Corn Husking Holiday For Diller Schools
A Corn Husking Holiday is set for Diller schools from Friday October 28 to Monday November 2 to aid harvest during a teachers convention week. Supt. Carl Ludington proposed the plan, approved by the board, keeping students largely in rural areas and ready to husk corn. The move could be adopted by other schools if successful.
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Diller
Mornior
Supt
Carl Ludington
Diller Schools
Diller Board of Education
Furlough Visit by Pvt Everett J Clark from Goldsboro NC
Pvt Everett J Clark of the U S Army Air Corps on furlough visits Diller with his parents Mr and Mrs S F Clark. He assists in dispensary and first aid, enjoys hearing radio auctioneer Speed Riggs in Goldsboro, then returns to camp with Maurice Schwisow.
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Pvt
Everett J. Clark
U. S. Army Air Corps
Goldsboro Air Base
North Carolina
Diller
S. F. Clark
Air Corps
Everett
Reynolds
Women of Diller Urged to Join Red Cross Sewing Unit
All women of Diller and surrounding community are urged to join the Red Cross Sewing unit newly organized. The first meeting was held in City Hall and future sessions will occur each Tuesday afternoon. Sewing machines materials and thread are provided. Each attendee should bring needle thimble and scissors.
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Diller and_community
Red Cross
Henry Wiemers Farm Sale Draws Steady Prices
Henry Wiemers hosts a Hereford cattle and farm sale at Fairbury with buyers from Indiana Iowa Kansas and Nebraska. Registered Hereford bulls averaged 71 dollars across fifteen, gilts 63 dollars across twenty five, cows and heifers 126 dollars across twenty, and Karakul sheep 30 dollars across ten. A ranch purchase in Idaho leads to a public sale on Monday October 12 at the Diller area farm four miles west.
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Henry Wiemers
Fairbury
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Idaho
Wiemers
Hie Farm
Diller
Home Nursing Class Seeks Applicants for 12 Lesson Course
All women interested should give their names to Mrs. Scott Miller at once as textbooks will be ordered soon. The course consists of 12 lessons taught by two registered nurses at a cost of 1 dollar per person. Certificates will be awarded on completion. High school girls are eligible.
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Scott Miller
Committeemen Aid Scrap Drive in Jefferson County
AAA committeemen in each precinct contact farmers to bring scrap to salvage headquarters. If farmers cannot bring it in, the committeemen arrange pickup to ensure the scrap is collected.
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AAA
Jefferson County
Diller Cafe Sets Reopening After Redevelopment
The Diller cafe interior is being repainted and redecorated in preparation for a near term reopening. Watch for further announcements.
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Diller Cafe
Chas. Radio Service Ad for Diller Nebraska
Charles Radio Service in Diller Nebraska is open for business and reachable by phone 47 offering radio repairs and sales services. The brief notice announces operating status and contact details for local customers.
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Chas
Diller
Nebr
Normal Trainers on Tour From Diller High School
The normal trainers from Diller High School will take one of the two required days on Oct 8 and visit Districts 82 63 88 and 89. They will be accompanied by Miss Ruth Stoneman the normal training teacher from Diller.
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Diller High School
Diller
Ruth Stoneman
Auburn sisters attend brother's funeral near Steele City
Mrs. Roy Thornburg and Mrs. Oscar Smith of Auburn Nebraska visited in Diller for the funeral of their brother Clarence Bixby and remained several days with their sister Mrs. Adam Gretzinger near Steele City.
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Roy Thornburg
Oscar Smith
Auburn
Nebr
Diller
Clarence Bixby
Adam Gretzinger
Steele City
Three Farm Sales Highlight Next Week Advertisements
Three large farm sale ads appear in the issue. Mrs Maggie Remley moved into the Sailing residence near the Methodist church, occupying a block north.
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Maggie Remley
Methodist Church
WSCS Meeting Scheduled at Methodist Church Basement
The WSCS will hold their next meeting on Thursday Oct 165 in the Methodist church basement. Mrs Christie Seaman is visiting this week at the home of Mrs Erva Blair in Lincoln.
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WSCS
Mrs Orpha Weaver Plans Move to Methodist Parsonage
Mrs Orpha Weaver intends to relocate to the Methodist parsonage next week.
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Orpha Weaver
Junk Rally Day Spurs Town Scrap Drive in Diller
On Wednesday July 7 the town held a junk rally with students collecting scrap in wheelbarrows wagons and cars. Junk was weighed at Diller’s salvage garage under Supt. Carl Ludington with captains directing ten zones and prizes for most scrap to defend against shortages.
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Ders
Diller
Carl Ludington
Bob Carver
Grabber
Eachrlieutenant
Ludington
Diller High School Dispatch Debuts With Flair
The Diller Dispatch first issue appeared October 1 published by Diller High School students under sponsor Miss Lois May. The six page paper mixes news editorials and humor and earned a county first place blue seal at the state fair.
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Diller Dispatch
Diller High School
Lois May
D.H.S. Dispatchers
Diller Superintendent Elected President of County Teachers Club
Supt. Carl Ludington of Diller has been elected president of Jefferson County School Administrators Club, a body of county town teachers. The next meeting is set for Oct. 21 at Fairbury.
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Carl Ludington
Diller
Jefferson County
Glenn F. Waugh Visits Diller as County Attorney Candidate
Democratic nominee Glenn F. Waugh toured Diller on Wednesday to discuss his bid for county attorney. He met local residents and outlined his plan for legal duties and county governance.
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Glenn F. Waugh
Diller
Sundell Tinstman Tie The Knot In Omaha Ceremony
Miss Jean Sundell daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Sundell Wakefield Nebraska married Lt Dale C Tinstman son of Mrs C L Tinstman Lincoln at Kountze Memorial Lutheran Omaha on October 1 1942. Dr Traub officiated with a reception in the church parlors and guests from Nebraska towns attended before the couple departed for Hondo Texas where he serves as Air Corps Navigation instructor.
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Jean Sundell
Roy Sundell
Wakefield
Nebr
Dale C. Tinstman
C. L. Tinstman
Lincoln
Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church
Omaha
Traub
Dorothy Sundell
Mise Locele Stiponek
Wm. Weston
Ed. Leof
Ivan Spurlock
al Phelps
Tinstman
University of Nebraska
Alpha Sigma Phi
Hondo
Texas
Air Corps Navigation School
Janet Mitchell
Fairbury
John M. Nider
Jansen
Ben Gretzinger
Scottsbluff, Nebr
Diller High Chooses Junior Class Play The Blundering Herd
Reporter Betty Novotny notes the Junior class will stage The Blundering Herd a western style play with cowboys and ranch scenes late in October. Senior students visited Beatrice last Tuesday for a picnic at Chautauqua park and a movie. Last Thursday Diller boys kitten ball beat Steele City 26 to 4. Endicott teams faced Diller last Tuesday with Diller winning both games 7 2 for girls and 44 12 for boys.
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Diller High
Beatrice
Chautauqua Park
Boya
Steele City
Diller
Endicott
Mrs. C. H. Denney Dies at Fairbury
Mrs. C H Denney age 73 died at a Fairbury hospital at 3 15 p m Tuesday October 6 after one day admission. She was a Gold Star mother and past worthy matron of the Eastern Star. Widow of former Fairbury mayor C H Denney she is survived by sons Arthur J Denney Harold Denney and daughters Mrs Herbert Knight and Mrs Bernice Reynold along with 12 grandchildren and two sisters. One son Vernon Denney died in World War I.
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C.H. Denney
Atty
Arthur J. Denney
Fairbury Hospital
C. H. Denney
Eastern Star
Fairbury
Mrs Grace Steinkamp Found Dead Near Nampa Packing House
Grace Steinkamp was found dead in a parked automobile near a packing house in Nampa Idaho where she had worked. An examining physician said she died of a heart attack. She was born April 15 1892 in Steele City Nebraska. She had lived in Parma and Caldwell two daughters Marilyn and Wilma survive with husband Fred Steinkamp of Caldwell Route 4. Her father E S Bugbee of Fairbury Nebraska and three brothers Perry Bugbee Oshkosh Nebraska and a sister Mrs Esther Bond of Fairbury also survive.
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Grace Steinkamp
Nampa
Idaho
Steele City
Nebr
Canyon County
Parma
Caildwell
Fred Steinkamp
Caldwell
Route 4
Marilyn
Wilma
E. S. Bugbee
Fairbury
Neb
Perry Bugbee
Oshbkosh
Esther Bond
60 000 visit Lincoln air base open house on 25th anniversary
Mr and Mrs Scott Miller and family visited the Lincoln air base during the 60 000 turnout on Sunday October 4 the only open house day. The event marked the 25th anniversary of Scott Senior s World War One induction and the birthday anniversary of Scott Junior.
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Scott Miller
Marilyn
Gloria
Scott Jr
Crete
Helen Marie Nelson
Lincoln
Lincoln Air Base
Scott Sr
Sparks Visit Diller Relatives In Nebraska Trip
Mr and Mrs Roe Sparks of Compton California visited Wednesday at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Chester Sparks and other Diller relatives and friends during their trip.
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Roe Sparks
Compton, Calif
Chester Sparks
Dr Pitts of Ogalalla Visits Relatives
Dr. Pitts of Ogalalla is visiting his sister Mrs. Cora Coleman and the W. E. Anderson family.
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Dr. Pitts of
Ogalalla
Mrs
Cora Coleman
W. E. Anderson
100 bu. Corn to the Acre Grows Near Diller
Ben Behrends of Diller area reports years of effort breeding a hybrid style corn that yields exceptionally high. This season parts of his crop reach 100 bushels per acre with some patches hitting 108 bushels. Ears weigh up to 1 lb 11 oz and ears carry around 1450 grains.
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Ben Behrends
Diller
Pre-Nuptial Shower Honors Miss Rachael Viers in Beatrice
Beatrice teachers hosted a Saturday evening shower for Miss Rachael Viers on October 4 with a dessert luncheon and a gift presentation. Grace Bazant and her relatives visited, including Mrs. Stella Likens and Wanda Likens of Fairbury. Mrs. Claude Ellis entered Odell hospital for treatment.
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Rachael Viers
Beatrice
Rachael
Grace Bazant
Chicago
R. J. Bazant
Stella Likens
Wanda
Fairbury
Bezant
Claude Ellis
Odell Hospital
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Diller School News
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