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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
3
Market prices listing corrected Thursday for wheat at 138, corn yellow no 2 at 101, white corn 06.2.9.2.23, mixed corn 1.01, galera acese 0.70, cream No 2 0.44, No 1.47. Poultry items show spring hens 43 to 5, Leghorn hens 15, roosters 10 to 13.
CABBAGE and BEETS for sale. Mrs E Fasnacht for sale farm radio with new 1000 hour pack phone 10202 H A Bell for sale trellis 8x12 feet decorative fence range iron cot with mattress three inner springs cushions like new 22x22 lawn mowers plow 11 Mrs Vernon Hill.
Readable text describes the Colonel Hiatt home at the corner of 13th and High Streets in Beatrice, with an adjacent house and lot to the west. The parcel includes about 120 acres, located roughly four miles northwest of Odell.
Bethelee Baumfalk is spending the week with her cousin Connie Ben Lottman, visiting and staying at their home while in town.
Little David Robson son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Robson had his tonsils removed at the hospital in Odell on Tuesday. He is reported to be recovering nicely.
Elaine and Nancy Baumfalk are spending a few days with their aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs Albert Sasse.
Mr and Mrs Fred Diekhoff of Beatrice visited Sunday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Henry Hulsman. They recently returned from St Francis Kansas where they spent a couple days with Freds sister and brother Anna and Rudolph Diekhoff. They report a good wheat crop being harvested at St Francis.
Sunday July reunion at Joaquin Miller Park in the Oakland hills brought together former Diller residents and their families. Attendees included La Vere Junker and son, Edwin De Boer and daughter from Vallejo, Duayne Hillhouse and son, Anna Wenz, and Harvey Zager and son, all of Oakland and Vallejo origins.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Jenkens of Fairbury celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at their home 915 7th St Sunday from 3 to 6 PM. No formal invitations issued. Jefferson County friends urged to call during those hours.
A brief downpour in Diller Tuesday noon prompted many residents to rush indoors or find cover as streets flooded briefly and people sought dry shelter.
Mrs. Bert Frisbie shares a two hundred year old Latin poem prophecy by Thomas Gray famed for Elegy in a Country Churchyard. The excerpt, translated in 1737, envisions England watching long battles in the skies and the flying fleets of wondrous birds signaling future air dominance.
The W S C S will meet Thursday afternoon July 20 in the Methodist Church basement. Mr and Mrs Richard Yager Joyce Johnson and Leila Broadstone and friends, all of Beatrice, visited the Frank Johnson home last night.
Mrs Chelsa Windsor who has been visiting at her mother Harriett Bartons home, sister Eula Calkins and brother Bruce Barton and families, left Tuesday for her Minneapolis home. Wilbur Green repaints his house with help from sons Dwaine and Gale as Dennis watches. Funeral services for Mr Julia Novotny set for Sunday afternoon at 2 from Waggoners and 2:30 at Congregational church.
Robert Craig Baker seventeen year old in the navy list expects to leave Wednesday for a naval training station.
Mrs. Frank Wiemers expresses gratitude to friends relatives and neighbors for cattle flowers and gifts received during her hospital stay at Odell hospital.
Mr and Mrs HH Green returned Wednesday from North Platte Nebraska where they visited their son and wife Lloyd serves in the Amphibious Tractor Battalion at Fort Ord California Hod spent time with Frank Riddle a former Diller resident now an engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad Franks mother and two brothers also reside in North Platte
Mrs. Beulah Andelt expresses gratitude for cards and letters during her hospital stay. A collision near Bruning involving a P-47 from Bruning field and a B-16 from Sioux City base killed the pilot and seven crew members during a combat training. Joe Nicholson of Tobias, Nebraska, spent several days in Diller last week.
Used car rules apply to all sellers of used cars. For information on ceiling prices contact the Price Clerk of the Local War and Rations Board.
Mr and Mrs A H Gretzinger of Steele City attended services at the Diller Methodist church last Sunday morning and spent the day with Mrs Cavett at her south town home.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wenz and others from California and Steele City met for a Sunday picnic at Fairbury. Marilyn Stephens returned to Diller with her grandfather W. W. Stephens of Exeter after spending nearly three weeks visiting in Crete and Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs Fred Lottman hosted a Sunday evening fried chicken supper for Connie Ben Lottman and Bob Geer in celebration of their birthdays. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs Dell Wheeling and family Mr. and Mrs Orlo Geer and family and Mr. and Mrs Wm Baumfalk and family.
Jonita Fletcher fell from a tree last Sunday afternoon and was treated after an X ray showed no fracture. A small bone piece was chipped, leaving her with a splint on her left arm.
Mrs. Vernon Hill returned Saturday from Beatrice where she aided the Ray Mudge family in establishing their new Beatrice home.
Mrs Herbert Wasserman and family of Wymore spent last week at the Adam Wasserman Jr farm. Mr Wasserman came Saturday and the family returned to Wymore Sunday.
Capt. Arthur J. Humby of Brooklyn was convicted by a court martial for violating army air forces rules by flying a four engine bomber low over a Kansas City area. Col. Arthur J Melanson said Humby was fined one thousand dollars and will not be promoted for six months after eligibility and will receive a reprimand.
Mrs Earl Weigel Sunday School superintendent announces 10 A M Sunday School at Congregational Church.
Robert Pullen serves as minister with Mrs. Robert Upson as S S Superintendent. Sunday School begins at 10 A M. Services follow in the morning.
Rev Otto Spehr, Pastor John Weers S S Supt Sunday School 10 00 A M Worship Service 11 A M Womens Missionary Meeting Wednesday 2 30 p m Choir practice Wednesday 9 30 p m
St John s Lutheran Lanham Nebraska lists Pastor Werner C Welchert sermons and services on July 16 and 23 with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and morning worship at 10 80 a m The choir rehearsal is July 20 at 9 30 p m No services July 23 as Pastor Welchert preaches mission festival sermons at Lutheran Church in Falls City Nebraska
Mr Issac Saylor quietly observed his ninety four birthday last Monday.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Schultz purchase the residence from Cloyd Cully after living there for four years.
Unfavorable weather and higher demand cut legume and grass seed harvests over the past two years. Congress provides extra funds to farmers to grow more seed crops, adding sweet clover to the eligible list and paying 2.5 cents per pound for alfalfa on a clean basis, plus the existing 3.50 per acre seed payment and 3.60 per acre brom seed harvesting pay, with no acreage restrictions.
Mrs Carrie Conniff of Lincoln and Mrs Annie Haminger of Beatiie are visiting for a few days with their sister-in-law Mrs Clare Waggoner and Mrs Orpha Waggoner. The gathering highlights family ties and regional ties among the names listed.
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