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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
3
Corrected Thursday listing shows corn prices at 119 for yellow and 83 for white No 2. Yellow ear corn at 70 and white ear corn at 60. Mixed corn 72. Butter and cream prices 40 to 48. Leghorn hens priced per dozen and old roosters per pound. Sand Springs appears as a locale reference.
Local stores in Diller will shut for Christmas and New Year’s Day. Community notices mention visits to Omaha for a hospitalized relative and a Christmas program at a nearby school two miles south of Diller. Local builders report high demand and lumber bottlenecks for broader houses as area residents attend events and thank-you notes flow in from residents and visitors.
The Women’s Association of the Congregational Church will hold their January meeting on December 31 at the home of Mrs. C. L. Waggoner. Regular meeting day is January 1, but New Year’s Day moves it one day earlier. Assistants include Mesdames W. Geer, H. Green, H. Thompson and V. Hill. Reporter.
The Diller School notes festive mood but staff changes as Mrs. Luther Gubel leaves for San Diego to spend holidays with her Navy husband. Mrs. Donald Frisbie will substitute in the Grammar room until her return.
The NCSA Club met at Mrs. Chas Waggoner's home on Wednesday afternoon December 9. Mrs. Roy Geer presided in Mrs. Fanders absence. Mrs. Clara Waggoner acted as secretary pro tem. Minutes approved. 80 cents donated to buy the library book. gift distribution by Mrs. Waggoner and Mrs. Vivian Geer. guests included Orpha Waggoner, Vivian Geer, Carole Jean Geer, and Stanley Geer. light refreshments served.
Pastor C. W. McCaskill leads a Sunday schedule with Sunday School at 9:10 A. M. and a 11:00 A. M. church service conducted by the Southwick S. S. group.
The text lists Sunday School at 10 30 A M and a Christmas program Theistmas program Joy to the World by the Sunday School on Thursday evening. Christmas Day service at 10 30 A M conducted by Student Pastor Otto Spehr, followed by Sunday School at 10 30 A M.
Congregational church mails a merry Christmas message with services at 10 a.m. Sunday School led by Mrs. Earl Weigel and 11 a.m. sanctuary service on John 15 26. Church officers elected last Sunday include C W Hiatt as president Herbert Barber as vice president and George Freitag as secretary and treasurer O J Mayborn named National Keyman for an indefinite period. Sergeant Liesee and his wife of Lubbock Texas visited relatives near Diller and Odell for a week.
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