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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1929
Page
1
Rain falls on Monday night as Olive and Mildred and Ashcraft family travel notes appear. Scede Wiemers shipped a stock car from Shea siding near Diller four miles west to market Tuesday.
Geo. B. Pearce entered Byron Memorial hospital at Lincoln Tuesday to have a cataract removed from one eye. Mrs. John Carrico and Mrs. M. Callander attended as delegates the District convention at the Womans club in Wymore this week. Lynn Waggoner, state university student, is spending his spring vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Waggoner.
Mr and Mrs R F Starr are informed of the birth of a boy to their son and wife Mr and Mrs John Starr on the 28th ult at their Greenville Mississippi home. The school board motored to Nelson Nebraska on Tuesday evening for a personal interview with Prof W A Wagner the new principal elect of the Diller schools.
Edith Patton Eleanor Dieh Mildred Mayborn Clarice Moffit and Robrt Diller, university students, left Wednesday for Lincoln to spend their spring vacation with home folks.
Burlington railroad adopts planting low branching mulberry trees along the right of way to replace snow fences. Foreman T. H. Waggoner set out several hundred trees this week as a preventive fire measure and to block drifting snow.
Theo. Henrichs displays a new Dodge DeLux Sedan. Kenneth Fouts of Seward Nebraska visited his mother and conducted business. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Draper from St. Edward visited over the weekend with Mrs. Draper’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Ashcraft. The season shows ample moisture in the area.
John Pulee has added a large turning lathe to his garage and blacksmith shop to enhance his work capabilities in his trade.
Mr and Mrs Geo Mayborn of Beatrice spent Wednesday with Diller friends and relatives Mrs Mayborn attended a meeting of the N C S A club at Mrs Shutt s during the afternoon
Mrs. Peter Remley now living with her daughter Mrs. Vint Logan and family left earlier this week to spend time with her son Ray Remley and his wife in Denver Colorado.
F M Walburn of Endicott calls at the Record office on his return from Beatrice hospital where his grandson Neal Walburn underwent leg bone abscess surgery by Drs Diehl and Fall. The boy is reported to be recovering well but will stay in hospital for some time.
A Wednesday night gathering at John Weers’ farm west of town featured refreshments from Mr and Mrs Behrend Gebhard and Anna Lottman. Guests enjoyed ice cream cake music and dancing. Due to the crowd two separate parties were planned, signaling another festive event for the young folks.
Mrs. and Mrs Fred Wollenberg of Washington county Kansas observed their 25th anniversary with about thirty relatives and friends despite muddy roads and bad weather. They were married near Hanover Kansas and have five children who gave them a double silverware set and a purse of silver coins.
The grain market fell four cents per bushel for wheat and corn on Tuesday. One and three quarter inches of rain were reported Saturday and Sunday. Rollo Arthur and family from Beatrice visited Diller Monday evening, calling on Mr and Mrs C B Ashcraft. Ground remains too wet for April corn planting. Mrs O J Mayborn and Mrs C B Ashcraft traveled to Wymore for a Women’s Club convention and were escorted home by O J and G B.
Cal Waggoner swapped his car for a Master Six Buick DeLux sedan model 247 with a 904 horsepower motor. W E Mudge attended the funeral of his sister Mrs C R Rock at Beatrice on Wednesday. Mrs Rock 53 widow of W A Stoll before her marriage to Mr Rock had been ill for weeks in Lincoln and died Sunday at 5 o'clock. She is survived by one son and one daughter, one sister and five brothers. Burial was from Centenary M E church and interment in Evergreen Home cemetery.
The Farmers Grain Co erects a 38 by 40 foot base, 60 foot high elevator with 15 000 bushel capacity and truck dump. The project costs 9150 dollars, awarded to The R M Van Ness Construction Co of Omaha. Construction starts mid next week and should finish by July 1, with the old elevator in use until completion to avoid business interruption.
The Diller High School teaching vacancies have been filled. A J Nelson becomes superintendent. W A Wagner named principal and Normal Training instructor. Vernus Krieger joins Home Economics. Margaret Morton remains. Betty Spear to teach English History and Vocal Music. Nelson to lead orchestra and athletics.
Miss Emma Shultz of Steele City traveled as a Burlington passenger from Endicott to Fresno California on a Wednesday journey.
Harry Webber of Steele City was brought to Dr. Diehl's office Tuesday night to have a fish hook removed from his arm.
Mrs Herman Peters, after an operation at a Beatrice hospital, was able to return to her home in Diller on Wednesday.
Bill Kanter a state university student spent spring vacation at his grandmother Mrs Mary Wilems and other Diller relatives and returned Wednesday to Lincoln.
The Beatrice junior chamber of commerce plans a two day goodwill tour through southern Nebraska and northern Kansas arriving at Diller on Tuesday April 23 at 7 00 P M. The caravan will include 35 autos 75 men and a band.
Mrs. L Greenwood, recently released from Beatrice hospital, came home to Diller Tuesday. She will be cared for by Mrs. Ella Griswold and Mrs. Mattie Clark for a week or two before visiting her son Joe Greenwood in Council Bluffs Iowa. She then plans to live with daughters Mrs. C W Townemaker and Mrs. Will Friday in Rush City Minnesota.
The parasitic roundworm travels from the intestine to the lungs and back over about ten days, maturing in 24 months. Infection causes pneumonia and stunted growth, especially in young pigs. Prevention relies on swine sanitation: clean sows, clean housing, and avoiding old hoglots. after ten days the sow and pigs should move to clean pasture.
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