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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
1
Harry Allen and Will Bond cut up a deer an elk and an antelope for freezing at Holle's Store cold storage in Diller. Dr H B Clepp a Hanover dentist hunted in Wyoming and bagged the three animals and rented a locker for storage. Meat weighed about 285 pounds.
The annual night school demonstration at the Diller school will be held next Monday evening at 7 o clock. An excellent program has been arranged and will follow the close period. All patrons and others are invited to attend at the schoolhouse.
Fairbury resident Frank Spear is reported to be convalescing at home after a recent heart attack. He is under the care of a special nurse and will remain bedridden for some time.
Repair ships of the U S Navy serve as floating production facilities with full workshops for electrical, blacksmith, carpentry, optical and machine work. They house welding gear, lathes, punches, milling machines and foundries to support ship repair and maintenance.
Mrs. Ira London will host her daughter in Sacramento after Grandma Stahl ends housekeeping in Ditler. The move follows arrangements with her granddaughter and son in law to join family in California.
Lee Ball, a young army trooper from Camp Funston Fort Riley Kansas, visited from Monday until Tuesday with his brother Glenn Ball at the Bays Home.
A baby girl arrived at Lutheran Hospital Beatrice on November 2. Mrs Lettie Sandman Jordening is the mother.
Announcements of coming events at the Hope Church east of Harbine are listed this week under Church Notes on page five.
Mrs Roy Casper and her infant son Dennis Goyle arrived home Monday after a week at Odell hospital.
An advertising blurb on page eight promotes a wedding picture free offer from Witt Jewelry, encouraging readers to read the ad for details about the promotion.
Cherney Culley shared a birthday dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Armstrong and their sons in a brief local mention. The Lutheran ladies food sale is listed for Wednesday November 26.
Rev and Mrs W H Clark will miss Sunday as Hopewell Church in Johnson County marks its 75th founding anniversary. The local pulpit is filled by Prof H C Filley of Nebraska Agricultural College with the sermon The Quest For Knowledge. Filley is second cousin to W I Filley.
Dean Barber exits farming to enter town commerce by purchasing Shorty’s Cafe on Fairbury square from Albert Schrock. Barber bid $1650 to take over management as soon as farm duties release. Former proprietor moved to California. Barbers assume control after this week’s business takeover.
Mrs. Scott Miller will review Anya Fenton's first book at the November meeting on Wednesday the 12th at 2 p.m. The historical novel uses Aaron Burr's life as a backdrop and includes documents from Burr descendants. Mrs. Hiatt is hostess with a weather contingency for the library room.
Wrigley reports Frederick has discarded crutches and walks without a limp. Earlier a crash left a crack in the front part of the leg bone after a bicycle or motorcycle incident involving a Clancy boy at school.
Rev. Lampe arrived from Idaho to fill the vacant pulpit at Hope Reformed Church east of Harbine. The congregation welcomed the new pastor and began services that week with renewed hope after Rev. Koehler’s departure.
The Methodist ladies report two dozen serving trays borrowed from the church kitchen basement and not returned. They urge the finder to return the items and restore the church’s dining service readiness.
Leurice Diller returned to Denver on Monday for a visit with relatives and hometown friends, marking a short homecoming.
The seventeenth annual Jefferson County Federation of Women’s Clubs met October 30 at the Endicott Methodist Church. 93 members attended. new officers were installed by C B Calloway and others from Fairbury and Jansen.
John Greider assumed duties as water commissioner and city marshal in Diller on Saturday. His first day faced a minor incident when a local citizen caused a disturbance requiring Greider to escort him home.
Harry Allen will depart Diller this Saturday to assume the meat department manager job at a large independent store in McCook. His family will stay until a suitable home is found there. Holle's Store will announce a replacement. A robot meat cutter is being tested in the meantime.
Bernard Patton will end his visit Sunday evening and accompany two soldiers to Camp Robinson Arkansas. They plan to leave Wymore at 2 30 Monday morning in a car owned by a local boy near Jones. Patton serves with the fire squad at the camp.
Last Friday's snow storm hindered the Methodist Homecoming last Sunday. Few from the off road managed to attend, including George Champs and Robert Upson with a lumber wagon. Rev Mrs Iavis traveled from Endicott to deliver the morning sermon in capable style. Mrs Jonis was the sole former pastor present and a fair audience attended the basket. At 2:30 in the afternoon an informal service followed with church history and related notes discussed, and all seemed to enjoy the occasion.
A fragmentary notice indicates Mr and Mrs John Sailing and their son arrived home and will return after a sale of property. The ad refers readers to a sale on page four for details.
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