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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1941
Page
4
A notice lists E M Cavett editor and publisher Martis B Covet associate for successors to F J Pearce founder. It cites one year and six months in advance payments, a rate of 1.60, and notes entry at the Diller Nebraska post office for transmission as second class matter.
Ed Best of Berkley California reports fine weather there after a wet winter. Western Nebraska saw nine inches of snow on Monday while Loveland Colorado area had eight inches. Dr John R Brinkley, once famed gland specialist, is declared flat broke as bankruptcy hearings show debts over a million and a half dollars.
The steel derrick east of Erie started drilling at noon Tuesday, targeting a 3000 foot depth. Grain near Diller moves slowly to market as county wheat insurance signs show losses, while Diller merchants urge residents to support local shops to keep the town thriving.
The editor returns to work after a three day Lincoln hospital stay to finish cataract treatment on his left eye and obtain new glasses. He notes improved vision but ongoing eye challenges, and explains past eye problems and current recovery while acknowledging local readers.
In unoccupied France civilians receive a ration card offering seven ounces of bread daily and small allowances for cake fats and cheese while in the United States debates rise over meal timing and wartime scarcity echoing Hoover era shortages from World War I.
Town residents hope to sow oats and plant gardens as farmers anxiously await dry soil. Ground remains soggy and cold with limited plowing and discing underway, leaving the season's start uncertain.
Dr and Mrs Claude Ellise left last Sunday for Kansas City to attend a dental convention. They arrived home Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Chas O Smith accompanied the Ellises and visited Mrs Smiths mother and sister in the City.
Mrs Vernon D Hill travels to Campbell Nebraska to visit nephew Leonard Frisbie and family. W J Lamb, farmer north of Elsie, visits town. his daughter Mrs W J Lamb is ill in Beatrice hospital. Methodist church hosts 60th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr and Mrs Fred Clark. Livestock film show Friday night at Sipmet Fairbury sale barn sponsored by National Livestock Board. Reader letters from Brush Colorado express friendship with local paper. Jansen plans a $30 000 native stone auditorium with WPA support. total project about $30 000, Jansen share $22 000 with donor aid from a well known citizen.
Edith Greider reports fourteen chickens including a unique three legged chick. The extra limb is attached near the left leg and has five toes, presenting a handicap but the chick is progressing alongside its siblings after a recent setting of fifteen eggs.
The Jefferson county draft board chaired by Charles R Moon and including Charles E Wag goner and Louis B Koenig has a strong record with 599 classifications and only three appeals upheld. In nearby Gage county about 75 appeals occurred, most of which the board also sustained, reflecting strict adherence to the rules as described by the Fairbury Journal.
The Fairbury News reports the marriage of Miss Betty Stull of Goodland Kansas to Edw Edward Patton of Fairbury on November 20 1940 in Belleville Kansas. Patton is linked to the Patton Fox families of Diller and Junsett with Edw employed at Chastain Grocery in Fairbury and Mrs Patton teaching near Junsett.
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