Methodist Reorganization at Diller Church
At a Sunday meeting the Diller Methodist church reorganized with new officers and members. Only 23 of 80 plus attended the session to form the new body, contrasting with 22 at the dissolution meeting. The group plans monthly salary for the pastor under a new budget strategy as years of struggle to fund the church continue.
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Methodist Church
Diller
Draise
Robt. Drew
Pruett
New Methodist Church
Record Date Line to Move to Thursday Next Week
The Record will shift its date line to Thursday with October beginning Friday. The weekly edition will still be printed in time for Thursday evening mail this week. Editors thank contributors for timely items as none were late last week.
Free Movie Series Ends At City Park This Season
Last Tuesday marked the final free movie night at the city park this season as crowds from distant areas gathered weekly. An attempt to relocate the series to a building for winter did not materialize, ending the program for now.
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Diller
Brick Work Nears Completion at Orphanage Unit
The brick work on the first unit of the orphanage is nearly finished with walls up to the gables as this paper goes to press. Only one unit is expected to be completed at this time.
Road Back shown at Rivoli Beatrice last week
The Rivoli theatre in Beatrice screened The Road Back in the latter part of last week with Chas Lowe of Steele City in a minor role.
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Rivoli Theatre
Beatrice
Chas Lowe
Steele City
Wright Dayton airplanes giveaway for boys and girls
The office offers another lot of Wright Dayon airplanes for youths who bring two large or four small Quaker Oats carton labels. This will probably be the last available batch.
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Wright-Dayton
Eye Health Inquiry by Dr Neil C Morrison
A concise notice invites a thorough eye examination with Dr Neil C Morrison in Fairbury Nebraska to determine eye efficiency and overall vision health.
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Neil C. Morrison
Fairbury
Nebraska
Beatrice Plans Big Street Dance at Fall Opening
Beatrice city officials announce a street dance for next Wednesday night as part of the fall opening festivities. The event will feature community participation and city sponsors, with details forthcoming.
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Beatrice
Diller School News Joins Inler Public Schools Page
The Diller School News page outlines a student staffed section for inler public schools. It describes the news staff plan and aims to provide readable items of interest throughout the term. The first column lists the faculty editorial staff committees and class organizations with official approval from the Board of Education.
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Inler Public Schools
Diller School News
Board of Education
Farmers Pay Down Debt Amid Drought Across Plains
A Dept of Agriculture Farm Security Administration report shows Dakotas Nebraska and Kansas farmers reduced indebtedness over two years ending Sept 1 1937 from 35 244 426 to 21 719 126. Average debt cut to 3543 per family across 9 952 families.
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Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Department of Agriculture Farm Security Administration
Weather near miss with distant rain forecasts
A cloud from the west produced a sprinkle on Tuesday while another from the south brought wind and thunder but no rain. The forecast promises rain in due season, though the author muses on whether there will be too much, quoting a lullaby about rain.
30 Degree Parking Gains Ground In Fairbury
Fairbury adopts 30 degree angled parking around the square this week. The change improves maneuvering and comfort for drivers with new cars, though it reduces the number of spaces available.
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Fairbury
Noted Singer Coming to Fairbury Mission
Mario Cappelli, noted American Italian singing evangelist, will conduct a singing preaching mission at the Methodist church in Fairbury from Sunday October 3 to Monday October 11. Attending his services is described as time well spent.
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Mario. Cappelli
Methodist Church
Fairbury
Mr. Cappelli
Last Rose Of Summer Doctor Diehl Displays Roses
The article notes Doctor Diehl boasting of fine roses this week a large white rose from a monthly blooming series and a pink rose shown later in the week as October begins in the local garden scene.
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Diehl
Will Build New House Near Diller On Fairbury Farm
Ray Barber of Fairbury plans to construct a new house on his farm located miles west and one south of Diller. The existing dwelling will be torn down to make space for the new construction.
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Ray Barber
Fairbury
Diller
Lew Barber
Appreciation for Neighbors During Illness
J. Hutchinson thanks neighbors and friends for support during illness. He notes help with farm duties, visits, and personal interest shown during his recovery.
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J. Hutchinson
Two Injured In Automobile Accident
Last Friday near the Moffit school house on highway 3S a car driven by P H Waterman and his wife, lumber salesman from Kansas City, slid on a wet gravel patch and went into the ditch at high speed. Mrs Waterman suffered a broken pelvis and internal injuries while her husband broke a leg. They were moved by Wag gover Bros. ambulance to Odell hospital where both lay unconscious for hours but were reported improving.
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Moffit
Jack Hill
P. H. Waterman
Kansas City
Waterman
Rice
Waggover Bros. Ambulance
Odell
Odell Hospital
United Front County YMCA Leader Sees Churches in Jefferson County
W H Leask, superintendent of the United Front County YMCA, told the Inter Church Messenger that about forty churches serve Jefferson County with 400 people per church or 50 families per church. He notes Fairbury has thirteen churches and calls the community adequately churched. He adds a unified approach could be possible despite divisions.
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YMCA
W.H. Leask
Inter- Church
Jefferson County
Fairbury
Bill
Hog losses disputed after cholera claim
The Record recounts a claim of 86 hogs lost to cholera from Mr. George Meyer near Lanham. Dr. Viers says only 30 head remained, with 6 one day olds, 7 spring pigs, and 17 large hogs, unsure how many died. The prior week’s 33 percent accuracy note is noted.
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Dr. Viers
George Meyer
Lanham
Mr. Meyer
Viers
Meyers
Ready For 10 Years More Mr and Mrs W S Filley Return
Mr and Mrs W S Filley returned Monday evening from a ten day trip to Benkleman and Stamford Nebraska. They visited Mrs Filley’s brother and left the car in Stamford while Mrs Filley visited Hubert and wife. Mr Filley took a train trip to St Paul and Minneapolis. This was their first vacation in ten years.
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Mrs. W. S. Filley
Benkleman
Mrs. Filley
Stamford
Nebraska
Hubert
Mr. Filley
St Paul
Minneapolis
Gage County Opens Extra Offices for Driver Exams
Gage county installs two sub offices outside Beatrice to conduct driver license examinations. Jefferson county residents advocate similar setup locally. Gage is about half larger than Jefferson, shaping differing local needs.
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Gage County
Beatrice
Jefferson County
Gage
Jefferson
Woman's Club to Hold Reception at Congregational Church
The Club will meet at the Congregational church next Wednesday evening October 6 at 8 o'clock. The meeting serves as a reception for ministers teachers and new members and is organized by the Social and Music committees.
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Congregational Church
Open House for Young People Planning Sunday Evenings
The Congregational church Annex hosts an Open House on Sunday October 3 at 7:00 P M for young people of all denominations from high school age upward. The event invites married or single youths to help plan a winter season program. Refreshments will be served and a good time guaranteed.
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Congregational Church
Farmers In Distress Will Receive Grants
The Farm Security Administration plans grants to aid drought-stricken Nebraska farmers with a profit margin and sound farming practices as loan security. The program aims to move farmers off relief, using Bankhead Jones tenant act loans to rehabiliate and enable tenant farmers to become owner operators, though tenant loans are limited in 1938. A. George Alexander serves as acting county supervisor from Fairbury.
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Nebraska
Farm Security Administration
Resettlement Administration
Lincoln
Dreuth
Washington
FSA
Bankhead-Jones
Congress
A. George Alexander
Fairbury
Drunk Man Almost Killed by Train on Union Pacific Tracks
A Topeka Marysville bound motor on the Union Pacific slowed to a stop after a man lay beside the track. Motorman Robert Woodyard and officials found the man alive but intoxicated, with a quart bottle of alleged wood alcohol and weeds. a near-miss with the locomotive could have severed his foot. The man’s identity was not learned.
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Union Pacific
Topeka- Marysville
Robert Woodyard
Nervous Breakdown Follows Move To California
Pete Ratzlaff who previously held a public gate and moved with his family to California returned to Jefferson County last week. He suffered a nervous breakdown and is now under treatment at Lincoln hospital. His family stays with relatives in Fairbury. The Ratzlaffs lived on the London farm opposite Geo Hudson.
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Pete Ratzlaff
California
Jefferson County
Mr. Ratzlaff
Lincoln Hospital
Fairbury
Ratzlaff’s
London
Geo. Hudson’s
Men at work on highway 3 garage reveal local repairer
A reporter found Clarence Findling at Herbert Fanders' filling station on highway 3 just north of Harbine repairing automobile cylinders. Clarence notes it’s easier to go to the job than bring the work to his Geer Brothers shop.
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Herbert Fanders
Highway 3
Harbine
Clarence Findling
Clarence
Geer Brothers
Mrs. Dawson of Fairbury Dies After Illness
Mrs. Ben Dawson wife of the local Home Appliance Store proprietor in Fairbury died last Saturday. Funeral services were conducted Monday. She was active in the Fairbury Methodist church and served as the pipe organist for a period.
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Ben Dawson
Fairbury
Dawson
Bee-News Ends After Sale to World Herald
The Omaha Bee-News ceased publication this Tuesday after its circulation was sold to the Omaha World-Herald. Founder Edward Rosewater started the Bee as a free sheet in 1870.
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Omaha Bee-News
Bee
Omaha World Hearth
Edward Rosewater
The
Franks and Roelfs New Garages Nearing Finish
Frank Eick completes a new garage at his home with painting finished. Roelf Beckman reports a new workshop and garage enclosure near completion ready for painting.
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Frank Eick
Roelf Beckman
Mrs Elizabeth Freitag Returns Home From Visit
Mrs Elizabeth Freitag spent two weeks with her daughter Mrs Lawerace Caldwell and husband and returned to her home in Harbine Friday.
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Elizabeth Freitag
Daugther
Lawerace Caldwell
Harbine
Mrs Cleve Hiatt and daughter visit in Diller
Mrs Cleve Hiatt and her daughter Orpha Lee, of Hebrew, spent Saturday and Sunday in Diller at the home of Mrs Hiatt's mother.
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Cleve Hiatt
Orpha Lee
Diller
4 H Achievement Day program at City Hall 1937
The 4 H Achievement Day for Peppy Pollies Busy Bees and Little Helpers at City Hall featured songs, readings, table setting and dressing table stool demonstrations, and exhibits. Winners included Faye Diller Leona Sedlacek Eleanor Stahl Dorothy Nippert Fern Nippert Mary Jones Jamnita Anderson and Leora Maichow for curtains cushions and dressing tables and cakes.
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Peppy ‘Pollies
Busy Bees
Little Helpers Club
Jamita Anderson
Fern Nippert
Mary Jones
Wilma Thompson
Leora Maichow
Faye Diller
Leona Sedlacek
Dorothy Nippert
Peppy Pollies
Little Helper
Eleanor Stahl
Sedlacek
Betty Grob
Jamnita. Anderson
Ma Thompson
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Methodist
Woman's Club
Marshal Co. Kans
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