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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1938
Page
4
The note recalls five years since acquiring the Record after Frank T. Pearce’s death. The Diller paper thanks readers and staff, notes small-town publishing is not highly lucrative but enjoyable, and pledges to improve the publication for 1939 with best wishes to all.
Mrs Holle was given a diamond ring by her husband as a Christmas present.
Last call for back taxes to save interest. Citizens urged to visit Fairbury court house for payment and penalties relief before deadlines.
Born to Mr and Mrs Doc Rhoden on a Monday night December 26 a 10 pound daughter described as almost a Christmas present by relatives in a local birth notice.
Earl Weigel’s thumb wound from last week’s hog butchering is healing as well as could be expected with some infection remaining.
Mrs Fayetta Hudson Black stone from Florida sent in her regular Christmas renewal for the Record this week. The item goes to her parents Mr and Mrs Ray Hudson.
The Volney Raymond family reached Los Angeles last week just as the city experienced its first rainfall in seven months. Nebraska residents might feel discouraged by the prolonged dry spell.
Rumor places a popular former Diller duo as married in Iowa on December 13. No official confirmation has been found, so the Record cannot verify the claim.
The city of Wymore filed a district court action last Friday to foreclose tax loans on twenty properties to secure delinquent real estate taxes totaling more than fifteen thousand dollars.
Mr and Mrs Russell McCreight left their residence last Saturday to move to Fairbury. He will become county superintendent of public instruction next Tuesday succeeding Mrs Genevieve Clark who led the office for eight years. McCreight taught in Diller schools for about six years. Friends expect him to be an efficient official.
Isaac Saylor and wife thank Luther League youths led by Rev. Wolff for singing at their window on Friday evening. Congregational church members followed with twenty-three singers on Saturday, sharing old Christmas songs. The well wishers express appreciation for the thoughtful gesture.
Mr and Mrs W A Snyder marked their Golden Wedding on Christmas Day at their son in law and daughter’s home near Diller. Guests included son Earl and family from Alliance and Mrs F O Sandman of Harbine. The couple wed December 25 1888 at Odell Nebraska with Rev Lottspeich officiating.
A Christmas Day gathering honored Mr. and Mrs. Ebe Roelfs on their fiftieth wedding anniversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Roelfs. Decorations featured gold and white and a cake by Mrs. F Grabber. The event included a radio sermon from the minister’s son, recalling December 25 1888.
Christmas Day noon dinner was served by Grandma Roseman at her home south of Diller. A pleasant afternoon followed with visiting unwrapping gifts and candy. Helpers included the Roelfs family Leihring Roseman Steele City Arnott Allerheiligen Wiemere Saathoff And many Roseman relatives of Diller.
The Dorcas and Methodist Societies met in the church basement on Thursday December 15. Mrs Ray Eick opened with a piano piece and devotionals were led by Mrs Geer. The group sang Christmas hymns and heard a reading by Mrs Sinkey. A playlet by Mrs Wagner and Mrs Schuelle of Ellis followed, then Santa Claus distributed gifts before lunch hosted by Mrs Wagner Griswold Carico Glenn Blauser and Fred Clark. Guests included Mrs Frank Amos and daughter Mrs Vera Schuette of Ellis and Mrs Flash of Geneva.
Forties records note Stark Hayes buying a Hubbell butcher shop, navy losses in the Spanish American War and many community events. Obits and weddings include Mr and Mrs Homer Clark of Idaho Falls and Stephen J Davis’s fatal Odell accident. local officers and families are listed.
Fifty years ago Mart Sparks bought the Robert Beil farm for 3300 dollars, eight cars of corn daily at the station, and a Diller opera house New Year’s event. Notable items include Dr. Samuel Ewers death at 74, the DDA drama Retribution, an ice house on McCune lot, and an inventor's flying machine tested in New York with a 1 million dollar company formed to exploit it.
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