Baccalaureate Service for Class of 1939 DHS
The baccalaureate service for the Class of 1939 DHS will be held at the Congregational Church Sunday evening May 14 at 8 oclock. Processional Flossie Raymond. Invocation abide With Me. Congregation solo Bless This House Freddie Drexler saxophone duet Lead Kindly Light. Sermon Rev H H Pyche. Girls sextet Into Thy Loving Care. Song Softly Now the Light of Day Congregation. Benediction Recessional by Flossie Raymond.
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Congregational Church
Mrs Sparkes Returns to Diller Home for Summer
Mrs Carrie Sparkes comes back to her Diller home from Fairbury on Monday with daughter Mrs Hattie Diller aiding in settling the house for regular occupancy. Another daughter Mrs Nellie Miller is expected from California to spend the summer with her mother.
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Carrie Sparkes
Tn Diller
Fairbury
Hattie Diller
Nellie Miller
California
Will Fox Nearing Release After Severe Burns
Heard his daughter say Tuesday that Will Fox, confined to a Superior hospital since a severe burn while burning off the Burlington right of way near Hardy, is expected to walk outdoors this week, a sign of improvement.
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Will Fox
Superior
Burlington
Hardy
Bowen in Our Town Play at Peru May 24
Gerald Bowen a son of Mr and Mrs M C Bowen and a student at State Teachers College Peru has been chosen as one of the principal characters in the play Our Town to be presented May 24 at Peru The production features nine principal roles and 26 minor parts.
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Gerald Bowen
M. C. Bowen
State Teachers College At
Peru
Our Town
Memorial Day Plans in Diller for Observance
Memorial Day plans are under way in Diller with a program at the opera house in the afternoon followed by decoration of soldiers graves at the cemetery.
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Diller
Opera House
Commencement Exercises for Class of 1989 Planned
Commencement exercises for the class of 1989 will be held next Thursday evening at the opera house. A class of twenty four will receive their diplomas twelve girls and twelve boys.
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Opera House
Phytician Sisters Banquet Attended by Allen Family
Mrs Harry Allen and her daughter Norma Lee attended the Phytician Sisters banquet in Steele City last Saturday evening as guests of Mrs Kersting of Steele City.
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Harry Allen
Norma Lee
Phytician Sisters
Steele City
Kersting
Steffensmeyers Visit Father with New Buick
Mr and Mrs W C Steffensmeyer of Lincoln and Oliver Diehl of Beatrice spent Sunday with their father Dr C Diehl. The Steffensmeyers were driving a brand new Buick sedan.
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W. C. Steffensmeyer
Lincoln
Oliver Diehl
Beatrice
Dr. C. Diehl
Steffensmeyers
Mrs Edward Saathoff Funds Novel Glass Bottles Border Beds
Mrs Edward Saathoff proposes a new flower bed border using glass bottles along the border of her home across from the ball park. The unusual arrangement draws attention to the residence near the park.
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Edward Saathoff
Ball Park
Harry Green Convalesces at Son Rex Green’s Home
Harry Green is convalescing at the home of his son Rex Green and family after a recent illness. He is reported to be getting along nicely.
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Harry Green
Rex Green
Harry
Fairbury Ladies Visit Miss Diller Relative In Town
Mrs S H Diller and Mrs Kesterson formerly Miss Hoops of Fairbury visited Miss Fannie Diller on Tuesday in town.
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S. H. Diller
Kesterson
Miss Hoops
Fairbury
Fannie Diller
Senior Class Play Attendance Noted for Fairbury Couple
Mr and Mrs Russell McCreight of Fairbury attended the senior class play here last night with other local residents. The report highlights community turnout and the event’s staging.
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Russell McCreight
Fairbury
Bang Up Fishing Hole At Sutherland Reservoir
Harold Bowers and family describe the Sutherland reservoir as the swellest fishing spot with 308 cars at the parking area. They report northern pike up to 114 lbs and 32 inches, a 30 in long 10 lb catch, many pike around 25 inches and 5 to 6 pounds, plus walleye and bass varieties. No cats?
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Harold Bowers
Sutherland
Nebraska
Sutherland Resevoir
Harold
James Pickard
Reseroir
Viers Family Visit Includes Colt Injury
Mr and Mrs Frank Viers of Superior visited from Saturday to Monday at the home of their brother and sister Dr and Mrs S B Viers. The siblings enjoy gatherings though Dee was kicked on the leg by a colt Saturday morning. Hot packs were used to ease the affected areas.
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Frank Viers
Superior
S. B. Viers
Dee
Village Council Holds Organizational Meeting
The new Village Council met last Monday evening to organize. John Steiner was reelected chairman with H H Green as treasurer and Chas E Waggoner as clerk. Committee appointments and other officers were not announced. Board members include J D Steiner E E McCune John Clauson W E Anderson and O R Geer.
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John Steiner
H H Green
Chas. E. Waggoner
J. D. Steiner
E. E. McCune
John Clauson
W. E. Anderson
O. R. Geer
Diller Aboard for San Francisco Mission of DOJ Officials
Robert Diller arrived from Washington D C Monday for a short visit with his father J S Diller and other family members. He left Tuesday for San Francisco where he and two other representatives of the Federal Department of Justice will spend a couple of months on a mission of investigation.
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Robert Diller
Washington D.C
J. S. Diller
San Francisco
Federal Department of Justice
Death of Mrs Sophia H Johnson Giles at Fontanelle
Mrs Sophia H Johnson Giles dies in Fontanelle Iowa February 22 1939 at age 63 years 5 months She operated a dress making business with Mrs Dora Wohlfarth for several years.
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Sophia H. Johnson Giles
Fontanelle
Iowa
Giles
Dora Wohlfarth
Blauser vows to end carrying gloom over tax blanks
G C Blauser says he will stop hauling his black case of gloom next week as he completes the assessment blanks. He claims to have nailed almost all taxpayers in the area, and some who are not.
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G. C. Blauser
Frank Grabber Builds Basement for Brother’s New Home
Frank Grabber has been working this week at his brother George’s home northeast of town. The crew has prepared the farm basement and foundation for the new residence and expects to pour concrete tomorrow.
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Frank Grabber
George
Bell Family Visit From Kansas City Shades Diller Scene
Jack Bell and his wife visited Diller with Bells and the relatives from Kansas City. They traveled with eight Bell family members including Mr. and Mrs. H Bell and the parents on the northern side of the state in an extended family gathering.
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Jack Bell
Kansas City
Mrs. H. Bell
Diller
Teachers Take Beatrice Sightseeing Trip
Miss Sylvia Sible a Dist. 66 teacher north of town led students on a sightseeing trip to Beatrice today. Miss Erma Sible from Diller school made a similar trip last week.
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Sylvia Sible
Dist
Town
Beatrice
Erma Sible
Diller School
Nider Family Sees Nieces Shine in Senior Play
Mr and Mrs Wm Nider and Mr and Mrs John Nider of Jansen attended last night to watch their nieces Lucille and Maxine Nider perform in the cast of the senior play.
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Wm. Nider
John Nider
Jansen
Lucille
Maxine Nider
Bristol Visits Father Confined by Stroke in Beatrice
Ab Bristol traveled from Minneola Kansas to Beatrice this week to visit his father James Bristol who has been bedridden after a stroke several weeks ago.
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Ab. Bristol
Minneola
Kansas
James Bristol
Beatrice
Educational Day Brings Rural Schools to Diller
A favorable Educational Day drew eleven rural districts to Diller for a morning program at the schoolhouse followed by a park lunch band concert and rural athletics. Dist 66 led with 1942 points, Dist 14 second with 1377, and Dist 74 third with 1104. Dist 89 earned honorable mention with 695 points.
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Diller
Grefers
Kieth Hudson
Mise Krebs
Misa Hansmire
Mise Barta
Mise Sible
Mise Schroll
Miss Wenz
Mise Novotny
Miss Fanders
Miss Long
Miss Roeifs
Navy Son Writes Home From Brooklyn Yard
Mrs. James Pickard shares a letter from her son William E. Bowers in the U S Navy. He serves on the USS Seattle at the Brooklyn navy yard as Master of Arms, mustering forty men twice daily and keeping the ship clean. He hopes to transfer to the USS Anderson by May 19 and notes six thousand sailors on liberty near the yard. He attended the Burns Gracie Allen show on Friday night April 28 and asks if anyone from the West will visit the World’s Fair. His address reads Fire Control 1C USS Seattle Brooklyn NY.
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James Pickard
Navy
Wm. E. Bowers
Bill
Seattle
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Will
Gracie Allen
Fire Control
Uss
Brooklyn
New York
Caldwell house project and local notices in Steele City region
The report notes Onka Franzen seen at Box's Cafe and mentions John Reents farming east of Steele City planning a new four room house after a fire last fall. Reents, 89, aims to rebuild on the John Reents place as children offer help though he wishes to live alone. Elsie Franzen returns from Omaha and works at the Morgan stall, living with Onka Franzen and his wife.
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Onka Franzen
Box
Qonoke
Caldwell
von Barner
John Reents
Steele City
Reents
Elsie Franzen
Omaha
Morgan Stal
Onka
Applications Pour Into Citizens' Military Training Camps
More than five thousand young men have applied for attendance at CMTC camps in the Seventh Corps Area this summer. Applicants aged 17 to 24 in good physical condition may enter the first year of basic course and must apply at once to the CMTC Officer at the Federal Office Building in Omaha Nebraska before the recruiting campaign closes.
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Seventh Corps
CMTC
Federal
Omaha
Nebraska
Death of Mrs Sally Kelley noted in letter home
A Kansas couple, Mr and Mrs Gus Kelley of McDonald, report the death of Mrs Sally Kelley widow of D. R. Kelley at her Chrisney Indiana home on May 1 1939. Funeral held May 3. Survived by sister niece and distant relatives. The letter recounts their two day 99.8 mile eastward trip revealing crop conditions and regional travel notes.
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Gus Kelley
Chrisney
Indiana
McDonald
Kansas
Sally Kelley
D. R. Kelley
K. C. Mo
Topeka
Illinois
Missouri
St. Louis
Mississippi
Kansas Cities
Ohio River
J. A. Kelley
Chas Waggoner’s Chevrolet Coach Becomes Ambulance
Chas Waggoner has arranged a new Chevrolet coach for use as an ambulance. The vehicle will serve in medical transportation duties, reflecting a boost to local emergency services.
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Chas. Waggoner
DHS Tracksters Sweep Beatrice Meet With Seven State Qualifiers
Beatrice hosted a high school track meet where Lincoln won Group 2 and Diller led Group 1 with seven event counters. DHS athletes Eller Nicholson Diller Lottman Fry Thompson Green Colman qualified for the state meet at Lincoln, after wins in the 100 and 440 dashes and the 880 yard relay.
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Beatrice
Lincoln Daily
Ludington
DHS
Lincoln
Diller
Promone
Tee
Friend
Robert Fry
Roger Diller
Fry
Lottman
Miller
Table Rock
Davidson
Alexandria
Bill Nicholson
Harold Lottman
Edgar
Wilber
Nicholson
Spider of Wilber
Robert Thompson
Lloyd Green
Clyde Colman
Frank Gerwick Dead After Apparent Suicide
Frank Gerwick, 38, a farmer north of Odell, was found hanging in a tool shed at his home Monday evening. He is survived by his wife and three sons. Funeral services were held at the Christian church in Odell this Thursday afternoon.
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Frank Gerwick
Odell
Christian Church
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Flossie Raymond
Freddie Drexler
H. H. Pyche
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