Last Minute Picnic Antiques Display and Parade Details
Antiques experts including Harry Green and Ed McCune will display coins, firearms, a 1897 phonograph, a Bible, dolls, and a 150 year old dough tray at Diller High School Gym on the picnic’s second day. Paraders meet at city hall at 6:15 pm for a westward parade to Glenn Long’s residence and Waggoner’s corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller High School
Harry Green
Vernon D. Hill
Diller
Harry Greider
Ed McCune
R. Hubka
R. Long
Merlyn Lettmanf
Ira Casper
Earl Weigel
Weigel
City Hall
Glenn Long
Waggoner
Whisker Club
Sunbonnet Sutes
Close Call While Mowing Leaves Man Hurt On Arm
Edwin Weshels narrowly escaped serious injury Wednesday evening when a tree broke while turning a corner and pulled him from the mower. He suffered a severe forearm gash, twelve stitches were needed after doctors treated him and he was transported for further care.
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Edwin Weshels
Edwin
Viers
Rice
Roelfs Taken to Excel Springs for Rheumatic Ailment
Roy Roelfs was driven to Excel Springs in Missouri on Tuesday seeking relief from a severe rheumatic ailment that has troubled him for weeks. His son Leonard Roelfs and wife from Omaha accompanied him and will stay about a week.
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Roy Roelfs
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
Leonard Roelfs
Omaha
Springs
Ray Green Bounces Back With Cheery Smile Return
The report notes Ray Green remains about the same physically but his old cheery smile has returned, signaling a positive recovery mood and renewed vitality.
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Ray Green
Whiskered Willies to Tour Nearby Towns for Booster Drive
Diller group the Whiskered Willies plans a booster trip Friday visiting ten towns around Diller. The march includes bewhiskered members, musical instruments, coons, and possibly a prehistoric animal. A truck will start from Waggoner Bros store just after eight.
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Diller
Joe Nippert
Happy Garter
Joe
Whisker Club
Waggoner Bros
Last Drawn for Army Duty Names Listed
The following names were drawn for army service: John Wm. McDonnell Fairbury Marvin Paul Roseman Diller Lyle Hendry Flower Fairbury Eldon Paul Elgert Reynolds Bernard Wm. Bebrends Diller Lester Harold Fox Powell Harley John Rogers Endicott Henry Asra Loth Diller John Diedrich Behrends Diller.
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John Wm. McDonnell
Fairbury
Marvin Paul Roseman
Diller
Lyle Hendry Flower
Eldon
Paul Elgert
Reynolds Bernard Wm. Bebrends
Lester Harold Fox
Powell Harley
John Rogers
Endicott
Henry Asra Loth
John Diedrich Behrends
Record Corrects Birth Sex Error From Last Week
The Record reports the Meyers couple welcomed a son, not a daughter as previously printed. The correction ensures the family’s record reflects the boy’s gender for forty years hence.
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Clarence Meyers
Mrs Clark and George G Winston Tie in Florida
Marriage notice for Ida Clark of Steele City Fairbury and George G Winston of St Petersburg Florida on July 7 1941. They will reside in St Petersburg. Mrs Winston is mother of Francis and Fay Clark.
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Fairbury
Ida Clark
Steele City
George G. Winston
St. Petersburg
Florida
Winston
Francis
Fay Clark
Rain and Hail Strikes Region With Wind Damage
A severe storm system moved eastward causing rain and hail from Beatrice to Lewiston. Wind and hail damaged barns houses and outbuildings while electric service was interrupted at Barneston and corn suffered significant losses near Diller and Odell.
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Max Logan
Fitzgerald Ranch
Ed McCune
Orville
Odell
Barneston
Diller
Beatrice
Lewiston
W. G. Dinnis
Odell Merchant Frank Sible Seriously Ill After Stroke
Odell resident and businessman Frank Sible is reported seriously ill at Odell hospital after suffering a severe stroke about three weeks ago.
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Frank Sible
Odell
Odell Hospital
Son born to Mr and Mrs Dan Garten in July 1941
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Garten with the mother Jenny Lottman as the listed relative. The birth occurred on Saturday July 26 1941.
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Dan Garten
Jenny Lottman
Miss Alice Specht Improves at University Hospital Omaha
Reports indicate Miss Alice Specht is feeling better at University Hospital Omaha. The update notes her improving condition and ongoing care under medical staff.
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Alice Specht
University Hospital At
Omaha
Beatrice area crash leaves farmer dead after oil mat collision
J B Claassen died after a crash on highway 3 east of Ellis when a tractor and threshing rig blocked the road. The coroner ruled it unavoidable. John Johnson of Beatrice suffered minor injuries. J B Claassen was aiding the rig and failed to place warning signals.
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Arthur Timm
Diller
Highway 3
Ellis
J. B. Claassen
Claassen
Beatrice Hospital
Johnson
Beatrice
Timm
Reent Reents Dies at 88 in Kansas Village
Reent Reents, longtime Diller resident, died Saturday July 26 at his niece’s home in Hollenberg Kansas. He was 88 years and 5 months old. Survived by an older brother John and a sister aged 85 along with several nieces. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the state line Lutheran church south of Diller with Waggoner Bros. in charge of interment in Diller cemetery.
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Reent Reents
Diller
Tom Baumfolk
Hollenberg
Kansas
Reents
John Reents
State Line Lutheran Church
Waggoner Bros
Dr. C. P. Fall Dies After Brief Illness
Beatrice physician and surgeon Dr. C P Fall died at his home last Saturday morning after a short illness following a stroke suffered at the Elks Club Rooms in Beatrice. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church last Sunday afternoon.
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C P. Fall
Beatrice
Elks Club
Presbyterian Church
Death of George Greider at 87 in Bellplane Kansas
Word arrived Monday announcing the death of George Greider at his home in Bellplane Kansas at age 87. He was the uncle of the Greider brothers and Mrs Effie Clark.
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George Greider
Bellplane
Kansas
Woyegy
Greider Brothers
Effie Clark
Alfred Mayborn Dies at 88 After Long Civic Life in Diller
Alfred Mayborn born August 21 1851 in Utica New York lived in Lanham and Diller Nebraska. He helped organize the Diller State Bens served as president and joined Congregational church after merges. He died near his 90th birthday with his wife Edwina and son Orville surviving. services held at Congregational church with interment in Diller cemetery.
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Alfred Mayborn
Utica
New York
Hlisais
Shesaddoah
Lews
Edwina Hoonab Brewer
Red Oak
Brusket
Lanham
Diller
Eoér
Mayborn
Diller State Bens
Christian Church
Ors J
Congregational Church
Robert D. Hall
Frank Cully
Leonard Richardson
Colman Family Welcomes Visitors This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Rees Colman host visitors this week as their son Clyde arrives from Pawnee City CCC for the weekend. Another son and his wife with two children from Warnets Western Nebraska are vacationing several days at the Colman home.
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Rees Colman
Clyde
Pawnee City
CCC
Awe
Warnets
Nebraska
Diller Hand Plays at Liberty Picnic Today and Tomorrow
The Diller hand is scheduled to perform at the Liberty picnic today and again tomorrow, bringing concert program fans can look forward to.
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Diller
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Willies
Clark
J. B. Classen
Dr. Fall
Spies Sisters
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