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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
1
Rural patrons push for later start times prompting Diller to switch to winter hours with a 10 a.m. start on Monday November 30. School lunch shifts to 1 to 2 p.m. and afternoon session to 2:30 p.m. Plymouth already using 10 o'clock start while Odell follows this week.
A two inch snowfall blanketed the area on Saturday evening with heavy flurries resembling a blizzard before roads slickened. By Sunday afternoon much of the snow had blown off the roads and farmers still visited town.
Sunday edition of The Beatrice Sun carries photos of Apprentice Seaman Robert J. Lottman of Diller who enlisted August twenty seventh and is stationed in Camden New Jersey alongside his brother Pvt Harry Lottman with a medical corps unit at Camp Carson Colorado. They are sons of Mr and Mrs John Lottman. Harry attended his nephew Dale Lottman’s funeral in Diller.
Robert Drake has taken over the Farmers Oil and Supply Co. filling station at the north end of Main Street in Diller and now operates it as the Stelly Service Station. He will handle Skelly products and offers tire vulcanizing with a new machine.
Gasoline dealers must register at the American Legion Hall in Fairbury between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 1 and 2, per the Jefferson County Zoning Board’s announcement this week.
A local coal seller advertises a carload of Illinois Lump Coal arriving in a few days. The notice urges customers to place orders now and mentions CL Geer Lumber Paint and Coal with phone service 16802.
M Donald Mann spent several months with Dona, a returned hate last Sunday evening. The pair’s encounter occurred in a tense, unresolved moment leaving local residents puzzled.
Raymond Rietfors formerly a bookkeeper at Diller State Bank is now at Yeoman's Naval Training School Burdette College Boston for about four months. His home town is Halifax Neb and his brothers serve in Lincoln Neb and Pearl Harbor. He enjoys meeting British sailors and visits historical sights in spare time. Address listed as Yeoman's School Hotel Victoria Boston Massachusetts.
Fire of unknown origin damaged the Lottman farm home two miles west of Diller while the family attended a funeral. The blaze confined to the living room but smoked five other rooms. contents in the living room total loss. Neighbors helped extinguish the fire and insurance partially covers the several hundred dollar loss. The family thanks neighbors for swift aid.
A nationwide Civilian Defense blackout is planned for December 14 at 10 p m covering 7 region states with Nebraska as the hub. More than 10 000 air raid wardens will operate statewide after training by 136 instructors in Lincoln last June under American Legion sponsorship.
Mr and Mrs Max Hall and daughter Kay of Bigelow Missouri visited from Saturday to Monday at the Nippert home with Mrs Nippert and Mr Nippert.
Jefferson County rationing board reports heavy demand for A gasoline ration books with 8190 county residents registering last week in high schools for the A book. Volunteers and trained students assist clerks to clarify regulations for farmers and rural residents. Cpl Donald W Maw of Diller Nebraska completes Signal Corps training at Camp Murphy Florida.
Last Wednesday neighbors with wagons and teams gathered 2 miles south of Diller to husk 25 acres of corn for Mrs. Wm Afrends after her husband passed away. Fifteen teams and twenty eight men worked quickly, and Mrs Afrends expressed deep gratitude.
The annual Praise Service by the Congregational church women was postponed from last Sunday to next Sunday due to poor road conditions hindering attendance. The organizers hope better roads will enable a larger turnout.
A baby boy arrived for Mrs Wm Abrends of Fairbury on Tuesday September 17 at Odell hospital.
Robert Dale Lottman born November 24 1924 in Ditter Nebraska died November 19 1942 in Omaha Nebraska at age 17 years 11 months and 26 days. He leaves his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Lottman two brothers Orville and Connie Ben one sister Blanch and his grandparents Mr and Mrs John Lottman. The death was caused by a brain abscess from mastoid infection as detailed in the medical chart. Dale told his parents after graduation he would go to war and was willing to die for victory. He initially sought Navy enlistment but was rejected for a chronic ear infection and later underwent an operation in hopes of helping Uncle Sam win the war. He did not recover.
Among out of town relatives and friends at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Pickard with Calvin and Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Kaaz, Fred DeBoer, Mrs. Wes Carmichael, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gates, and Mrs. Fred Stafford and Marian of Fairbury. Also present were Mrs. Alice Specht and Ruby Gripp of Smithfield, Mr. Jas. Pickard of Harbine, Harry Lottman of Carson, Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Wasser man and Fern Lottman of Wymore, Mr. and Mrs. Still and family of Omaha, Archie Carmichael and Opal Mae, and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Carmichael with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carmichael and Frances of Falls City.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindnesses during illness and death of son Dale. Grateful for the floral offering and to Rev. McCaskill and the musicians. From Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lottman and family.
Due to bad weather and a snow storm, the sale of Mrs. L. M. Cavett is moved to Saturday November 28 at 1 30 p m wartime. A list of sale articles is shown on Page 4.
Miss Lela Robertson returns to her Diller home from Odell hospital where she had been confined for a short time due to a broken ankle. Miss Edna HULLman assists with night care.
A telegram from Donald M. Nelson in Washington urges continued scrap drives and farmer cooperation. It asks salvage committees to assist farmers with transport and manpower to gather heavy scrap, noting the nation depends on farmers to meet the intensified scrap hunt and promising more details next week.
The obituary notes the sudden death of Obdries Leonard Meyer on November 22 1941 at 4 30 pm from pneumonia. He was sixteen months old and survived by parents Clarence R Meyer and Charlotte A Liggett with extended family. Funeral held Wednesday from Gover Bros funeral home St Pauls Lutheran, with Rev Strong officiating and a quartet and soloist aiding the service.
In the Beatrice Sun Sunday issue a photo shows Pvt Adam Bad Fasnacht of Diller, in the army since last January, now stationed at the Wilmington North Carolina air base with an ordnance company. He is the son of Mr and Mrs B Fasnacht.
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