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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
4
Report notes many Diller residents attended the Odell picnic with emphasis on Tuesday evenings. Harold Logans reportedly lost a fancy block show last Saturday due to suspected poisonous weed ingestion.
In listing Frank Sible’s surviving members last week the record left out the widow Mrs. Sible. She survives her husband and resides with her children at Odell.
The Mudge family faces tragedy with W E Mudge and his brother dying last week while their brother George Mudge lies seriously ill in a Texas hospital. The report notes the family’s sorrow amid the medical emergency.
A twenty-cent moving picture show at the City park Tuesday night drew a light attendance. Residents say the free and ten-cent shows have made Diller people price conscious, keeping many at home when prices rise.
News notes recount Ringling Bros. trains moving through Diller and Lincoln with animals and paraphernalia. authorities held up the Amazonia stop near St. Joseph for a search due to suspicion toward circus personnel. Also details Robert Diller as a special Department of Justice attorney involved in antitrust actions including ham price fixing indictments.
One of the Friesens, publishers of the Jansen Advertiser, was in town Saturday and dropped by the Record office for a visit.
Dr. G R Duvall and daughter Helen of Western called Congressman Curtis in Washington D C recently. Darrell Beckwith plans a few days in Diller visiting school chums before entering Humboldt High School. He last attended Scotie High in California and previously studied in Diller. Locals wonder why his brother Dick left Darrell for California possibly over a girl.
The editor laments a ruined public sidewalk at Diller across from the depot. Flood on June 8 raised cross boards with no stringers, making a messy path to town. A burning bush blocked the south side path by the town hall lot.
Odell picnic boosters spent about fifteen minutes in Diller last Friday forenoon. The Odell band performed two numbers and flyers were handed out before they departed. The Odell picnic occurred on the prior Monday and Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Delbert Stotte drove from Lincoln on a Saturday trip to pay Delbert’s Masonic lodge dues and renew their Record subscription. They toured the area and mused about staying longer if free board were available as rates rise in Diller.
Temperatures rose in day but nights stayed cool with lows around 50 degrees on Tuesday. Locals hope for rain as the dry spell threatens corn and prompts prayers for relief, though some fear hail or wind may follow.
John Lottman delivered a peculiar egg last Saturday, a dark reddish brown color like an Easter egg. The egg, reportedly laid by a Buff Orpington and White Leghorn mix at his farm, was saved that morning and placed on display at Holle's Store.
Will Myers seeks affidavits to obtain his birth certificate as part of a job application at an airplane factory. He is among the Diller babies overlooked by the Record in the late 1880s, and securing long-ago birth documents proves difficult. Aliens are not wanted on public works.
The Record notes confusion over John Clausen not owning a farm and a disputed title on a 5 acre tract sold to Lutherans who plan wheat. Joe Nippert did not receive a barn. Henry Novotov ended up with it but is now crippled by rheumatism and unable to take the barn. The barn remains for sale.
A misfiled roll revealed the 34th annual Webster County Fair premium list for Bladen Nebraska 1941. The event runs Wednesday through Friday with many premiums and ads signaling a large fair. J R Andrews of Diller serves as fair board secretary and Rupert of Bladen Grain Co. is manager.
Thomas Adams and family from Marshalltown Iowa visit Diller tracing his birth in 1877 and memories of the town. They view old photos including a 1890 band portrait of Jim Adams and recount events like a horse ride mishap and a runaway buggy on Main Street. The trio plans a mountain and Alberta Canada trip before returning home.
In a column of local humor the piece notes women outsparking men in church life. It mentions Dorcas Society members traveling to Alexandria to serve lunch at a sale for Ervin Sinn, son of the Methodist pastor, highlighting lively community activity.
The Bruning Banner published a ten page commemorative edition printed on golden yellow paper last week to celebrate the paper's 50th anniversary. The current editor and publisher is W Wayne Thompson.
The Jefferson County rural teachers institute will be held at Fairbury Junior High School on August 27 and 28. Morning sessions start at 9 00 with afternoon sessions at 1 15. Victor H Jindra of Peru State Teachers College will lead tonette and rhythm band instruction and a demonstration with rural students.
Otho Jennings arrives in Diller after more than a year away working as an electric welder on a U S fortification project at Midway Island in the Southern Pacific. He traveled seven hours by clipper from Hawaii to the island and six and a half days by ship returning, visiting Fresno before home. He believes Midway will be a strong American naval and air base and plans to continue defense work after the visit.
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