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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1937
Page
5
The corrected Thursday market list shows prices for wheat corn and poultry. It lists hens Leghorn hens roosters with per pound rates and references light springs and aprings, indicating varied poultry stock pricing.
Auction notice notes good clean rye available from John Weers for seed or feed at a reasonable price.
In Fairbury the Peppy Pollies 4H club met at the home of Miss Dorothy and Miss Fern Nit with sponsor Mrs. Ralph Long. Attendees included three members and readers from a news writing school led by Mr. Recend, who offered writing pointers. Reporter L. S. filed the notes.
The Little Helpers 4 H club met at Evelyn Hudson's home for a casual gathering. Members exchanged project ideas and planned upcoming activities.
Rev. Wolff of St. Pauls Lutheran takes a two week vacation. John Pulee renovates with a new wood shingle roof and fresh paint. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Logan and their Beatrice family enjoy a vacation in the Ozarks.
Bernardina Melcher of Fairbury visited from Monday to Wednesday with Marilyn Miller.
Mr Harve Pittinger of Beat rice and his daughter Mrs Elsie McAfee of Lincoln were Diller visitors Monday. Billy Nicholson is home from his summer vacation in Washington state where he had gone to work for his uncle. Mr and Mrs Ben Hall visited at the home of their daughter Mr and Mrs George Eschen burger at Washington Kansas last Sunday.
The Misses Beverly and Evelyn Hays departed Tuesday for a week in Sioux City to visit their aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Walter Kent.
Mrs Anna Warley and a companion arrived from Omaha last Saturday to visit at the home of her brother Frank Johnson and his family.
Rev and Mrs Bobet with E Drew and their young son visit Lincoln's Keith Hays home Monday. The Drews called on Diller friends Monday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Joe Nicholson and several of their sons visited Hebron to see Mrs Nicholsons parents with Ira Cas r and baby joining the trip for the day.
Mr and Mrs Dorris Coleman and their son from Wauneta Nebraska promote a week long visit. Mrs Roscoe Coleman and brother Clyde accompany them.
Mr and Mrs Roy Casper hosted last Sunday with Patton and Casper families present. Also attending were Mrs Ira Casper and Mrs Eid Sepa and son, alongside the Pattons parents.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Waggoner drive to Lincoln W for shopping. Cal will investigate a seeing device not to injure a man but to aid in business, a recommendation in the article context.
Mr and Mrs Rahert Drew of Lincoln called up the H. H. Beck with family feet Monday. Mr and Mrs Chester Spark attended the funeral of Mrs VanOsdal Wednesday near Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Meyers and family of Havelock visited relatives in Diller Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Scoggins and wife of Beatrice were Tuesday callers at the Vester Carmichael home.
Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vester Carmichael were Dr. and Mrs. Ammerman and Miss Viola Ude of Reynolds and Mrs. Chas. Gaisford.
An annual reunion at Coryell Park four miles north of Johnson Nebraska drew forty attendees. They shared a noon basket dinner and spent the afternoon visiting at the Coryell homestead with its log cabin library and a stone chapel dedicated to the Coryell family in 1936.
The Diller Nebraska village board met in call sessions on June 17 and July 13, 1937. Members John Steiner S C Moser and E C McCune attended. Bills for labor supplies fuel royalties and maintenance were approved including wages for Will Bond Ben Hall Roy Mansfield and others and payments to utilities and the library fund. The board adjourned after approving the expenses and a 50 donation to the city library.
A midwestern sale catalog lists 5 horses and a bay mare with weights 1500 and 1450 pounds, 8 Holsteins milking, 2 bred gilts, 4 dozen Orphington pullets, 9 acres prairie hay and 3 acres cane, Kherson oats 250 bushels, plus farm machinery including a TiC-De'g binder, John Deere equipment, Case lister, plows, cultivators, rake, copper range, and a Victrola. miscellaneous items noted as too numerous to see.
Ordinance No. 117 levies twelve mills on property for 1936 with six mills to general fund one and one half mills to water fund three and one half mills to street light fund and one mill to band fund. John Steiner chairman and E Waggoner clerk presided as votes were recorded.
At a July 13, 1937 meeting the Village Board of trustees set estimated expenses for the new fiscal year at $3,000. The figure was ordered spread on the minutes and published as required by law. Chas. E. Waggoner, Clerk.
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