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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1942
Page
5
The Thursday corrected listing shows wheat and corn varieties with prices. No. 2 yellow corn and white corn are noted, along with mixed corn and eggs priced per dozen or per pound. Roosters are listed at a price per pound.
Listings show several ads and notices: electric law for sale, Model A Ford coupe wanted, Plymouth coach 1989 model for sale, well drilling and pumps offered, seed price for Brome Grass, lost crank for Model A Ford, home and acreage for sale ideal for retirement with garden and livestock, contact Mrs. Ommen at Harbine Nebraska. The text also includes wartime slogan and junk phrase.
Picnic and fair dates listed for Jansen Wilbur Milligan Diller Thayer and Swanton with Deshler and Beatrice fairs. Jefferson County Fair at Fairbury September 16 18. Also notes on Harry B Coffee Democratic U S Senator candidate and hospital update for Mrs Cal Waggoner plus travel report on Mrs Viers and Rachael visiting Topeka.
Mrs Elsie McAtee stayed with cousin Mrs Merta Diller from Friday to Monday. Carolyn Jean Barber visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Chris Malchow. Bernard F Schoenrock plans a farm sale Wednesday Aug 5 two miles south and east of Gladstone as he prepares to join the Grand Island ordnance plant. Mrs Tom Waggoner, former Diller resident, leaves for Lincoln then Council Bluffs after visiting friends. hosted by Mr and Mrs Filley in Diller.
A private sale will be held at the residence of the deceased Mrs A Mayborn on Saturday Aug 8 from 1 to 6 o clock. Items include 4 rugs large and small dresser 2 commodes beds with springs 2 mattresses leather spring chair dining room set 2 odd chairs 2 rocking chairs 2 porch chairs leather porch swing wash bowl set 3 satchels center table oil stove and other articles.
Mr and Mrs Charles Waggoner hosted dinner guests including Mrs Robertson Lela and Milna Meridith Robertson and two Fairbury children. Ross Colman and wife visited Maryville Kansas with son Don Colman and family bringing home grandson Charles who turned eight yesterday.
A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Leo Bartlett on Sunday July 26 at Odell hospital. Mrs Bartlett and the infant were taken to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Close by Waggoner Bros.
Mrs A H Gretzinger and daughter Bernice of Steele City visited their aunt Mrs Cavett last Friday. Bernice Gretzinger teaches in Kings City California and will return to California in August. Della and Pauline Weers, daughters of Mr and Mrs John Weers, visited their relatives Mr and Mrs Duayne Hillhouse in Wymore, returning Wednesday night.
Private Everett J. Clark reports from the air force training center at Miami Beach Florida that he is assigned to driving an ambulance and to bring in any soldiers overcome by heat during drills. Fellow trainees include Dick Karabateos and several men from Fairbury Jansen Plymouth Reynolds and Fairbury. The center has taken over resort hotels as quarters with rooms up to 80 a night and strict lights out policies for blackout conditions.
Mildred Krebs plans to return Sunday to Diller from Stockton California after staying away due to her mother Mrs Emil Krebs illness. Mrs Krebs will soon enter a hospital for treatment.
Mr and Mrs Howard Stotte and their son Darrel traveled from Lincoln to visit relatives, staying with Bertha Stotts until Monday evening. Darrel and his grandmother continued to Hubbell to visit the Stotts family. Dallice Diller traveled solo from Evanston to live on the Max Logan farm for the summer, enjoying farm life and time with Uncle Max and Aunt Marian, and will visit her grandparents J Smith Diller and family and Fannie Diller.
Doyle Weaver visiting from Great Lakes Naval base on a nine day furlough called at the Record office with Miss Nadine Banahen near Steele City to thank the paper for the many letters he has received. He noted birthday parcels and plans to send his new address later.
At 10 A.M. Sunday School led by Mrs. Earl Weigel with Supt. Fear not is the basis of Christianity. At 11 A.M. Sanctuary Service the Nebraska Layman's Fellowship president speaks and L. E. Detweiler sings with his wife and accompanists. Attendance depends on weather and harvest work.
Rev. L J Wolff schedules Sunday School at 10 and service at 11 but no preaching as pastor attends Lindy Mission. Ladies Aid meets August 8 in church basement. Luther League Convention set for Hooper Nebraska August 18 19 20.
The Methodist church led by Pastor W. H. Clark and S.S. Superintendent R. N. Southwick held services with a message on thankfulness after a bountiful harvest. Rev. and Mrs. Clark received a 40-pound Lambert cherries box from daughters in Spokane who helped can and store them.
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