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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1937
Page
1
Notice from Mary Cully president urges Diller Band members to attend all rehearsals and Saturday night concerts for the Odell picnic Aug 10 11 and Diller picnic Aug 13 14. Emphasizes practicing few pieces each session and coordinating with Mr Ingalsbe to represent the home group well.
Leonard Cuthbert eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs L C Cuthbert was hit by a bee bee gun bullet fired at close range. The bullet lodged behind the eye but an X ray showed it could be removed without eye injury and he is recovering at home.
Mr and Mrs Chas Gaisford arrive in Diller after visiting Ottawa Kansas where Charley laid brick on a large school building They plan to proceed to Hebron where Chas will work on the new post office contract held by Busboom
Will Behrends and his family visited the Ira Anderson family in Steele City. They brought home samples of grasshoppers found in a pasture near Anderson. The insects measured about 24 inches and appeared wingless or too young to have developed wings.
Mr and Mrs Francis Clark and their son Lawrence traveled to Lincoln Wednesday evening to escort Fay Clark and her baby daughter to the Fay Clark home. Mrs Francie Clark will remain about ten days with the Fay Clark family in Lincoln.
For sale a Ford coupe in good condition with four new tires and a new battery. The owner, F. Kirchhoff, is ill and unable to drive. Located 11 3 miles northwest of Diller.
A local group will run a community summer school on August 6 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. All boys and girls are invited to attend, with emphasis on access for neighborhood youth.
A hailstorm last Tuesday evening struck a narrow strip north of highway 3 from east of Jansen to west of Elfis. Farmers report some corn fields are a total loss with crops shredded and damaged across the area.
Ae Stanosheck, 71, wife of T. Ww. Staposheck and mother of William Odell, died at home Tuesday. She and her husband have resided in Odell for 57 years.
Fragmentary notes report a deal closed last Monday involving Anderson and Wenz with 80 and 24 miles wine at town. Wenz to receive 3 corn crop if available. Details are incomplete and unclear.
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In the Park on Sunday evening at 8 o clock Pastor Pyche will preach inviting everyone to attend.
Mr. Lee Hughes of Palm Beach Florida arrives for a month long visit accompanied by his mother Mrs Sarah Hughes. The two are listed as visitors in the local society column noting their stay.
The notice invites residents within fifty miles to join the Nebraska Day parade with units from nearby towns. Amos and Andy and Matt and Jeff are slated for appearances, Wilbur Green will assist the comic unit, and Miss Flossie Raymond leads the juvenile portion with nursery rhymes and international children themes.
Monday forenoon in Diller saw forty six local children aged between 10 and 16 join Recreational Manager John Greider in Roy Patton’s truck for a free kid show in Fairbury. About seventeen hundred Fairbury residents and county guests attended the theatre as merchants had promised ice cream cones and noise makers. Roy Patton drove the truck and Roy Casper assisted.
The Record, started by Mr. Pearce in Endicott in March 1887 and moved to Diller March 18 1887, becomes Jefferson County pioneer to gain the American Press Half Century Club distinction. Only management change since 1887 occurred December 1933 when Mr. Pearce left.
Fred Starr reports in Cedar Falls Iowa that if the Lord blesses them they will be home for the picnic. Clarke is getting along well with much work ahead for steady employment. Weather for crops looks favorable as four properties were sold Monday.
An advertising note promises a car of genuine Moffat Colorado coal arriving in a few days at a very attractive price. The listing touts a coal with “less-amore i baat anc a” and urges immediate purchase before the limited stock ends.
Jimmy Redmond representing Bonham Theatre competes in the Jefferson ty ty contest in town. The event is slated for next month at Fair band with potential queens and local participation.
A public sale advertisement lists Gheesibhene offering items for disposal next Monday July 26. The notice mentions machinery and other equipment to be sold.
Misa Rachel Viers came home from Peru on Thursday and is set to attend school activities this week. The brief note records her return and indicates she will resume teaching or related acts locally.
A South area feature describes a large reservoir planned to the south with a subterranean river rumored beneath. Local chatter includes a newly expanded ice cream business run by Harold Dil ler in Harpers and a claim of a great underground water source twenty miles north of Southerland. The issue of filling the reservoir faces delays from a burst siphon conduit affecting North and South Platte water flow and PWA project timing.
Mrs Scott Millem received a letter from her brother Dick Willems describing a severe storm with heavy northeast wind and rain. Wheat laid flat, tied to a two week harvest, 50 bushels per acre potential, and 1600 dollar farm loss across a 200 acre Warroad area as Lake of the Woods overflow floods parks and gardens. Dick notes water from Warroad river and lake in Warroad and mentions salary raise and relatives in Pembina North Dakota.
After ten years the Beatrice arena vote on Sunday movies concluded with a Tuesday result showing Beales movies winning 12 3525 to 1613 in person ballots while mail ballots tied at 40 to 28 raising questions about automatic tie resolution and overall outcome.
The vicinity received several showers last week with rain starting Thursday at 6:30 PM and continuing until 10 PM totaling 120 inches. Friday evening added 15 more inches and Sunday brought a blustery cloud that delivered heavy downpours.
Local community notes announce a Diller picnic this Friday hosted by J Figo Lamigg and Ebley Co. The event invites neighbors and families to enjoy a day of food games and music.
A bolt hit three Conoco tanks near Fairbury’s north fairgrounds, blasting a largely full tank into a Pixley home and damaging two maple trees and nearby roofs. The Pixley family survived. Mrs. Pixley and children hospitalized. Tanks may not be rebuilt in city limits. CCC evacuated barracks at the fairgrounds.
Library adds new titles across genres including Wild Bill Hickok Frank Wilstach Lead William Colt MacDonald and The Message in the Hollow Oak by C Keene. Juvenile picks include The Whitewashed Elephant by John Gincano and The Diary of Terwilliger Jellico Quebeck.
A police study notes drinking drivers doubled fatalities and injuries from 1933 to 1936 while pedestrians under liquor rose. Overall traffic deaths rose 11.5 percent 1983 to 198? with drinking linked cases up ninefold in pedestrians and motorists. A simple rule: if you drive, don’t drink. if you drink, don’t drive.
Mrs Emma Stoner McKitrick aged 85 widow of Samuel McKitrick died at 8 15 p m July 19 at her home 1 Tremont Cedar Falls Iowa after a long illness born in Pennsylvania June 1 1862 she was an only daughter of the late Mrs Clara Mekitries and was from Cedar Falls courtesy of S F obituary notice from the Cedar Falls Courier
Dr and Mrs Viers traveled to Lebanon Kansas last Saturday to visit relatives and attend a family gathering. The trip appears connected to assisting Viers uncle and involved a casual outing with relatives.
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