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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1942
Page
2
The post office at Diller Nebraska reports transmission of re mallis as second class matter. Holle's Store added another dozen locker boxes to its refrigerator system to meet rising demand. A calf trade controversy includes John Leaper taking cattle to Omaha by truck.
John W. Delehant a Beatrice attorney was sworn in last Saturday by J A Donahue of Omaha to serve as United States district judge for the Lincoln district confirming a federal judgeship in Nebraska.
The Beatrice Daily Sun reports a second daily newspaper may launch in Beatrice this week. The move could divide local readership and advertising across two Beatrice papers.
Esther Bebrends suffered a finger injury near the meat slicer at the Farmers Store. The damaged finger was bandaged and treated after the incident.
Ray Moon longtime Jefferson county draft board chair resigns claiming health has worsened and the job’s strain is too much. The letter-writer notes personal moves, farm purchases in Newton Missouri, and family updates amid a rounded rural community column.
A two story frame mansion once owned by Col. Thomas Doane, builder of Crete college, burned early last Tuesday. Doane, a Civil War era engineer, helped in the Burlington construction across Nebraska.
Wellington Dean of the Diller Boys Home earned the Carl Gray 100 scholarship for outstanding 4-H Club work at Nebraska Agriculture College. He plans to use the award after completing his second year at Fairbury Junior College. Dean is a graduate of the 1941 Diller high school class.
The Lutheran Hebron College plans to close at term end due to dwindling patrons and will transfer records to a college in Iowa. This week students delivered a petition urging trustees to provide new leadership to save the institution.
Mrs Mollie Riddle attended the wedding of her great niece Mrs Bette Jane Culver to J Kenneth Bury of Atchison Kansas at Centenary Methodist church. Mrs Riddle returned home with Frank Ramsey and wife and Mrs Fred Davis. Also recounts wartime events off Santa Barbara with a Japanese submarine shelling an oil field and FBI and Dies Committee actions on subversive ties and employee dismissals.
Reuben Fanders shows dramatic talent at Peru Teachers College and Diller High. On February 6 the Gentlemen's Club presented Faculty Meeting a comic spoof written by Fanders. Freddie Dexter and Reuben Kimee directed and acted in the cast which portrayed faculty members and others, with all female roles played by boys. The performance pleased most faculty members and Miss Jean Bond from Diller praised the play.
The article notes a world visible tin supply of nearly 51,000 tons, highlighting the scale of reserves and current market availability.
Anonymous poem admonishes others who pry into private affairs and question personal choices. It rejects unsolicited inquiry and asserts a right to privacy, noting that explanations will be given only when desired.
The Palace low mood recounts George Daynor building a whimsical home in Vine land New Jersey from junked cars rocks logs and clay. He cleared swampy land and added flowers creating a castle like structure with gables arches minarets and spires inspired by Hans Christian Andersen illustrations.
The text notes Death Valley as the lowest US point and Mount Whitney as the highest, separated by about 80 miles, highlighting the extreme vertical contrast within a short distance.
The Nebraska region reports a varied week with springlike sun on Saturday and a cloudy damp day on Sunday. Snow flurries hit Monday with about two inches locally and 12 to 18 inches in the northeast. Temperatures rose to 12 above Tuesday morning, then moderated, while Wednesday and Thursday brought milder heat and two more inches of snow by Wednesday night.
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