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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
3
Market listing from Black Brothers shows grain prices with wheat at 60 pounds and corn grades yellow and white 60. Poultry and livestock rates include Leghorn hens and heavy stag prices per pound. Market date noted as Nov 25 1906 with prices in cents per unit.
Diller Nebraska village board meets at city hall approving minutes and bills for water general and light funds. Officials J D Steiner EE McCune OR Geer vote on officer of the day and special police. speed limit set on Main Street 25 mph with signs to be erected.
Public auction to be held at residence 14 miles south of Diller on Wednesday September 20 1939 starting at 1 p m. Personal property includes cattle chickens household goods farming equipment and various small items. Terms cash. Schultis Searing Auctioneers Roy Mathias Clerk.
A new corn binder venture is announced by Jake Lottman. Music man Mr. Martin Boltyer from Fairbury handles business at this place Monday. Mrs. A. B Leisy and daughter Mary Jean from Weat Point spend the weekend with Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Pyche.
Walter Carpenter and his wife have moved back to Lincoln after a year of moving between towns while Walter worked for the Everweir Aluminum agency. Dinner guests at the Weers home last Sunday included Chester Sparks and Roe, Norman Frisbie, Christie Seaman, True Thompson, and Myrtle Hutchinson.
Sam Thompson is described as doing a land office business this week selling apples at four cents per bushel. He trucked the fruit from Shubert Nebraska.
Marvin Mains of Minneapolis returns home after spending the summer with his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lottman to resume schooling, in a brief note from the community.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Rambo of Westwood New Jersey vacationing in the west visited this week at the home of Mrs. Rambo's aunt Mrs. Warthen.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Grone celebrate their golden wedding at home in Diller on Monday September 18. Open house for friends and neighbors runs from 2 to 4 PM and again from 7 to 9 PM.
Mr and Mrs Chester Sparks hosted a farewell on Wednesday evening for their son Roe Sparks departing for San Diego to continue his navy service. Twenty six neighbors attended. Roe shows enthusiasm for his duties but remains homesick to rejoin his ship.
Mr and Mrs Wm Cherry formerly of this place now live at Valentine Nebraska will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home next Sunday September 17 Former Diller friends are invited to send cards and letters to honor the couple.
Doings mention visits and dinners among local families. Mr and Mrs Fred Lottman and family spent Friday evening with the Wiemers. Weers family visiting. W W Stephens returned from two months with son Lorren in Ixter. School district 89 opened with 21 students and Gerald Bowen as teacher. Several local residents hosted or attended gatherings and birthdays. Carl Werz reports farming progress near Ashton Idaho. Gerd Henrichs Sr celebrated by family with gifts and ice cream.
Advertisement promoting the Lincoln Star newspaper with pricing options: only $4.00 a year, $7.00 with Sunday, and under 20 cents daily. Encourages readers to subscribe now.
A Roelfs family reunion was held at Fairbury City Park on September 10 drawing 68 relatives for a basket dinner. Attendees included Effie, Erie, Ben Roelfs of Diller and many others with ties to Diller Hastings Steele City and Chapin, along with extended Roelfs and Schultis family members.
The Diller Woman's Club held its first meeting of the 1939 1940 year at Mrs. Keith Hays home on September 6. New president C W Hiatt presided and members discussed federation meaning with Mrs Scott Miller leading. Lincoln Nebraska hosts the state convention October 17 1871. Twenty members attended with visitors E Colgrove A Hubka F Weber and Miss Renz. A reception for ministers teachers and new members will be September 19 at the Congregational annex with Mr H W Munson as speaker. Rural teachers and ministers are invited. The article also notes that growth rings in trees widen in wet years and narrow in dry years.
Mrs Claude Ellie visited relatives in Lincoln at the start of the week.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Gretzing return from a trip to the Ozark region and visit uncle John Gretzinger and family in Kansas City Missouri last week.
Reverend and Mrs. C. F. Wagner attend the annual Nebraska Methodist conference in Lincoln as delegates. The article notes many readers will look for the forthcoming Methodist appointments in Monday’s papers.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lottman and family returned Tuesday from a nine day tour starting August 28. They visited Remsen Marcus Millbank in South Dakota Minneapolis St Paul and the Mains in Minnesota. They toured stores Foshay Tower Montgomery Ward Ford plant and saw lakes quarries and the Minnesota State Fair.
The Constitution was presented to the people for ratification under a nickname describing it as the new breeches. This phrase reflected contemporary attitudes toward proposed governance and sparked discussion about the document’s public reception.
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