
Former Diller Boy Recalled to Navy Service
Mrs Christie Seaman of Brighton Colorado reports her daughter Mrs Chester Sparks says Roe of Compton California has been called back into the Navy and is en route to the South Pacific. Roe served four years in the navy in peace time. The Sparke family states all are well and harvesting fine crops.
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Christie Seaman
Chester Sparks
Brighton
Colorado
Roe
Compton
California
South Pacific
Sparke
Diller Folks Invited to Visit Cavetts in San Diego
Mrs Cavett reports a telephone visit Tuesday evening with daughter Fern Hurst of San Diego. The Hursts invite Diller residents traveling near San Diego to stop by their home at 6930 Eastman Street in San Diego California.
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California
Cavett
Fern Hurst
San Diego
Hursts
Eastman ~ Street
Awaiting Call for Dwight Weigel in Navy Return
Dwight Weigel, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Weigel, is in Omaha and awaiting a call as he returns from the U S Navy headline to resume contact with his family and community.
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Dwight Weigel
Earl Weigel
U.S. Navy
Omaha
Home On Furlough For Cpl Keith Waggoner
Cpl Keith Waggoner returned home Wednesday from Valdosta Georgia to spend his furlough with Diller relatives and friends. He is the son of Mrs Orpha Waggoner.
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Cpl
Keith Waggoner
Orpha Waggoner
Valdosta
Georgia
Diller
Reunion Brings Mayborn Brothers Together After Four Years
Lt Alfred J Mayborn and his brother Lt Richard B Mayborn met in the South Pacific near one Marianas island after four years apart. They enjoyed a one day visit and Richard notes they even raided the ship ice box for a midnight lunch.
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Alfred J. Mayborn
Richard B Mayborn
Marianas
South Pacific
Richard
Promotion for Lt Russell McCreight at Pensacola
Promoted lieutenant Russell McCreight after over a year at Pensacola Florida. He is the brother of Mrs Ralph Long and nephew of Minnie and John Clauson.
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Russell McCreight
Pensacola, Florida
Russell
Ralph Long
Minnie
John Clauson
Weigel Home Hosts Dinner Party For Dwight Before Departure
A dinner last Friday night at Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weigel honored Dwight who will soon join the armed services. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pope and Miss Norma Duniz of Beatrice, Melvin Reinholdt of Fairbury, Miss Wilma Schmidt of Crab Orchard, and Miss Eleanor Weigel of Lincoln. A theatre party followed.
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Earl Weigel
Dwight
Armed Service
Robert Pope
Norma Duniz
Beatrice
Melvin Reinholdt
Fairbury
Wilma Schmidt
Crab Orchard
Eleanor Weigel
Lincoln
Home on Leave for Vernon Carpenter
Vernon Carpenter son of Mr and Mrs Chas Carpenter has been home on leave and will return to Bremerton Washington Friday He has been in seven battles and five invasions His ship was struck twice by enemy action and torpedoed in Saipan He visited in Diller with his brother Ovid Carpenter and family
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Vernon Carpenter
Chas. Carpenter
Bremerton
Washington
Vernon
Okinawa
Saipan
Diller
Ovid Carpenter
Diller Familiar Gerald Friday Visits Busily Before Return
PFC Gerald Friday, former Diller student, spent furlough at his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Friday in Conrad before returning to Fort Riley. He stopped briefly to visit Diller friends on Sunday during his journey home.
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Gerald Friday
Diller
Sam Friday
Conrad, Lowe
Ft Riley
Robert L Fry in Pacific during WWII training
Robert L Fry son of Quinter and Mrs Fry is in the Pacific theater. He requested a hunting knife in a letter home. He trained at Great Lakes, then near Philadelphia and Little Creek before shipping out on an LSM. A Diller high school graduate, class of 1940.
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F. l c
Robert L. Fry
Quinter Fry
Pacific
Robert
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Training Station
Philadelphia
Little Creek
Diller High School
Gilbert Piager Receives Medical Discharge
Sgt. Gilbert Piager arrived home last Thursday with a medical discharge. He entered armed services March 1942 and served 14 months overseas in the European theatre, returning in time to help with the harvest.
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Gilbert Piager
Gilbert
Armed Services
Visits by St and Mrs Wendell Fanders
Visits by St and Mrs Wendell Fanders came Monday for a visit at the home of his parents and daughter Linda who is with her grandparents Mr and Mrs D V Fanders. Wendell has finished his course at Ft Knox Ky and will return there to await further assignment.
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St. and
Wendell Fandere
Linda
D. V. Fanders
Wendel
Ft. Knox
F H Braasch of Harbine Dies After Illness
Jefferson county pioneer Fred Henry Braasch died at a Fairbury hospital on Sunday at age 71. He had been in declining health for three years with a brief final illness from a heart ailment. Born Sept 15 1873 at Cub Creek he farmed then moved to Harbine about 20 years ago. Survived by brother Henry Braasch Sidney Nebr. sisters Dora Weichel and Mionie Weichel Oklahoma. many nephews. Funeral July 11 at Nucholis Home for Funerals with Rev Otto E Pinkert officiating. burial in Harbine cemetery.
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Fred Henry Braasch
Jefferson County
Braasch
John
Dorothea Nuetze Braasch
Cub Creek
Fairbury
J. J. Kern
St. Paul’s Evangelical
H. Judoff
Harbine
Henry Braasch
Sidney, Nebr
Dora Weichel
Mionie Weichel
Oklahoma
Nucholis
Otto E Pinkert
Hope Reformed Church
Herbine
Beatrice Telephonists Joyce Johnson and Leila Broadstone Weekend
Miss Joyce Johnson and Miss Leila Broadstone, telephone operators in Beatrice, spent the weekend with hotie folks.
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Joyce Johnson
Leila Broadstone
Beatrice
Beatrice Woman Visits Parents In City Weeks Short Stay
Mrs Avis Yager of Beatrice spent a few days with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson.
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Avis Yager
Beatrice
Frank Johnson
Mrs. Holtmeier Leaves for New York Navy Port Visit
Mrs Grace Mathias Holtmeier planned to depart yesterday for New York City to join her husband Gerald Holtmeier whose naval duties brought him into port there. The text notes Mrs LaForest Fasnacht and Johnnie visiting at Roy Mathias’s home last Sunday.
Beatrice Group Honors S Sgt Peters on Furlough
A Sunday gathering at Chautauqua Park Beatrice honored S Sgt Howard E Peters of Fort Knox furloughing at home in Fairbury and Ervin Schuette of Beatrice who will soon enter the armed forces. A basket dinner followed with attendance by family and Beatrice Municipal band concertgoers.
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Chautauqua Park
Beatrice
Howard E. Peters
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Fairbury
Ervin Schuette
Beatrice Municipal Band
Howard Peters
Ervin Schue
Marco Harbor Hostage? (Not applicable)
This text mentions Capt. Melvin Scheele returning to Marco Texas where he is stationed after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs August Scheele former Diller residents now of Endicott.
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Melvin Scheele
August Scheele
Diller
Endicott
Marco, Texas
Camp Jefferson YWCA camp closes its second week
The second of one week YWCA camps at Camp Jefferson closed today. Gloria Miller a counsellor from Pawnee was the only girl from Diller atterd ing.
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YWCA
Camp Jefferson
Gloria Miller
Pawnee Cabis
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Cully-Remley
Jorden Sandman
Decatur
Ind
Wm. Woods
Claude Woods
Marjorie Lou Woods
Greider Farm
Reunion
F. H. Braasch
New York
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