Take It Easy at Diller High School Play
The senior class presented a three act comedy Take It Easy at the Diller Opera House on May 16 to a full house. Receipts reached 85 dollars. Performances starred Marilyn Miller Mary Lou Thompson Richard Steffen Wayne Stephens Dwight Weigel and others under Mrs. Carl Ludington. A cast member performed despite a nosebleed as Detective Beagle traced the action in a domestic setting with Mrs Imanda Highgate and her daughter Nancy.
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Diller High School
Diller
Greas
Carl Ludington
Beagle
Imanda Highgate
Marilyn Miller
Nancy Highgate
Mary Lou Thompson
Tom Lawrence
Nancy
Richard Steffenson Torrence
Richard Schouelle John
Florence
Wayne Stephens
Maid
Denice Anderson
Philip
Butler
Alvin Negus
Mary the Cook
Elaine Champ Arthur
Yard Boy
Stanley Ahrends
Beagle Jones
Dwight Weigel
Calvin Negus
Eldon Fanders Properties
Dim
Doris Wolken
Miss McQuitty
Miss Thorngate
Class Prophecy of Ten Years Ago Not Holding True
May 17 1934 commencement marked a different future for 14 seniors in May 1944. Four boys serve in the army and four girls have husbands in the armed forces. All are married and seven have children. Listed are Helen Fasnacht Eggenberger Denver Elmer Garrels Kathryo Hirrits Eleanor Henrichs Lea Joho Henriche Katheryo Johosdo Viola Krebs Smith Zerelda Kuper Pusey Orlyo Sasse Ruth Stahl Loth Keith Waggoner Leonard Wiemers Sgt Max Thompson visited home from Bruning Army Air Base. Mrs J A Pickard received a Christmas pillow top from Alaska and New Zealand books sent by CFO William Bowers from California.
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Helen Fasnacht Eggenberger
Denver
Colo
Elmer Garrels
England
Gilbert:Garrels
Army At Sea
Cleo Green Potter
Diller
Kathryo Hirrits
Rivert
Beatrice
Eleanor “Henrichs Lea
Fairbury
Joho Henriche
Katheryo’Johosdo
Upoff
Viola Krebs
Smith
Janser- Zerelda Kuper Pusey
Colorado Springs
Orlyo Sasse
J. A. Pickard
Alaska
New Zealand
William Bowers
California
Mothers Day Joy For Mrs Robert Upson From Family
Mrs Robert Upson was made very happy on Mother's Day by telephone greetings from her son Dr Robert W Upson his wife and daughters Barbara Ann and Martha Jane of Wilmington Delaware and from her daughter Mrs Frederick K Barber and her husband of Evanston Illinois The Barbers announced the arrival of a grandson named Stephen Mrs Upson also heard from her son MSgt Chester Upson and his wife of Monmouth New Jersey and a friend who has adopted her and sends greetings annually on Mother's Day.
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Robert Upson
Robert W. Upson
Barbara Ann
Martha Jane
Wilmington
Delaware
Frederick K. Barber
Evanston
Illinois
Barber
Upsons
Stephen
Upson
Msgt
Chester Upson
Monmouth
New Jersey
Farm Purchase Near Diller Records $5000 Consideration
Arnold Diekman purchased from Mrs. Anna Wright via S. C. Hutchinson a 77 acre farm northeast of Diller. Consideration stated as $5,000.
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Arnold Diekman
Anna Wright
S. C. Hutchinson
Diller
Hospitalization and staffing changes in Lincoln area
Mrs. Frank Roseman Jr. was taken to Bryan Memorial hospital in Lincoln for treatment Tuesday after a serious illness. Miss Flora Kissing is training at the Diller telephone office and expects to take over the work of Mrs. Chester Weaver who will quit June 1.
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Lincoln
Frank Roseman Jr
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Flora Kissing
Diller Telephone
Chester Weaver
Town appoints new marshal and water commissioner
New Marshal John Steiner was appointed marshal and water commissioner at a town board meeting last week. Henry Scheele now works at a Phillips 66 station. Ira Anderson sold his truck to Roy Geer and is now employed at the Cooper elevator.
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John Steiner
Henry Scheele
Phillips 66 Station
Ira Anderson
Roy Geer
Cooper Elevator
Boone aunt attends Senior Class play and graduation
Mrs. Paul Beckwith of Boone Iowa visits Saturday afternoon for the Senior Class play and graduation exercises. Her nephew Richard Steffen is a member of the graduating class.
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Paul Beckwith
Boone
Iowa
Richard Steffen
Beatrice Visit for Glenn Long Ill with Pneumonia
Mr and Mrs Ralph Long were called to Beatrice Saturday due to the illness of Glenn Long at his home with pneumonia They returned home Sunday Friends report he is improving rapidly Also note Car Lucking underwent an operation at Odell hospital Tuesday
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Ralph Long
Beatrice
Glenn Long
Car! Lucking
Odell Hospital
Mr Wm Glathar Sr Taken To Odell Hospital
Mr William Glathar Sr was taken to Odell hospital for treatment Sunday morning and is reported slowly improving at this writing.
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Wm. Glathar Sr
Odell Hospital
Women meet at Red Cross to make 500 dressings
Twenty three women gathered at Red Cross headquarters on Wednesday to produce over five hundred large 4x8 surgical dressings. Thirteen attendees belong to Hope Reformed Church near Harbine. They hope for cooler, more spacious quarters and plan future meetings in the ME church basement.
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Red Cross
Hope Reformed Church
Near Harbine
Forty Ninth Annual Commencement Exercises at Diller Public
The program lists processional, singing, and speeches for the ninety ninth annual commencement at Diller Public School on an April to May date in 1944. It features Richard Steffen, Vesta Thorngate, and Denice Anderson among others, with diplomas and honor certificates presented to the senior class and eighth grade graduates.
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Diller
Steen Diller
Anouse
Cei
Clegss
Peper
Richard Stephen
Ean
Crusaders
Denice Anderson
Richard Steffen
Vesta
Thorngate
L- Upson
Lissa
Fanders
Vents
Ludington
Miller
Sanat
Paes
Flossie Raymond
Bud Lottman Moves to Fort Ord and Overseas
Bud Lottman writes from Fort Ord California to Mrs Cavett that he is set to move this week to APOE for overseas duty. He notes lettuce farming in Salinas and his wife staying in Corvallis while awaiting his next posting. He fondly misses Nebraska and plans to send his new address once settled.
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Fort Ord Calif
Good Old
Nebraska
Bud Lottman
Anxious to Get Record Shoemaker Calif May 10 1944
Letter from Harry L. Allen S1c USN Ree Shoemaker California dated May 10 1944 explains a delayed address change and desire to receive the Record. He comments on pleasant weather, liberty to visit San Francisco and Oakland, limited work, and plans to visit Frisco soon.
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Shoemaker
Calif
San Francisco
Oakland
Frisco
Harry L. Allen
U S.N. Ree
Bar
Diller Enlists in Enlisted Reserve Corps at Fort Crook
Stanley Diller passed Army Navy Qualification exams nationwide on March 15 and enlisted in the Enlisted Reserve Corps. He was sworn in at Fort Crook, will depart in early June, and will receive nine months of college work before turning 18.
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Stanley Diller
Army
Fort Crook
Robert Stephens as Supper Guest of Robert Fry
Robert Stephens planned to enter military service soon and attended a supper hosted by his friend Robert Fry last Tuesday.
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Robert Stephens
Robert Fry
Mrs Norman Malchow Receives Telegram on Husband Overseas
Mrs Norman Malchow has received a telegram confirming her husband has arrived safely somewhere overseas.
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Norman Malchow
Obituary of Gladdus Maude Davis from Illinois to Nebraska
Gladdus Maude Davis born June 8 1873 in Ogle County Illinois moved with her parents to Beatrice Nebraska as a child. She married Harry T F Davis on October 20 1894 and had four daughters. Her husband died in 1907 and she died May 8 1944 after years of illness. She belonged to Eastern Star and Cheerful Workers Club and cared for neighbors as a nurse in earlier life. She is survived by daughters a sister grandchildren great grandchildren nieces nephews and friends.
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Gladdus Maude Lillie
Jacob
Marie Lillie
Ogle County
Illinois
Trinity Lutheran Church
Beatrice
Ellis
Harry T. F. Davis
Hazil Patton
Olathe
Colorado
Ruth Bloom
Missoula
Montana
Elizabeth Nelson
Eilis
Nebraska
Faye Thompson
Hastings
Eastern Star Lodge
Cheerful Workers Club
Stella Reynolds
Fairbury
She Is Just Away by James Whitcomb Riley
A nostalgic verse by James Whitcomb Riley reflects on absence not death urging readers to picture a loved one lingering in a distant land. The poem comforts by urging continuity of affection and memory across distance and time.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Funeral Services for Mee Gladdus Lillie Davis
Funeral services were held at Ellis Methodist Church on May 18 1944 at 230 PM. Burial followed in Evergreen Home cemetery Beatrice with Harmony Johnson Funeral Home in charge. The Diller Ladies Quartet sang Lead Kindly Light and Abide With Me Mrs Mary Cully sang In the Gardens Miss Raymond accompanied them Reverend John M Friday officiated and gave a brief address from John 14 1. At service end Mrs Friday played Going Home Paulbearers were Mesera Henry Bartlett Ca Hemphill Wi Hemphill Fred Leonard Mathias and Charles Nickeson.
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Mee
Gladdus Lillie Davis
Ellis Methodist Church
Evergreen Home Cemetery
Beatrice
Harmony Johnson
Davis
Friday
Mesera Henry Bartlett
Ca Hemphill
Wi Hemphill
Fred
Leonard
Mathias
Charles Nickeson
Lumber Wagon Arrives at Geer Lumber Yard
A carload of Washington Fir lumber was unloaded at the Geer Lumber yard in the latest shipment, marking a steady flow of timber into the local supply chain.
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Geer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sgt
Max Thompson
Army Air Base
Bruning
Harry Thompson
Howe
Jessie-Raymond
Spehr Tanley
Elaine Champ Seaniire
Elaine Champ
Eldon Fanders
Richard Garrels
William Hiatt
Joyce Johnson
Donald Roelfs
Richard Schnuelle
Mary Leu Thompson
Clase
Blue
Mavis Holle
Dona Jean Folkers
Faye Garrels
Vesta Thorngate
Mra Mae Hiaittary McQuitty
Henrietta Ludington
Lissa Fanders
Edith Collins
J. Smith Diller
Pres
Herman Stahl
Treas
D.V. Fanders
Sec’y
R. L. Upson
Pote
Bud
Gladdus Maude Davis
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