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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1940
Page
3
The page shows grain and livestock prices with Wheat Old and New, yellow Corn, and White wheat. It lists eggs at two prices and Leghorn hens at various weights. Hog prices reach 480 dollars per hundredweight in a Black Brothers furnished market listing.
Legal notice to multiple individuals and banks listing numerous lots and blocks in Diller Reynolds and Caldwell additions in original towns. Names include Frank M Rain county attorney and various spouses and banks. Public sale or transfer details appear through lot and block descriptions across Jefferson County Nebraska.
County plaintiff files suit May 4 1940 in Jefferson County District Court to foreclose tax sale certificates numbered 283 284 2856 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 297 298 299 301 302 303 304 305 306 309 and 310 against parcels in Endicott and Jansen Nebraska. Defendants must answer by August 26 1940.
Mr and Mrs Will Abrends hosted Mrs Ed Hughes and her son Don at their Lincoln home last Sunday. Mrs Hughes had been visiting in Fairbury and here. she is the Abrends mother.
Small classified note lists Brome grass seed re cleaned for sale by Fred Fasse offering ready to sow seed for farmers seeking quality feed stock.
Local events list dates for Jansen July 25 26 Wymore Burlington July 29 30 Plymouth August 1 2 Ditler August 8 9 Swanton August 17 18 Fairbury Band Festival August 25 County Fair September 18 19 20 with emphasis on community gatherings and fairs across multiple towns.
An event titled Missouri Picnic will be held at City Park in Fairbury on Sunday August 1. Natives and relatives are invited to bring lunch baskets and enjoy entertainment while a raffle for a dog is planned.
Mrs Isaac Saylor was quite ill Monday but is better at this writing.
Mies Ethel Bristor of Wymore spent the weekend with her sister Mies Billie Bristor. Mies Flossie Raymond returned from Lincoln Monday evening after completing six weeks of study at the University of Nebraska.
Dr and Mrs Claude Ellis and Mrs Roy Patton traveled to Beatrice on Tuesday to attend the funeral of their cousin Curtis Bell who died recently in Wyoming.
Mr and Mrs John Mains and their sons from Denver Colorado visited last week here and in Fairbury. Mrs Mains sister Clara Lottman is sister of Jake Lottman and Mrs Will Wiemers.
Chas Gerwick and his wife traveled from Gladstone on Saturday to visit at the home of Mrs No votny and her husband near town. Chas lives on the S. C. Hutchinson farm.
Mr and Mrs D V Fanders took their daughter Gretchen to Beatrice on Sunday where she boarded a bus for Conrad Iowa to visit the Fridays until picnic time when she will return with the Fridays.
Miss Alice Line returned to Diller after studying for a Masters at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. She will stay until her Chicago school opens on September 1.
Superintendent and Mrs. Carl Ludington visited Diller on Friday to handle school matters and inspect the residence. They traveled by car in the cool of the evening and returned to Lincoln Saturday night.
Dr. and Mrs. Claude Ellis left early Wednesday in their car for Kanorado Kansas to oversee the harvest on their half section of land and expect to return home Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Roy Geer come home Sunday after a six week trip among Minnesota fishing lakes. They visited their daughter Hazel Carpenter and family. Roy claims his wife caught the biggest fish story of the voyage.
Mrs W G Kilpatrick and her son Richard of San Francisco arrived Saturday from Flint Michigan with a new Buick sedan. Robert Hiatt accompanied them to see the World's Fair and California before school resumes.
The 4-H Weed Club held its closing meeting on July 1 with plans for a Diller Picnic float. Committee members for float construction and club outing at Crete Nebraska were named. July 22 to 29 trip details given. Demonstrations on legumes versus grasses and chinch bug barrier presented. Weeds identification contest concluded the session.
Seventeen girls and recreation leaders enjoyed a day trip to the canyons on Thursday. The group left Recreation Hall at 9 o’clock for a morning of climbing hills and nature study. They cooled off with spring water and a picnic of roasted wieners and marshmallows, and expressed eagerness for another outing.
Mrs George Specht celebrated her birthday with a two part surprise. The Home Beautification Class at the Methodist church basement provided light refreshments on Monday afternoon. Farm neighbors from northwest of town visited in the evening bearing a shower of handkerchiefs and gifts.
The Dorcas Society held its July meeting in the Methodist church basement with President Mrs. Mattie Clark opening. Devotions by Mrs. Floyd Hughes featured Lead Kindly Light and a junior girls quartet performed.
Pastor Howard H. Pyche announces Sunday School at 10 A M and worship at 11 A M with the sermon titled Until the Morning Break This will be the last preaching service until the first Sunday in September The Sunday School will continue as usual
The report notes during August the congregation is encouraged to worship at nearby churches while the pastor invites all parishioners to gather next Sunday at 8 P.M. for fellowship and a meeting.
W H Clark pastor Mrs Ray Lamb superintendent Sunday School at 11 A M preaching service sermon The joy of service 8 P M union service at the park evening topic four necessary things to a successful life The Doreas Society will serve ice cream and cake at the city hall next Saturday evening
Auction lists household goods including a large drop leaf table 8 day clock sideboard leather covered duofold beds stoves organ and dishes plus farm implements such as a mowing machine cultivators plows wagons and harnesses. The sale notes miscellaneous items and is led by Mrs Vester Carmichael.
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