Cal Waggoner Defending Champion Named for Nebraska Trap
Jimmy Robinson, sports editor of Minneapolis, reports Cal Waggoner of Diiler as defending champion for the Nebraska state trap shooting championships to be staged at Hastings June 6 7 and 8. Waggoner has won the Nebraska title several times and broke 197 of 200 to win last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Robinson
Minneapolis
Cal Waggoner
Diiler
Nebraska
Hastings
Waggoner
Whisker Club Plans Beatrice Booster Visit
A Beatrice Be Whisker Club caravan with a brass band and about 100 members stops on Main Street next Tuesday afternoon around 2 30 to promote the Homesteader Celebration in Beatrice scheduled for June 11 and 12 led by Mike Cruise the old fiddler.
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Diller
Mike Cruise
Old Fiddler
Beatrice Whisker Club
Main Street
Beatrice
Tea Party A Rural-Urban Social at City Hall
A rural urban Tea will be held at the Ditler city hall on Friday evening June 13. The event is sponsored by the Tripple A Auxiliaries of Newton Pleasant precincts in Jefferson county and Elm Glenwood Townships in Gage county. County committeemen and their wives are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditler
Tripple A Auxilaries
Newton
Pleasant
Jefferson
County
Elm
Glenwood
Gage
Real live two foot bull snake found in dining room
Mrs Henry Weaver residing across from Fred Clark's home found a real live two foot bull snake in her dining room on Monday while cleaning. The reptile had apparently crawled through an open door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Weaver
Fred Clark
Fisher Family Hails 90th Birthday in Diller
About forty relatives gathered at George Fisher’s home in Diller to celebrate his 90th birthday with a dinner prepared by Mary Green, his housekeeper, last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fisher
Diller
Mary Green
Mr. Fisher
Koepff of Daykin Herald Calls Record Office
Albert Koepff publisher of the Daykin Herald called at the Record office Tuesday afternoon to discuss newspaper matters.
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Albert Koepff
Daykin Herald
Memorial Day Program At Diller
Memorial Day services in Diller on Decoration Day May 30 at 2 p m in the opera house feature a band concert led by Mrs Steffen with invocation by Rev L J Wolff a Memorial Day recitation by Verne Hubka a vocal duet by Eleanor Weigel and Julia Diller an address by Rev Robert D Hall a vocal solo by Richard Miller and benediction by Rev W H Clark Afterward the committee will go to Prairie Home cemetery to supervise grave decorations by children.
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Diller
Opera House
Diller Band
America
Steffen
L J Wolff
Verne Hubka
Eleanor Weigel
Julia Diller
Robert D.hall
Richard Miller
W. H. Clark
Prairie Home Cemetery
Will Bowers Promoted To Chief Fire Control
Will Bowers has passed the Naval electric engineering exam and is promoted to Chief Fire Control on the destroyer Anderson. Effective June 16, he serves in active appointment, directing the ship’s electric equipment and gun firing. The Anderson sails from San Diego to Honolulu, with an estimated two years’ absence. he plans to buy about 300 in new uniforms.
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Will Bowers
Naval Electric Engineering
U.S
Anderson
James Pickard
Will
Bill
Andersons
San Diego Harbor
Honolulu
Librarian Appointment Declined. Miss Beckwith Moves to Iowa
Miss Mary Beckwith who recently received the NYA appointment as librarian at Diller will not accept the post. She plans to move to Iowa and remains at Aunt Mary Cassell's Steele City home during Mr Cassell's illness while performing library work at Diller temporarily.
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Mary Beckwith
NYA
Diller
Iowa
Mary Cassell
Steele City
Mr. Cassel
C F Stark Dies at 84 in Fairbury Funeral Planned
Funeral services were held Monday in Fairbury for C E Stark 84 a well known Jefferson county resident who came to the area in 1880 served as Gladstone's first postmaster and was a longtime county commissioner. He worked in the insurance business with his son in recent years and is survived by three sons and one daughter.
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Fairbury
C.E. Stark
Stark
Jefferson County
Gladstone
Busy Secretary Attends Midland Board Meeting in Fremont
J Wolff, secretary of the Midwest Synod, went to Cedar Creek Monday for official duties and then attended the Midland College Board of Directors meeting in Fremont Nebraska.
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J.wolff
Cedar Creek
Midwest Synod
Midland, College
Fremont
Nebraska
Mrs John Webling Improves After Major Operation
Mrs John Webling who submitted to a major operation at Beatrice recently is reported somewhat improved. She is at the Mennonite hospital.
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John Webling
Beatrice
Mennonite Hospital
Mrs Sasse Recovers After Tumor Operation At Fairbury Hospital
Mrs. Fred Sasse is reported to be recovering satisfactorily from a most serious condition after undergoing tumor-removal surgery at a Fairbury hospital.
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Fred Sasse
Fairbury Hospital
Whisker Club Talk At 1941 Diller Picnic
Some Diller fellows push a Whisker Club for the 1941 Diller picnic as a lighthearted feature. The rumor highlights social clubs and planned group activities among attendees.
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Diller
Harold Lottman Undergoes Tonsil Operation
Harold Lottman submitted to a tonsil operation Monday forenoon at Odell Hospital.
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Harold Lottman
Odell Hospital
Measles Reported Standstill In Verne Hubka Round
Verne Hubka is described as having a round with measles, with officials noting a health setback affecting his participation. The report frames the illness as a temporary disruption in an ongoing competitive event.
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Verne Hubka
Cleo Patton Visits Camp Robinson and Arkansas Trip
Mrs. Cleo Patton returned from a four week visit with husband Bernard Patton a draftee at Camp Robinson Arkansas. He has been promoted to Private First Class boosting pay from 21 to 36 dollars monthly. She plans to stay in Diller but must return to Little Rock by July 4.
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Cleo Patton
Bernard Patton
Camp Robinson
Arkansas
Diller
Little Rock
Bernard
Flrat
Cleo
Jefferson 4-H Club Week Set at Lincoln June 1 6
County Agent at Fairbury reports daily activities for Jefferson county 4 H Club members during the 26th annual Club week at the College of Agriculture Lincoln from June 1 to 6. The final day will be in Omaha as guests of the South Omaha live stock industries and the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
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Fairbury
Jefferson County
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Omaha
South Omaha Livestock Industries
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Clarks Return from Alexandria Report Wheat Shortage
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Clark returned from a visit to their daughter and family in Alexandria. They report no Hessian flies affecting wheat west of Fairbury but note there is little wheat remaining in the area.
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W. H. Clark
Alexandria
Fairbury
Richardson Sues For Damages Over Beatrice Crash
Orville Richardson sues Mrs. Jensena Hastings cafe operator of Fairbury for 5000 damages in Beatrice district court. He alleges Hastings crossed onto the wrong side of highway 3 early May 1 causing a collision that broke his jaw and injured him while riding in a state highway department truck with Clarence Rudder. He cannot work for eight weeks.
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Orville Richardson
Beatrice
Jensena Hastings
Fairbury
Daily Sun
Richardson
Clarence Rudder
Library Hours Update and New Book Arrivals
The library announces new hours for Monday Wednesday Thursday and Saturday 11 to 6 and evening hours Monday Thursday and Saturday 6 30 to 8 30. Several new books arrive including Broken O Wells Brentwood G L Hill The City of Fire G L Hill Desert Gold Zane Grey The Substitute Guest G L Hill The Witness Sunrise A School in the Country Richardson Mrs Minerva Struther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells
Farewell For Rev Kohler At Hope Reformed Church
Hope Reformed Church members host a farewell reception for Rev P S Kohler and Mrs Kohler on Sunday afternoon June 1 at 2 30 at the church. Mrs Clarence Engleman leads a program followed by ice cream and cake. The Kohlers plan to move to Lincoln the following week.
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Hope Reformed Church
P. S. Kohler
Kohler
Stores Close Tomorrow in Diller Townwide Notice
The three general stores in Diller will close at noon tomorrow and remain closed for the rest of the day. Memorial services are set for 2 p.m. in the opera house followed by a Lutheran social at the hall in the evening. Farmer's Store Hole's Store Hughes' Store are among those affected.
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Diller
Opera House
Farmer’s
Hole’s
Hughes
Diller Band Announces Summer Street Concerts Start
The Diller band will begin weekly street concerts starting Saturday evening June 7. Their first appearance of the season is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the opera house.
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Diller
Opera House
Nuptials for Elda Krebs and Elmer Sasse in Diller
May 24 at St. Pauls Ev Lutheran church in Diller saw Elda V Krebs daughter of Emil and Mrs Krebs marry Elmer B Sasse son of Albert and Mrs Sasse with Rev L J Wolff officiating. Best man Lester Ellison and bridesmaid Hope Benz attended. The couple, former Diller High School sweethearts class of 1937, will reside near Fairbury where the groom works in the county AAA office and the bride taught rural schools. They received charivaris and good wishes as they began housekeeping in a government farm dwelling south of Fairbury.
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Elda V. Krebs
Emil Krebs
Elmer B. Sasse
Albert Sasse
Diller
L. J. Wolff
St. Paul’s Ev. Lutheran Church
Lester Ellison
Hope Benz
Sasse
Diller High School
Fairbury
Renz Ellison Wedding Unites Hope Renz and Lester Ellison
Miss Hope Renz daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Renz and Mr Lester Ellison son of Mrs May Ellison were married by Rev H H Pyche in Scribner Nebraska on Saturday May 17 1941 The bride a 1937 Diller High School graduate and rural school teacher and the groom a Steele City High School graduate work his mother’s farm six miles south and one west of Diller The couple will reside on the Ellison farm
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Hope Renz
Clarence Renz
Lester Ellison
May Ellison
H. H. Pyche
Scribner, Nebraskie
Diller High School
Steele City High School
Diller
Ellison Farm
Questionaires Sent To Jefferson County Registrants
Questionnaires were mailed to 200 Jefferson county registrants last week. Thirteen responses arrived at Diller with entries including 701 Carl Ludington 722 Willard Beckman 739 Irving Schultis 768 Cloyd Hudson 769 John Fasnacht 785 Henory Okman 794 Max Logan 801 Arnold Wesley 813 Wilber Green 850 John Kehrends 865 Eldred Carpenter 895 Harry Allen 899 B L George.
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Jefferson County
Diller
Carl Ludington
Willard Beckman
Irving Schultis
Cloyd Hudson
John Fasnacht
Henory Okman
Max Logan
Arnold Wesley
Wilber Green
John Kehrends
Eldred Carpenter
Harry Allen
B.L. George
County Eighth Grade Promotion Exercises Held at Fairbury
County eighth grade promotion exercises will be held next Monday June 2 at Fairbury High School Auditorium starting at 1 30 p m.
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Fairbury High School
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Wm. Bowers
C. F. Stark
Mickie
Library News
Rev. Kohler
Krebs-Sasse Wedding
Renz-Ellison
Dillerites
Diller Opera House
Diller Luther League
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