Flood Damage Strikes Diller and Beatrice Area
A midwestern flood covers Diller and Beatrice towns with Indian Creek over banks and Big Blue valley floodwaters. Homes evacuated as 150 families move from west and south Beatrice. crops harmed across Rock Creek area and Fairbury reports over eight inches of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Saathoff
Hartzell
Diller
Blue River Valley
Court Street Bridge
Souath Beatrice
South Beatrice
Rock Creek
Fairry
County election meetings set for next Monday
Tripple A Election Farmer administrators for the county will be elected at designated places next Monday at 8 P.M. Diller high school gym Harbine school house Steele City city hall Rock Creek at school 63.
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Diller
Harbine
Steele City
Rock Creek
Will Bond Seeks Medical Treatment for Ailing Balance
Ailing Will Bond seeks treatment for balance problems caused by ongoing health troubles. The note mentions Odell as a potential source of care or assistance amid the medical situation.
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Will Bond
Beesighes Odell
Pearce Visit Brings A Trip Home To Diller
Earl Pearce and wife Kitty visited Diller friends on Wednesday coming from Valentine where they spent a week with Mrs. Pearce's relatives the Will Cherry family. They traveled in a house trailer used as their residence in Waukegan and planned a stop in Omaha.
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Earl Pearce
Kitty
Diller
Valentine
Mrs. Pearce
Will Cherry
Waukegan
Chicago
Als
Earl
Early Pearce
Omaha
Rock Creek
Maggie Remiey
Automatic heating gains ground in Diller residents
Diller residents adopt modern automatic heating with several homes already equipped. New installs include S C Hutchinson and Arthur Grone along with Mrs John Carico Virgil Geer Orlo Geer and A Mayborn. Coal stokers installed include O J Mayborn C L Geer and the Orphans Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diller
S.C. Hutchinson
Mr. Hutchinson
Arthur Grone
John Carico
Virgil Geer
Orlo Geer
A. Mayborn
O. J. Mayborn
C. L. Geer
The
Orphans Home
Marriage of Rachel Diller and Lt. Lyman Spurlock in Norfolk Navy Yard
J Smith Diller of Diller announces the marriage of his daughter Rachel to Lt Lyman D Spurlock U S Marine Corps son of Mr and Mrs W H Spurlock Lincoln. Ceremony held in the chapel at Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia on August 31. Mrs Spurlock attended the University of Nebraska member of Alpha Chi Omega. Lt Spurlock a graduate of the University of Nebraska.
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J. Smith Diller
Diller
Rachel
Lyman D. Spurlock
U. S. Marine Corps
Lt. Spurlock
W. H. Spurlock
Lincoln
Norfolk Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Virginia
Spurlock
University of Nebraska
Alpha Chi Omega
Williamson and Wolff Tie in Sioux Falls Methodist Church
Mr Robert John Williamson and Miss Elizabeth Wolff of Sioux Falls South Dakota wed in the Methodist church on August 30 1941 Robert is the grandson of Mrs.
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Robert John Williamson
Elizabeth Wolff
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Robert
Diller State Bank Names New Officers
The bank announces new officers including President Mayborn, Vice President Bessie Mayborn, Cashier W E Anderson, and Director Etta Mayborn.
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The
Diller State Bank
Mayborn
Ae Bessie
O. J.) Mayborn
W. E. Anderson
Etta
Alf) Mayborn
Freshmen Initiation Sparks High School Night
Marilyn Miller reports on initiation night at Diller High as freshmen and newcomers endure playful ordeals. seniors and class representatives supervise pranks from barefoot ruses to tied ropes and silly dares, ending with a campus program and a cooling finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Miller
Diller High
Delores Bernhardt
Bobby Murrey
Miss Stoneman
Harbine Sees Heavy Fireworks Display Amid Storm
Reports from Harbine describe a natural fireworks show Monday as thunder boomed and every fuse in town nearly burned out except two. Will Tinstr saved a damaged line, quitting his job until repairs fixed the issue amid steady rain.
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Harbine
Diller Tel. Co
Mrs R H Altman Dies After Illness With Family Acknowledgments
Mrs R H Altman about 65 died last Sunday at home after illness. Survived by husband, two sons and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements to be announced by family.
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R. H. Altman
Toen
Friendship Sight Unseen 2 r and Mrs Arnold Beckman Visit
Mrs Arnold Beckman and her husband from Crownpoint Indians came to Diller to meet Miss Margaret Barnett after six years of pen correspondence. They stayed overnight, then drove to Lincoln to continue the search, as Barnett was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Beckman
Crownpoint
Diller
Margaret Barnett
Margaret
Lincoln visitors recall old ties in Diller gathering
Mrs. Vasta Parker Owens of Lincoln, a Diller high school alumna, traveled with Mrs. Clare Bunting and others to meet former friends at the Dorcas Kensington. They socialized with Mrs. Mollie Riddle and Mrs. Robertson, revisiting old acquaintances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vasta Parker Owens
Lincoln
Diller High School
Riddle
Robertson
Dorcas Kensington
Clare Bunting
Nancy Robertson
Lobb
Ames
Los Angeles
Free outdoor movie program at Diller ends for season
The free shows at Diller officially closed last Thursday after a final night sponsored by Mr. Wolken. Next Wednesday the films move to the opera venue under new sponsors, with optimistic hopes for a better program next year amid weak business support.
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Diller
Wolken
Cope Meet FBI Points in State Discusses Defense Meeting
The fourth in a series sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Law will be led by Special Agent C. F. Stein of Omaha. Law enforcement topics will be covered with a focus on the national defense program, set for Sept. 29 at Norfolk.
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Federal Bureau of Law
C. F. Stein
Omaha
Norfolk
Corn Harvest Talks At County Fair The Star Key Farm Reports
Local growers discuss corn yields and futures. Antone Zellepey shows hybrid ears while denying plans to deploy corn widely. Vie r's land west of town supplies the corn. Frank Meyer expects eighty bushels per acre in his bottom corn. Edgar Henrichs displays a large ear as a fair sample and predicts a strong yield. Willis Clark claims eighty six bushels per acre from his best field. Charley Barber laments drought and wind, predicting no corn this week.
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Antone Zellepey
Zellepy
Frank Meyer
Edgar Henrichs
Willis Clark
Starkey
Charley Barber
Mise Margaret Barnett Certs the Ceaiehadie a Nebwes
Margaret Barnett is credited with certifying a notable event in a Nebwes report. The item notes local authority action and community impact, reflecting a period tone and formal reporting style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Margaret Barnett
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Pluvious
Indian Creek
Leland Cleary
Tripple
George Freitag
Cope
FBI
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