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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
5
Markets report from Diller listing prices for corn oats oats hogs and poultry. Entries show hens leghorn roosters hogs and weights with prices per hundredweight and per pound as provided by Black Brothers.
Herman Rippe left Sunday for Ontertail Minnesota to visit relatives. The weather is warm but roads are bad and muddy. Electric Shoe Shop north of Bonham Theatre offers shoe repairs during vacation. Mr and Mrs Chas Warthen of Formosa Kansas visited Diller for the holidays. Mary Beckwith plans Humbolt visits with sister Mrs K Richardson. Mr and Mrs Ernest Gorr spend holidays with Rex and Mrs Green. They work at Curtis Nebraska in school. Harold Hutchinson of Omaha had Christmas meals with his parents over Sunday.
Twenty five Lutheran church youths visited Mrs. L Wenz and family to sing Christmas carols Sunday evening. The carolers also performed at several places in Diller. The advertisement from S F Baker & Co Keokuk Iowa invites a man to run an independent, profitable venture with no merchandise or accounts investment and requires a car.
Notice of probate hearing for the estate of Louis Wenz deceased in Jefferson County Nebraska. Petition filed for probate of the last will and for Lena Wenz as executrix. Hearing set for January 18, 1941 at 9:00 AM. Dated December 17 1940. £. R. Bee County Judge.
The Dorcas Society met at Rev Clark's home on Thursday afternoon December 19 for a monthly business session. Mrs Ovid Carpenter led devotionals and Christmas carols were sung. The entertainment committee organized a gift exchange and a holiday nut contest. Mrs Dovel attended as a guest and a date and nut cake lunch was served by Mesdames Waggoner Nippert Carico Stephens and Casper.
The church lists W H Clark as pastor and Mrs Ray Lamb as S S Supt. Sunday School begins at 10 A M with preaching at 10 A M. The postponed program from last Sunday will be held next Sunday at 7 P M. Members are urged to attend. the New Year topic is important. A good crowd welcomed last Sunday despite mud and poor roads.
Pastor Howard H. Pyche leads a study on Jesus Requires Faithfulness from Luke 12 35 48 at 10 A M with Sanitarian Mrs Earl Weigel assisting and a sermon titled Looking Two Ways in an 11 A M worship service. This is the last church opportunity of the year inviting attendees to go to church next Sunday.
Rev. L. J. Wolff leads with C. L. Hullman as superintendent. Sunday School at 9:30. German Communion at 10:30. Christmas Day service at 10:00 a.m. New Year’s Eve service on December 31 at 7:30 p.m. The church extends a prayer for a blessed Christmas.
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