Pioneer Conference Basketball Outlook for Jefferson County
The Pioneer conference with six high schools plans a double round robin this season under Supt. Carl Ludington. A standings system by winning percentage will crown the champion. Final title playoffs are scheduled February 9 10 and 11 in Plymouths new gym. Reynolds leads early as last year’s champs despite six graduates. Endicott returns intact, the only team with full senior experience. The first home game is Friday December 3 against Endicott.
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Pioneer
Jefferson County
Carl Ludington
Plymouth
Reynolds
Diller
Glen Ball
Marines
Echoo
Endicott
Hutchinsons move to Omaha for Sam's hospital treatment
Mr and Mrs Sam Hutchinson travel to Omaha with their son Harold for Sam's hospitalization due to long standing ill health. Mrs Hutchinson will stay with Harold during his absence from Diller. Diller opened basketball season with a double win over Endicott.
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Sam Hutchinson
Omaha
Harold
Sam
Diller
Endicott
Endicott Redbirds
Winter car care alert at Skelly Service Station
Aotsi-Freese in vee ontee offered by Skelly Service Station Drake Paone at 44 Diller Neb. Limited supply available. Act quickly to avoid winter breakdowns.
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Winter
Skelly
Drake
Paone
Diller
Bud Lotttman Lonesome Soldier Seeks Soon Furlough
Bud Lotttman writes from Camp Adair Oregon to Mrs Cavett describing birthday mail call and desire for December furlough. He notes milestones including sharpshooter and marksman ratings, five weeks of basic training left, and a 14 mile hike amid rainy weather. He asks friends in Diller to be told hello and hopes to return soon.
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Marsheman
Diller
Bud
Double Ring Nuptials Unite Fenske Spehr in Diller
Lydia Fenske and Otto Spehr exchanged vows at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Diller Neb with Rev Karl Spehr performing. The bride, a Western Union College graduate and Immanuel Hospital nurse, wore a white brocade satin gown and carried white roses. Guests included Pauline Fensky of Chicago and Miss Dorleen Ames, with Carl Spehr of the U S Army presenting a bracelet from India. A reception followed in rose and blue decor.
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Mies Lydia
Ar Fenske
Akroo
Lons
Otte
Pehr
Pa Diller
St. Church
Karl 5Eke
Cére Fenske
Handel's
Pauline Fensky
Chicago
Carl Spehr
U S. Army
India
Otto Spehr
Western Union College of
le Town
Immanuel Hospital
Omaha
Neb
Spehr
University of Kansas
Evangelical Lutheran Seminary
Lotheras
Diller
A. Simons
Helen Penderson
Clyde Colman Notes Japs Propaganda and Navy Mirage
Clyde Colman writes Dear Mrs Cavett that the Records keep coming and he appreciates it. He sits with a fan on as heat and summer memory persist. He warns Japanese propaganda about the U S Navy and recalls Tokio Rose before ending with thanks for the Records.
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Clyde Colman
U. S
Tokio
Ian
Clyde
Thanksgiving Visit for South Dakota Relative in Diller
Lt Wayne C Joslyn from Camp Forrest arrived in Diller last Friday to visit his mother Mrs Fiora E Bixby at the home of Mia M Cave He has completed a course in Anti Tank mines and is on his first leave in a year He left Monday evening with his mother to spend Thanksgiving with his sister and her family Mr and Mrs Stemper and their daughter Marlene He will depart for Camp Forrest later this week His mother will return to Diller to spend the winter with Mrs L M Cavett
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Wayne C. Joslyn
Camp Forrest
Tullahoma
Tebn
Diller
Fiora E. Bixby
Mia
M. Cave
Joslyn
Geer Bros Service Station antifreeze offer
Limited supply antifreeze solution available for winter protection. Geer Bros. Service Station urges customers to secure their stock now.
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Geer Bros
Stores Close on December 1 to Save Joel Alan
Local retailers announce temporary closure on a Wednesday to aid individual Joel Alan. Stores will reopen Sundays at 10 o clock. Farmers Store and Holie's Store are affected by the change.
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Joel Alan
Farmers Store
Holie
Coal Shortage Impacts We-Pere Car Firm
A garbled OCR fragment notes coal scarcity affecting a car production facility linked to We-Pere and Qkia. The text hints at urgent leave orders and ongoing difficulty in securing coal supplies, signaling operational strain. The source lacks clear names, dates, or locations beyond those entities.
Mrs Cleo Patten Arrives In Nashville With News
Mrs Cleo Patten reports arrival in Nashville Tennessee on Monday afternoon. She drove Kelly Clark’s car with his wife and their three month old daughter. Kernard’s convoy reached Surfreesboro and is about thirty miles away. The city feels large and smoky with two hours of sun daily. Patten assures family they are safe and expresses longing to join for Thanksgiving.
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Nashville
Cleo Patten
O. K
Tennessee
Kelly Clark
Kernard
Surfreesboro
Tenn
Kentucky
Chicken Supper and Community Sing at St John’s Lanham
A chicken supper and community sing with special numbers will start Thursday December 2, 1943 at 6 00 PM in the St John’s Lutheran Church basement Lanham.
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St. John’s Luth
Lanham
High School Highlights from the Grammar Room and Sports Schedule
Mrs. Don McKensie covers the Grammar Room as Mrs. Fanders tends her father in Guide Rock Nebraska. Emma Glathar returns after a quinsey. pupils prepare for six weeks exams and a Thanksgiving vacation. Mr. Ludington is named a district representative to the 1943 delegate assembly in Lincoln December 10 and 11. Teacher exams occurred Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Basketball games are listed for November and December with Endicott Daykio Piyenbath Reynolds.
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Don McKensie
Fanders
Guide Rock
Neb
Emma Glathar
Richard Garrels
Louis Nider
Richard Barton
Eula Calkins
Ludington
Lincoln
Nebraska
Endicott
Dee
Daykio
Tere Dee
Piyenbath
Bate Dee
Reynolds
Turkey Dinner Honors Sgt Dean Witty and Maxine Colman
Mr and Mrs R E Coleman and Mr and Mrs Bud Carmichael hosted a seven o clock turkey dinner at 826 N Bellevue in honor of their nephew Staff Sgt Dean E Witty USMC on a 36 day furlough and Maxine Colman Babcock’s birthday. Guests included Mrs R W Green Roger Babcock and Betty and Doris Carmichael.
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R E Coleman
Bud Carmichael
Colman
Bellevue
Dean E. Witty
U.S. M.C
Maxine Colman Babcock
Witty
South Pacific
Nevada
Missouri
Kansas City
Chicago
R. W. Green
Dil Nebraska
Roger Babcock
Betty
Doris Carmichael
Hastinge Daily Tribune
Elm Livestock Masters 4-H Club Farewell for Jimmy Hays
The Elm Livestock Masters 4-H Club held a farewell party at the home of Mr and Mrs J R Hays on Wednesday evening November 17 in honor of their son Jimmy who is leaving for the Navy. Attendees included the Faxon Richardson Barton Finch Finch Hubbs Hays Grone Hay and Clacey families. The club reorganized for the year with new officers including Richerdaona president Hays vice president Hubka secretary treasurer Faxon song Londen Seve ae.
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The
Elm Livestock Masters 4-H Club
J. R. Hays
Jimmy
Navy
Egbert Faxon
Leonard Richardson
Bruce’ Barton
Lymen Finch
Gon
Ward Finch
Rudolph Hubbs
Keith Hays
Frank Grone
James Hay
Marvie
Melvin Clacey
Club
Closanea Richerdaoa
Richard Hays
Prestee Sre
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Omaha Hospital
Adam Wasserman
Cena Lottman
Odell Hospital
Diller High School
Roe Sparks
Keith Neon
Class Doerksen
Bob Murray
Warne Hubka
Clase
Bud Lottman
Sgt
Elmer P. Malchow
Camp Polk
Uncle Roy
Elmer P Maichow
9Th Armd
Apo
Verne Hubka
Lincoln University
Pvt
Ray Benz
Fairbury
Verne
Fenske-Spehr
South Dakota
Mrs
Doris Walken
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