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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
1
The Diller garden club hosts its annual flower show this Saturday in Diller city hall. Entries close at 9 p.m with sections listing bearded iris varieties colors and combinations plus arrangements and house plants including African violet coleus and begonias.
Memorial Day services by the American Legion will be held in the city park at 3:30 PM followed by a concert. In a baseball game at Gladstone, Diller defeated Gladstone 83 to a slim margin as the pitcher allowed three hits in the first inning and Weaver noted two hits for Diller.
H E Foster sells his Ellis elevator interests to Hart Bartlett Sturtevant Grain Co of Kansas City. Mr Dalph Lidolph will operate the Crab Orchard elevator, with Foster remaining in Ellis to oversee real estate and implement business. Show and plant catalog details follow in local ad copy.
Memorial Day activities run May 28 to May 31 with stores closing for the holiday. The Nebraska Safety Council urges motorists to take extra caution over the long weekend to prevent traffic fatalities, citing three deaths in 1937 and two in 1948.
Memorial day events in Diller feature American Legion Commander Chaplain address and a parade by Legion and band. A sextet will sing, a Benediction follows, and children may strew pedals and flowers at the memorial. Flowers and wreaths are requested to be left at the Legion hall. Free movies at the city park on Wednesdays are funded by local merchants inviting support.
Rural Jefferson county eighth graders graduated on May 31 at Bearebury Senior High School auditorium. Awards included $200 top prize to Della and Paulie Wace and $100 second for Darrah Freitag. Karen Long won a baton twirling prize of $60. Freitag won first in the band contest and Carl Long accompanied. Local talent awards went to Freitag, Albert Fen, and Warren Weuler. birdhouse judging featured Schultz, Long, and Calkins. community health programs announced for June 26.
Fairbury Kiwanis Club and wives plan a social evening at the high school gym on a June eve. Laci hub will provide part of the entertainment with ice cream and cake supplied by the club and Diller to serve coffee. Memorial Day wreaths will be prepared Friday at 2 p.m. at the Legion hall, with all helpers urged to attend.
Band Practice Band continues at city hall on Monday evenings through the summer under director Kenney Knowles. Community notes cover a May 13 housewarming and rocery shower for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stephens in Wymore, and a May 19 shower for Mrs. Richard Stephens, formerly Miss Kiva Jean Heinrichs of Wy. The Basements of Driler Methodist church hosted a bridal shower for the bride-to-be with out-of-town attendees. Eva Green hosted a Mission Study group meeting at the Congregational church with fourteen members and three guests. A June Tea is planned for June 3 at the Congregational church.
Hiolle opens his store on Tuesday drawing a large crowd. John Folkers, who bought out, has not yet decided on future plans. A large crowd attended the high school commencement exercises in the opera house Thursday with the balcony opened to handle overflow.
A prenuptial shower honored Marilyn Stephens with attendees including Toren Stephens Dorothea and Mrs Sarah Snes. Speeches and photos described the event held at Liberty venue. Prizes were awarded from a series of games and raffles, with bids opened and many pelts discussed.
The Larry Thompson family marked a year of graduation with Misa Juoe finishing twelfth grade Le Dell completing eighth grade and Max earning a degree from the University of Nebraska Each accomplishment highlights the family’s educational progress and milestones.
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