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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1927
Page
3
Home grown strawberries are on the market and the wheat harvest is due in about five weeks. Rex Green plans a trip to Wisconsin. Families unite on autos as a necessity. Monday night showers improve vegetation. pig crop looks good after a very wet spring.
Mr and Mrs Hemminger and son Ralph of near Beatrice visited relatives with her brothers C E L Waggoner and C H Cully and two children. They began a motor trip Tuesday morning to Wayne Nebraska to visit Mr and Mrs WW Robertson and expected to return today.
Mrs Sophie Muthina is noted in a North Dakota local notice with families connected to Hanover Kang and Omaha area residents including Mr and Mrs John Fasnacht and Mrs Herman Schroeder. The item lists related spouses and kin in a social notice format.
A noon meal for forty six at the school house followed by a ball game played by the district men and boys. In the afternoon ice cream and cake were served before everyone headed home after a pleasant outing.
Farmers report cutworms are taking corn while winter wheat looks fine and begins heading. The first corn planting is up with stands nearly perfect in most fields. Diller Farmers Grain Co offers tankage on ten lots at an attractive price and has good prairie hay available.
Harry Abrends drives a new Whippet sedan. A family relocated. The M W A holds meetings on the 2nd and 4th each month. Carl Schnuelle recently acquired a new Chrysler.
A marriage license was issued at Beatrice to Carl S. Lytle, 24, Wyoming, and Helen A. Siebolts, 18. Harry Piveral and family moved to Washington, Kansas, where he will operate the Armour cream station.
A tornado struck St. Joseph Missouri at 5 18 a m Tuesday morning causing about 300000 dollars in damage to the business district.
A brief note from Faye Diller expressing gratitude to friends for their kind remembrance during her illness.
Mrs. C. A. Ewers and her son Wilbur of Fairbury dined Tuesday at the home of her sister in law, Mrs. Isabella Raymond.
H E Green attended the recent session of the A O U W Grand Lodge at Grand Island as a delegate from the local lodge.
The Chautauqua committee appeals for help and plans to sell 240 adult season tickets at 2.50 dollars and 40 child tickets at 1.25 dollars each to raise funds.
Beatrice figures Mr J L Rhodes and Mrs Rhodes Mr Arthur Rhodes and Mrs Rhodes John and Mr Chas Stevens visited friends and relatives in Diller on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Flogdie Raymond hosted Miss Gladys Babcock a Domestic Science teacher at Diller High School, who departed on No 16 for her Omaha home.
Faye Diller daughter of Mr and Mrs 8 R Diller returned home near Diller Saturday after several weeks in a Beatrice hospital with appendicitis.
The Oracle announces a meeting of Royal Neighbors Diller Camp 936 next Tuesday May 31. All members are urged to attend.
D V Fanders and family drove to Guide Rock early Sunday to visit relatives and returned Monday. They brought home three of her brother's children to stay with them for a while. School District 56 lists Pearl as teacher in a brief note.
A Diller High girl named Mise Parker hosted a gathering on May 17 at 4:00 p.m. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Myr. The event featured a pot of gold with many useful gifts. Refreshments were served to about twenty two attendees.
The Lincoln Sunday Star published a photo of Miss Vasta Parker who, for the past two years, has been newsworthy for her activities and public appearances, highlighting her profile in a local feature.
A local order requires County J Bred Messmore to redirect or block inflow before the effluent is poured into the sewer system.
The Cornbelt Lumber Co reports its office has been repainted inside and out. A section of the shed facing Main Street is also being painted.
The Austins assigned their interest in seventeen thousand dollars worth of merchandise found at their Fairbury home last January to the trustee in Te for Cliff Crooks a former Fairbury merchant.
Mrs Jeffery hosted a six o'clock dinner party last Wednesday for parish members Parker Albright and Fitzpatrick, attending with the Diller choir.
Diller, a senior at Bury High School, spent several days with relatives and friends during Skeets vacation and attended the school event at No. 57 where her sister served as teacher.
Mr and Mrs Onka Lettman and their two children Arnold andoo traveled Saturday morning to Remsen Iowa for a short visit with their daughter. Mr and Mrs Henry Rein and Mr Fred DeBoer accompanied them to visit his children Ollie and Willie. The Lettmans and Mr De Boer returned Monday evening while Mrs Lettman stayed for a longer visit.
Copy from DeRidder Louisiana Enterprise notes flood conditions in the town, with water reaching several feet in basins and streets. Mentions a resident, Onke Franzen, being located and ongoing concerns about the flood’s reach and impact on residents.
De Gc H Newton of Fairbury Nebr received eye ear and throat care. Dr Adams successor to Dr Garland at Beatrice examined eyes. Waggoner and Will Wehl ing traveled Sunday to Fremont for a three day trapshooting event.
Precinct assessor G C Blauser will complete his job of listing the taxable property of the precinct this week ensuring the roll is up to date and ready for tax collection.
The Diller schools closed last Friday as teachers departed for their homes by Sunday, leaving the campus quiet and secured.
The auditors' report detailing the financial condition of the village of Diller is published elsewhere in this issue of the Record.
Charley Hill Geo Rahman and Charley Leaper left Tuesday in Hill's car for Denver seeking employment. They plan to find work and start anew in the western city.
The district reports 73 boys and 53 girls among school age children, totaling 126. The gender imbalance shows 20 more boys than girls, an unusual pattern for the district.
Arthur Wieths and his crew completed major grading work on the P W F highway along the Armsted farm northeast of Diller, delivering a top quality county project.
Dr. O. C. Diehl and his son Oliver left Wednesday evening in the doctor's Buick for Chicago. They expect to be away five or six days on a business trip.
Diller will observe Decoration Day next Monday afternoon with cemetery exercises at Prairie Home. Those giving flowers should bring them to city hall by 1 o clock.
The final day of District 60 classes, taught by Elizabeth Starr, closed Tuesday with a basket dinner followed by games and activities into late afternoon.
The N. R. C. Club met at Mrs. Frank Grone's home Wednesday afternoon May 25 with five members five visitors and one child present. The group worked quilt blocks and refreshments were served. The next meeting is planned for Friday June 10 with Mrs. Fred Frisbie hosting.
Friends gathered at the Lottmans to surprise Grace on her twenty first birthday. The evening featured outdoor games and a late hour lunch. A birthday cake with twenty one candies was cut as Grace received best wishes for many more happy returns.
At Lanham Nebraska on May 23 P A Duis, a prominent farmer, hitched two horses to a wagon and went into a store. The horses bolted along Main Street dragging the wagon to the railway and ran along the tracks before being stopped by a trestle. A small stream near town was spanned by a railway culvert. The horses were injured and killed.
Early reports highlight favorable moisture conditions. Observers note improving soil and potential for crop growth, with optimism rising among farmers and local officials about upcoming planting season.
Odell Odell 11 year old Victor Leseberg son of Mr and Mrs Henry Leseberg Odell lost his right foot when it was removed by a saw at the scene near See ieteneen The boy was taken to Marysville hospital and reported in as good a condition as could be expected.
Drilling of a test oil well seven miles south of Marysville has reached 1700 feet through an 80 foot rock formation amid ongoing testing and progress reports.
A Friday evening fire heavily damaged the Home Oil company warehouse and filling station in Fairbury. Loss estimated around 5000 dollars, mostly insured. Fire started from a spark igniting overflow while fueling from a railroad car. Fire department prevented explosion. barrels and tanks suffered heat damage. Betty owned by I. C. van J. OC. Friesen.
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