Devels Return Home From Europe and New York Trip
Mr and Mrs Norman Devel and Francis Eick arrived at the home of the latter’s parents near Diller after a pleasant crossing from Sweden aboard the Bergensfjord. The Devejs left New York City by plane for Omaha then Lincoln Beatrice with a welcome by Eick family. They plan to return to New York in about a week and will share Russo Finnish War experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Delel
Francis Eick
Diller
A. Eick
New York
Bergensfjord
Sweden
Deveia
New York City
S.T
Omaha
Lincoln
Beatrice
Broken Leg Suffered by Henry Ellis Near Odell
Henry Ellis living with half brothers George and Meno Hicken three miles northeast of town suffered a broken ankle Monday morning. While leading a team of horses to water he was knocked down and a horse stepped on his tibia about four inches above the ankle. He was taken to Odell hospital where the fracture was reduced and he is recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ellis
George
Meno Hicken
Henry
Odell
Finger injury at Loock residence construction
Roy Casper smashed his finger yesterday while razing the Loock residence. The injury was severe and required Dr Pease to dress it. Several fingers were reported smashed during the house construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Casper
Dr Pease
Hazard Frying Doughnuts Leaves Mrs. Smith Burned
Mrs. C. E. Smith suffered severe burns to her hand and ankle last Friday when hot grease spilled during doughnut frying. A doctor treated her injuries and she is reported to be getting along nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Smith
New Residence Planned Near Town at Looze Specht Place
Weers plans a new residence four miles northwest of town at Looze Specht place. The old structures will be razed and materials used in the new construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Weers
Looze Specht Place
Grand Opening Hughes Store Ad Announces New Shop
A large ad on the last page proclaims the grand opening of Hughes Store this Saturday. The notice highlights special reductions offered to patrons for that day.
Bands Lose Practice After Winter Road Blocks
The Diller municipal and high school bands have missed many rehearsals this winter due to impassable roads and the inability of Director legals be to get here from Marsyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Marsyville
Eleanor Weigel Elected to Teach in Brauser District
Miss Eleanor Weigel, a graduate of the DHS class of 1940, was elected last week to teach in district 64 Brauser Dist beginning next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Weigel
DHS
Brauser Dist
Leland Clarey's Children Stricken by Flu
Leland Clarey reports all his children are down with the flu. Family medical updates note several siblings affected and receiving care at home. The illness comes amid ongoing flu season concerns in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Clarey
Mr M Callander Reported About the Same
The report states Mr M Callander is about the same, with no further details on condition or prognosis given in the snippet.
Mail Carrier Delivers Mail With Tractor on Rural Route
The Tobias Times reports a rural mail carrier used a tractor to reach every box on his route after roads became impassable. A standard front tread tractor with rubber tires completed deliveries through fields, marking the first time in weeks the route was fully served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobias Times
Drive Teams To Town In Diller Saturday
An unusual noise in Diller last Saturday came from horses squealing as they nipped each other while tied to hitching racks. About twenty teams were counted in town at one time with many praising the fine quality of the horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Mrs Folkers Injured in San Francisco Hip Break
Word reached that Mrs Sarah Folkers widow of R V Folkers aged over 50 fell and broke her hip as she was entering her car after a party in San Francisco California She had planned a summer visit to Diller with her niece Mrs Neilie Miller to see relatives and old friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Sparks
Sarah ‘Folkers
R. V. Folkers
San Francisco
California
Mrs Sinkey Improving After Major Operation
Mrs Sinkey of Fairfield Nebraska underwent a major operation on March 2 for tumor revival. She is hospitalized at Lamining Hospital in Hastings Nebraska and is reported to be “wetting along nicely” after the illness. The Supt L F Sinkey notified Mrs Ludington and Mrs Sinkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ludington
L. F. Sinkey
Fairfield
Nebr
Sinkey
Mrs Irene Mason Visits Friends Before Moving Farm
Mrs Irene Mason arrived from Odell Sunday evening to visit Mr and Mrs Arthur Timm for a day or two. She and her sons Lewis and Ernest Mason, with Lewis’s wife, plan to move from 2 miles southeast of Powell onto the Dr Rice 400 acre farm on Rose creek southwest of Endicott, previously owned by the Fairchild Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Mason
Odell
Arthur Timm
Mason
Lewis
Ernest Mason
Powell
Dr Rice
Rose Creek
Endicott
Fairchild Brothers
Local Visitor Seeks 1940 Wheat Parity Payment
Mr. George Renz arrived Saturday to sign for a 1940 parity payment on wheat. He had not visited town in a long time and suffers severe sciatic rheumatism. His hip pain is so bad he can hardly sit, yet he rode into town standing in a lumber wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Renz
Mr. Renz
Teel toothpaste contest winner awards Miss Sedlacek $25
Miss Leona Sedlacek received a $25 check from Procter & Gamble makers of Teel toothpaste after entering a Teel radio contest by writing a letter of up to fifty words on why she likes Teel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Sedlacek
Procter & Gamble
Miss Sedlacek
John Carico Recuperating After Illness
Mr. John Carico has been ill for over two weeks and is reported to be improving. He stayed in bed per doctor orders yesterday but hopes to rise again soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carico
Keystone Congregational Food Sale Promised Saturday
The Keystone class of the Congregational church will hold a food sale on Saturday afternoon March 23 at Waggoner Brouthers store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
Congregational Church
Waggoner Brouthers
Diller School News On Transfers And Track Preparations
Lee Royal and June Riki transferred from Diller to Steele City leaving Diller High School with the Hughes. Drexler business transfer the grammar room gain Richard Hughes. Mary and Freddie Drexler will finish school at Diller. Max Braasch enrolls in the 9th grade and stays with Bad Arnold Littman. Track workouts indoors begin with freshmen and a full high school program upcoming. Of 30 high school students 14 are freshmen, 5 sophomores, 7 juniors, 4 seniors. The team lists letter men and promising newcomers for indoor events. County spelling contest prep underway with March 16 representatives M Miller D Anderson K Arntt D Weaver J Johnson 8 Garrels. Senior class plans graduation calendar. Former students Derrel and Dick Beckwith visit from Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Royal
June R
Diller
M. Miller
D Anderson
K. Arntt
D. Weaver J Johnson
8 Garrels
Four-Square Dealer Weyerhaeuser Lumber Trade Card
The advertisement promotes 4-Square Dealer Weyerhaeuser Lumber as economical and well seasoned. It claims guaranteed proper seasoning, exact sizing, square ends and edges, with various grades and species. The offer emphasizes labor and material savings and design compatibility. C. L. Geer & Coal Diller, Nebr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weyerhaeuser
Census Enumerator Begins April 2nd 1940
Max J. Bue Hastings district supervisor announces that the population agriculture and housing census starts April 2 1940. Eligible applicants are being notified for preliminary examinations. top qualifiers will be chosen. SomeApplicants eliminated for not meeting requirements. A complete high school education is required. Selected individuals will receive a two day training before field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max J. Bue
Hastings
Short Visit At Home By Robert Diller
Robert Diller arrived in Omaha from San Francisco where he worked for the FBI since May 1 1939. He heads to Washington DC with Mrs Diller visiting relatives in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Diller
Omaha
San Francisco
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert
Washington D.C
Sailor Keith Johnson Granted Furlough In May
Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson receive a letter from son Keith aboard the cruiser Tucaloosa at Norfolk Virginia. He says he has taken President Roosevelt on a fishing trip through the Panama Canal into the Pacific and that his furlough will likely be in May, with plans to visit Diller to see his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Johnson
Keith
Norfolk
Virginia
President Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Pacific
Keith Johnson
Diller
Pioneer Conference Music Festival planned this year
Tech notes a vacation and quarter change as sixty seniors complete work and graduate. Diller students miss home, and the Pioneer Conference plans a music festival instead of a music contest to boost school relations. Dates tentatively set for March 28 or April 4 or 5 with J C A C approval pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Conference
Diller
J.C. A.C
James E Kerr Dies After Brief Illness in Lincoln
The Lincoln Journal reports James E Kerr died in a Lincoln hospital after an illness of under three days. He was 60 and reputedly died of a coronary thrombosis. Kerr moved from Diller to Lincoln about 20 years ago and lived alone where his workshop was. He leaves two daughters, Viola Burst of St Louis and Bernice Woolsey of Madison Nebr. His wife died earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Lincoln Journal
James E Kerr
John C. Thompson
James Kerr
Diller
Lincoln
Alvin
Viola) Burst
St Louis
B. W
Bernice) Woolsey
Madison, Nebr
Death of Odell Grandmother Eliza Leggett
Eliza C Leggett died at her Odell home Friday morning. Born Springfield Ohio on March 23 1853 she lived 74 years 6 months and 15 days. She leaves four sons and three daughters including Joe Leggett and Mrs Geo Saffel. Service held March 12 at the Methodist church in Odell with Rev Roona of Lincoln officiating. Interment Odell cemetery. Survived by 24 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leggett
Oded
Odell
Roona
Lincoln
Regional Fire Training School At Fairbury Attended
Firemen D. V. Fanders and Rolf Beck joined a regional fire training session in Fairbury last Monday. The program, led by State Fire Marshal Horace Davis, examined best practices for fighting various fires with exercises at the old Mendenhall home on Fourth Street. Firefighters from eleven Nebraska counties participated in the statewide event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. V. Fanders
Rolf Beckman
Fairbury
Mendenhall
Fourth
Nebraska
Astate
Horace Davis
Navy Music Program Expands to Fifty Six Bands Worldwide
The U S Navy maintains 56 complete bands and orchestras on ships and stations with 1 045 members. A Navy School of Music in Washington D C offers a two year course for qualified youths, followed by practical training through service with a band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Navy School of Music
Washington, D. C
Parity Payment Signups by Farmers in Diller
Pleasant precinct farmers sympathetic to the AAA program gathered in Diller last Saturday to sign parity payment applications for 1940 wheat. J. E. Snyder chaired the county committee with Quinter Fry Vint Logan and John Weers leading precinct efforts as in old times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
Whea J. E. Snyder
Quinter Fry
Vint Logan
John Weers
4-H Dairy Calves Purchase Trip Planned
Dairy exten sion specialist L. M. Lawritson will travel to Minnesota and Wisconsin in late April to acquire dairy calves for Nebraska 4-H club members. County agents should contact for details if calves are needed and not available locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Lawritson
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
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M. Callander
Mrs. Sinkey Il
Diller School News
Defendint
Alexandria
R. Fry
R. Diller
Spriots
R. Miller
L. Green
W. Dean
F. Garrets
R Stephens
D. Clark
D. Engeman
R. Duis
C. Barber
F. Drexler
D.lottman
R. Hiatt
Derrel
Dick Beckwith
Peru
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
James E. Kerr
Eliza C. Leggett
Fireman’s School
Navy
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