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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1944
Page
1
Memorial services set for 2 30 p m Sunday at the Methodist church in Diller for Lieut Gordon Fenders killed in France. August 6 services to be led by veterans of Foreign Wars. Family requests no flowers.
Examinations will be held at Fairlurs Library of Senior High School and Ditler High School on November 18 with the regular schedule. President Roosevelt has 413 electoral votes per the Lincoln State Journal. Everett Clark arrived via delay route. Aubrey Diller of Arlington, Washington, visited his father J. Smith Diller and relatives. Neil Diller came from Chicago. Autres remained until Tuesday.
Peggy Ferrwey’s three act comedy The Girls Take Over was staged by Diller High School juniors on Thursday night November 3 to a full house. Washington DC boarding house setting portrayed a female majority and male shortage fueling witty exchanges. Star performers Alvera Ssathoff Twila Michels Dorothy Anderson Neomi Snyder and others delivered strong dramatic work in a fast moving production.
Cpl Elmer Garrels writes from Germany dated October 15, 1944 about rough living conditions underground with little home comfort. He notes travel through Normandy Brest Paris and Belgium into Germany, longing for home, ball games, and letters from Gilbert and Jerry, and mentions Ruth.
Sergeant Wendell Fanders is enroute to Officers Candidate School spending fifteen days at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs D V Fanders with his wife and baby daughter. The family is traveling to Fort Sill for field artillery training.
Cpl Clarence Hallman of Date land Arizona and Bilert Human of Falls City Nebraska came Wednesday for a visit with home folk. The boys helped upon arrival and started shingling the roof of the Highman farm house. Pvt Virgil Geer of Kingman Arizona on delay route enjoyed a visit with his family and others in Datler.
Mrs. Clare Waggoner left for Long Beach California to visit her son Lyon and his wife. She traveled with Mrs. Clara Allen to Omaha on Monday where they met Mrs. Smallwood of Worthington Minnesota. The two continued by train to Long Beach Tuesday. Lieutenant Linn Waggoner is on leave and will visit his wife and mother in Long Beach after nearly two years apart. Mrs. Waggoner has arranged for Mr. and Mrs. Jobo Greider to run the Funeral Home during her absence.
A WWII era letter from Harold at Fort Bragg dated October 29, 1944, notes travel delays on the way back, meeting a boy friend at Lines, and eagerness to return to Nebraska. He mentions reading letters and dinner records, plans changes after the homecoming, and hopes to write again when possible.
The survey lists vote tallies for president and governor contests in Diller, naming E Dewey Roosevelt Griswold Olsen and Johnson along with party markers and district judges. It notes Prohibition Gas Tax and County positions, plus a Hastings visit by Mr and Mrs R E Colman and grandson Roger Babcock as health details are given.
Mr and Mrs Max Logan hosted a pheasant dinner last Sunday with guests listed as S H Diller and his daughter Mrs Robert Wiles of Bloomington Indiana Dr Aubrey Diller of Arlington West Virginia Neal Diller of Chicago Miss Fannie Diller J Smith Diller and his son Leonice of Diller The group visited Miss Julia Diller and her brother Stanley Diller in Lincoln in the afternoon then returned home that evening Neal went on to Chicago from Lincoln
Miss Gloria Miller of Diller was elected president of the Jefferson county Girls Reserves at the Fairbury meeting. Lois Bilis and Dixie Smart, both of Fairbury, were named vice president and secretary treasurer. The event followed a play The Girls Take Over at the Diter Opera House and a Grand jury of school activities including a voter sample and rangs planning for next year.
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