Urges Teachers to Get Contracts Signed in Jefferson County
Ruth Patterson acting county superintendent asks press to inform certificated teachers who have not signed contracts to notify her office if they want teaching jobs next year. She notes the state will require certification before boards can issue temporary certificates and cites August 1 as the cutoff for estimating needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Patterson
Misa Patterson
Boards of Education
Jefferson County
Patterson
Red Cross Bandage Project By Young Girls At Church
Enthusiastic group of ten girls gathered at the Methodist church basement last Friday to sew Red Cross bandages. They produced 141 dressings under supervision by Carolyon Clark, Mrs A A Eick, Mrs Roy Mansfield, and Scott Miller. The group will meet again Friday July 28 at 1 30 PM and invite more participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Red Cross
Mary Lou Thompson
Camilla Hubka
Naomi Snyder
Gloria Miller
Mavis Holle
Mary Jo Andelt
Irene Greider
Faye Garrels
Carolyon Clark
A.A Eick
Roy Mansfield
Scott Miller
Lightning Strikes Near Behrends Home During Storm
Last Sunday evening about eight o clock lightning struck the corner of the house near Ben Behrends who stood at a screen door waiting for a prune his wife held. The bolt stunned him briefly and caused eye trouble while a cottonwood tree was torn and the hit telegraph wire closely connected to the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Behrends
Mr. Behrends
Band Members Notice for Coat and Music Return
Please bring band coats belts clips and all band music to city hall Saturday evening July 29 or August 5 for collection and verification.
Diller Honor Roll Names Across Families and Communities
A compiled list of residents and relatives recognized on the Diller honor roll features numerous Lottman Sasses Renzs Pattons Garrels Fasnachts Clark Fasnacht Waggoner Maw Hiatt Thompson Gold Lamb Hiatt, with many Johnson, Henrichs, Miller, Fasnacht, and Roelfs family entries. The roster spans multiple neighborhoods and local clans, naming individuals and minor variants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton Bernard Patton
Robert Patton
Roe Behrends
Behrends
John Behrends
Berna Garrels
Elmer Garrels
Ernest Garrels
Gerald Garrels
Gilbert Garrels
Dale Johnson
Keith Johnson
Merle Johnson
Max Henrichs
Harold Henrichs
Arnold’ Miller
Fred Henrichs
Theodore Miller-Scott Jr
Fasnacht
Laforest Miller
Richard Fasnacht
Virgil Clark
Everett Fasnacht
Harold Clark -Dwaine
Adam
Waggoner
Lynn Maw
Howard
Keith Maw
Donald
Belding
Max Maw
Robert Belding
Lyle Hiatt Roberts
Thompson
Max Hiatt
Joe Jr
Robert
Brothers In Hospital Near Mrs Nicholson Visit At Tobias
Mrs Joe Nicholson of Tobias 8 visiting this week at her daughter's home to be near her two sons in Odell hospital. Duane had an appendectomy last Thursday and Denard had his tonsils removed Tuesday morning. Both boys are reported to be getting along nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Nicholson
Tobias
Ira Casper
Odell Hospital
Duane
Denard
Navy Ensign Robert W. Duis Sent to Radar Dept for Duty
Robert W. Duis, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Duis, was sworn into the Navy as Ensign in the Radar Department in Omaha on a Thursday. He will report to Tucson, Arizona for active duty in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Duis
John Duis
Omaha
Navy
Tucson
Arizona
Wehling Daughter Transferred to Bethesda Naval School
Mr and Mrs W F Wehling of near Diller announce their daughter Edna A Wehling has been transferred to the naval hospital corps school at Bethesda Maryland after completing WAVES basic training at Hunter College New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Wehling
Near
Diller
Edna A Wehling
Naval Hospital Corps School
Bethesda
WAVES
Hunter College
Our Boys Across the Pond in Saipan
Pfe Glenn Ball of the Marines is stationed on Saipan Island in the Pacific. He works in radio communications operating a switchboard after arriving soon after American forces took over. Ball trained at Camp Pendleton and has served about ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Glenn Ball
Saipan Island
Pacific
Saipan
Glen
Toyo
Glenn
Camp Pendleton
Calif
War dispatches from France cite tempo of duty and interviews
World War Correspondent Lawrence Youngman reports from France on Lt Gordon Fanders and Bernard Patton in combat duty. He also recently interviewed Sgt Noel D Hughes of Steele City, husband of Marjorie Hughes of Diller, expanding coverage of frontline service and family ties amid wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Fanders
Bernard Patton
France
Lawrence Youngman
Sgt
Noel D. Hughes
Steele City
Marjorie Hughes
Diller
World Herald photo lapse prompts search for lost films
The World Herald reported Sgt Hughes and another sergeant photographed by a young man. The films were misplaced among mail sacks of amateur footage and may take months to recover. The photographer described a photo scene of a dewy field walk and a pose near ancient rocks that may be an altar or burial site.
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Floyd Hughes
Sgt. Hughes
Youngman
World Herald
Pro Arnold Hopes to Be Home by Next Picnic
Lottman writes from a distant location saying he hopes to return by the next picnic. He also notes that he still likes Diller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold
Lottman
Diller
Ninth Division Men Awarded Combat Infantry Badges
Ninth Division soldiers in France on the Cherbourg Peninsula received the Combat Infantryman Badge from Major General Manton Eddy. Awards were made in England before continent operations. The unit, active since July 1918, first fought in North Africa, entered Bizerte with speed, and later fought in Sicily under Patton’s Seventh Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Doughboys
Cherbourg
Manton
Eddy
England
North Africa
Maknassey
Bizerte
Sicily
George S. Patton
Palermo
Lincoln Lieutenant Hollis Limprecht Receives Bronze Star
First Lt. Hollis J. Limprecht of Lincoln received the Bronze Star for meritorious combat achievement on March 1 1944 in Italy. He redirected his platoon to halt a tank infantry assault and coordinated fire with a retreating machine gun section. Previously awarded the Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman’s Badge, he is with the Third Infantry Division in Italy and is an ex sports editor for the Sunday Journal and Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis J. Limprecht
Lincoln
Limprecht
University of Nebraska
Italy
Third Infantry Division
Alma Clark Limprecht
Capitol Hotel
Sunday Journal and Star
Furlough Ends as Pvt Joy Renz Heads to Camp Gruber
Pvt Joy Renz departed Burlington Wednesday for Camp Gruber Oklahoma after a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Renz and other relatives and friends. He expects to report soon to Camp Fort Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Renz
Burlington
Camp Gruber Oklahoma
Clarence Renz
Camp
Fort Sill
Troina and Rapido battle noted with infantry badge awards
The report mentions troops capturing Troina and later driving German positions at Rap dazzo. Among those awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge is Pic Marvin P Roseman, son of Mr and Mrs Wm Roseman, R J Diller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troina
Rapdazzo
Pic Marvin P Roseman
Mre
Wm. Roseman
R J Diller
Severe Sunday Storm Ravages Beatrice Area Crops
A Sunday storm across Gage County caused heavy rain and hail up to 6 to 7 inches in parts, damaging corn stands, a 16 mile east west damage span, and flooding the Nemaha river area. Beatrice area losses included a gas station site, farm buildings, and livestock including seven hundred young turkeys. Towns from Tecumseh to Pickrell reported outages, downed trees, and power and communication disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Daily Sun
Gage County
North Gage
Beatrice
George Steinblock
Dewitt
Liberty
Pickrell
Tecumseh
Nemaha
Card of Thanks for Julis Novotny
We thank all who assisted during the illness death and burial of our beloved sister Mrs. Julis Novotny and for the floral offerings. Mrs Ed Pecka Mrs Martin Germeroth Mrs John Sedlacek Mr Ed Vonasek and families. Mrs R W Green and Mrs James Pickard spent Tuesday afternoon in Beatrice visiting Miss Marie Upson and Mrs John Sedlacek at the Mennonite hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julis Novotny
Ed Pecka
Martin Germeroth
John Sedlacek
Ed. Vonasek
R. W. Green
James Pickard
Beatrice
Marie Upson
Mennonite Hospital
Harlan Weaver
Rainfall Total Near .85 Inch Tuesday Morning
Diller logged about .85 inches of rainfall in the early morning and forenoon on Tuesday. The shower activity diminished by afternoon with no significant additional precipitation reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arno Sasse
Alfred Sasse
Elmer Renz
Ray Lottman
Harry Lottman
Robert Lottman
Harold Fanders
Graydo
Fanders Wendel Loth
Raymond Loth
Elmer -Loth
Henry Close
Gerald Close Dale
Scheele Melvin Zeleny Antone Jr Bowers
William Roelfs
Ervin Zager
Harvey Meyer
Lewis Baker
Craig Upson
Chester Hill
Max Green
Lloyd Dean
Wellington Ball
Glenn Geer
Virgil Wiemers
Leonard Wrigley
Edward Peters
Orville Gebhard
Frank Nutter
Virgil Dean Williams
Frank
Bristol Raleigh
Vernon Carpenter
Robert Fry
Brothers In Hospital
The
Ninth Division
Hollis Limprecht
Brother Dwaine
Mrs
Willis Clark
Alfred Webling
Arthur Timm
Roseman
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