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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
1
Diller aims for a bright homecoming picnic with plans evolving as several attractions shift due to personnel in the armed forces. Citizens are urged to decorate windows and contribute war relics and photographs for library displays, with Priolie bills forthcoming.
Mrs. A. H. Gretzinger of Steele City travels to Tyndalle South Dakota with her sister Mrs. Edith Smith of Auburn Nebraska to assist the seriously ill brother Ciference Bixby on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Roy Geer are residents of Idio nd Minnesota. Their daughter Mrs Hazel Carpenter and her family live in Warroad Minnesota.
Robert R Patton of the USS Patoka writes from Atlantic Port July 19 thanking Mrs Cavett for the Record and describing a USO club in port offering roller skating dancing and ping pong plus a reading room. He notes irregular mail but fondly recalls local news and hopes for newer issues and mentions sea duty and fountain Coca Cola.
Lloyd London a state university student from Diller has enlisted in the Naval Reserves and will complete one more university semester before officer training. His parents once owned the Diller property now occupied by the W E Anderson family.
An Internal Revenue man checked auto drivers in Differ last week for missing $5 car use stamps. Drivers without stamps face a $25 fine if not purchased before August 1.
Mr L E Detweiler of Clay Center will speak at the Sunday morning service in the Congregational Church next Sunday August 2. Detweiler heads the Layman's Fellowship of the Congregational Church in Nebraska and will bring a message of special interest. Public invited to hear one of Nebraska's business men.
Bert Bell, previously ill for some time, entered the Mennonite hospital at Beatrice on Wednesday for treatment.
The War Production Board authorizes a nationwide scrap campaign to begin after the Omaha World Herald drive ends August 8. Farmers, now with harvest behind them and labor scarce, are urged to salvage old machinery and scrap for Uncle Sam. Diller D V resident Fanders Garage owner named salvage chairman. Burlington railroad previously shipped about 1000 pounds of scrap iron from Diller with more to come.
Rev. W H Clark in Diller reports a Jefferson County Rationing Board notice. Farmers hiring threshers and other workers may apply on OPA Form R 315 for sugar for the period of employment, at one half pound per week per hired person, with one pound equaling 42 meals. Bring all rationing cards to fill the application.
Miss Mary Jones daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Jones of Diller wed Mr Floyd Gausman son of Mr and Mrs John Gausman of Milford on July 23 in Marysville Kansas. They will reside in Grand Island where Mr Gausman works at the Cornhusker ordnance plant. Throw YOUR Scrap into the fight.
Congressman Carl T Curtis spoke in Fairbury on July 28 noting no surplus tires and traveling by train and bus. He cited a Washington telegram from Rep Joseph Martin about overriding a Roosevelt veto on synthetic rubber plants for the West. He praised local crops after rains following the 1940 Republican win and planned next stops in Hebron Geneva Hastings Crete and Wilbur.
A Chicago man Roger Diller reports induction into the Naval Air Corps on July 14 as a sea man second class aviation cadet. He mentions six weeks of C P T training before attending Iowa State University and notes his father J Smith Diller and his Diller High School graduation.
Judge and Mrs. W. J. Moss of Fairbury left Monday by train for Wilmington Delaware to visit their daughter Dr and Mrs H H Schaumann and grandchildren. They usually drive but chose rail to save tires and avoid crossing Ohio's eastern border due to gasoline rationing.
Merle Bud Fish Jr and Marjorie Jarrett married in a July 24 ceremony at Wilshire Christian Church Los Angeles. A reception followed at Hotel Normandie. Bud Fish Jr, born in Diller, is the son of Merle Fish Sr and Sylvia Miller. Merle Sr ministers in Pico Heights and Merle Jr begins a Pasadena church ministry.
Edwin Bergstresser proprietor of Box's cafe and Vera Ball daughter of Mrs Mary Green of Diller quietly married in Washington Kansas on July 20. They will reside in Diller where they will continue to operate the cafe and enjoy the best wishes of many friends.
The Republican County Convention will be held in Fairbury on Thursday August 27. Arthur J. Denney is the county chairman.
Mr and Mrs Arnold Fouts of Kansas City were weekend guests of the former s mother and sister Mrs Fouts and Averil staying with the family during a short visit to the city.
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