Orval Patten Family Visit From Burr Nebr
Mr and Mrs Orval Patten and son arrived from Burr Nebraska on Saturday to visit relatives in the area.
21 Jun 1935
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1935
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Orval Patten and son arrived from Burr Nebraska on Saturday to visit relatives in the area.
For sale strawberries at Zednik farm located three miles west and thirty four north of Jansen. Bring your own containers.
Miss Iris Campbell of Tecumseh Nebraska has been elected to teach third and fourth grades at Diller School next year. She will fill the vacancy left by Miss Hanson.
Miss Grace Myers traveled to Falls City on Saturday where she joined Miss Jorn for a motor journey toward the east. Their planned stops include Washington D C and Philadelphia as notable points of interest.
Dr Eva Line Brows and her baby Mary Ann visited at their mother and grandmother Mrs Jennie Line's home located three and one half miles north of Diller in Chicago on Monday.
Alpha Wiemers relocates his family to their farm near Diller after leaving Falls City where they pursued the implement business. Cordia Wiemers stays in Falls City to run the business.
Mr and Mrs Schindler and their young son departed Saturday for Omaha. Mrs Schindler and their child will stay with her mother in Omaha while the professor attends summer school at Nebraska State University which opened Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Clark drove to Lincoln on Sunday with Miss Elsie Franzen who rode the train to Fort Wayne Indiana to visit her sister Mrs Anna Tjaden and other relatives for a few weeks.
Diller hosted a lively Saturday with busy merchants reporting stronger sales than usual. Farmers flocked in seeking trades, and a band concert and kitten ball game drew many attendees, creating a bustling community evening.
J. Smith Diller traveled to Lincoln on Sunday with his family. His son Robert, visiting there, and daughters Marion and Rachel left by the Burl ington for Chicago. The girls will stay ten days at the home of the Bonkins brothers, Mr and Mrs Miller.
Mrs J L London and family visited in Adeline Katsas and Ira London area. They spent the afternoon at Paul Stanger's home with Mrs Warman and others. Miss Ilene London stayed longer with cousin Ruth Stahl.
Mrs. Moser scalded her ankle when a tub plug failed letting boiling water spill over her. The incident follows another week of misfortune as Mr. Moser recovers from a jack screw injury to his foot, which worsened his mood.
The Christian Endeavor youth of Diller announce a carnival on June 26 on church grounds. Events run afternoon and evening with prices from one to six cents, offering a wide range of attractions for all ages.
The Fox Theatre Beatrice hosts amateur contests with Diller heavily represented each week. Last week Marilynn Miller won second for song and dance. military tap dancers DeLoris Ahrends Herbert Clark Jean Bond and Lawrence Clark shared second prize. Wessel Beckman and Robert Dale Clark earned third in clown acrobatics. First prize went to Beat Rice residents. Finales set for Friday and June 28 with all top prizes competing for the grand prize. Velma Wehling sponsors entries Cleo Greene is pianist.
A destructive hail storm struck the area south of Diller Thursday morning about six o clock. It damaged towns to the west and north, broke windows, stripped grain by about fifty percent, and caused heavy rain. Farmers fear the crop may fail after a promising yield outlook.
Fred Van Boskirk pleads guilty to accessory after the fact and is fined 100 dollars with costs and paroled for one year. LeRoy Wondersee serves a one year penitentiary term. Ernest Grabber and Henry Fenton fined 600 and six months in jail for concealing knowledge. Bert Hamersham to stand trial in September.
The closing session of the Diller Vacation Church School will be Sunday at 11 in the Congregational church. An hour long program will feature each department with a chance for parents and friends to see the students progress. Handwork will be shown in the annex and the morning offering will help defray school expenses.
A one and a half hour band concert will be held Sunday evening June 20 at 4 p m in Fairbury city park auditorium. The program features the Fairbury Municipal band and the Beatrice High School band under Harold L Chatelain. The event invites nearby towns to join Sunday concerts all summer and encourages park use for picnics services and chorus performances directed by Prof Geo Aller of Crete. Improvements to the auditorium and park include a new stage acoustics fountains and a sunken rock garden. The chorus expects growth beyond the opening 65 singers.
Jefferson county pensioners who have drawn $2 monthly must file new applications for continued county pensions. The recent legislature act supersedes the old law and 80 recipients must apply and be approved to resume benefits. New act raises amounts and imposes a $2 annual tax for those aged 21 to 50.
The Republican river breached its banks in southwest Nebraska on Monday, causing more property damage and two deaths. Heavy rains swelled the river to a mile wide, destroying highway and rail repairs. Evacuees fled to high ground as new outbreaks and a vaccine delivery from Lincoln occurred near Benkleman.
The Rev. Lorin J. Wolff of St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church will preach at the second union outdoor service of the season. A brass quartet will accompany the congregational singing during the hour.
Allen A Colman born in Noble county Indiana in 1846 died at his home in Diller June 18 1936 age 89. He lived in Iowa Nebraska and Colorado participating in frontier life and the Civil War era with the first Colorado Cavalry. He married Nancy Swindle in 1878 and leaves a large family including sixteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services conducted at the Methodist church in Diller with burial in Weeping Water beside his wife.
An Oldsmobile coupe owned by Stanley Lea was stolen at about 11 30 p m Sunday night from the city park by two bandits who fled in a 1934 Chevrolet coach. The car was recovered Monday afternoon five miles west of Wymore. One bandit claimed to be Maurice Denning, suspected in other robberies.
Holle and Box visited a farm east of Marysville Kansas after a nephew's wedding in Hanover. Box pitched hay on Sunday and suffered muscular paralysis at two AM, requiring a local doctor. Holle decides farming is not for him while his wife notes Sabbath work carries penalties.
Short obituary notice states the death of a father with a brief acknowledgment from family. No further details on name, date, or service are provided in the readable text.
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