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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1929
Page
3
Local notices include monthly meeting of MOW group Stunting Timber W Hiatt aired for fourth Thursday. Diller Filling Station offering oil or gas delivery with A J Floyd piano tuner. Beatrice doctor ads and family notices about sick children and neighbors.
The notice from F A Moon and Son proclaims quality monuments at reasonable prices in Fairbury Nebraska established 1886. It also mentions a carload of incubator kerosene now available at Clark's store in Diller and a Cassell Oil Co. offering. A separate sale ad lists black mares and two year olds with contact for Will Behrends. The St Pauls Lutheran Ladies Aid plans its annual meeting Sunday at 3 PM at the church urging all members to attend.
Notice by H C Ramsey offering a coal black registered Perchon Stallion No 150671 weighing 1800 lbs at his place 5 miles southeast of Diller Nebraska. Service fee $10 with insure cost to stand and suck. Ramsey not responsible for accidents though will try to prevent any. Phone 109-03. 6t
The N. R. C. group met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Packer on January 25, 1929. Members shared rock games and visiting. Mrs. Arthur Vieths won first prize with Arthur Vieths second. a light lunch was served after a night of Edison phonograph selections.
The Marysville Advocate-Democrat reports R K R Thomas will assume new duties about February 15 as manager of Kansas and Nebraska properties for Central States Edison. He will be replaced in Marysville by C L Shaw. Thomas, with thirteen years in power, helped open Marysville office from Ravenna Ohio. Kansas property includes North Kansas Power and Light serving Alma and McFarland. Nebraska properties cover Beatrice Power with a hydro plant at Barneston, and wholesale to Iowa and Nebraska Power and Light at Beatrice and Liberty, plus the Krug system serving Landa Odell Diller and Steele City.
O. J. Mayborn, William Kanter and his sister Marie visited grandmother Mrs. Marie Willems and other Diller relatives, spending the weekend in Lincoln before returning home Sunday.
A free tractor school hosted by F. HH. Sible at Odell Nebraska will showcase the John Deere 10x20 and 15x27 models. The event is set for Saturday February 16 at 1 30 PM and will demonstrate working parts of the tractors.
Leo Schetz of Hanover area killed two large wildcats that had been sighted for weeks in the timber near his farm. The male and female beasts, fat and aggressive, prowled local premises and were known for killing domestic cats at night. Schetz tracked, cornered, and shot them, with the pair displayed in Hanover’s business district.
Mrs Daisy London Gerard through attorney F L Rain seeks 20689 50 damages from Greeson Bar tow grocery firm in Fairbury after a collision at Sixth and H streets. She was hospitalized two weeks with a broken shoulder spine injuries multiple ribs and nervous strain. Her daughter Lois Gerard was driving the car at a careful speed. The suit claims the delivery truck driven by Oral Roberts was speeding and the car unfit for service. The petition asks 550 for the car’s unfitness and 20000 for serious permanent injuries.
Mrs. Charley Wesley seeks finder for a brown and white spotted dog lost from home with an infected hand. Geo. Specht is the contact. Lynn Cully missed school several days this week due to illness. The Dan Des Dunes Omaha band has been booked for the Gage county fair. Sept 24 27. Beginning Feb 10 1929 every other Sunday closing. Mrs Hughes visited relatives at Hebron Daykin and Diller then returned home.
The Jefferson county YMCA has purchased nearly a hundred all wool swimming suits for use at Camp Jefferson this summer in preparation for the dedication of the new swimming pool.
Mr and Mrs J H Emerson express gratitude to all who aided during a fire last Thursday that almost destroyed their home and to those who helped them settle in until new arrangements could be made.
Helen Maxine Pyle daughter of Mr and Mrs Mont Pyle was born November 24 1928 near Diller and died January 24 1929 at two months. She leaves parents a brother Duane and many relatives. Funeral services were held at the Cullison home Friday afternoon conducted by Rev Isley of Wymore with burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery near Liberty. neighbors extend sympathy to the bereaved.
County nurse spoke on Health in Education at a state meeting in Lincoln and led immunization talks in Diller and Fairbury. Work with Dr Diehl and Supt Siekman aims to boost rural child protection. school sanitation and a new health scale for weights were highlighted.
Congressman-elect Chas. H. Sloan will air an Abraham Lincoln address on KGRBZ at 8 30 p m February 12 and a George Washington address on the same station at 6 p m February 22.
Wilda Ramsey observed her fourth birthday Friday February 1 1929 with a chocolate cake frosted white and red hearts and a four in the center. Neighboring Buzzes mention simple social visits as families report winter water pipe freezes and local Bethel school plans a Valentine Eve play.
Mrs S C Hutchinson welcomed twelve members to the N C S A club first meeting of 1929. Guests Mrs R J Williamson and Mrs Frank Eick attended. Officers elected include Mrs Carico president Mrs Willis Clark vice president and Mrs A A Eick secretary.
A writer recounts Clint Tristman’s fall on ice injuring his left wrist though X rays show no fracture. The piece then critiques a proposed 274 million cruiser program, arguing it wastes national funds that could better benefit manhood happiness and social standing, and warns of potential impoverishment of other nations.
In Arizona Emery Park Tucson on January 26 1929 Mrs V B Bell writes to Frank T Pearce publisher of the Diller Record enclosing a 150 check and praising the Record. She notes moving to Tucson raising chickens planting trees vines and roses and reports mild business growth and Tuscon development while sending best wishes to Mrs Pearce and Fern.
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