Memories of the Past from the Diller area records
Forty years ago Lew Oaks and the Fry boys shipped fat cattle to Kansas City market. Local residents attend Decora tion Day events in Fairbury and Endicott while school pupils earn certificates at Diller. A mining look at news includes mortgage foreclosures, a shooting accident, a model motor in Chicago, and the annual Memorial and Decoration Day programs with GAR and local choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Oaks
Fry Boys
Kansas City
W. C. Line
Diller
Jennie Kendall
Ida Weather
Alice Moreland
Minnie Habicht
NCSA Club Social Hosts May Meeting and Prizes
Mrs S B Viers hosted the NCSA Club on May 16 with a business meeting after roll call. Contests produced prizes for Mrs C E Waggoner and Mrs Ed Henrichs. Guests included former members Mrs E F Habicht of Worthington and Mrs Willis Clark. Desserts were served and Mrs C E Waggoner will host on June 6 with June as the roll call topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Viers
Ncsa Club
C. E. Waggoner
Womans Club Wraps Up Busy Year in Diller
The last meeting of the year for the Diller Womans Club occurred on Wednesday evening May 23 with Mrs Fouts hosting and Mrs Woods assisting. Treasurer and auditor reports were accepted, committees planned for the next year, and roll call featured a musical number or reading from each member.
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Diller Womans Club
Fouts
da Woods
Harry Thompson
Raymond
Callander
Carico
Mayborn
Seaman
Anderson
Cully
Dorcas Class of M. E. Church Holds April Meeting
The Dorcas class met April 24 in the Kensington church parlor with a good attendance. President Mrs Fern Hurst led the session. after minutes were read, a light program followed including piano and instrumental duets, a musical reading, and a recital. Guests prepared cards for a Bride dress-up game, won by Mrs S. C. Hutchinson, with hostesses praised as royal entertainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorcas
M. E. Church
Fern Hurst
Dicky
Darrel Beckwith
Betty Hurst
Buddy Clark
Gretchen Fanders
Kathern Barnett
Q. Fry
D. V. Fanders
C. Barnett
J. Carico
Clark
Lucille Barnett
Maxinery
Community Letters Praise Distant Readers and Club Trip Mention
The Record thanks subscribers near and far for letters and notes cooperation. It notes occasional misses and cites a recent trip where the ball club was trimmed and a reference to a $150 item on the estate.
Church Items Sunday School and Leaders
Rev. Robert F. Bauer is pastor and W. A. Snyder is superintendent. Sunday School is scheduled for 10 A M.
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Robert F. Bauer
W. A. Snyder
St Pauls Ev Lutheran Service Schedule Near Diller
Rev L J Wolff pastor C L Hullman superintendent Sunday school 9 40 English services 10 30 at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran near Diller with morning worship and instructional program details.
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L. J. Wolff
C. L Hullman
S. S
Methodist Church Plans New Activity Shift Sunday
Rev Robert E Drew leads services at 11 AM and 8 PM with Rev Frank Finch Nebraska Conference Director of Religious Education visiting. A 3 30 PM conference for Sunday School teachers follows. Odell church workers join. May 27 Christian Endeavor discusses local customs and life talks.
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Robert E. Drew
L. M. Cavett
S. S
Frank
Odell Methodist Church
Union church service at city park opens summer series
Sunday evening at 8 p m the first union church service will be held in the city park. The Lutheran Congregational and Methodist churches unite for a joint program through the summer months featuring community singing special music and a sermon Rev Mr Drew will be the speaker this week.
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Drew
Night aid to porter ends long fall from work
Edward Topek lost his job during the Depression and sought relief from bread lines and park benches. He stayed at the Bowery Y M C A on cold nights, then found a porter job at $55 a month and repaid every cent spent on his room and meals, the only one among over 25 thousand cared for this winter to do so.
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Edward Topek
Bowery Y. M.C. A
Topek
Tupek
Lincoln Journal
TVA Proposes Mucilage From Surplus Sweet Potatoes
The Tennessee Valley Authority recently advanced the idea of making government mucilage from surplus sweet potatoes. The writer questions why red tape has not reduced the cotton surplus.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Father Capillian
Fairbury
Lpock’s
Clare Blauser
John Folkers
Lincoln
Lincoln Normal University
James Packer
Park Koons
Gifford
Pleasant Precinct
R. W. Owens
County
Moses Peffley
Geo. B. Pearce
St Louis
L. P. Raymond
A. L. Tristman
Cora Bradt
John M. Thurston
Moore
Daykin
Iiring
R, Moore
Diller School
Mertie Oaks
Elsie Jeffryes
Willie Tristman
Harry Zook
Mabel Fry
Effie Powell
Mabel Folkers
Perley Miller
Dede Fanders
Diller Schools
Fairbury Journal
Jacob Conrad
Henry Martin
Deshier
G. B. Zook
Esquire Keily’s Court
Frank Truxan
Odell
Chas. T. Wyatt
A. H. Moulton
Amos Bush
Byron Crocker
C. W. Pearce
Chicago
Endicott
S. C. Ingraham
Ingrahm
Loocks Hall
Dr. Davis
GAR Post
WRC
Knights of Pythias
Main Street
Castor
Lavelle
Hilton
Commercial
Frank Powell
Isaac Fry
Samuel Diller
J M. Gear
GAR
W. Fouts
Lillian Johnson
Nellie Madden
Katie Diller
Ollie Kelley
Lydia Steffen
I'hos
Nelson
J. Smith Diller
Homer Clark
Geo. H. Diller
D. W. van Horn
Chas. Madden
Frank Drake
Myrtle Tate
Verge Wright
Goldie Trowbridge
Beckie Diller
Hawkens
Gussie van Fleet
Alice Trowbridge
Jessup
Womans Club
Congregational Church
ST. Paul’s
EV. Lutheran
Methodist Episcopal Church
Clark’s Store
Diller, Nebraska
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