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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1939
Page
3
The report lists wheat categories and prices with descriptors such as corrected and musty. It notes corn types and prices per bushel, with weights for heavy spring hens and stags. Prices are given for various grains and livestock with references to Black Brothers and the grain market.
S F Clark and Lee Cramb of Fairbury attended a hybrid corn meeting at Beatrice last Friday night. Ooke Franzen and his sister Miss Elsie Franzen of Steele City were business visitors Wednesday at this place.
Roy Patton is employed by the O A Cooper company and works on the Diller elevator. He replaced Dick Starl ing, who resigned about three weeks ago.
Mrs Christie Seaman arrived home Monday after visiting relatives in Lincoln and spending a week in Omaha. She reports an enjoyable time and pleasant days with friends and kin.
Mr. and Mrs H Z Diller and Mr. and Mrs Chas Osborne of Lincoln were dinner guests Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs Willis Clark. Mrs Christie Seaman was also a guest.
Advert says O A Couper Co seeks kalo and Milo at 40 cents per bushel with purchase terms and delivery notes. Market price context not provided.
For sale items listed including corn at 250 per load by Ralph Long of Steele City Nebr and 125 for rich produce from 6 miles south and 2 west of Steele City by E F Borden. Claridon piano and bench for 50 cash listed by Elsie Franzen. Two Hereford male hogs for sale priced reasonably listed by G T Blauser.
Central States Oil Co seeks a self starter in Kansas for a filling station business with small investment. Home of the operation is in Kansas and offers a good opportunity for the right man to enter entrepreneurship.
Harold Lottman thanks everyone who sent cards and letters and those who visited him during his recent illness in the hospital.
Hap Garrels known as Daniel Boone of Diller runs a lively coon hunting group. Since November 1 the season runs to February 1 and his crew has logged twelve hunts with 10 coons 18 skunks and 23 possums. Hunts start around 8:30 PM and end about 3:15 AM with several outings ending in losses. The largest coon captured weighed twenty pounds. Last Monday’s party included Supt Ludington Coach Goerke and others.
Mr and Mrs Chris Jensen and their Exeter family visited Sunday for dinner at the Clarence Hiatt home extending a casual social gathering with relatives in attendance.
A dance is planned one week from Friday December 1 at city hall with old and new time music. Admission is 10c or 15c.
Frank Grabher of this place served as chief carpenter on the house with the new residence of Mr and Mrs George Grabher nearing completion.
Three nights of the pitch tournament have been played with every table full. Our number has won thirteen out of a possible fifteen games. Another meeting Monday night at the Diller Cafe.
The Dorcas Society met Thursday afternoon with good attendance. A music and reading program followed devotionals led by Mrs. Ray Lamb. Thanksgiving was emphasized. Mrs. Harold Logan won the turkey hunt prize. The coat of many colors bank offering raised $593. Hosts included Mrs. Glenn Blauser and others. afternoon guests listed.
Mrs Harold Logan will host the Booklover's Club Friday November 24 at 2 PM. Mrs Clarence Steffen will review Louis Golding's Mr Emmanuel, a tale of Mr Emmanuel aiding Jewish refugees and his mother in Germany, a timely subject. Public invited.
The NB Club met last Friday with eight members present and Mrs Lena Wiemers as hostess. Mrs Alfred Wiemers attended as a visitor. After a quilting session a covered dish luncheon followed. The next meeting is an all day event at Mrs Folena Sasse’s home on Friday the 24th.
A dinner was held last Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs John Sedlacek to honor Keith Jonson home from duties aboard the U S S Tuscaloosa. Guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Jonson and son Keith and two daughters Avis and Joyce Mr and Mrs Merle Johnson and daughter Barbara Lou and Elizabeth Green.
A Memorial Shelf has been started in our Publices Library with the life of Madame Curie by Eva B Cune as the first donation. The Diller's Woman's Club dedicates the book to deceased members and hopes others will contribute memorial volumes.
The juvenile Fairbury production Our Gang Comedy will be shown at the Bonham tomorrow. The 20 minute film features Dilller sisters Dorothy Anderson Gloria and Marilyn Miller among the cast.
Mrs. Clarence Hiatt is under a doctor's care this week with a sprained hip. Mrs. Mollie Riddle returned home from Franklin Nebraska after visiting with Mrs. Wo Versaw and Lois Martin and family.
Due to a full schedule the Diller Woman's Club could not attend the Fairbury Club dramatic tea on the afternoon of Nov. 22. Mrs. Geo. Gore of Beatrice served as the guest entertainer.
Mr and Mrs C E Warthen of Formosa Kansas and Mr and Mrs Forrest Warthen and family of Concordia Kansas spent Sunday at Mrs Warthen s home for the joint birthday celebration of Forrest and his grandmother whose birthdays fall within days of each other.
Anniversaries note Wessel Beckman and Marilyn Miller celebrating 13th birthdays on great anniversary date November 18. The text recalls Marilyn’s birth to a couple tied to P B Miller’s 60 year marriage in Scott County Iowa and the Melrose lineage from 1879. Wessel’s grandparents Everett and Mrs Schipper remain alive in Fairbury.
Advance notices tout Bette Davis in Elizabeth and Essex with Errol Flynn and Henry Fonda in Drums Along the Mohawk. The Thanksgiving program includes a Take A Chance Midnight show on Wednesday Nov 29 with dressed birds for late dinners and turkey prizes.
Forty five years ago this month a fire destroyed the fine residence of Abraham Blauser located three miles northwest of town, with details noting the extent of the blaze and local response.
Congregational Church reports Sunday school growth to 136 with 24 in the men’s class led by farm group. The sermon at 11 A.M. is “Let Us Give Thanks.” At 7:30 P.M. the Ladies Missionary Society hosts a Thank offering with Rev. Louis Kaub of Centenary MethodistBeatrice speaking on “The Gift of God.” Proceeds aid missionary allotment.
W. H. Clark is the pastor of the Methodist Church with Mrs. Ray Lamb serving in a leadership role and S. S. Supt. noted among the program or staff details.
Rev L J Wolff pastor C L Hullman superintendent Sunday School at 9 30 English service at 10 45 Thanksgiving services at 10 pm Thursday Nor th.
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