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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
3
Wheat and corn prices listed for various grades plus eggs and hens market notes. Numerous sales ads include a 360 acre farm rental, a 1929 Ford model, and a 1931 Chevrolet sedan with 49000 miles. also offerings for tomatoes, sweet corn, a brooder house and a hog house near Diller by A J Hutchinson and C H Cully.
Mrs Eugene Dulee of Fairbury is visiting Diller relatives this week to spend time with family and attend local gatherings.
Mrs Kenneth Young and child ren left Diller Sunday evening by train for Concordia Kansas to visit Mr Young's parents and relatives. Mrs Ruth Smith and son Morton of Burr visited Saturday at the Smith home.
Continued hot and dry weather prevails, with temperatures remaining high and humidity low. Forecasters warn of heat impact on outdoor activities and urge hydration and sun protection for communities.
The old brick Burlington station, in use for 55 years since 1889, is gone. The Daykin landmark has been replaced by a neat, remodeled station with gray composition siding, smaller but adequate for current business.
Otto Spehr and Mrs Mere Spehr returned Wednesday from a two week vacation. They visited at the home of her parents Rev and Mrs Jenske in Akron Iowa.
Gary Blauser celebrated his sixth birthday with a Saturday party. Guests included Lowell Robson David Robson Gary Bartlett Dickie Bartlett and Robert Casper.
Last call for waste paper as residents are asked to bring bundles of paper boards and magazines to the library. If closed, leave outside the door for early week truck pickup. Mrs Katherine Frerichs visited Fairbury Tuesday and will stay with the Weerts and Junker families.
Donald Scheele of Beatrice spent Sunday in Diller at his parents home Mr. and Mrs Henry Scheele. He cut his wrist badly on a broken milk bottle but resumed duties at the Morning Star Dairy Monday morning.
Robert Diller arrived Saturday from Chicago to spend the weekend with his wife and son at the family home where they are residing for the summer.
Mr and Mrs C Smith visited B F Rogers home in Endicott with Mrs Ruth Smith Morton and Donna Cecil Rogers Wayne and Luella. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Gordon Dick Mildred May born on Saturday July 29 in Oakland California.
Dinner guests included True Thompson and daughter Vivian of Omaha Mrs Christie Seaman and Fred Clark of Diller. The occasion featured homemade ice cream and a Saturday evening gathering at the Scott Miller residence.
Dr. S. B. Viers and his wife departed Diller on Monday by train to Duluth Minnesota to visit their daughter Rachael.
A Valentine Co service ad seeks collections of notes judgments accounts or no charge. Offers 38 years experience with references. Requests full written correspondence to Marshalltown Iowa address RC.
Dwight Weigel returns Sunday to his Duver home after working in western Nebraska harvest fields. Carol Lee and Dale Frisbie travel from Campbell to visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Lee Calkins and other Diller relatives. They help Aunt Vernon D Hill move items to the Snyder store building she occupies.
Mrs Rose Andrews a longtime Steele City resident will travel this week with her daughter Margaret to visit her son Rupert in Bladen Nebraska before heading to Chicago where she plans to establish a new home. Household goods are being shipped to Chicago.
Mrs. Ed Lauder and her daughter Penny spent the weekend in Chicago with Ed Lauder F. They viewed a Chris Craft motor boat on the lake and saw a baby flat-top Air Craft Carrier. The family lodged at the Stevens Hotel, touted as the largest in the world.
Jefferson County Selective Service board chaired by W. L. Woods announces a county wide program to assist returning service men in finding employment and accessing rehabilitation insurance and schooling. Local board officers Gilbert Frey and Glenn Waugh handle the work with outside organizations urged to refer men to the board or USES offices. The office moves to Room 13 Steele Building 4084 E Street after August 15, 1944, with local volunteers including W. E. Anderson, Walter Jarcow, Cray Vaughn, Louis Kozak, Clarence Sixel, and John Nider aiding in problem resolution.
The Jefferson County Red Cross and YWCA announce a county wide plan to create a supervised club home for girls near Fairbury Junior College. Ownership of the Perso nett residence will transfer to the Jefferson County YWCA to support the project. Meanwhile a Red Cross lease will allow continued use of the house for surgical dressings, pajamas and gowns for veterans hospitals, and baby layettes for relief work.
Congregational Church notes Mrs Earl Weigel Sunday School Superintendent at 10 A M. Methodist Church lists Robert Pullen minister and Mrs Robert Upson Sunday School Superintendent with 10 A M sessions.
Rev Otto Spehr and Pastor John Weers share duties with Sunday School at 10:00 worship at 11:00. Luther League 8:30 Women’s Missionary Meeting Wednesday 2:30 Choir rehearsal Wednesday 9 p.m.
St John’s Lutheran in Lanham Nebraska lists Werner C. Welchert as pastor. Choir rehearsal on Thursday August 10 at 9:30 p m. Sunday August 18 Sunday School 9:30 a m Morning worship at 10:80 a m Luther League at 8:80 p m. Choir rehearsal Thursday August 17 at 9:30 p m.
Congressman Carl Curtis notes August was pivotal in U S history with events from Colorado statehood in 1876 to Missouri in 1821 and New Mexico under U S rule in 1846. Other August milestones include Francis Scott Key's birth in 1780 Fulton’s steamboat 1807 the first Atlantic cable 1858 the first U S Patent in 1790 the Panama Canal opened 1914 with traffic starting 1920.
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