Wanderers Winnie Calkins Family Traveling Wisconsin to Nevada
Mr and Mrs Winnie Calkins formerly of Rock Creek now Seguin Washington traveled from Diller to Seattle on the Iroquois after leaving three weeks ago. They then rode the Northern Pacific to Minneapolis St Paul visited family in St Louis Omaha and Fairbury before heading to Denver Reno to reconnect with relatives Glenn and Lottie Farrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnie Calkins
Rock Creek
Seguin
Washington
Diller
Calkins
Port Angelis
Seattle
Northern Pacific
Minneapolis
Mion
St. Louis
Missouri
Mr. Calkins
Omaha
Fairbury
Bennington
Kansas
Denver
Reno
Nevada
Glenn
Lottie Farrow
Turkey Dinner Hosts With Waggoner Family
Mr and Mrs Cal Waggoner hosted a six o clock turkey dinner Sunday at their home. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Wm Van Mirter of Fairbury, Mr and Mrs BA Manning of Beatrice, Mr and Mrs Chas Waggoner, Mr and Mrs Virgil Geer and daughter Carol Jean, and Keith Waggoner. The piece notes extra turkeys in Beatrice’s cooler and Cal’s habit of stocking birds, with five dressed last Monday and four this Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Waggoner
Wm. van Mirter
Fairbury
BA. Manning
Beatrice
Chas. Waggoner
Virgil Geer
Carol Jean
Keith
Sureshot Cal
Waggoner’s
American Legion Convention Attendees Visit Crete
Mr and Mrs Clarence Hiatt and Scott Miller of Diller and Fred Kyle of Steele City attended the district convention of the American Legion in Crete on Monday November 13. Scott Miller visited his son Scott Jr a Duane College sophomore in Crete and plans to come home for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Hiatt
Scott Miller
Diller
Fred Kyle
Steele City
The
American Legion
Crete
Scott
Scott Jr
Duane College
Hawaii Bound Sailor Set for Patooka Voyage
Mrs and Mrs Roy Patton learn their son Robert at Great Lakes Naval Training Station is leaving for the Hawaiian Islands via Bremerton Washington to board the oil tanker Patooka. A fuller report on Robert’s work and trip will appear next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Patton
Robert
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Hawaiian Islands
Bremerton, Wash
Blausers Visit Crete Turkeys Farm In Nebraska
Mr Gilbert Blauser and Mr and Mrs Clifford Blauser with children visited Lawrence Blauser and family at Crete Nebraska last Sunday afternoon. They toured a large turkey farm near Crete where fourteen thousand turkeys were said to have existed before Thanksgiving sales. The Blausers described the flock as an awful lot of turkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Blauser
Clifford Blauser
Lawrence Blauser
Crete
Nebr
Blausers
Hutchin Family Attends Nebraska Kansas Game
Mr and Mrs Harold Hutchin of Omaha attended the Nebraska Kansas football game in Lincoln on Saturday and stayed in Diller with Mr and Mrs S C Hutchinson over Sunday before returning home Sunday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hutchinson
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska
Diller
S. C. Hutchinson
Oil and gas strike near Ogailala yields daily production
Gas and oil were struck at 1 950 to 2 240 feet ten miles northeast of Ogailala. It is estimated that at that level production would amount to 150 to 200 barrels of oil daily and from three to five million cubic feet of gas.
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Ogailala
School Fiesta Planned for November 24
Plans for a school fiesta to be held November 24 in the school house include committees for stands and student volunteers. Entertainment features bingo penny throw fish ponds cake walk and confetti with a program in the assembly and a queen crowning. Contestants Jesn Maw Wiona Smith Petty Clark Julia Diller and Doris Blacketer were chosen by the student body and the public may vote at grocery stores with 25 cent purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesn Maw
Wiona Smith
Petty Clark
Julia Diller
Doris Blacketer
Jefferson County Teachers Examinations Set for November 18
Teachers examinations for Jefferson County will be held Saturday November 18 in Fairbury Senior High library. Subjects are grouped by units with objective questions and scheduled times from 8:60 to 4:50 covering Arithmetic American History English Composition Physiology Public School Music Theory Nebraska Courses of Study Reading Orthography Geography Agriculture Geography of Nebraska Penmanship Drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Fairbury Senior High School
Nebraska
Library benefit tea reviews The American Way play
The M E church hosted a library benefit tea sponsored by the Diller Woman's club drawing a large crowd from Beatrice Fairbury Odell and Steele City clubs and local guests including a high school English class Mrs Geo Gore of Beatrice reviewed The American Way a Broadway play praising its portrayal of American citizenship The collection totaled $5 70 with 57 varieties of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E Church
Diller Woman’s Club
Beatrice
Fairbury
Odell
Steele
Geo. Gore
Wells Andrews Visit to Bladen and Rosa Andrews Injury
Mr and Mrs Wells Andrews traveled to Bladen Nebraska to visit Rupert Andrews and family and to bring home Rosa Andrews who had been visiting children in Denver and Bladen. Rosa broke a bone in her wrist in Denver but is recovering nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wells Andrews
Bladen
Nebraska
Rupert Andrews
Rosa Andrews
Denver
Hutchinson County Commissioner Named in Lumber Purchase Case
The Fairbury News reports confusion over two Hutchinsons with the same name. County Commissioner Hutchison is accused of buying oak lumber from a Sam Hutchinson of Oklahoma and reselling it to the county under a warrant for about six hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Same Hutchinson
Sam Hutchinson
Oklahoma
Hutchison
Fairbury News
Family Reunion for the Johnson and Broadstone Families
The Johnson and Broadstone families held a reunion at the Broadstone home last Sunday with many relatives attending. Highlights included group pictures, a large basket dinner, and Max Johnson returning to Blair after a 20 day furlough in Norfolk aboard the USS Tuscaloosa. Max attends night school at Dana College studying business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Johnson
Roy Broadstone
Leils, Leroy
Alfred
Merle Johnson
Barbara Lou
Faye Sutton
June
Beatrice
Keith
Norfolk
Eith
Tuscalooca
Max
Blair
Dana College
Pleasant Club Afternoon At Mrs Viers Home
A ladies club met at Mrs Viers on Wednesday November 8 with hostesses Mrs Drake and Mrs Ratchinson. Mrs Geer was absent president but led the meeting as roll call featured poems and current events. Bingo and Rook provided entertainment. prizes went to Mrs Waggoner, Mrs Hutchinsop, and Mrs Beckman. Refreshments followed. invitation extended to meet next Wednesday with Thanksgiving as the roll call topic.
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Viers
Rolf Beckman
Robert Drake
Geer
Bingo
Rook
Waggoner
Hutchinsop
Beckman
Thanksgiving Program at Valley School
A Thanksgiving program and plate supper will be given Wednesday November 22 at ? P.M. at Valley School District No 85 four miles south and 24 miles east of Iller. Elenora Grefe is the teacher.
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Valley School Dist. Nao
Iller
Eick Family Visit to Kansas City
Mr and Mrs Ray Eick and their daughter Betty LaRue traveled to Kansas City by bus Saturday for a brief visit with Mr and Mrs LaHood and their son Billie. Mrs Eick and Mrs LaHood are sisters. The Eicks returned home before midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Eick
Betty LaRue
Kansas City
LaHood
Billie
A Veiled Lady
Dr. David Jebb, a famed surgeon, awakens in a strange land with no memory and a drink problem. A missing little girl in his care triggers a search as a veiled lady helps him recover. He falls in love yet fears temptation and must choose between danger and happiness.
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David Jebb
David
Mrs Gesche De Vries Dies in Twin Brooks at 77
Mrs Gesche De Vries nee Freese widow of Tebbo De Vries was born in Norden Germany on April 11 1862. She came to the United States as a young girl, married in Bono Nebraska in 1878, and lived in Grant County Twin Brooks from 1913. She died Sunday November 5 from cerebral hemorrhage aged 77 years 6 months 24 days. Survived by 10 children and one sister. Funeral at Emmanuel Lutheran Church Twin Brooks with Rev F Weasler officiating. pallbearers listed.
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Gesche de Vries
Freese
Tebbo de Vries
Norden
Germany
United States
Chapin
Lil
Bono
Nebi
de Vries
Grant County
Twin Brooks
Einge
Awaes
Lotéman
Man de Vries
Ernest Kuoter
Ortonville
Chas. Resner
St. Peter, Minn
Gottl
One Act Play Contest At Daykin November Seventeen
Seven high schools enter a one act play contest at Daykin on November seventeenth with all groups presenting tragedies. Diller opens at 6 30 and performs Land's End which won first prize in a 1939 Columbia contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daykin
Diller
Land’s End
Columbia University
Freddie Drexler
Carolyn Clark
Carolyn
Wellington Dew
Richard Miller
Darrel
Em Vg
Mr. Horton
Creiths and Conniffs Dine With Waggoners Sunday
Mr and Mrs Henry Creith and their daughter Shirley joined Mrs J J Conniff of Lincoln for a dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Carles Waggoner on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Creith
Shirley
J. J. Conniff
Lincoln
Carles Waggoner
Also Mentioned on This Page
American Legion Convention
Hawaii
N.C.S. A
Elenora Grefe
Diller Public School
Rupert Hughes
Mrs. Gesche de Vries
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Mileapk
F. Weasler
Quartette
John Lottman
Charles Resner
Gottlieb Kauers
Geo. Konstant
Martin Konstant
Eitel Aden
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