Earl Wm Snyder Dies From Injuries
Earl William Snyder born March 3 1894 Trenton Missouri died March 14 1940 Deadwood South Dakota at age 46 years 11 days. He lived in Diller Nebraska with relatives after 8 his mother died. He served in World War I with the 32nd Division and studied in Beaune France. He worked for Burlington Railroad and married Josephine Saunders in 1928 with one daughter Evelyn Elaine. He is survived by wife daughter foster parents and several siblings. He died from a fractured left leg sustained in a railroad collision February 28 at Redfern South Dakota. Funeral services were held in Alliance and Diller with relatives in attendance.
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Earl William Snyder
Trenton
Missouri
Deadwood
Dakota
Diller
Nebraska
W. A. Snyder
University of Nebraska
Beaune University
France
Burlington Railroad
Alliance
Sec’Treas
Josephine Saunders
Evelyn Elaine Snyder
J. A. Butler
Cottage Grove
Oregon
Fred
Russel
San Diego
Calif
Mabel Hurt
Grand Island
Nebr
Mary Sandman
Denver
Colorado
Earl Snyder
Redfern
South Dakota
Presbyterian Church
Osborn
W.A. Snyder
Carl Forsythe
Blue Springs
Everett Brauser
Plymouth
Will Sandman
Harbine
Frank Cully
R. W. Green
S. B. Viers
Waggoner Brothers
County Judge E R Bee Withdraws From Re election
County Judge E R Bee has withdrawn as a candidate for re election. The withdrawal occurred on Wednesday.
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E. R. Bee
Harry Wathor Injured in WPA Bridge Work
Harry Wathor suffered serious injuries Monday when he stepped into a hole while working on the WPA bridge project near Will Camp's place nine miles north of Diller. Both bones in his left leg were broken just above the ankle and he was taken to a Fairbury hospital where he is resting easily.
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Harry Wathor
Will
Mrs Julia Novotny Purchases Virgil Geer Residence
Mrs Julia Novotny widow of Joe Novotny of Odell buys the Virgil Geer residence in the west part of town and will take possession about mid April. She is sister in law of John Sedlacek and has been living with the Sedlacek family.
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Julia Novotny
Joe Novotny
Odell
Virgil Geer
Greenwood
Novotny
John Sedlacek
Sedlacek
Pioneer Music Festival Returns to Diner Site
The Pioneer Music Festival returns for a fifth year at Diner with seven schools set to participate: Daykin Steele City Endicott Plymouth Reynolds Harbine Diller. More details will be published later.
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Diner
Appellees Ltd
Daykin
Steele City
Endicott
Plymouth
Reynolds
Harbinie
Diller
Sheep Day Scheduled in Jefferson County at Wessener Farm
Jefferson County hosts a Sheep Day next Monday March 25 at the Wessener farm one mile east and south of Daykin. The program for sheep raisers runs from 10:00 a.m. with discussions on every aspect of sheep and a screening of the movie Fleece to Fabric.
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Jefferson County
Wessener
Daykin
Diller Picnic Dates Set Near August 12
The Diller picnic committee fixed Wednesday and Thursday, August 14 and 15 for the 1934 event. The first picnic occurred on Thursday, August 12, and since then it has been held on the Thursday nearest the 12th of August.
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Diller Picnic Committee
Grand Island’s Wendell Fanders Buys Travel Air Bi Plane
Wendell Fanders, a Grand Island resident, owns a two passenger Travel Air bi plane recently purchased. Diller residents may witness him flying overhead in the near future.
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Wendell Fanders
Travel Air
Wendell
Grand Island
Diller
Baseball Meeting At City Hall For 1940 Team
A meeting will be held at city hall Tuesday evening at 7 30 to discuss organizing a baseball team for 1940. All interested in baseball are invited to attend. Bud Lottman.
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Bud Lottman
Booklover's Club Meets With Mrs Mayborn Thursday
Booklover's Club plans a meeting with Mrs. O J Mayborn on Thursday March 28 at 2 pm. Mrs Hiatt will interpret selections from Ap Aithology of Mouder American Verse though OCR errors obscure full titles and author names.
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Toe Booklover
O.j.mayborn
Hiatt
Mouder
Keystone church food sale at Waggoner Brothers store
The Keystone class of the Congregational church will hold a food sale on Saturday afternoon March 23 at the Waggoner Brothers store.
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Keystone
Congregational Church
Waggoner Brothers Store
Easter Sunrise Service at Congregational Church
Easter Sunday invites readers to the Sunrise Service at the Congregational church on March 24, 1940 at 6 30 A M. Mr Ingalsbe visited to conduct band rehearsals and will return to Diller twice weekly until the school music contests end.
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Congregational Church
Mr. Ingalsbe
Diller
Leask Elected President of Fairbury Rotary Club
W H Leask YMCA secretary has been elected president of the Fairbury Rotary Club and will take office July 1.
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W. H. Leask
YMCA
Fairbury
Rotary Club
Norman Deuel Speaks To Large Audience
Mr and Mrs Norman Deuel spoke to more than 500 people at the Opera House recounting Russia Finland and wartime life. He described Stalin and Russia a two state contrast to democracy and urged vigilance against dictatorship in America.
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Norman Deuel
A. A. Eick
Omaha
Los Angles
California
Opera House
Diller School
Steele City High School
Supt Olson
Gerald Bowe
Dist
Sylvia Sible
Keith Hudson
Mary Wenz
Russia
Stalin
Moscow
America
Deuel
United States
Finland
Helsinki
Devel
Déan
Diller School News Reports County Spelling Contest
Jefferson County held a county spelling contest at the court house on March 16 with 48 in the preliminary and 20 in the finals. Rodger Arntt and Shirley Garrels were standout contestants. Arntt won the oval division and will attend the World Herald oral contest in Omaha on April 17 with teacher Miss Sible. Diller sends two representatives to the inter county contest in Wilbur on April 8.
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Jefferson County Court House
Diller
Denice Anderson
Rodger Arntt
Shirley Garrels
Dale Weaver
Joyce Johnson
Marilyn Miller
Ruth Wallace
Katherine Lambert
Fairbury
W. F. Guenther
Ruth Hurst
Erma Sible
Marie Schroll
Eleanor Pavlicek
Dist
Leland Johnson
Dist.66
Jefferson County
Wilbur
Rodger
World Herald
Omaha
Miss Sible
Sible
Robert Thompson
Sam
Navy
Max Thompson
Sybil Fasnacht
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Earl Wm. Snyder
Elaine
Fred Butler
B. B. Hurt
Ralph Herndon
C. F. Sandman
Clinton and
Gerald
Frank Kecley
the Diller
Booklover’s Club
Hitler
Diller School News
Anna Wenz
Silvia Sible
Hudson
Bowen
Supt. Olson
Burchard
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