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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1930
Page
3
Crop planting and stock hogs advertised by area farmers. Tom tomato plants for sale. lost gold band ring. Local services include wallpaper, shoe repair, monuments, and gas and oils. May sales offer garden hoses and lawn tools. community updates from Diller to Beatrice and Steele City.
Mr and Mrs Furry and family of Fairbury and Mr and Mrs Albert Leaper enjoyed a motor trip to Maple Hill Kansas this week to visit their son George and family. P H club members with Mrs Glather as a visitor spent a pleasant afternoon with Mrs Gertrude Renz last Friday sewing for the hostess and enjoying refreshments.
At the regular meeting Naphtali Lodge No. 206 AF and AM Tuesday night officers were elected for the ensuing year. W M John Hilder S W David Kuper J W W S Filley Secy H K Shutt Treas C L Waggoner.
August Kroll asserts that as county treasurer he saved taxpayers 3000 to 3500 dollars yearly, contrasting with his opponent who allegedly saved nothing in twelve years. He invites scrutiny of county records and asks voters to verify with commissioners.
Commencement exercises were held in the opera house last night after the Record was published. The Senior class play High Flyers was staged Friday night to a large, pleased crowd with an excellent presentation.
Mrs Roy Rob and Peggy Eileen of Lincoln join Mr and Mrs Wayne Richardson and Betty Elaine from Carleton to the Beckwith home for the Senior play and deccalaureate services as their son Ralph graduates from Diller High School.
Fred Knoedler, a former Diller resident and grandson of pioneer George Pitts, visited the newspaper offices with his wife daughter of John Hayworth and their children Max and Marie from Minneapolis. They stayed with Mrs. Cora Colman and visited the W. E. Anderson and Isaac Saylor homes, while Knoedler’s mother Mrs. Hayworth of Nevis, Minn, also joined the visit.
Rumors swirl as two natural gas pipeline firms show serious intent in Gage county. Missouri Valley Gas plans a diagonal line from southwest to northeast, while Empire Oil and Refining buys leases for right of way. The line would enter north of Diller and pass Beatrice about six miles west, with indications Empire is linked to Cities Service.
Mrs. Ralph Frisbie hosted a May 10 shower for Bernice Calkins with Mrs. Bert Bell assisting. Nellie Frisbie won both contests. The Dunny twins arrived with a pink white wagon of gifts while guests enjoyed a pink and white luncheon and iced groom cake. Emma Hahn visited Erie Roelf’s home. Calkins later returned to Blue Springs. A local note on labeling laws follows.
Local notes describe visits among Ramseys and Painters with Saylor family. John Armstrong works on a barn near Odell while Chas Cully and others socialized across several homes. A storm damaged the Isaac Saylor mill injuring Mrs Saylor briefly.Visitors from Minnesota and Hanover, Kansas stop by the Saylor home as school nears its end.
The condition of Mrs. Ellis mother of Dr. Claude Ellis who has been confined to bed for several weeks by illness at the home of Dr. and Mrs Ellie remains about the same.
Jefferson county 4 H clubs schedule a county wide meeting in the Fairbury court room today. The session invites anyone interested in 4 H work and will be the only county wide gathering this year.
Rev. R. M. Harris and wife with their baby from Beaver City Nebraska are guests of Dr. and Mrs. S. B. Viers in Diller. Harris once served as pastor of the Diller M E church. They arrived last Sunday and plan to return home Saturday.
Mrs Sophia Mathias learned Saturday that her sister-in-law Caroline Schroeder died at the home of her daughter in Sehlnuten Kansas. The funeral was held at the German Lutheran church in Hanover with burial in Hanover cemetery. Attending were Mrs Mathias, her children Grace Fasnacht, Roy Mathias, and others from near Diller Fairbury Lanham and nearby areas.
This item notes the sale of the east 4 of the northeast quarter of section 10 township 1 range 4 from Matilda Glathar to Wwm Freitag for a consideration of 1.00 dollars.
The piece recalls the evolution of air travel from fragile ships to birdlike machines and honors brave aviators like Lindbergh and Byrd. It notes the risks faced by early pilots and predicts lasting memory for those who gave their lives to enable safe flight.
A collection of home economics and rural life advisories urges prosperity through farm electrification running water and central heating. It notes car name chatter Coolidge with a dig at politics and offers tips on furnishings gardens fences and built in conveniences for welcoming homes and families.
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