Charles E Waggoner Dies A Leading Citizen
Charles E Waggoner a prominent business man for 36 years and a public spirited citizen died suddenly at his home on Friday September 3 after a period of heart trouble. Funeral services were held Sept 7 at 2 pm at the home and 2 30 pm at Diller Methodist church with Rev C Hoyt of Beatrice officiating. Burial followed at Prairie Home cemetery Diller. Large crowds attended the services.
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Charles E. Waggoner
Lutheran
Batrice
Diller Methodist Church
C. Hoyt
Beatrice
Prairie Home Cemetery
Diller
Charles E Waggoner Remembered For Public Service In Diller
Charles E Waggoner born Carlisle Pennsylvania 1876 died September 3 1943 at his home age sixty six long time Diller Nebraska resident and business leader He owned Furniture Hardware and Undertaking with his brother since 1907 served as Village Clerk member of the Diller School Board and Prairie Home Cemetery secretary treasurer He married Clare Robertson in 1904 and fathered Lieutenant Lynn L Waggoner now on sea duty in the Naval Reserve.
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Charles E. Waggoner
Alfred
Amanda Waggoner
Carlisle
Penn
Diller
Neb
Diller School
Lincoln Business College
Methodist Church of
Clare Robertson
Lynn L. Waggoner
U.S. Naval Reserve
Waggoner
Charles
Calvin
Charlie
Waa
Diller Public Schoole
Prairie Home Cemetery
Local draft board member recalled for service and family
A Jefferson County Draft Board member who served until ill health forced resignation dies leaving wife Clare son Lynn and wife June two sisters Carrie Conniff and Anna Hemminger brother Calvin of Diller aunt Katherine Weaver of Ventura Calif four cousins and numerous nieces and nephews and friends.
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Jefferson County
Lofe
Clare
Lynn
June
Calvin
Diller
Carrie Conniff
Lincoln, Neb
Anna Hemminger
Beatrice, Neb
Katherine Weaver
Ventura
Calif
Relatives From a Distance Attending the Funeral
A long list of relatives and friends attend a funeral, including Mrs Lynoh Waggoner and families from Worthington Minnesota Beatrice and Odell. Military letters mention Cpl Clarence Hullman on furlough from Yuma Field and Roby Gritz visiting from Camp Bowie. Roe Patton writes from Roosevelt Base San Pedro California reporting liberty and training details and hopes for a reunion with friends and the Record.
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Lynoh Waggoner
E. F. Habicht
Blanche Smallwood
Worthington
Minn
Mica
Carola
Conniff
Henry Creithland Shirley
Blanche Ruhl
Herbert Ruhl
Lincoln
J. H. Hemminger
Ralph Hemminger
Beatrice
Pfc
Keith Waggover
Moody Field
William Robertson
Neosha
Cecil Hamme
Detroit
Kansas
Roy ,Milne
Fairbury
Lyman Finch
Ward Finch
Elmer Rains
Odell
Cpl
Clarence L. Hullman
Yuma Army Air Field
Arizona
Roby Gritz
Camp Bowie
Texas
Roby
Wm. Gritz
Diller School Opens with New Year Activities
The Diller school opened on Monday with track and basketball practice starting this afternoon. Enrollment shows 79 high school pupils and 114 overall. Junior and freshman transfers from Harbine add five juniors and one freshman. full student list to be published next week.
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Collins
Fandere
Uotors
Harbine
Harbine School. A Complete Fist of Students Will Be Published Next Week. Supt
Ludia
Large crowd attends Behrends sale on 80 acre farm
More than 400 gathered for a public sale of the Ben Behrends 80 acre farm southeast of town. The property with livestock and equipment brought 66 dollars per acre, selling to Arthur A. Harbine. Mr and Mrs Behrends plan retirement, moving to Fairbury after decades farming the place.
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Ben Behrends
Arthur A
Harbine
He Wossesson
Behrends
Fairbury
Prisoner Joe Hiatt Jr Sends Postcard Home
Mr and Mrs Joe Hiatt Sr celebrate a Tuesday postcard from their son Joe Hiatt Jr held prisoner by Japan in the Philippines He writes love to family and friends asks to keep insurance paid and notes he is well Though typed the signature is in his own handwriting
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Joe Hiatt, Sr
Joe Jr
Phillipine Islands
Joe
County taxes update and local governance change
County Treasurer C G Catlin reports taxes coming in fine with all real estate taxes delinquent by October 1 to be published. Delinquent personal taxes will be collected by distress and turned over to the sheriff. W E Anderson resigns from town board to become village clerk, a post Charles Waggoner held for twenty years. Freddie Drexler a Diller graduate visits Steele City. Community sees first heavy shower in over two months, rain arrives too late to aid the corn, but is welcomed.
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C. G. Catlin
W. E. Anderson
Charles Waggoner
Gilbert Plager Home on Furlough at Carolina Beach
Pfe. Gilbert Plager stationed at Carolina Beach North Carolina is home on furlough at the home of his aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. Will ger.
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Pfe
Gilbert Plager
Carolina Beach
N. C
Mrs. Willger
Harold Henrichs recounts wartime voyage toward Sicily
In a letter from August 1943 Harold Henrichs describes leaving Camp Bowies and Camp Dix, surviving an oil-tanker collision, sailing past Bermuda to Casablanca and Rabat, training in Tunisia and Algeria, and participating in the North Africa invasion before landing near Licata Sicily with the 3rd wave. He notes no battery casualties, frequent fox-hole action, and plans to send poems and pictures.
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Sicily
Camp Bowies
Camp Dix
N. J
New York Harbor
Bermuda
U.S
Casablanca
Morocco
Rabat
Tunisia
Algiers
Algeria
Africa
Oran
Bizerte
Licota
Third War Loan Drive Opens with Precinct Plans
Jefferson County launches the 3rd War Loan drive from Sept 9 to Sept 30 with a county quota of 1 020 000. Precinct chairs, including O C Brickell and local heads for Diller Endicott and Plymouth, meet Sept 10 to organize canvassing across 16 precincts. A Bonham theatre premiere on Sept 28 offers bond buyers a free ticket.
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H. B. Riley
Jefferson County War Finance Committee
AAA
Jefferson County
Riley
T. J. Kempkes
Bonham Theatre
Fairbay
O. C. Brickell
Fairbury City
Diller
Eighth Roelfs Family Reunion Held at Fairbury Park
The Eighth Roelfs Family Reunion gathered at the Girls Scout Cabin in Fairbury Park for a basket dinner. Attendees included John Roelfs Hastings Nebraska. Otto and family Rubell. Earnest Scofford Omaha. Marie Roelfs Peoria. Alfred Roelfs Jansen. Abe and Pet Wenz Fairbury. August Garret George Roelfs Henry Schultis Roy Irvin Erie Bernhardt Ben Wm Roelfs Richard Rippie and their families from Diller.
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Roelfs
Fairbury Park
John Roelfs
Hastings
Otto Roelfs
Rubell
Earnest Scofford and Son
Omaha
Nebr
Marie Roelfs
Peoria
Ill
Alfred Roelfs
Jansen
Abe Roe
Wm. Roelfs
Richard Rippie
Diller
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Chas. E. Waggoner
Rob E. Patton
California
Bob
Long Beach
Los Angeles
L. B
Hollywood Canteen
Apal
Roe E. Patton
Joe Hiatt
Freddie Drexler
Diller School Gov
Thegair Corp
Ohio
Steele City
Harold Henrichs
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