Eleven Properties Will Go For Taxes At Fairbury
On November 12 at Fairbury eleven properties, including D W Fanders lot and Mary Green residence, will be sold for taxes. Ray Colman of Hastings visited with Beulah Andelt family and others, while Ray prepared to return to work after sick leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbury
Ee Clark
D. W. Fanders
Mary Green
Strocky
Phillips
Mres. Miller
John Miller
Sam Thompson
Fasnacht
Caldwell
Ray Colman
Hastings
Beulah Andelt
Diller
R. W. Green
Spechts Stay in Diller and Fairbury for Doctor Visit
Mr and Mrs John Specht of Lincoln have been in the area a week near Mrs Nora Specht and Alice in Diller and with their niece at Fairbury to be near their doctor. John Specht has not been very well for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Specht
Lincoln
Nora Specht
Alice
Diller
Fairbury
Family trip ends with pheasant hunt near McCook
Mr and Mrs Harry Allen with two brothers and two sisters of Mrs Allen drove to McCook after closing their store. The men hunted and brought back three pheasants. They returned home Monday morning about 3 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Allen
McCook
Supt Ludington Visits Peru State and Tarkio Game
Supt and Mrs Carl Ludington with Miss Petty Clark left early Saturday to tour Peru State Teachers College visit relatives and friends and to attend the Peru Tarkio football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Ludington
Petty Clark
Peru State Teachers’ College
Peru
Tarkio
Bond and Drexler Visit Peru College Students
Mr and Mrs Wm Bond accompanied Mrs Drexler and a school teacher to Peru Mississippi last Saturday to visit their children students at Peru college Miss Jean Bond and Freddie Drexler and to witness the Peru Turkio football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Bond
Baby born to Baumfolk family in Odell hospital
Grace Lottman and Mr. William Baumfolk welcome a daughter born October 21 at the Odell hospital. Baumfolk underwent an appendix operation the same hospital on October 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Baumfolk
Grace Lottman
Odell
Pastor Wolff Returns From Omaha After Three Week Convening
Rev. L. J. Wolff is at home regular again after three strenuous weeks in Omaha handling duties and tending to interests in the local Lutheran church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Wolff
Omaha
County Judge E R Bee Publishes Open Letter
County Judge E R Bee addresses the public in an open letter found on page four of the paper. It is presented as good reading and offers the judge's viewpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Bee
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Henry Giesbrecht
A daughter was born to Mr Henry Giesbrecht and Mrs Lola James on October 16 at Odell Hospital. The baby comes as the couple’s first child and adds joy to the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Giesbrecht
Lola James
Odell Hospital
Visitors From the West See Diller Landmarks
George A. Tonnemaker and his wife of Zillah Washington visited Diller for a short time on Thursday. He is the son of the late Geo H Tonnemaker formerly of this place. They had been driving back from Elkhart Indiana with a Studebaker automobile and stopped to learn the locations of his father and mothers early homes, his father's implement business, and the post office building where his father served as postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Tonnemaker
Zillah
Washington
Diller
Geo. H. Tonnemaker
G. A. Tonnemaker
Elkhart
Indiana
Studebaker
Sedlacek Family Visits Lincoln for Furlough Reunion
John Sedlacek and daughter Lena traveled to Lincoln to meet Lena's husband Keith Johnson of the Cruiser Tuscaloosa. Johnson is spending a 26 day furlough with relatives. His mother Mrs. Frank Johnson joined the Sedlaceks in Lincoln and Mrs. Sedlacek, recently treated in Lincoln, returned home with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sedlacek
Lena
Lincoln
Keith Johnson
Tuscaloosa
Frank Johnson
Sedlaceks
Green Couple Celebrate Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary
Twenty five relatives and friends gathered at the Will Green home last Sunday to honor the twenty fifth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Green on October 20. They enjoyed social games and refreshments as they wished the couple a pleasant journey to their fiftieth anniversary.
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Will Green
Mrs. Green
Curtis to Visit Fairbury for Public Speech Event
Congressman Carl T Curtis will be in Fairbury all day Monday October 28 to meet voters. He is slated to speak at eight in the evening and will begin his second term January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T Curtis
Fairbury
Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Local Paper Reflects on Advertising Driven Production
The note explains that missing items may be due to typesetting limits and that advertising drives the paper’s ability to publish. It underscores the need to fill space and suggests readers check the Record next week for possible inclusions.
Pastors Visit Diller Friends Attend Dorcas Class
Former pastors the Rev and Mrs Innis of Endicott attended the Dorcas Class at the Kensington church last Thursday after the annual Methodist Conference visited Diller. Mrs Southwick joined the trip.
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Innis
Endicott
Diller Friends
Dorcas
Kensington
Band Coat Return Request From Mrs Anderson
Notice requests all band coats not velts be turned in at the barber shop before Saturday for cleaning. Signed by Mrs Anderson, President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Son of The Navy at Opera House Next Wednesday Night
The Movies Next Wednesday night October 30 will feature Son of The Navy starring Jean Parker and James Dun at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Parker
James Dun
Opera House
Junior Class play at the opera house delights audience
Those who missed the Tuesday show saw a comedy drama where Willie Lamb helps a fainting girl to his home, his wife Mary absent, and a web of mistaken loyalties and romantic entanglements unfold. Cast included Bud Clark as Lovejoy and Deloris Bernhardt as the fainting girl.
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Opera House
Birdie Bryant
Leila Broadstone
Hamilton Lovejoy
Bud Clark
Willie Lamb
Fred Garrell
Deloris Bernhardt
Mary Lamb
Harriet Thomas
Catherine Barnett
Willie
Avis Johnson
Duane Wolken
Rosaline Fanders
Lovejoy
Chas. Barber
Mary
Katherine Fish
Marian Novotny
Dan Lion
Dale Lottman
Eloise Poo
Letter From England Describes War Time Life in Bristol
A war era letter from Fred Blackien in Bristol dated August 29 1940 recounts air raids 90 since June shelter life and disrupted schooling. He discusses convoy limits for children sent abroad wartime sports and the hope of running a football team next winter with few players left. Best wishes accompany the four page missive to Mrs. C. Burnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Burnett
Alfred Black
Park Avenue
Ashley Down
Bristol
England
Elsie
Daves
Schmadeke Reports FSA Work in Hamilton County
Mr. Schmadeke writes from Aurora that he is employed as a local supervisor with the Federal Security Administration in Hamilton County. He notes heavy workload with 252 cases in the county, vs 132 in Jefferson, and says he expects to stay in Aurora unless conscription intervenes. He misses local friends, plans a weekend visit to Diller, and sends greetings to Diller friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Schmadeke
Federal Security Administration
Hamilton County
Aurora
FSA
Jefferson County
Schmadeke
Diller
Mr. Schmadeke
Harvest Home Day at Congregational Church
The Congregational church hosts a harvest festival this Sunday with exhibits of seasonal products, services, and music. Rev Pyche urges attendees to appreciate nature’s supply and value and to draw conclusions about worry and contentment.
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Pyche
Death of O W Griffing longtime local bricklayer
O W Griffing former Endicott resident and renowned bricklayer died Saturday October 12 at a Pawnee City hospital at age 84. He had moved back to Table Rock about two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Griffing
Endicott
Pawnee City
Mr. Griffing
Table Rock
Nebraska Historical Society elects new officers
At the annual meeting in the state capitol last Saturday James E. Lawrence editor of the Lincoln Daily Star was elected president for the coming year succeeding Arthur J. Weaver. A T Hill Hastings is 1st vice president with H M Eaton Omaha 2nd vice president. The executive committee includes Weaver Hill Gold Eaton Abbott of Nebraska City and D S Dalby of Beatrice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Historical Society
State Capitol
James E. Lawrence
Lincoln Daily Star
Arthur J. Weaver
A.T. Hill
Hastings
H. M. Eaton
Omaha
Aod
Weaver
Hill
Gold
Eaton
Abbott
Nebraska City
D. S. Dalby
Beatrice
Corn Shucking Record Claimed by Chester Sparks
Chester Sparks finished shucking corn last Saturday with a yield of nine bushels per acre. The question remains who can beat that output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Sparks
Draft Selection Next Tuesday in Washington to Start Draw
Uncle Sam will draw numbers from a glass jar in Washington next Tuesday noon to classify 16 654 000 young Americans who registered for the selective draft. The first 800 000 will be put into uniform by next June for military training, with the full 16 664 000 numbered by week’s end. The drawing uses the World War era glass jar and will take about twelve hours. President Roosevelt redirects the honor to Secretary of War Stimson.
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Uncle Sam
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Stimson
Griswold Outlines Nebraska Campaign Aims at Diller
Dwight Griswold Republican candidate for Governor spoke to voters in Diller about relief for the needy, old age pensions, curbing political chiselers, and continuation of a farm program. He urged water resource development via irrigation, opposed liquor sales, and offered conscription insight from his own experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Griswold
Gordon
Diller
Griswold
Mr. Griswold
Nebraska
Diller Woman's Club Hosts Latin America Lesson
Mrs Allie Eick led a Latin America lesson on South America at the Diller Woman's Club meeting on October 24. Mrs Keith Hays spoke, followed by a group discussion. Refreshments were served by the hostess and Mrs Ralph Long. The next meeting on November 6 at 2 30 PM at the Methodist church will support the Library benefit with a Book review of The Great Tradition by Frances Parkinson Keyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allie Eick
Diller Woman’s Club
Latin America
Keith Hays
South America
South American
Ralph Long
Woman’s Club
Methodist Church
Frances’ Parkinson Keyes
Baby Linda Lu Loth Born at Odell Hospital
A baby girl Linda Lu Loth weighing seven pounds four and a half ounces was born Friday at 2:30 am to Mr. and Mrs. George Loth at Odell Hospital. She shares a birthday with her grandfather Herman Stahl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Loth
Ruth Stahl
Linda Lu Loth
Odell Hospital
Herman Stahl
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A. A. Eick
Grace Myers Place
Myers Farm
Plymouth
Harry Schaub
Edn Wessner
Richard Janssen
Peter Wenz
Arnold Meyer
Carl Schneider
Roy McCord Jr
Harry Long
Orville Millus
Morris Tucker
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