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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
5
A scrambled market list shows various poultry items with prices and weights including hens leghorn roosters and heavy and light springs. The text is partial and unreadable in places but indicates poultry auction details and unit prices.
John Weers offers good clean rye suitable for seed or feed at a reasonable price. Also for sale a 1936 Dodge 1/2 ton truck in good condition with good tires. Contact G B Cassell at phone number 30 in Steele City.
At a July 13 1937 meeting the Village Board of Trustees estimated expenses for the fiscal year beginning May 1937 at 3000 dollars and ordered the amount spread on the minutes and published as required by law. John Steiner, Chairman Chas. E. Waggoner, Clerk
A. J. Cully a Beatrice resident visited Wednesday for a pre picnic event. A. J. Floyd, a piano tuner, is praised for being diligent and thorough with work guaranteed. Dr. De. Ellie is referenced in the fragmentary notes.
Dick Catlan his wife and son Dickie departed Odell on Wednesday for a vacation trip to Yellowstone National Park.
Classified notice from Keokuk Iowa offering steady income with requirements for car and willingness to work. Ad from S Baker & Co inviting applicants for hustler position in the county.
The Odell picnic drew a large crowd over Tuesday and Wednesday with ample entertainment. The Diller Band performed and many Diller residents attended the event.
Hubert Engleman hauled material from Diiler Monday for a 24 by 48 foot machine shed and garage. W A Snyder recently had his house painted conventional white. Rolf Beckman did the job.
Dr. SB Viers and Supt Sinkey spent Monday visiting Lincoln in the interest of School District No. 70.
The Plymouth picnic drew a large crowd over Thursday and Friday with strong turnout and festive atmosphere. Organizers reported steady participation and community support throughout the event.
Mr and Mrs Fred S Ulm and Mr Ira Shull with their daughters from Aurora Nebraska were Sunday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Olin Ulm.
Cecil Pickard, son of Mr and Mrs Bill Pickard of Ashland, visited last week to spend time with former schoolmates and attend the community picnic.
Mrs. Christie Seaman hosted Tuesday dinner with guests Mr. and Mrs. Sam Clark of El Paso Texas and Mr. and Mrs. Willis Clark and Petty and Mr. Harley Clark.
Gladys Lottman has returned from a two month vacation at the Lake of the Woods in northern Minnesota. She also spent several weeks at Pembina North Dakota and Winnipeg Canada.
C. W. Griffin who served over 30 years as Rock Island agent at Ellis will retire on a pension due to ill health. A. W. Arpke of Beatrice will serve as temporary agent. Griffin owns a fine residence at Ellis.
John Pulec left yesterday by car to meet Mrs. Pulec at Ogal lala and bring her home. Mrs Pulec suffered bruises and a severe shock in the Cheyenne Wyoming automobile accident though Mrs Kuper was not seriously hurt.
Two men named John and George Rahman were reported visiting in southern Kansan areas last Sunday afternoon. Details are unclear but they were noted at an unnamed location near anbam and Bremen with picnic bills observed.
Miss Donna Wedder rode the Burlington from Sterling Colorado to stay with Mr and Mrs Chas Barber for a family picnic. She is on vacation from her clerk job at Woolworths in Sterling and will return home Saturday night.
Superintendent and Mrs Sinkey arrived home Friday with a large trailer load from Epworth Park at Lincoln where they kept a cabin. Mr Sinkey attended summer school at University of Nebraska.
Mr and Mrs uthier and daughter visited Hastings on Sunday to see the parade and picnic at the John Pulec home. They left Pattie Vara for an extended visit with her uncle and aunt and returned the same day.
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture reports corn condition in the southeast at 74 percent as of August 1. By August 13 the outlook worsens here due to drought and grasshopper abundance, cutting yield prospects in half.
Mr and Mrs Henry Henrichs Mrs Tom Fordyci and Tom Sparks longtime residents came from Wichita Kansas yesterday to visit relatives friends and the picnic Henry runs Henrichs and Sellers Jewelry Co in Wichita Sellers is an optometrist and Henry is a watchmaker
Miss Flossie Raymond returns home from a Burlington trip to Denver after a grand journey. She recalls picnic lunches and visits to Colorado Springs Fort Collins Fort Morgan Boulder Manitou and Denver with pleasure and notes cool weather and beautiful mountain scenery.
Will Jones reported finishing threshing one hundred acres of wheat at the Capt. Andrews place fourteen miles northwest of town. Output exceeded 2300 bushels with an average 28 bushels per acre and a test weight of 59 pounds per bushel. The farm is owned by Chester Scharmann of Steele City.
Local residents report new wheels after recent date. Les Barber traded for a 1935 Chevrolet, Quinter Fry drives a 1935 Terraplane, Willis Clark upgrades from a 1917 Dodge roadster to a 1985 Ford V eight, John Folkers also notices a 1935 Chevrolet sedan.
Mrs Maude Davis who has served the Lincoln Telephone Co as manager for over twenty two years at the Filley exchange has been shifted to Steele City where she takes over a position once held by Mrs Garber now promoted to operator at Dunbar Nebraska The Filley exchange will soon close It notes Mrs Davis is mother in law of Fiora Waggoner Davis formerly of this place now in Chicago
Mrs W Grinstman Arlie and Miss Burch of Sheldon Wisconsin reach Diller Friday morning after leaving Thursday A M. They report fine crops oats wheat barley rye and corn look very good gardens normal. They enjoy rain news and praise Bill Henrichs and say the boys will join the Lady Smith Band and attend High School next year. They express dislike for the heat.
The N. B. C. Club gathered Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Bill Wiemers with eight members present. They sewed quilt blocks and shared ice cream cake and cookies. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Fritz Lottman on Wednesday, August 18.
The list includes H. G. Hemminger Beatrice R N Southwick Harbine R F Starr Cedar Falls Iowa. Thos Waggoner Savannah Mo Averil Fouts Spokane Wash Arthur Vieths Diller Wm Glathar Frank Eick Roy Greider John Sedlacek Wm Jones Fred Sasserra Place.
New shelf items include Hunted Riders by Max Brand Case of the Gold Coins by Anthony Wynne Buck Peters Rabchman by Clarence Mulford Rifled Gold by W C Tuttle The Haunted Attic by Margaret Sutton Life of Hugo the Horse by Anna Wright Adventures in a Dishpan by Eleanor Groth Ezra the Elephant by Marjorie Barrow
Mrs Christie Seaman invited threshers to her home for a dinner on Friday August 6 to give them a day off from cooking. Mrs Saylor served as chaperone and guests behaved well. Present were Mesdames Will Weers Chester Sparks Willis Clark Will Beh rends Quinter Fry J Saylor and Petty Clark. regrets from Mrs Rudgell and Mrs Laverance Madden.
A prenuptial shower was given for Miss Mildryde Glathar, soon to wed Key McLean, at Mrs. H. C. Thompsons home. The yellow and white décor featured a horn of plenty gift display, with lively games and refreshments of fruit salad cones wafers and nectar. Hostesses Betty Thompson and Hope Renz led the event, and the honoree received many gifts and warm wishes.
List of donors and amounts funding Diller’s 41st annual picnic. Notable contributors include Diller State Bank, Waggoner Bros, Farmers Store, and Allen’s Store, with totals ranging from 2.50 to 1000. Overall total contributions reach 136.00.
A foreigner struggles with Chinese as tones determine word meaning. Tones arise naturally to natives without formal teaching, making tone instruction difficult for outsiders.
A list of picnic dates in this part of the state includes Diller August 18 and 14 Hanover August 17 18 and 19 Blue Springs August 19 and 20 Gage Co Fair August 24 to 27 via Jefferson Co Farmers Fairbury August 25.
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