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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1926
Page
8
The P T A schedules a Tuesday May 11 picnic at city hall grounds to close six months of activity. A concert by the senior Orange and Black orchestra will feature the evening along with games. County Y M C A worker Mr Leask at Fairbury plans amusements for all.
Several Diller School teachers outline summer plans with assignments at Columbia University Wesleyan University University of Nebraska and other locations. Activities include courses in school administration home study organ playing and lectures plus trips to Montana Yellowstone Park and Kansas City with time at Omaha Lincoln Milligan and Niobrara.
Mr Engel and Miss Babcock attended the Farmers Fair in Lincoln last Saturday. The event was organized by students of the Agricultural College of the University of Nebraska, where both graduates studied.
The fifth grade completed their third posters and spent part of Friday afternoon making May baskets. The class laments the departure of Harold Diller who moves with his family to Fairbury.
The Manual Training class kept busy repairing school chairs and finishing flower boxes porch benches and stools. Max Logan is crafting a piano bench and Virgil Shanks a writing table.
Diller defeated Jansen 18 to 3 in seven innings on Thursday April 29. Diller led from the first inning and held the lead throughout the game. Henrichs pitched the last four innings starting in the first half of the fourth. Green pitched the first three.
A banquet for all Diller High School alumni is planned for May 28. Organizing an alumni association is hoped to begin at this time. Mrs Effie Clark and Miss Elizabeth Starr lead the event. Further announcements will follow.
The Palmer writing exams list final certificates for Irwin Schutt Bethel Henricha Larie Bristol Vivian Waggoner and Erma Franzen. Merit pins go to Edwin Weerts Erma Franzen Marian Diller Gilbert Plager Eileen Green Mildred Long Bethel Friday Larie Bristol Bethel Henrichs Wayne Henriche Lyon Cully. Palmer Method pins to Edwin Weerts Harriett Diller. Progress pins to Luella Findling Allen Tiatman. Harriett Diller was not at school this week. A Mother's Day program is planned this afternoon as the class makes a gift for their mothers.
Diller faced Hanover in an opener at Hanover on May 6 1926 in a two game series. The second game is scheduled when Hanover visits Diller on May 14.
The 1926 Diller Schools annual titled The Mirror is in print and will be issued next week. It features senior portraits and write ups for clubs classes and activities with emphasis on athletics. The grade school and teachers are pictured and a school calendar is included with humor throughout. Extra copies will be printed for those who did not order.
A pickup team of local businessmen defeated Diller High School 8 to 6 on May 4, 1926. The High School led at the end of the third inning but surrendered the game in the final frames. Henrichs pitched for Diller while Stull and McCune pitched for the businessmen. The High School scored most in the second inning. Businessmen hitters included Stull Wright and McCune.
Interclass spelling matches began April 23 with Freshmen versus Sophomores, Sophomores won. April 30 saw Juniors versus Seniors, Seniors won. May 7 brings the final round between Seniors and Sophomores with schools names Beatrice Fanning Gladys Highland Alberta Folkers Hazel Geer Faye Gaisford Clarence Sixel Opal Hill Geneva Shanks Mina Benjamin Howard Stotts.
Mr Reed marks stakes to space cars in the school alley as students park to laws. The arrangement keeps the alley passable while cars are parked at a set distance.
In one room the first grade tears out freehand domestic animals while the second grade cuts freehand pictures showing activities of the days of the week. Pupils enjoy a box of pussy-willow buds sent to Bobby Green by his aunt in Wisconsin.
The school will hold a morning final between the Senior and Sophomore trios, a singing assembly, and a May 14 program featuring the Junior orchestra.
In a Yellowstone lobby I read a Diller Record from Diller Nebraska with 1926 class of '26 names, marriages, travels and notices. It covers Stotts touring actors, a Spanish dancer, a Mexico trip president bid, Near East Relief lecture, local injuries, teachers in Rolls Royce, fur company moves, a 1926 marriage, class ads, and alumni updates.
The Senior class plans a performance of Wilkins The District Attorney tonight in the opera house. The play blends humor with a moral plot as students cope with final weeks of school and summer ahead.
Mr. Woellner a Beatrice school music teacher travels to Diller each Saturday to give instrument lessons and will continue while pupil numbers cover the trip cost. The Junior-Senior banquet is reported on page five.
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