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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
5
Note from L M Cavett asking for recovery of a small green framed pocket reading glass misplaced between the post office and record office last Friday evening. Please contact the sender.
The Protestant Orphans Home files suit July 11 1941 in Jefferson County Nebraska to correct title records for West Half of Southwest Quarter Section 23 Township 1 North Range 3 East and to quiet title in the plaintiff contesting possession by defendants Walter Cooley Inez Cooley Mary Cooley and Beulah Hargelrood and others with a request for decree that tenants and grantors have held open and adverse possession for more than ten years. Defendants must answer by September 1 1941. Hartigan Skultery attorneys for plaintiff. First publication July 17 1941. Last publication August 14 1941.
Will Bond improves after a week of illness. Miss Margaret Bull of Lincoln stayed with Miss Gretchen Fanders for the picnic. Rev. Hall draped his car with the American and Christian flags for the event. Mrs. R A Rambo of Windham New York, cousin of Miss Flora Warthen, visited the Warthen home last week. Harry Beckwith Mrs. Paul Beckwith and two children traveled from Boone Iowa to attend the Diller picnic and visit relatives.
Mr and Mrs Fred Starr arrived Saturday evening from Cedar Falls Iowa to spend the picnic season with their daughter Mrs Elizabeth Hughes and family Mrs Joe Nicholson and two children arrived last Saturday to visit her daughters Mrs Ira Casper and Mrs Merle Johnson and attend the picnic
Classified note lists sale of dry corn cobs and purple top turnip seed by E Fasnacht and Ralph Long. Announces office closure from August 17 to 25 and a Missouri picnic in Fairbury City Park on Sunday August 17 with a picnic dinner at noon and program by W F Marthis secretary.
Hartigan and Skultery attorneys represent the estate of Reent Reents deceased in Jefferson County Nebraska. The state to all interested parties: a petition for probate of the last will and testament and for appointment of Theodore Senior and J Smith Diller as executors has been filed. Hearing set for August 29 1941 at 10 oclock A M in the county court room. Dated July 30 1941 Samuel Gallamore County Judge.
Leland Means of Wymore visiting Diller for the picnic with university friend Bob Green. Dr. Cecil Ellis and family arrived from Chester last Saturday to enjoy the gathering and visit relatives. Cecil also had a tooth issue noted during the trip.
Mrs. Harry Hudson Hazel Fisher and her son and two daughters arrived from Grant Nebraska last Friday to visit relatives and attend a picnic, especially to see George Fisher the former’s father.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Grone and Mr and Mrs Olin Ulm with children traveled to Davenport Nebraska last Sunday to visit George Grone, brother of Arthur Grone, at his home and returned to Diller that evening.
Miss Marie Upson, recently discharged from Beatrice hospital, has been staying with her sister Mrs. Jennie Upson then visiting her nephew and niece Mr. and Mrs. Robert Upson on the farm east of town for several days.
Serenus Viers arrives home last Saturday from Buffalo New York. He is accompanied by two or three other young men whose homes are in town. The group received a week of leave from their jobs at the airplane factory in Niagra Falls.
Mr and Mrs Jack Madden of Nicott Colorado and Will Clark of Boulder Colorado arrived last Saturday to visit relatives and old friends over the picnic. Jack Madden is the brother of Mrs Fouts and Will Clark is the brother of Mrs Christie Seaman.
Mrs Windsor of Minneapolis Minnesota has been visiting relatives in Diller area and remained after a picnic. She visited her mother Mrs Harriett Barton and siblings Bruce Barton Mrs Calkins and Mrs Ray Hudson plus kin. Mrs J E Woodring Isabelle Fouts and her sons Billie and Kenneth traveled from Can ton South Dakota after visiting Mrs Fouts and Averil. The two boys stopped in Seward for a 4H club meeting before continuing to Omaha for a relative's funeral cut their Diller visit short last week.
Mr and Mrs Chas Waggoner with Mrs Robertson and Lelia, John and Clars Steiner set to leave this week for Worthington Minnesota to join Lyon Waggoner and his wife and Mrs Smallwood in a camping vacation in the north woods Mrs Smallwood owns a summer home at Cross Lake near Brainard Minnesota Mrs Robertson and Lelia will stay in Worthington to visit the Hybichts
Harriet Peterson of Loomis Nebraska and a former Diller teacher was a guest at the D W Fanders home during a picnic.
Mrs C E Warthen returns to her Formosa Kansas home last Friday after a two week visit at Mrs Warthen’s home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fouts and daughter Miss Averil Fouts of Spokane arrive at their Diller home for a family picnic and to entertain relatives. Rev. and Mrs. R. B. Hall plan to spend late August in Estes Park Colorado and return to conduct services on August 31 191?
Mr and Mrs Max Briggs with Miss Avis Johnson travel from Omaha to Diller to visit relatives. Avis Johnson had spent two to three weeks visiting in Omaha before returning home with them.
Mrs Christie Seaman entertained relatives at her home last Monday evening. Attending were Will Clark of Boulder. Mr and Mrs John Keith of San Bernardino. Mr and Mrs Jack Madden of Colorado. and Miss Vivian Thompson of Clear Lake Iowa.
Mr and Mrs Irvin Fanders and Dick and Darrel Beckwith arrived by car Monday from Scotia California for a two week visit with relatives of the Fanders and Beckwith families before returning to their western home.
Miss Eleanor Weigle arrives home from Peoria Illinois after two months with her brother Lawrence Weigel. She visits Diller with Mr and Mrs Earl Weigel for the picnic season and to join the local band performance.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Roelfs returned to Diller Sunday evening from Excelsior Springs Missouri where they had taken their father for treatments at the springs They returned in time for Leonard to help his brother Erwin and move a cattle load to Omaha They stayed until Wednesday evening then went home to Omaha
Mr and Mrs Luther Marsteller and their son from Washington Kansas attended the picnic on Tuesday, the report notes their presence among local attendees.
Mr and Mrs Frank Zook and Harry Zook of Barneston attended a Wednesday evening picnic. Frank Zook has not been well the past year. Harry is described as rugged as ever.
Mr and Mrs Robertson and son Darrell of Chester visited at Chester Sparks home on Sunday. Darrel Robertson and Roe Sparks were sailor chums on the Saratoga. They enlisted together at Lincoln and served nearly four years in the navy. They left the service June 12 1941.
Mr and Mrs Chester Sparks entertained Tuesday with relatives present including Miss Vivian Thompson of Clear Lake Indiana Mr and Mrs John Keith of California Will Clark of Boulder and Mrs Christie Seaman of Diller Vivian Thompson is the step daughter of True Thompson visiting her grandmother Mrs Seaman
Church notices announce Pastor W H Clark and Mrs Ray with Sunday School at 10 and 11 AM. Preaching moves to a basement for cooling. Contests tease whether women or men will attend more in coming Sundays. Business meeting set for Friday at 8 PM in the church basement.
Rev L J Wolff pastor C L Aullman S S Supt Sunday School 9 English service 10 Women's 8 Missionary meeting Wednesday 2 pm. Aid meeting Thursday afternoon Aug 19 21 Luther League Convention at Lanham plan to attend.
Robert D. Hall preaches at the Congregational Church on Sunday with Mrs. Earl Weigel supervising Sunday School at 10 A.M. and sanctuary worship at 11 A.M. The sermon links civilization and Christianity, asking how civilized parishioners are and inviting reflection on social teaching.
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