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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1939
Page
5
Market list from The Diller Markets shows wheat at 60 lb No 2 eggs at 19 cents and 20 eggs per dozen different corn varieties oats and poultry prices listed by Black Brothers with notes on hen and springer stock.
Final accounting and petition for final settlement filed by executrix in the County Court of Jefferson County Nebraska. Hearing set for September 1 1939 at 9 A.M. to determine heirs and discharge, with contest allowed. Dated August 4 1939, County Judge.
Mr and Mrs Marion Headley have moved to Fairbury. Sandra Ahrends spends the week with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Herman Koch near Steele City. Bob Green is at home taking a short vacation before starting fall classes at the University of Nebraska.
Dr. Or Diehl and family from Lincoln and Beatrice attended a local gathering last Sunday. Purley Place drives a new 1939 Oldsmobile bought through Marten Fanders agency in Beatrice.
Charles Green and his grandson Lloyd Green along with Sybil Fasnacht spent a few days last week fishing at the old camp ground south of Steele City. They caught eleven carp weighing about six pounds each.
George Fisher hosted visitors last Sunday including his son Chas Fisher and his wife from near Diller two great granddaughters of Marion and his son Newt Fisher from Endicott.
Will Brandt arrived from Liberty Missouri to attend a picnic and reunion with his brothers and sisters. Bill remains able at the piano, though aging, and lives at the Odd Fellows Home in Liberty.
Mr and Mrs Ellis Shane and their three children from Crete spent last Saturday in Diller for a family picnic at Mrs Loren Stephens home. Also visiting were Wm Wassler and his daughter and Mrs Clark of Friend Nebraska who stayed with the Stephens family last Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Henry Brett and son Allen with Mrs Clarence Wolters and two children left Harbine in the father's car for Scotland North Dakota to visit relatives the Alfred Grosshuesch family Otto Schuette and others. Otto Schuette is the father of the adopted son of Mr and Mrs Brott.
Miss Rosabella Bures is staying with Mrs. A O Richardson for the time being.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Barber and Miss Flossie Raymond spent a few hours in Lincoln on Tuesday. They were seen in public, with no additional events noted.
George Sasse has suffered considerably from acute indigestion but shows signs of improvement recently.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Gorr are visiting at the home of the latter's parents Mr and Mrs Rex Green over the picnic season.
Miss Norma Lampe of Fairbury is visiting her aunt and uncle the Wilbur Green family. She has been here a week and will remain another week.
Mr and Mrs Henry Diekman and son Arnold of Pickrell along with Mr and Mrs Wm Liumfolk and daughter from near Diller visited Mr and Mrs Wm Wiemers on Sunday, sharing a family afternoon together.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Carpenter and children traveled to Smith County Kansas at the start of the week to join a family reunion of Mrs Carpenter’s kin. Her brother came to meet them and brought the Carpenters back home.
A birthday party was held at Leonard Sasse's home on Monday afternoon to celebrate his sixth birthday. Friends played games, lit six candles on the cake, and sang. Pink and white cake, ice cream, and orangeade were served as guests left wishing him many more happy birthdays.
The Lincoln papers announce the marriage of Miss Alice Pilger of Lincoln to John Boren of Pawnee City. The ceremony occurred at the First Presbyterian Church in Lincoln at eight o’clock on Monday with about one hundred guests. The bride was attended by Mrs. Claude Pilger. best man was Robert Johnson. ushers Dwight Lowe and Claude Pilger. A wedding breakfast for twenty five followed at Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Ferguson’s home. The couple will reside in Lincoln after a wedding trip to Colorado.
Miss Bessie Novotny daughter of Mr and Mrs James Novotny of Diller wed Edward Svajer son of Mr V J Svajor of Milligan in a 2 PM double ring ceremony performed by County Judge Bee in Fairbury Attendants were Miss Blanche Novotony and Stanley Wales The couple will reside on a farm near Milligan Mrs Svajer a Diller High School graduate and former Jefferson county teacher Mr Svajer Milligan High School alumnus and farmer The informal reception followed at the bride’s parents home with 50 guests and a pink white decorated cake bridal bouquets pink roses and white asters highlighted the celebration.
The 1918 Buckingham Palace dinner featured President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson with King George V. The king shared several jokes about American troops, including a tale that ends with a doughboy asking where the crown is. The exchange highlighted the king’s humor and warmth toward U.S. servicemen.
Seven women are elected to the New York University Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Named are Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mary Lyon, Charlotte Cushman, Maria Mitchell, Emma Willard, Frances Willard, and Alice Freeman Palmer, with their lifespans and notable roles.
A ship enters a sheltered harbor between Geonoeng Api or Fire Mountain and Cape Lautaka near New Guinea. A dramatic lagoon lies beyond the precipitous sides, with the active volcano looming to the right and verdant cliffs to the left as the vessel reaches the landing place.
The Armenians claim they were the first nation to adopt Christianity as a people. Their church, the Armenian Apostolic, is linked to the Church of Armenia and established its first U.S. parish in Worcester Massachusetts in 1889. The liturgy has remained largely unchanged since the Fourth century.
The Methodist church led by Pastor C F Wagner and Mrs Ray Lamb invites parishioners to 10 A M Sunday School with Elisha A Life of Helpfulness as the next topic. A union park service is planned Sunday evening with a message of vital concern. The Church Board meets Thursday evening August 17 to complete conference year business.
Church notices list Rev L J Wolff pastor at Saint Pauls Ev Lutheran near Diller with English and German services and Luther League details and Congregational Church led by Howard H Pyche with Sunday School lessons at ten.
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