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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
1
The Ditter public school presents a Christmas pageant tomorrow night at the opera house. It is a community event sponsored by four local churches. Miss Bull from Diller School supervises the program.
Mrs Gladdus Davis of a farm five miles northeast of Diller again received a Christmas tree from her daughter Mrs Ruth Bloom and family of Missoula Montana. The tree is freshly cut from the mountain side and will last until spring. Regular stocky trees are cut in September.
Storekeepers on the west side of Main Street had snow shoveled from sidewalks. Cars could not reach the curb, so GH Findling, Harley Clark, and Ernest Shultz hauled the snow to the park and dumped it around trees.
Robert Maw arrived last Saturday to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Floyd Maw and relatives from Mare Island near San Francisco Bay. He says the old hometown feels awfully cold.
Reverend HH Pyche departed on an early Monday train to Boulder Colorado to escort his daughter Miss Ruth Pyche to her car. Ruth has studied at Boulder College since September completing her master's work.
Harry Ahrends and helpers began tearing down the Strocky house on Tuesday. He bought the cement block building at a recent tax sale and plans to use the material on his farm southwest of town.
Miss Alice Specht traveled by train to Beatrice on Monday for a district WPA project meeting on home beautification. She cried on the train as snow drifts blocked highways.
The Diller schools will close tomorrow evening for the Christmas holiday and reopen on Monday December 30. There will be no school on New Year's Day.
Property sale last Saturday faced poor bidding as bad weather kept buyers away and staff visited a Fairbury second hand dealer for a song.
Dwain Green, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Wilber Green, has endured a week of illness due to a severe ear infection following influenza.
Norma Lee Allen is absent from school this week due to illness as the flu spreads through the class.
Delmar Hale and Virginia Dunn report two marriages of their children. Claude Hale wed Grage Bene in Washington on November 23, and Wauna Hale married P J Smith in Santa Monica on December 6. The brides and grooms are from Denver and Westphalia, with ties to local schools and Douglas Aircraft. The couple will reside in Washington, D C for six months after the ceremony.
John Sailing left Sunday morning for the western coast with Mrs. Erritt Moore her daughter and three sons. They aimed for Richmond on San Francisco Bay to visit where Mr. Moore had been. Mr. Sailing planned to return to take Mr. and Mrs. A A Rick to Los Angeles. Word later said the party arrived safely and Mr. Sailing was returning home.
Mr and Mrs Roscoe Colman receive word from son Clyde in Camp 755 Pawnee City Nebraska that he has been promoted to Camp Clerk. The promotion comes with help from older fellows enlisting in the army and Clyde enjoys his work.
Joe Hiatt Jr enlisted for service in the regular army and was accepted last week. He left Omaha last Friday for San Diego where he will receive his assignment. He has a hunch he may be sent to the Philippine Islands.
Three church Christmas programs are scheduled in sequence at Diller this week. The Methodist service is set for Sunday evening followed by the Congregationalist program Monday evening and St. Pauls Lutheran on Tuesday evening.
Earl Francis postponed his public sale one week due to a blizzard that blocked the roads. The sale will be held next Monday December 23 at his location two miles west of Shea.
The Record announces an early print schedule next week due to the holiday. Editors request submissions be handed in as soon as possible to meet the adjusted deadline.
Those wishing to secure a membership in the Red Cross for 1941 may do so at the Record office. The list will be sent in by Christmas.
A century ago Henry Nave and neighbors built a crude log cabin on Christmas day near Arrow Rock Missouri along the Missouri River. They felled poles, laid stones for a fireproof hearth, and cooked venison and buffalo meat while living in a half finished shelter. The work combined shelter, food, and festive effort as holidays doubled as social work days.
The WPA road project half a mile north of town began Wednesday with machinery moved onto the ground and trees grubbed. The one mile east to the county line will be straightened filled and graded with sixty men employed on the job.
Local beauty shop promotes permenary and permanent wave specials for Christmas. Prices shown include $150 for $125 and $200 for $1.75, up to $500 for $450 and $109 permanents. Machine less permanente $300 with contact phone 49.
A Wednesday night crowd at the opera house filled about halfway with moviegoers despite snowy roads. Spectators watched films, braving winter conditions to enjoy the show.
John Louis Wenz born August 25 1873 in Graben Germany immigrated to the United States in 1888 and settled in Falls City Nebraska before moving to Diller. He married Lena Kammerer in 1899 and had ten children. He died December 13 1940 at Odell Hospital aged 67 after a five week illness. Funeral services were held at St Pauls Lutheran Church in Diller with burial at Prairie Home Cemetery.
Fox moved into his own property west of the depot recently bought at a tax sale while the Cleary family moved into the Geer residence just south of the filling station.
Christmas vacation at Diller schools runs from Friday December 20 to Monday December 30 with New Year’s Day excluded. Severe weather cut high school attendance on Monday with forty seven absentees, modest recovery Tuesday as drift eased. One act plays were postponed due to conditions. Grade reports note staff changes and Nativity scenes by primary students.
On Thursday evening December 12 Lodge No. 206 A F and A M held its annual election. Calvin L Waggoner was elected W M Carl Ludington S W John D Steiner J W Charles E Waggoner treasurer W I Filley secretary. Appointive offices remain unfilled. Despite severe weather a good crowd attended, refreshments were served, and peace prevailed.
Christmas visit arrivals from Conrad Iowa include Cecil Findling with sister Mrs Lucille Friday and friend Miss Lurane Koehler. They traveled to stay several days at the L H Findling home after attending to holiday work commitments.
Stores including rmers, Allen's, Hughes, and Long's announce they will be closed all day Christmas Day and open Tuesday night after the holiday.
Arthur Grone and his brother-in-law Joe Nippert joined Leonard Richardson at the funeral of Mrs Pauline Moor sister of Arthur Grone held in Ohiowa last Sunday.
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