Memorial Day Observance at Diller Opera House
Memorial and Decoration Day will be observed at Diller with a program at the opera house starting at two o clock. Graves in Prairie Home Cemetery will be decorated after the Rand Concert. Community singing led by Mre Clarence Steffen. Invocation Rev H H Pyche. Reading The Graves of Our Lead by Verne Hobka. Address by Rev W H Clark. Vocal solo Sing a While Longer by Ann Mari Jacobs. Benediction Rev L J Wolff. Those interested should bring flowers and meet at the town hall Wednesday afternoon to form wreaths.
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Diller
Opera House
Prairie Home Cemetery
Rev. W. H. Clark
Ann Mari Jacobs
Brothers Illness Spurs Senior to Idaho Trip
Theodore Senior departs from Fairbury on Monday evening via Union Pacific to Ashton Idaho after a message from his brothers Ben and Rudolph about their illness. Neighbors have been tending the crops for the brothers awhile.
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Theodore Senior
Fairbury
Union Pacific
Ashton
Idaho
Ben
Rudolph
Lichty residence sold for 185 dollars on Kelley Street
John Steiner bought the old Lichty residence one block west of Main Street on Kelley Street from Mrs Nellie Lichty and her husband George for 185 dollars. Roy Casper, the current resident, buys the same property on contract.
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John Steiner
Nellie Lichty
Husvaod
George
Lichty
Main Street
Kelley Street
Roy Casper
Rainy week boosts grain prospects in local vicinity
Two recent rains totaling 1.20 inches for the week benefited small grain in the area. A slow rain of 0.85 inches last Saturday followed by 0.85 inches on Monday evening improved prospects for a bumper crop.
Mrs Hudson Confined in North Platte Hospital
Mrs Harry Hudson of Grant Nebraska wife of Haze Fisher is confined to bed at St Elizabeths hospital in North Platte Nebraska. She is reported to be recovering from a serious illness and is the daughter of Governor Fisher of this place.
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Harry Hudson
Haze Fisher
Grant
Nebraska
St. Elizabeths Hospital
North Platte
Nebr
Hudson
Gov. Fisher
Preacher Exchange at Endicott Church Next Sunday
Rev. E S Rogers of Lincoln State University and Endicott church will exchange pulpits with Rev. W H Clark Sunday evening, offering congregations a chance to hear a different preacher.
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E.S. Rogers
Lincoln State University
Endicott Church
W. H. Clark
Paper to Print Early Next Week for Decoration Day
The Record will publish earlier next week so Decoration Day can be observed by publishers. Citizens are urged to submit items for the paper as early as possible in the coming week.
Harvest Haulers Ready as Jake Lottman Purchases Ford Truck
Jake Lottman buys a three fourths ton Ford pickup fitted with a grain tight box, prepared for the expected harvest in the area this year.
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Jake Lottman
Wells Andrews Traps Seven Coyotes From Ground Nest
Wells Andrews captured seven coyotes last Sunday by digging the animals from their ground nest. Reports from exchanges indicate a difficult period for pups and newborn wolves.
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Wells Andrews
County Attorney Raion Files Tax For Closure Suits
County Attorney Frank M. Raion has filed tax foreclosure suits against properties in Diller Reynolds Endicott and Jansen. Thirteen properties in Diller are affected.
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Frank M. Raion
Diller
Reynolds
Endicott
Jansen
Birth of a Daughter for Mr and Mrs Foreman Fielder
Luella Findling born to Ellis and family Tuesday morning May 21 weighing ten pounds with Dr Pease in attendance.
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Foreman Fielder
Luella Findling
Ellis
Dr. Pease
WPA Service Week Opens With Banquet in Diller
The Profession al Service Division of Diller celebrated This Work Pays Your Community Week with a banquet on Monday May 20 at the Recreation Hall. About 145 attended as Miss Ann Mari Jacobs and Mrs. Jacobs sang three solos with Cleo Green, and Mrs. Ray Green led community singing. Mrs. Scott Muller outlined the three Works Projects Administration projects in Diller Library Adult Education and Recreation. The public is welcome to visit these projects though a thunder storm blocked a planned radio address by Mrs. Roosevelt.
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Diller
Recreation Hall
Methodist and Congregational Church
Ann Mari Jacobs
Jacobs
Cleo Green
Ray Green
Scott Muller
Works Projects Administration
Roosevelt
Gale of Aberdeen Nominated for State Representative
Carl A. Gale of Aberdeen Brown County South Dakota former Diller resident enters politics as gray hair appears He won the recent primary nomination by a large vote and has lived in Brown County for thirty two years Diller friends will boast for him anyway
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Carl A. Gale
Aberdeen
Brown County
South Dakota
Diller
Carl
Ludingtons Attend Big Six Track Meet Then Fish
Supt and Mrs Carl Ludington attended the Big Six track meet in Lincoln on Saturday morning and spent Sunday in Syracuse with Mr and Mrs Ludingtons parents. They later visited Barnes on Tuesday and Wednesday with Willis Ludington and his wife. The brothers fished and reported forty pounds of fish yesterday including the croppie limit. They returned home Wednesday evening sunburned and brown.
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Carl Ludington
Lincoln
Syracuse
Barnes
Willis Ludington
Ludington
Lincoln Visitors Spend Tuesday With Family and Shopping
Mrs Clarence Steffen and Mrs Clarence Renz visited Lincoln Tuesday in the former's car. Mrs Steffen and Mrs Miller attended a conference of 4th Dist NFWC workers at the YWCA. Mrs Renz visited with her brother Carl. There was light shopping for all.
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Clarence Steffen
Clarence Renz
Scott Miller
Marilyn
Gloria
Lincoln
Steffen
Miller
4Th Dist
F. W.C
Y.W.C
Renz
Carl
Cours
Miss Eunice Henrichs to Visit Diller Parents Next Week
Miss Eunice Henrichs R N is expected to arrive at Diller next week to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Henrichs and other relatives. She has not been home for about a year and is employed at the General Hospital in Merced California about one hundred miles southeast of San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Eunice Henrichs
R. N
Diller
Fred Henrichs
Miss Eunice
General Hospital
Merced
California
San Francisco
Mother and Daughter Tea by Diller Woman's Club
The Diller Woman's Club hosts a Mother and Daughter Tea on Tuesday May 28 1940 at 2 30 PM. at the Methodist church Mrs R Hubka leads the program. All mothers and daughters are invited to attend.
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Diller Woman’s Club
R. Hubka
Stores Close On Decoration Day At 10 A M
The undersigned stores will close at ten o'clock A M on Decoration Day and remain closed the balance of the day. Allen's Store Farmer's Store Long's Store Hughes's Store.
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Allen’s
Farmer’s
Long’s
Hughe
Lottmans Attend Funeral of Mrs Doutherty
Mr and Mrs Arnold Lottman went to Steele City on Sunday to attend the funeral of Arnolds wifes grandmother Mrs Doutherty.
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Arnold Lottman
Steele City
Doutherty
Quiet Close Of Diller School Year With Honors
Diller marks end of term with ten seniors receiving diplomas from Board member Lester Schmadeke and ten eighth graders promoted to high school. Superintendent Ludington presents honor certificates and schol arship awards while six students earn top averages. Robert Duis wins Regents Scholarship covering all University of Nebraska fees. Jean Bond earns State Teachers College scholarship. Carolyn Clark selects church college scholarship.
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Diller
Schol House Hill
Lester Schmadeke
Board of Education
George
Diller School
Ludington
Jean Bond
Petty Clark
Arlen Roseman
State Teachers College
Carolynou Clark
Church College
Out Of Town Visitors Attend Commencement at Opera House
Among guests from away at the Thursday night commencement exercises were Mr and Mrs Will Weigel and Mrs Col Hiatt of Beatrice Mr and Mrs Eugene Diller Mrs Bernice Creekmar and Harry Welton of Fairbury Mr and Mrs H Diller and Mr and Mrs Pearl Diller Russell Lowell of Lincoln Mr and Mrs P A Duis of Steele City Lawrence Weigel Mrs Elizabeth Folkers Bruner and Miss Alberta Folkers of Peoria Sil L Bond wife and daughter of Eldorado Kansas
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Opera House
Will Weigel
Col. Hiatt
Beatrice
Eugene Diller
Bernice Creekmar
Harry Welton
Fairbury
H. Diller
Pearl Diller
Russell Lowell
Lincoln
P. A. Duis
Steele City
Lawrence Weigel
Elizabeth (Folkers) Bruner
Alberta Folkers
Peoria
Sil
Charley Cullys Plowing Accident Leaves Collar Bone Broken
Charley Cully suffered a broken left collar bone when a rock struck the plow and threw him from the team while plowing at his hog lot last Thursday. The fracture was set at Odell hospital and he was sent home to recover, reported to be progressing well.
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Chas. Cully
Charley
Odell Hospital
Mrs. Mollie Riddie Returns From Grenola Visit
Mrs. Mollie Riddie arrived on the early train today after a two week visit with her sister in law and family at Grenola Kansas.
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Mollie Riddie
Grenole
Kansas
Graduating Class of 1940 Smallest in Twenty Years
The Diller High School class of 1940 numbered ten students eight girls and two boys, the smallest since 1920 when nine students graduated. Despite small size sixty percent averaged 90 or above and members excelled in athletics music oratory dramatics and academics with three scholarships awarded including a Regents.
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Bernice Anderson
Iva Pospisil
Beulah Thompson
Helen Green
Leotta McCreight
Lelia Hedley
Walter Hansop
Ernest Pospisil
Everett Clark
Loyd Callander
Carroll Diller
Harold Hutchinson
John Hilde
Raleigh Bell
Florence Mann
Isabelle Fouts
Mary Richardson
Nellie Green
Diller High School
Chas Waggoner Reappointed Ambassador to Ak-Sar-Ben
Announcement states Chas E Waggoner has been named ambassador to the Ak-Sar-Ben community of Diller. Ak-Sar-Ben hosts a big race meet from May 28 to July 6 with electric starting gate. Den shows begin June 10 and run six Mondays in July. Free entry for out of Omaha residents, plus buffet supper and dancing. Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock and Horse Show runs October 6 to 12.
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Chas. E. Waggoner
Ak-Sar-Ben
Diller
Omaha
Four H Club Week Drives Nebraska Youth Celebration
The twenty fifth annual Club Week will be held June 3 to 8 at the College of Agricultural Campus in Lincoln with several hundred youths and local leaders expected to attend. Jefferson county will be represented by Marjorie Pless Gladstone Darrel Beckwith Wellington Dean Stanley Diller and Edmund Wrigley Phyllis Dawson and Barbara Fairley from Fairbury.
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Nebraska
College of Agricultural
Lincoln
County Agricultural Avent
Jefferson County
Marjorie Pless
Gladstone
Darrel Beckwith
Wellington Dean
Stanley Diller
Edmund Wrigley
Diller
Phyllis Dawson
Barbara Fairley
Fairbury
Booklovers Club to Meet for Lady with Jade Review
The Booklover's Club meets Tuesday June 4 with Mrs. O J Mayborn as reviewer. Mrs Scott Miller will discuss Lady with Jade by Margaret Mack ral Mackay. Mackay is a Nebraska native living in China with a hotel manager husband. Public invitation extended.
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Booklover’s Club
O. J. Mayborn Tueday
Scott Miller
Margaret Mackral Mackay
Used Car Ad From H. B. Riley Motor Company
Readers looking for a pre owned vehicle can check the H. B. Riley Motor Company advertisement on page four offering used cars for sale. The listing promises variety and potential deals from a local dealer.
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H. B. Riley Motor Company
Spirit Apple Tree Tall Tale From 1925 Picnic
Nebraska WPA researchers report a 1925 incident where older boys and parents argued over alleged liquor access after a fruit tree revealed a buried whiskey barrel. A local court sent a citizen committee to inspect the orchard and recover the barrel found with a thick oily liquid.
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Arias
Nebraska Writers’ Project Wpa
O'Neill
Calamus River
Jefferson County farm women plan windbreaks from corn or sorghum
Garden windbreaks will shield gardens from hot drying winds this summer. Two or three rows of corn or tall sorghum provide temporary protection, while early protection warrants permanent plantings of small trees or shrubs. Cedars six to eight feet apart offer strong shelter, with Caragana and choke cherry as suitable shrubs.
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Jefferson County
Jeff. Co. Ag. Assn
Obituary of Gerhard Koch of Lanham at 74
Gerhard Koch died Friday night at his Lanham home after a brief illness. Survived by widow and three sons Albert Diller Edward Odell Herman Beatrice, and brother H H Koch of Odell. Died at 74, born in Germany, married 1883. Funeral Monday at St John’s Lutheran Church with Rev Otto Qelke. burial Lanham Cemetery. Weggoner Brothers funeral service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerhard Koch
Lanham
Albert
Diller
Edward
Odell
Herman
Beatrice
H.H. Koch
Koch
Germany
St John’s Lutheran Church
Otto K.qelke
Lanham Cemetery
Weggoner Brothers
Eliza J Doutherty Dies At 88 In Steele City
Eliza J Doutherty of Steele City died Friday at her daughter Grace Goldsberrys home at age 88 years 1 month and 9 days she had been an invalid for years. The Presbyterian church service at Steele City was led by Rev RL Williams with interment in Steele City cemetery at Waggoner Brothers funeral services.
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Eliza J. Doutherty
Steele City
Grace Goldsberry
Presbyterian Church
RL. Williams
Waggoner Brothers Funeral Services
Dr and Mrs Pease Visit Omaha Lest Friday
Dr and Mrs Pease were Omaha visitors last Friday, stopping briefly in the city during a wider trip. The report notes their presence without detailing purpose or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pease
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Rand
Mre
H. H. Pyche
Verne Hobka
Benediction
L. J. Wolff
WPA
School House Hill
Chas Waggoner
Booklovers Club
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