Keiths To Visit Scott Miller Home Sunday
Mr and Mrs John Keith will arrive at the Scott Miller home on Sunday evening for an over picnic visit They are currently in Iowa Word has come to Diller that Mr and Mrs Ernest Habicht of Worthington Minnesota are grandparents now A son was born to Mr and Mrs Greydon Habicht on July 21 1941 Roy Geer shows big fish photos from a northern trip Diller has five men with private pilot licenses ready for air defense Wendell Fanders Scott Miller Bud Fanders Leonard Wiemers and Dale Garrels
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John Keith
Scott Miller
Keiths
Iowa
Diller
Ernest Habicht
Worthington
Minnesota
Greydon Habicht
Wendell Fanders
Bud Fanders
Leonard Wiemers
Dale Garrels
Odell to host two day picnic sponsored by Fire Department
Archie Novotny chairs the event on August 28 and 29 with the Fire Department backing the gathering. The Diller Record, praised for its omnipresence, is noted as read by locals including Lawrence Caldwell on a corn cultivator. Mr. Isaac Saylor pays for a year’s subscription, the couple’s only paper they still read with help due to failing eyesight.
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Odell
Archie Novotny
Diller
Fairbury
Lawrence Caldwell
Isaac Saylor
Roy Geer Adds Blue Shutters To Lumber Office
Roy Geer and son in law Chester Weaver painted the lumber office with blue shutters in an old colonial style and blue trim. They completed most of the track housing painting over the shed doors except a small south end patch where hornets nest was found and described as cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Geer
Roy
Chester Weaver
Sun Spots Said To Drive Current Heat Wave
Scientists attribute the present heat wave to sun spots stretching 430000 miles. They note the sun spot period peaked four years ago. Despite the heat, the writer mentions cooler nights.
A Stage Teaser of Sues and Sisters in Performance
The text invites readers to watch a lighthearted stage show featuring the Sunbonnet Sues the Spies Sisters and the Kay Sisters with playful banter about bewhiskered men. It promises upcoming performances and suggests audiences will be drawn by the sisters’ acts and playful romance.
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Sues
Seven Spies
Kay Sisters
Auto Spill Injures Steele City Travelers on Highway 3
Last Thursday morning near Ellis on highway 3 east a tire blew out causing a car to overturn. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hughes and granddaughter Jean Zoeller were hospitalized with bruises and scratches. Also aboard were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Zoellen and Warren Schroeder. the car’s top and glass sustained severe damage.
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Steele City
Highway 3
Ellis
Rochester
Minnesota
Ed. Hughes
Jean Zoeller
Ted Zoellen
Warren Schroeder
Nebraska Methodist Conference Considers Epworth Lake Park Sale
A Nebraska Conference debate precedes the upcoming annual meeting as outlying districts push to dispose of Epworth Lake Park near Lincoln. Lincoln churches oppose sale. Grace Methodist hosts a committee to explore options. The 40 acre site has $3,000 debt after a prior $16,000 burden. Proposals include tearing down the auditorium or restoring it for camp use. The property, enjoyed as a camping ground, sits near Salt Creek about a mile southwest of Lincoln.
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Nebraska Methodist Avenual Conference
Diller Methodist Church
Epworth Lake Park
Lincoln
Nebraska Conference
Grace Methodist Church
W. L. Royle
Warren Church
Lincoln Ina Bend
Salt Creek
Burlington Carpenters Repair Flooded Depot Floor
Burlington carpenters repaired the depot floor over the past week. They leveled the surface removing the worst bumps after heavy flood damage from June 8.
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Burlington Carpenters
Patton Family Reunion Attracts Claths Visitors
Mr and Mrs Walter Patton from Claths Colorado arrived Wednesday to visit relatives and attend the Patton family reunion picnic over the mountain range in Colorado.
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Walter Patton
Claths
Colorado
Patton
Wayne Stephens Birthday Celebration Farm Party
Last Sunday Mr and Mrs Lorren Stephens and family delivered a freezer of ice cream and 28 birthday cakes to the Keith Hayes farm to celebrate Wayne Stephens turning 15. Wayne has been working at the farm all summer.
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Lorren Stephens
Wayne Stephens
Keith Hayes
Wayne
Will Tristman to Meet Green Family in Lincoln
Will Tristman arrives in Lincoln from Sheldon Wisconsin and will be met by Mrs Eva Green and Rex Green. They plan to visit the Veteran's hospital to discuss matters with Ray Green before Will begins work on the telephone lines.
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Will Tristman
Lincoln
Sheldon
Wisconsin
Eva Green
Rex Green
Veteran’s Hospital
Ray Green
Will
Paradox on PWA workers and AAA farmers in Cortland Sun
The Cortland Sun contrasts a PWA laborer with an AAA program farmer. It says both rely on government relief, but one earns the pay while the other is paid for not raising crops and fined for signing the contract.
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PWA
AAA
Cortland Sun
Dillers Aluminum Find Highlights Local War Supply
Seventy pounds of aluminum from Diller was collected at Waggoner Brothers and sent to Fairbury then Lincoln for bomber parts. The piece compares local output to Omaha's 27 000 pounds from a population of 223 000 and notes Diller’s per capita share with a cheer.
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Waggoner Brother
Fairbury
Lincoln
Omaha
Diller
Jansen Volunteer Fire Department Demonstrates Readiness
The Advertiser reports at noon last week the Jansen department answered a call to Henry Wolters home after a stove oil flare up. Firemen quickly mounted the cart and headed out, while the danger ended as the stove wick was turned down, proving quick response in an emergency.
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Jansen Volunteer Fire Department
Henry Wolters
Johnny
Greiders Return From Texas Trip With Cavern Photos
Mr and Mrs John Greider returned Thursday night from Hereford Texas where they traveled with Mr and Mrs Henry Frisbie and found Bert Frisbie doing as well as usual. Farmers in Texas report heavy rains delaying small grain harvest. The group toured Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico whose beauty they praise with many photographs to prove the trip.
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John Greider
Hereford
Texas
Henry Frisbie
Bert Frisbie
Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
John
Aluminum collection plan moves to concentration points
Aluminum Collection Director LaGuardia announced that on July 30 local committees will route materials from the voluntary program to concentration points in major cities. The Treasury Department’s state procurement offices will then offer the scrap to smelters with defense contracts at specified prices.
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LaGuardia
Treasury Department
Diller Cattlemen Hold July Meeting And Demonstrations
The Diller Cattlemen met July 24 at the P.O.H. to judge calves and allocate parts. A business meeting followed before plans to travel to Fairbury for demonstrations Thursday. Each 4 H Club will present one or two, including rope halter making by Wellington Dean and Richard Steffen and horn fitting for showing by Glenn Ball and Stanley Ahrends.
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P.O.H
Fairbury
Wellington Dean
Richard Steffen
Halter
Glenn Ball
Stanley Ahrends
LeRoy DeShazer
Nebraska Invites Military Visitors to Washington Office
Congress Curtis extends a welcome to Nebraska boys in the military and naval forces near Washington. He offers access to his office at 1508 House Office Building, provides hometown papers, and offers information to improve Capitol sightseeing. Also invites Nebraskan youths working in federal departments to visit.
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Nebraska
Washington
Capitol City
Canadian chemists develop reflective centerline road paint
A new special paint for road center markings uses ground glass to reflect car headlights at night, making lanes highly visible for drivers.
Tiny watermelons debut compact kitchen melons
Scientists unveil new watermelons no larger than small kitchen melons. The compact fruit aims to ease refrigerator crowding and is claimed to retain the flavor of standard melons. Careful handling is advised due to their extremely thin rind.
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Pearce
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America
United States
Defense
Diller’s
Aluminum
Bonham Theatre
Fairbury, Nebraska
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Virginia Weidler
Barnacle Bill
Herberts Marchill Virginia Bruce
Cartoon and
Paramount News
George
Ann Southern Murphy
Ringside
Maise
Fugitive Valley’’ News
Majestic Theatre
Ruby Keeler
Ozzie Nelson
Ork
Harriet Hilliard
Lynne Roberts
Ted North
S. C. Hutchinson
Diller, Nebraska
General Hospital
Do. E. Rice, M. D
Odell, Nebraska
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