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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1940
Page
1
In 1936 bindweed covered a Plymouth area wheat field on Ed Nispel’s farm, choking the crop. He built a homemade cultivator, improved it in 1938, and applied regular cultivation through 1938 to 39. By 1939 a 40 bushel per acre wheat yield was achieved with no bindweed remaining. Nispel helped form a bindweed district in Gibson and Plymouth precincts.
Plans for Diller's picnic advance with a new and different program. Free acts are under consideration and a big platform dance led by Leonard Wiemers is planned. Four rides ferris wheel glider merry go round and kiddie ride have been secured along with other concessions. Bills will be issued soon.
Chas. Kelley, a Lincoln native and youngest child of D. R. Kelly the first postmaster, visited Wednesday. He bought a new Plymouth sedan and planned a vacation trip to Cross Lake Minnesota with his sister Jennie Mills her two daughters and a child. He says he has not worked since last spring and is taking life easy.
Isaac Saylor reached his ninety third milestone on Wednesday as friends called to congratulate him. Ice cream cake and cookies were served and Rev. Clark led a short service with Mrs. Chas. Waggoner baking the cake.
Water users are asked to conserve water and avoid irrigation during dry weather to ensure adequate fire protection. Signed by John Clauson, Chairman, and C. E. Waggoner, Clerk.
The elevators at Diller have averaged loading about ten carloads of wheat per day since loading began July 1. About sixty cars have been billed from this station to date.
Person reports a found orange truck wheel with a black rim and offers a reward. Call 66 to claim.
A Bennington Nebraska physician wonders if he and Adolf Hitler could be neighbors as land near his Colorado farm is listed in the German reich. Colorado records show 15 sections in Kit Carson county once owned by Bowers and then passed to German heirs before Reich control. Two Colorado stockmen use the land for pasture.
Mrs. Orlo Geer hosted a Tuesday afternoon party at her home for her six year old son Robert Geer. The group included Dale Weaver Shirley Garrels Faye Garrels Donna Garrels Dwaine Rhoden Carolynn Geer Betty Eick Alfred Broadstone Leroy Broadstone and Victor Huttenmeyer. Guests played games from 2 30 to 5 30 then enjoyed ice cream angel food cake and cherry and orange iced cool aid. The cake bore Happy Birthday. Before refreshments the children sang The Birthday Song. Each child offered best wishes and Robert received many gifts and expressed happiness.
Mrs. Pickard received a letter from her son William Bowers mailed at Honolulu July 3. He reports being at Pearl Harbor with six weeks temporary duty ahead and an unknown ship assignment before returning to the Anderson in six weeks. He asks to send mail to USS Anderson care of the San Francisco Postmaster and notes meeting old shipmates ashore.
Mr and Mrs Henry Arntt and their two children left on the 4th of July to visit Mrs Arntt's mother in Oregon and other relatives.
The region swelters under a string of hot days with temperatures near 100 degrees for three straight days. Forecasters say rain may come late, while clouded skies and a light shower offer brief relief this forenoon in the corn belt.
The area reports its best wheat harvest in years with ideal weather. Yields run 23 to 25 bushels per acre, some fields reach 30+. Harry Ahrends's 28 acre field produced 1273 bushels at 453 bu per acre. Charley Barber on George Andrews land threshes 80 acres at 23 bu per acre. oats yield 23 bu per acre. Combining nearly finished and shock threshing underway.
Jimmie Redmond reports at the Bonham Theatre features Edison The Man with Spencer Tracy in the title role. Also on the double bill is Too Many Husbands starring Jean Arthur Fred MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas followed by Stage Coach War with William Boyd.
Water from a broken pipe flooded three floors of the University of Nebraska library at night causing thousands of dollars in damage to books. Several inches of water rendered many volumes unreadable. A prior minor pipe break had already caused damage in the law building storage area.
George Rahman traveled to Oregon last Saturday alongside Rolf Beckman and their families, accompanying the group on the trip.
About 700 students attended the University of Nebraska this year with National Youth Administration aid. Over 400 NYA projects ran here. Next year stipends likely range 10 to 20 dollars monthly for undergraduates and 20 to 40 for graduates. High school graduates should rank in top ten percent. Applications due by July 15.
Summer enrollments at the University of Nebraska total 2228 this year, down from 2242 last year, with 1330 out-of-state students from 24 regions including Canada Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Nine week session has 1753 students, six week session 451, four week vocational course 24. teachers college hosts 747.
The district 70 school board met Monday at the school house and organized for the new year under Nebraska school law. Officers appointed include President L M Cavett, Vice President Jie Diller, Secretary W E Anderson, and Treasurer H H Green. Lester Schmadeke was reelected, Herman Stahl joined as a new member. Grounds and repair committee persons are Green, Schmadeke, and Stahl. Repairs planned at the schoolhouse include two new maple floors for the gym. Anderson and Green join the purchasing committee.
The vicinity marked a notably cool Fourth with morning low around 47 and daytime high not exceeding 85. Blankets covered the nights before and after, and residents praised the pleasant cool breeze comparing it to Estes Park Colorado while a deer tale from long ago tied to Indian Creek near here.
Hospitalized Mr. Vester Carmichael was taken to the hospital at Odell Monday for treatment. Vester has been quite ill for some time suffering from heart and dropsy.
Pat McKenna longtime White House door keeper dies at Georgetown University Hospital on the 37th anniversary of his first day on duty. Born in Ireland he served seven presidents and was a familiar greeting figure at the Executive Mansion.
Picnic dates listed for Steele July 19 20 Jansen July 25 26 Plymouth August 1 2 Diller August 8 9 Swanton August 17 18 Fairbury Band Festival August 26 and County Fair September 18 19 20.
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