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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
1
The 44th annual picnic and 60th anniversary kickoff were delayed by Thursday rain. The Friday parade proceeded with a patriotism and peace themed pageant, featuring a new Elks flag, baton champion Jack Barnes, and the Wymore Band. Old timers and church floats drew large crowds and renewed civic pride.
A crowd of former Diller residents gathered for a local picnic with attendees including H Z Diller and wife James Conniff and wife and daughter Charles Osborn and wife Wm Steffensmeyer and wife Mrs Carrie Wrigley Jess Brandt all of Lincoln Rupert Andrews and family of Bladen A H Gretzinger and wife Mr and Mrs Dirk Edgington and two daughters Minnie and Mary Mr and Mrs Guy Cassel of Steele City Elmer Malchow of Conrad Kansas Jesse Pierce Mrs Baker and daughter Grandmother Hiatt of Beatrice Leonard Frisbie and family Campbell Clifford Sparks and wife Liberty Glen Colman and family of Wymore Russel McCreight and wife Fairbury Ralph Frisbie and family Hiawatha Formosa visitors C E Warthen and Frank Pantier from Formosa.
The Park Services union gathering Sunday night drew a good crowd despite rain and moved to the Methodist church. Rev. Merle Fish of Los Angeles delivered the sermon on The Captain of My Soul. Next Sunday marks the last outdoor union service of the year, ending due to the Fairbury band festival on August 25.
The Lutheran choir of Diller joins several choirs at Hanover Lutheran Church Sunday at 7 45 for a summer rehearsal. More than 1000 singers prepare for the United Lutheran Church of America national convention concert in Omaha on October 13 at the city auditorium.
George Armstrong was elected Monday evening to teach the seventh and eighth grades at Diller schools. He will assist with coaching athletics and dramatic art and comes from Brownville where he resigned after his second year contract. He is noted to be aligned with his parents Mr and Mrs Andy Armstrong and is located about one percent mile south and eight miles east of Diller.
Robert Hiatt arrives home by bus after a month with his aunt in San Francisco. He is upbeat about the trip and speaks of the big bombers and torpedoes on display at the World's Fair.
Lawrence reports a boy, son of Mr and Mrs W F Fox, cut his foot badly on a broken whiskey bottle Tuesday. Four stitches were required to close the wound.
The Record confirms the wheat market quotation for Diller is correct this week after a period of instability. The past week has seen hay-wire fluctuations that affected the data.
A brief note notes two inches of rain and rising shoe prices. It urges repairing old shoes and mentions the Electric Shoe Shop located north of the Bonham Theatre.
Saint Pauls Lutheran church located a half mile south of town is being moved on rails to a new site in town. The structure will travel from the west past the schoolhouse to Main Street then south to the Bank corner and west to its new location. End walls of the basement are finished while side walls stay at ground level for easier moving. Church furniture is stored in the Hartzell building. If all goes well Rev Wolff plans to hold Sunday services in the church on its new foundation. otherwise services will be in the city hall.
A family reunion and picnic dinner was held at the Chas Waggoner home last Friday evening. Tables lined the enclosed south porch as guests from out of town joined in. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. J J Conniff, Mr. and Mrs Henry Creith and daughter Shirley, Mrs J H Hemminger Beatrice, Mr and Mrs Liman Finch and Wayne, Mr and Mrs Ward Finch Dorothy, Donald and Phillis, and Mr and Mrs Elmer Rains from east of Diller.
Will Move To Diller Ben and Rudolph Senior have been visiting in Diller for several weeks. They began last Thursday on the return trip to Ash ton Idaho. After harvesting their small grain the boys will hold a public sale to dispose of personal property lease their half section of land and return to Diller to perhaps farm again next year.
Cal Waggoner and K O Parish of Wymore depart Saturday in a Lincoln Zephyr for Vandalia Ohio to compete in the National Trap Shooting events as Nebraska singles champion. The five day meet starts Monday with Cal aiming at 800 clay targets.
The Dorcas Society of the Methodist church will host an Earn What You Can social tea Thursday afternoon August 22. Mrs. Clark urges the ladies to attend for a pleasant time with entertainment and refreshments provided.
Books of ten tickets go on sale until August 24 for 2.50 dollars. After August 24 the price rises to 5.00 dollars. Tickets may be purchased at the County Agent's office.
Former Ellis banker Chas. F. Bonham died at his Beatrice home Wednesday morning at age 69.
Misses Margaret Bull and Harriet Peterson, members of the high school faculty, were guests in the Fanders' home over the picnic.
Diller All Stars defeated White City church team 3 to 1 in a picnic ball game watched by Rev. Merle Fish. The win featured a pitchers battle and a late scoring swing in the eighth inning, with local players Garten and Garrels for Diller and two-base hits by Compton.
Visit by Mr and Mrs W A Schindler and two sons Darrel and Roger from Tecumseh to a local picnic. Mr Schindler supervises Tecumseh public schools and Mrs Schindler teaches 26 music students and handles choir and seasonal musical tasks.
Wendell Fanders from Grand Island arrived last Thursday via Travelaire in the rain to spend a week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Fanders and enjoy a local picnic. He had set up a landing field on the Roelfs land west of town and gave sightseeing flights. He later flew to Beatrice to bring his brother Bud home, then departed for Grand Island Tuesday.
The Dr Viers family built a patriotic float titled God Bless America ready for the parade but the truck engine failed and stayed dead during the pageant, leaving their entry unable to participate and the day disappointing for them.
Fellows in Diller parade last Friday include W. F. Cramb of Fairbury Journal and Mrs. Shaffer of Odell Oracle, Robert Koepff of Tobias Times, RS S. Marvin of Beatrice Daily Sun.
The piece describes Gibraltar as about three miles long and up to a half mile wide with the Rock about a thousand feet high. It explains the name Gibraltar from Jab-al-Tariq and notes Moorish control for six centuries and British possession since 1704 after the Peace of Utrecht.
Fred Kenning and wife and two relatives from Steele City were injured when their car collided head on with Adams mail carrier Lee Rabel’s vehicle three miles east of Beatrice. Baker, aged 55, died early the next morning. Florence Sanders was injured. Rabel and the Kenning party survived.
Miss Louis Pickering formerly of Steele City and now of Great Falls Montana died in Vallejo California on August 6 while receiving cancer treatment. Daughter of John Howard Pickering funeral services were held at Steele City Presbyterian Church led by Rev R L Williams. She was remembered as a dedicated teacher and for aiding her invalid sister.
Nelson Ulm 38 brother of Olin Ulm of Diller died suddenly from a heart attack while driving a car with a loaded trailer. He veered into a ditch then a field before rescue. The landlady, accompanying him, survived. Ulm was a bachelor.
Mrs Elizabeth B Deuchler of Fairbury died at her home on Tuesday August 6 at age 50. The Deuchler family formerly lived on a farm three miles north of Endicott and were commonly known as Deikler.
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