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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1938
Page
4
A Nebraska editor notes in a church column by Rev L J Wolff and mentions James Swain who joined the Record last week to stay posted on Diller affairs, living with his sister Mrs White in Long Beach California.
Jefferson County's quota for summer Citizens' Military Training Camps stands at seven but only two applications were received this week. The two entrants are Atlie R. Evans of Reynolds and Vernon L. Orth of Fairbury, per Dr. W. D. Neville, Fairbury committee chair.
The annual band program at the opera house last Thursday drew a slim audience. The band delivered a credible program with special talent, but performance lacked confidence and punch due to the absence of several older musicians and other absentees. The soloists were excellent and appreciated by the audience.
A reminiscence notes how kids once used slang for risky moments and contrasts it with a formal schoolyard phrase about an abnormal temperature interval in the city. It warns against accidents during the school closing days and careless driving of cars.
The editor recalls an annual letter from John and Edith Zook of Fresno describing their extended winter journey through Mexico to Florida. They spent California’s worst months in sunny southern Florida and suffered no personal loss from floods, while remaining upbeat about Florida’s climate.
The Board of Education unanimously approved discontinuing Flag Day at Diller High School citing declining conduct and safety concerns. They note past issues include drinking swearing rotten eggs fights and dangerous student behavior aided by rapid transportation.
The Burlington Railroad shed several track sections including Odell, causing Nicholson of Beatrice to lose a foreman post at Liberty then move to Diller where he displaced Wilbur Green from first place. Will Fox from Odell then displaced Nicholson at Diller, planned to move his family, but the company eliminated the second man slot, leaving Nicholson and Green unemployed.
The 10 year old mare of Everett Frerichs farm six miles east of Beatrice foaled twins, a molly mule and a sorrel horse, an event veterinary E J Neugebauer calls rare but not unknown. He notes such occurrences can happen when a mare is bred to a male at roughly the same time. Both foals live.
Authorities approve an Elm tree trimming at the town hall park marking a second pruning by Lave. If borers continue damage, the next cutting will occur at the roots.
Mr and Mrs Jos Novotny celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at home with flowers gifts and photographs. They married in Beatrice Neb in 1888 and spent most of their life near Diller moving to their current home in 1933. They have eight living children and numerous grandchildren and were joined by extended family from across Iowa Kansas and Nebraska.
Elder E. G. Rees, pastor of the Christian church in Diller, urged parishioners to attend Sunday evening services to hear a talk on the war and the second coming of Christ and the end of the world.
Roman Emperor Augustus paid 20000 pounds for a talking crow that saluted him after defeating Marc Antony. The unusual gift underscores imperial pageantry and displays of wealth in ancient Rome.
A Powell man of 86 marries a 76 year old Iowa woman and moves to Powell Wyoming to start a new life. They spent a week in Fountainole with relatives preparing for a honeymoon and planned homekeeping in a transformed cottage on the eastern outskirts of Powell.
Colonel J B Wright aged 86, longtime auctioneer, renews courtship with Caroline M Day of Fontainelle Iowa whom he knew as a girl in Weeping Water Nebraska. After exchanging letters they decided to marry, meeting in Iowa and choosing April 1 for the ceremony.
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