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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
4
Rev W F Clark leads Sunday school at 10 with public worship at 11 featuring A Definition of Religion. A 7 15 pm Young Peoples meeting reviews the life of Jesus followed by an 8 pm sermon A Message from a Brook and vacation plans discussed.
Iva M Innis pastor announces motto not a duty but a privilege. Sunday school convenes at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m reflecting church schedule and spiritual emphasis.
The third quarterly conference meeting will convene at the church at eight o'clock Saturday evening. Reports from all departments should be ready for reading. The official board should be present for important business regarding improvements. Dr. J. R. Gettys will preach and administer the Lord's Supper next Sunday morning. The pastor preaches at eight in the evening on God's Protection for His Saints. A May 27 election will select one delegate and one reserve delegate for the lay-electoral conference in Lincoln in September.
School notes show per room attendance, top averages, and perfect attendance in the Grammar and Intermediate rooms. High School reports detail a Domestic Science club event with Womans Club guests, a Measles absence, a Juniors-Seniors reception, banquet, senior baccalaureate program, and commencement exercises at the Opera House.
A high school program featured a processional and invocation by Rev Mrs Innis a salutatory by Imogene Geer a class prophecy by Lilly Hutchinson and piano duet by Moskowski and Pearl Diller. Superintendent Morton presided as diplomas were presented by V W Linch and Beatrice Farewell led the farewell song.
The class lists names Verna Marie Murray Violet Lucile Grone Pearl Imogene Geer Ross C. Hays Ida Alice Specht Lilly Hutchinson Edith L Patton Ethel Marie Ellis Veda Mae Cavett Nic V. Anderson Oliver R. Diehl Edith Elizabeth Greider Harold B. McCreight Mildred Evelyn Tucker and colors Blue and White with motto Excelsior. Fred E. Dubrkop Julia Inez Specht Ray G. Eick listed among emblems.
With aim and efforts, purpose firm, we reached the goal we sought. The athletic season was very successful and the athletic club shows a fair sized surplus to be used next year. Money received and expenses are listed with a small balance of 21.47 dollars.
The Department of the Interior in Washington houses the world’s largest metal camera weighing about 7,000 pounds and occupying two rooms. It records a one yard square image and can be operated by electricity or manually, with focusing signaled electronically. Designed by A H Linsenmeyer of the Geological Survey.
Ten year old Mary Lavender at a San Antonio mission home gazed at a live doll held by a nurse. She asks when a baby boy weighing four and a half pounds could be given to her to play with. Authorities hold a man in jail on a statutory offense against the child-mother.
The article contrasts male and female lighting tastes, advising restraint in bright illumination. It recommends subdued dining room lighting with wax taper accents, and warns to tailor lights to guests needs for comfort, wakefulness, reading, or headaches while maintaining a cozy atmosphere.
We shall be glad to have you make our office your headquarters when in the County Seat. Fairbury Neb.
The article describes Tibetan musical instruments made from human remains including skull drums stretched with skin and a native trumpet carved from a thigh bone. It notes these grisly tools are used to produce melodies and rhythm in various regions.
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