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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1936
Page
4
Post office at Diller Nebraska lists rates for second class matter advertising. Business locals are charged 6 cents per line per insertion and further rates available upon application.
Cortland voters backed a waterworks bond issue for a Public Works Administration project. Alice Eick plans a new 8 by 24 foot hog house with a cement floor on the Grace Meyers farm south of town to prepare for winter lambs on the Eicks farm.
A picture of R. H. Harris was found among AOUW items while cleaning a Masonic hall. Rudy, killed forty years ago, had his funeral held under the lodge’s auspices.
In reply to last week’s inquiry authorities report Shorty Joe Man is located in Powell Wyoming working for Guilie Wright. Wright built him a shack on the property and Shorty maintains bachelor hall.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Sparks of Liberty are noted in a brief social item. Diller visitors came Wednesday as Mrs Sparks attended the ladies club while John Sparks visited with old friends until late.
Through WPA projects Beat Rice will upgrade two parks. A new tabernacle is planned for Chautauqua park to replace the old dilapidated structure used during Sam Jones era. New bleachers and a field house are planned for Athletic Park. Chautauqua park at Beatrice and City park at Fairbury are popular picnic spots with convenient layouts.
Wiemers Brothers received publicity in the Nebraska Farmers writeup for Falls City noting their implement business. The piece misstates their activities, since the Wiemers no longer run commercial trucking after selling their big truck long ago. Alpha leads hogs with Henry prominent among hog interests.
Diller residents attended morning and evening services at the Congregational and Presbyterian churches with sermons on The Fullness of the Blessing and The Touch of the Master’s Hand. Local travelers, the Barber brothers, visited Iowa and Illinois old homes, recalling family ties and regional recollections amid light political banter.
Members of the H. H. club gathered at Mrs. Ben Sieboits home for a Tuesday afternoon event. Guests Mrs Margaret Albers and Mrs Henry Weaver scored high in a rock game while Mrs R E Hubka received a consolation prize. A lunch followed and Mrs Will-Amos invited the group to meet in two weeks. Reporter.
Notes recount local life in Diller and Beatrice areas forty years past. Entries mention illnesses, visits to fairs, election primaries, local officials, and social groups including the Degree of Honor, with reflections on politics and prosperity and a final moral about giving.
Legal notice announces proposed constitutional amendments to Nebraska's 1875 constitution. It details the governance changes including executive officers, terms, and the process for approval at the November 1936 election with a vote on abolishing the office of Commissioner of Public Lands and Building.
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