Love Troubles Tommy lighting up Diller opera house
The senior class play Love Troubles Tommy drew full house at the Diller opera house on Tuesday night. Cast members including Tommy Stevens and Doris Davis delivered lively, well acted performances in a humorous look at prom life and formalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Diller Opera House
Tommy Stevens
Orville Krebs
Stevens
Betty Grabber
George
Harold Jones
Grandma
Esther Lamb
Sam Stevens
Verne
Diller State Track Finishes Cold and Wet Meet
Diller placed 13th at the state track meet in Lincoln on Saturday as Vern Hubka took second in the broad jump and Bob Murray finished fourth in the shot put. A relay exchange error shattered Diller's hopes for second in the event while officials paused for an hour as heavy rain drenched the grounds. The team lamented the cold start and the soggy second day.
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Diller
Lincoln
Vern Hubka
Bob Murray
O. L.webb
New Pastor Arrives for Lutheran Church Here
The Rev. Otto Spehr, a Chicago Lutheran Seminary graduate, was chosen as pastor of St Pauls Lutheran Church in Diller and will preach his first sermon Sunday May 23 at 11 a.m. He is the son of the pastor at the State Line church south of here. Rev Werner Welchert, a fellow graduate, will lead Lanham Nebras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Spehr
Chicago Lutheran Seminary
Maywood
Ill
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
Diller
State Line Church
Hre
Eyes Up Stairs Photo of Sgt Gordon Fanders
Aerial observer Sgt Gordon Fanders of a field artillery battalion is shown in a Yuma Arizona newspaper with the caption The Eyes Up Stairs. The Fanders family received the issue featuring the image of their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Arizona
Gordon Fanders
Sgt. Fanders
Library Hours Noted for Summer Weeks
The library announces summer hours ending May and continuing through August. Open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 2:30 to 5:00, with specific dates listed for the last week of May and the summer months June July August.
Scrap Drive Extended in Jefferson County to May 29
The Jefferson County scrap drive is extended one week due to rain and mud. C. C. Melander of Fairbury, county salvage chairman, says cans should be saved with other metal for sorting at the junk yards. D. V. Fanders is captain for Diller and vicinity. contact him with scrap.
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Jefferson County
C. C. Melander
Fairbury
County Salvage
D. V. Fanders
Diller and Vicinity
Harold Lottman in Florida Basic Training Letter Home
Pvt. Harold E. Lottman writes from Clearwater Florida detailing basic training life at Tent City then hotel comforts near the Gulf of Mexico. He notes passes till eleven o clock and time spent at Clearwater Beach while expressing homesickness for Nebraska and thanks for the Diller Record.
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Harold Lottman
Gulf Clearwater
Florida
Mrs. Cavett
Diller
Gulf of Mexico
Clearwater Beach
Clearwater
Gulf
Army O.K
Nebraska
Harold E. Lottman
Sqd
Forty Eighth Annual Commencement Exercises Held at Diller Public Schools
The 1943 Diller Public Schools commencement took place May 20 at 8:30 PM with speakers Rev. RD Hall and Supt Ludington. Graduates include Esther Lamb, Betty Grabber, Frederick Wrigley, Verne Hubka, Robert Hiatt, Bernice Goebel, Lois E. May, and Charles Waggoner. High School girls also appeared, with Rev RD Hall giving remarks.
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Flossie Raymond
RD. Hall
Betty Grabber
Frederick Wrigley
Esther Lamb
Senior Class Roster and Motto from Blue and Gold Years
The list names seniors: Garnet Barber Kenneth Barber Evelyn Behrends Bob Carver Wilmer Doerksen Allen Folkers Willard Engleman Betty Grabber Robert Hiatt Verne Hubke Harold Jones Orville Krebs Esther Lamb-Russe Madden Robert Murray Arlene Nider Dorothy Nider Margery Nippert Bette Novotny Mary McLaughlin Ogille Peters Dorothy Pingte Evelyn Renz Vernent James Snyder Milton Thomas Wilma Thompson Fred Wrigley Magdalene Webling Roe Patton Clarence Richardson Ray Renz. The class motto proclaims Only those are fit to live who are not afraid to die General MacArthur. Colors Blue and Gold Flower Red Carnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet Barber
Kenneth Barber
Evelyn Behrends
Bob Carver
Wilmer Doerksen
Allen Folkers
Willard Engleman
Betty Grabber
Robert Hiatt
Verne Hubke
Harold Jones
Orville Krebs
Esther Lamb —__ Russe! Madden
Robert Murray Arlene Nider
Dorothy Nider Margery Nippert Bette Novotny
Mary McLaughlin
Ogille Peters
Dorothy Pingte
Evelyn Renz
Vernent
James Snyder Milton Thomas Wilma Thompson
Fred Wrigley
Magdalene Webling
Roe Patton
Clarence Richardson
Ray Renz
General MacArthur
Eighth Grade Graduates Named at High School
Violet Anderson Keith Baker Dwaine Green Terrill Fasnacht are listed among the eighth grade graduates with High School Supt. Carl Ludington and Principal Lois May noted. Catherine Nutter Ruth Stoneman Vesta Thorngate appear as faculty names.
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Carl Ludington
Lois E. May
Catherine Nutter
Ruth Stoneman
Vesta Thorngate
Grade School Faculty Members Listed by Grades
The record names Mrs. Bernice Goebel as faculty for grades 7-8, Mrs. C. Hiatt for grades 4,5-6, and Flossie Raymond for grades 1,2,3, detailing assigned classrooms and grade duties.
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Bernice Goebel
C. Hiatt
Flossie Raymond
Board of Education Names Officers and Members
Mary J. Smith Diller is President with W. E. Anderson as Secretary and Herman Stahl as Treasurer. Charles Waggoner and Robert Upson serve on the board along with the listed officers.
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J. Smith Diller
Pres
W. E. Anderson
Sec
Herman Stahl
Treas
Charles Waggoner
Robert Upson
Memorial Sunday Observances And Grave Decorations Planned
Memorial Sunday will be observed by churches in a special way. The program will appear in the Record next week. Decoration of graves to be done Memorial afternoon. Wreaths to be made in city hall the Saturday prior.
Mother's Day Call Delights New York Mother
Mrs Viers in New York enjoyed a telephone call from her son Serenus of Buffalo. His clear voice made it seem he was near. Serenus reports recovery from a severe factory accident last fall and says he is well.
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New York
Viers
Serenus
Buffalo
Here On Leave Fred Miller Visits Clara Miller
Aviation radio man Fred Miller of the U S Navy arrives on leave at Jacksonville Florida to visit Clara Miller. He then heads to Norfolk Virginia to join a petrol bomber squadron.
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Fred Miller
Guenerio
U. S. Navy
Jackaenyi
Fla
Jupeni
Clara Miller
Monde
Norfolk
Baccalaureate Address by R L Pullen at Diller High
Baccalaureate services for Diller High School were held Sunday evening at the Methodist Church. All 32 seniors attended as packed churchgoers heard Robert L. Pullen, director of speech at Fairbury Junior College, offer advice for entering the wider world.
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Diller High School
Robert L. Pullen
Fairbury Junior College
Canning Sugar Registration Paused in Jefferson County
Jefferson county officials pause canning sugar registration after receiving word from the OPA to hold all orders. New directives are awaited as the local board awaits further guidance.
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Jefferson County
OPA
Cookies for USC Troops Prompt Local Bake Drive
Sixty dozen cookies were requested for the USC Cookie Jar at Fairbury but the Diller ladies sent 78 dozen. Mrs. Scott Miller chairs the drive and four dozen more will be delivered Saturday. The cookies are for soldiers from the Bruning army base and CPT Fairbury visiting USO rooms.
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USC
Fairbury
Diller
Scott Miller
Bruning Army Fair
CPT of
USO
Carl Ludington
A. A Eick
Joel Nippert
Herry Close
Theo. Henrichs
Harry Ahrends
Wedding Bells: Hoppe Renz Tie the Knot in Scribner
The marriage of Louie Hoppe and Faith Renz occurred Saturday afternoon in Scribner Nebraska with Rev Pyche officiating. Attendants were Marvin Hoppe and Irene Nispel. The bride taught at District School No 2 north of Jansen. The couple will reside on Mrs Franks Niders farm about 34 miles north of Jansen.
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Louie Hoppe
August H. Hoppe
Near
Jansen
Faith Renz
Clarence Renz
Diller
Scribner, Neb
Pyche
Marvin Hoppe
Irene Nispel
Plymouth
Frank Nider
Diller Girl Completes WAAC Basic Training and Heads to Texas
Jennie Long of Diller Nebraska completes basic WAAC training at the first Women Army Auxiliary Corps center and is selected for Administrative School specialized training in Commerce Texas. She will gain behind the lines duties freeing a soldier for combat. The Army lists over 100 WAAC cover jobs including bakers clerks draftboard workers library aides and clerical roles.
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Jennie Long
Diller
Nebr
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Training Center
Commerce
Texas
Army
Waacs
Ellison Couple Welcome Baby Boy in Steele City
Mr and Mrs Lester Ellison of Steele City announce the birth of a baby boy Saturday at Odell Hospital. Hope Benz is listed as a parent.
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Lester Ellison
Hope Benz
Steele City
Odell Hospital
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Hubka
Betty Stevens
Cecil Thompson
Doris Davis
Diller High
Margery Nippert
Janice
Betty
Dorothy Pingel
Roger Wilson
Gamma Delta
Clara
Dorothy Nider
Phil
Mrs. Nutter
Lutheran Church
Werner Welchert
Lanham, Nebr
Diller Public” Schools
Biller
Pera Bouse
Verne Hubka
R. D. Hall
Ees Cdecesesse
Ludington Ee
Rev. R. D. Hall
Odette
Invictus
Madrigal
Lois E,may
Ier Mya
Violet Anderson Keith Baker
Dwaine Green Terrill Fasnacht
Mary
R. L. Pullen
Renz-Hoppe
WAAC
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