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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1947
Page
1
A notice reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Max Beiding on Wednesday September 3 at Fairbury hospital. Weighing 6 pounds 2 ounces at birth, the baby joins siblings in the Beiding family. the registry lists care details and hospital location Beading.
Rainy tidings report soft rain on Tuesday across the area. Enrollment rises to 141 at Fairbury Junior College, with 71 veterans among them, marking a drop from last year. Diller residents and local figures, including Luewlle Pance, Fritz Wrigely, and Alice Lie, appear in school and community notices. Several residents travel or return from Wisconsin, Denver, or Oregon, while a note on whiskey production from distillery waste is referenced in a journal. Lloyd Smith, carrier in San Diego, is highlighted for bicycle delivery with portable radio and a 25 percent business increase. ties to Diller lineage are noted. Complete battery lineups and local visits by Fred Starr and family are mentioned.
High school event promotes a softball game at City Sail Park facing MS and F. Aday on September 2. No admission charged. all welcome to attend.
The county treasurer announces new driver licenses are issued for renewals and new applicants. Expired licenses, fees, and a stamped return envelope are required for those who avoid lines. Renewals within 60 days before November need no exam unless expired more than 60 days prior to September. Several Upson family members have returned home from Wilmington Delaware after a visit.
Love Fasae aged 78 died in Wisconsin. Funeral services planned Wednesday at Waggoner Funeral Home and Hope Church. Obituary to be published next week. Shirley Glathar vacationing in Humboldt with grandmother Mrs Glathar. Roger Ellis recovering from polio attack and expected to attend school after two weeks rest.
Mrs Miller mourns the death of Winkie the Miller family dog aged sixteen. The once owned by the Harry Allen family, Winkie was a familiar sight around Diller for many years and remained a constant companion to Mrs Miller.
The ladies of St Pauls Lutheran Church will hold a food sale Saturday September 13 at the Farmer's Store starting at noon. Mr and Mrs Floyd Umberger and Mrs Burke and Nancy of Lincoln visited Robert Upson at his home last Tuesday.
The Nebraska game commission announces open pheasant dove rabbit and raccoon seasons with dates and bag limits. Open pheasant season October 18 to October 27. hen pheasants prohibited. Doves Sept 10 to Sept 24 with seven birds bag. Rabbits open daily until January 31 with a daily bag limit of two. No open deer season. Trapping fur bearing animals allowed until February 15. Local travel and farm notes follow, including Herbert Barber’s return from Minnesota Wisconsin and farm purchases, plus the W S C S Birthday Meeting set for September 18 with Lois Casper as chair.
A school considers adding a new electric refrigerator to the lunch room, enough to hold about two hundred half pint milk bottles and additional space for other foods. The hot week prompts measures as Omaha Beatrice dismissals rise, with Joeak school planning Thursday early dismissal for County Fair attendance.
Dwight Havene and Captain C J Sanders issued a warning to drivers to stop for loading and unloading school children on highways. The message urges vigilance for children darting from behind buses to reach their homes to prevent a repeat of last September’s fatalities. Prevention week runs October 5 to 11. The Geers and Edova Hullman visits are noted.
The article records the death of Mia Edson Madden and notes family members including her mother Miss Elaine Snyder of Denver visiting grandparents in Sidney. Also mentioned are relatives Mabel Hart from Denver and Eleanor Forbes Stahl with infant in Vallejo California, plus a railroad bridge gang completing work west of town. Averyll Fouts returns to Spokane to resume teaching duties.
Miss Ruth Stoneman once an instructor at Diller Schools teaches at Superior High School this year. Stanley Ahrends left Wednesday for Lincoln to begin his fourth year at the University studying electrical engineering.
The Record notes many members of the Congregational Church assisted with the shower for Della Roeifs and apologizes for omitting this detail in last week's report.
Fayetta Meyer hosted a sixth birthday party for 14 friends at her home on Sunday afternoon August 31. Ice cream cake and iced tea were served by Mrs. Meyer after games. Guests included Karen Jordening Dorothy Schipper Joyce Blauser Richard Blauser Marlene Spielman Jerry Jeannette Beckman Betty Joan Meyer Carol Romish Lee Dell Thompson Marsha Zeleny Lonnie Meyer Larry Meyer and Judy Webb.
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