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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
1
County extension project clubs and their husbands will meet in Fairbury on January 23 for a county wide session on farm and home money management. Ten tentative plans outline a year long financial plan with a film strip showing how farm men and women statewide organize farm and home operations.
Robert Thompson son of Mr and Mrs S J Thompson left Monday for Beatrice and Omaha to enter the U S Navy. He made application last fall same time as Robert Patton who was under age. He reached his 18th birthday December 27 and received official call December 28.
School opens Wednesday with all teachers present except eight absent. Miss Magdeline Wehling joins the Freshmen class, bringing the Freshmen enrollment to twenty six.
Mrs Hubert Filley and her newborn depart Qdell hospital with husband and go to her parents Mr and Mrs Dewey in Wymore where they will stay for a time. Hubert Filley returns to Stamford to resume schoolwork after spending holidays between his parents and Odell.
Charles With purchases the Annex grocery at Beatrice. He has worked as a salesman at A Palmers Company for eleven years and was in the grocery business before joining Palmers. He previously lived on a farm east of Diller several years ago.
The O. A. Cooper Company of Humboldt distributed dressed turkeys as Christmas gifts to all thirty employees. John Huttenmeyer the local manager and Roy Patton the assistant at Diller were among those who received turkeys.
William Mudge came home Sunday evening from Odell hospital where he received treatment. He said he returned to obtain proper exercise and regain strength.
Invited guests for a turkey New Year’s dinner at Mrs. Raymond’s home included Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Amos, and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Barber.
Mrs. Chester Weaver came back to her home near the Telephone Central office last Saturday evening after four weeks in Odell hospital. She is reported to be recovering nicely.
Harvey Garrels recovered from a severe flu that kept him and his family bedridden for eight days and left him free to go out.
Louis Meyer of the Twos. P. Price farm north west of Diller will hold a public sale on January 15.
Velma Mae Colgrove daughter of Mrs Della Colgrove Odell and Francis Kuper Plager of Diller wed Christmas Day in the First Presbyterian church Santa Fe New Mexico Rev Kenneth M Keeler officiated The bride wore a wine colored traveling suit The couple will reside with the groom's parents in the near term Plager a Wentworth Military Academy graduate and son of Mr and Mrs John Plager is a grandson of Mrs John E Kuper Hum bokit Nebr who will soon be 100 years old.
The Lincoln Journal notes Loretta Kay McCune, seven pounds five and a quarter ounces, as the first baby of 1940 born seven minutes after midnight at Lincoln General Hospital to Roe and Loretta McCune of 1330 H Street. She is the great granddaughter of E. E. McCune of Diller and granddaughter of Roy McCune. The family will receive gifts from Journal and Star advertisers as the Lancaster county firstborns.
A meeting at city hall gathered Diller business leaders to address the community lacking a resident physician after Dr. Diehl's passing. A committee led by S. C. Hutchinson was formed to devise solutions, with Dr. St Viers, Dr. Claude Els, and Dr. Mayborn appointed.
M and Mrs Virgil Geer bought last Friday from the heirs the late Dr C Diehl residence located across street north from the C L Waggoner home. Possession to be granted in about thirty days.
This office receives a subscription letter from Mrs. Will Warren of Wood River requesting it be remembered to her Diller friends. She is identified as formerly Nora Packer.
The Masonic and Eastern Star fraternal groups announce a joint installation of officers at the Masonic hall on Thursday evening January 11.
Week described as dull with scarce local news and an apparent reporter shortfall. Readers note few events or developments and the paper offers limited coverage this cycle.
The Diller State Bank announces new banking hours in its page five advertisement. The notice confirms adjusted opening and closing times affecting customers and daily transactions.
In his first year Commissioner S C Hutchinson logged extensive county travel totaling over twelve thousand miles. He drove 9329 miles in his district and 3000 miles with others on county business, plus 187 trips to Fairbury and significant daily workload. He says the year was very busy with ongoing duties and some tasks neglected for lack of time.
The report notes four dry months in late 1939 yielding 1.42 inches in the area while the prior five months total 17.27 inches. Dr Viers began rainfall records last April and the compiled monthly figures show scattered readings including July August September and December with several unreadable entries.
Early radio news from Omaha reports Hotel Henshaw destroyed by fire with no deaths and a $250000 loss and no insurance. A Minneapolis apartment hotel fire Tuesday killed 20 and injured 40. Tekamah garage fire caused $45000 damage. Odell John Callan hardware store damaged by smoke and water from roof fire in an old building.
The article notes December temperatures trending down after a high of 80 degrees earlier in the month. December 18 recorded 68, then a rapid drop to near zero by Thursday with 8 above, Friday 8 to 10 below, and Tuesday 10 below. Subsequent Wednesday and Thursday brought 6 to 10 above with light snow.
The county treasurer’s offices will close at 4 p.m. starting January 1 to allow staff to finish work and balance cash by regular closing time. The plan is adopted by all county treasurer offices in the state house.
Clara Martin daughter of John and Mary Martin born February 1 1861 Nodaway County Missouri died January 1 1940 Beatrice Nebraska at age 78 11 married Robert B Wible October 27 1878 Nodaway County Missouri two children Emma and Charles lived in Ellis and Beatrice buried Prairie Home cemetery Diller Nebraska funeral at Chas Wible home with Rev Bankson pallbearers listed
Wm. Skrabal 69 died last Thursday night after a December 16 stroke in Odell while playing with a street band. Survived by widow and five children, funeral at 2:30 Saturday from the Methodist church in Odell, burial in Odell cemetery. Sisters are Mrs. Wm. Skrabal and Mrs. Albert Lucas of Diller. The Skrabals formerly lived on a farm five miles west of Diller.
Older residents recall the John Bealer family from the Diller area. Mr and Mrs Bealer live with daughter Maude and her husband Dr and Mrs Gass at 829 East Street in San Bernardino. Mrs Adeline Keith reports they are well for their age. An open house was hosted last Friday from 3 to 5 pm at Dr Bass's home in honor of Bealer turning 90.
The body of Troy Dooley aged 43, who died December 30 at his brother-in-law John Othier's home in Steele City, was taken to Waggoner's funeral home and then to Hartington Nebraska for funeral services and interment on January 1. He had suffered poor health for some time and was single.
Ralph Long complains hunters leave gates open allowing stock to escape onto the highway. On New Year’s night he braved 10 below to recapture mules, insisting gates be kept closed or hunting on his farm will stop.
Beginning next week the stores will be closed on Wednesday nights until further notice. The list includes Farmer's Store Allen's Store Long's Store Diller Market.
Henry Pethey and Emma Peffley of Compton California renewed vows at 3 30 p m during a 57th wedding anniversary open house. He 80 she 78 long married since 1882 with Salvation Army service, recalls a Nebraska wagon journey and a life spanning Iowa Nebraska Kansas Louisiana Oregon and Missouri Pacific work.
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