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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
3
The notice provides corrected price quotes for wheat and corn types including yellow corn at 60 cents and white corn no 2 at 90 cents. It mentions quantities with entries for cream no 2, No 1 at 44, and references to rescued cows and hens with small amounts listed.
FOR SALE items include John Deere single row Cora Picker two McDeering picker, two alpha Weimers and Diller pullets and a blue corduroy sheep skin coat. Also Diller Neb listed running gears hay carrier tires and wheel details. Mr and Mrs Paul Reez with George Freitag celebrate birthday. Wil Packer returns home from Grand Island hospital after a stroke.
Mr and Mrs Jake Lottman visited Mrs Katherine Frerichs for Sunday dinner. Mrs Howard D Maw and Mr and Mrs Henry Polfus from Beatrice spent the day at Mr and Mrs Paul Beoz home. Tony Zeleny of Diller laments the loss of a team used for plowing and town chores.
Mr and Mrs Leo Snyder enjoyed guests for several days last week including Mr and Mrs Cari Sandman Mary Snyder of Denver and Fred Butler and family of Trenton Missouri in a social gathering with multiple families.
Local shop C L Geer Lbr and Coal advertises Morning Heater units with coal saving. Limited stock available. Ruben Fanders to join Peru State Teachers College as yearbook editor and new president of Sigma Tau Delta and Delizell Hall council. Jacob Sediscek reports fruit from Mr and Mrs Bradford Diller of Emmett Idaho including peaches apples and plums. Dillers sold ninety bushels of peaches in one day.
Mr and Mrs Jack Bell and their daughter Delores and a friend visited from Lincoln with Mr and Mrs H A Bl at their home in Kansas City from Friday to Tuesday. They spent Sunday with his sister Mrs W D Tincher and family who also hosted Mr and Mrs B E Bell Barbara Mrs Bell's mother Mrs Geo Shortridge and Mr and Mrs R Bell Sue Ann and Virginia.
Farmers Store offers a buy two get one free sale on Penick Glass or corn starch at 15 cents. Dinner guests last Friday included Jack Baker, Keith Baker, Dean Ransome, and Merton Allen at the Hall residence. San Diego couple Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carpenter welcomed a son born Tuesday Sept 22 weighing 9 pounds 12 ounces.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Johnson and family of Gothenburg Nebraska visited from Saturday to Monday with his cousin Harvey Garrels and family.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Eick Gretchen Wohblfarth accompanied Clara Allen and John Steiner to Falls City Sunday where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Cummins. They all enjoyed a fish dinner at Rulo.
Larry Louis Scheele infant son of Mr and Mrs Elmer W Scheele of Beatrice was baptized by Rev Hall at the Congregational parsonage last Sunday evening. Grandmother Mrs Elmer Greider served as godmother.
Mrs Griswold and Mr and Mrs Will Green with Eddie Walters traveled to Marysville Kansas last Sunday in Will Green's car to attend the funeral for Mrs Cora Wecker the step daughter of Mrs Griswold who died early Friday morning.
Mrs. Claude Ellis and Mrs. Cedric Fanders hosted a party for Miss Rachel Viers at the Ellis home on Tuesday evening September 22. Guests enjoyed games and visitation before the honoree opened her gifts. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Hays and Mrs. Robert Drake.
John E. Hayworth formerly of Diller writes from Omaha that he just visited his mother at Nevis Minnesota. He reports two days of rain and temperatures dropping to 28 at Park Rapids. He gives his new address as 7601 North 28th Ave Omaha.
The 1934 agricultural program allows full wheat payment only if 90 percent of the wheat allotment is planted. War crops may substitute acre for acre, including soybeans flax barley and others named later. Jefferson County ACA Chair Arnold J Ruhoke notes a soil building payment of 1.50 per acre for a winter cover crop and 3.00 per acre for tilling under a good 1942 fall seeding of rye or barley, with conditions on credit and harvest.
The Diller Woman's Club sponsored a reception for Diller School teachers and surrounding rural school staff on Thursday Sept 24 at the Congregational church annex. Key speakers and performers included Mrs Clarence Steffen and students from club families. Local residents Mr Ludington Miss May Miss Thorngate Miss Stoneman and others were noted along with plans for monthly meetings and a social program.
Mr and Mrs Oscar Amos joined Mr and Mrs Lawrence Caldwell for a Sunday outing in Hastings. They spent the afternoon with their son and daughter Mr and Mrs Dean Barber and Dennis Dee, and enjoyed a trip to Grand Island.
Ira Casper and his family stay with relatives at Tobies to be near the new Bruning Daykin airfield where Mr Casper has secured work.
St Pauls Ev Lutheran notes Supt Hullman leads Sunday School at 10 o clock with a congregational meeting to follow after Sunday School.
Leonard Hartwig from Nebraska Wesleyan University preaches at 7 p.m. and leads Sunday School at 10 a.m. Pastor Hartwig invites the youth to meet in the church basement after the service. R. N. Southwick is listed as superintendent of Sunday School.
Congregational church invites all Christians to World-Wide Communion Sunday observance. Rally Day set for Oct 11 with a noon fellowship dinner followed by the annual meeting and written reports. Last Tuesday the Diller school faculty and board members were entertained at the Ludingtons with games and lunch.
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