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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
5
The corrected market listing from Diller Markets shows wheat at 0.67, corn at 0.53 for yellow, 0.54 for white, oats 0.29, cream No. 2 at 0.26, eggs 0.16, spring chickens 0.12, leghorn springs 0.10, leghorn hens 0.08 per pound, hogs at 6.30 per hundredweight, with grain market details supplied by Black Brothers.
Small classified item offers a single steel wheelbarrow for concrete work priced at 350 dollars. Contact L M Cavett for purchase details.
Creditors of the estate of Frances E Patmore deceased must file claims by January 13 1941. The county judge will hear claims January 14 1941 at 9 AM in the County Court room in Jefferson County Nebraska to examine allow or adjust all filed claims. Dated August 24 1940. E R Bee County Judge.
J. O. Blauser, once a daily presence on Main Street, is not as well as he used to be. Harry Boggs, formerly of Diller, is seriously ill at his Beatrice home.
Mr. Rod Edington a Marysville band instrument dealer joined Mr. Ingalsbe on a trip to Diller last Monday as part of a local business visit to discuss musical equipment.
Mr and Mrs Volney Raymond and their son Dickie from Lincoln spent last Thursday evening in Diller visiting relatives. Lee Calkins built a new porch on the south side of his home using remaining lumber from the old porch.
Light colored or white shoes are good for winter use if properly dyed. Call at the electric shoe shop north of the Bonham Theatre in Fairbury.
Charley Worthen formerly of Diller but now living in Kansas spent the weekend in town visiting his mother sister and longtime friends.
W. W. Stephens visited Diller last Saturday with his son Loren Stephens and family after a summer in Colorado and Wyoming. Mrs. Edward Cox wife of the Burlington station agent at Sterling Nebraska returned home last Friday after staying here several days with her singer Rev W. H. Clark.
Mr and Mrs Rex Green journeyed to Lincoln on Tuesday with their son Bob and his friend Dale Garrels to see them off for their university studies at the University of Nebraska Bob and Dale are seniors this year.
Mr and Mrs Jack Bell and family arrived Sunday from Kansas City to visit H A Bell and wife in Nebraska. The K C Bells plan their annual vacation and expect to spend time in the Ozarks after calling on Nebraska relatives.
Mrs. J. L. London and her son Lloyd traveled through seventeen states on a vacation to the old South. They drove home from St. Louis in a single day and Lloyd London will resume work at the University of Nebraska.
Rev and Mrs H H Pyche and Ruth met daughter and sister Mrs A B Leisy in Beatrice on Tuesday. Leisy rode from West Point by bus and will accompany her sister on a Colorado trip to Boulder for a few days, with Mr Leisy joining later and Leisy returning to West Point after a short visit.
The Grone family reunion gathered at Hebron last Sunday with sixty four relatives attending. From Diller attendees included Mr and Mrs Arthur Grone Mr and Mrs Joe Nippert and family Mr and Mrs Ray Malchow and Mr and Mrs Olin Ulm and family and Mr and Mrs Leonard Richardson and family.
Johnny Hayworth and a companion from Omaha visited in Diller last week. Mr and Mrs Dean Barber were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Howard Peters at Fairbury.
Mr Lawrence Caldwell and Mrs Elizabeth Freitag along with Mollie Nickeson of Harbine attend an event at the home of Mr and Mrs Schultz near Odell.
Clarence Findling ended his ties with Geer Brothers on the 15th inst and started a new automobile shop at Ellis. His family remains in Diller. A picnic in the canyons last Sunday was enjoyed by the Weigels Henrichs and Stephens families.
Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Pyche and daughters Ruth and Mrs. A. B. Lessy of West Point Nebraska were Wednesday evening dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Green.
Rev Clark planted a second crop after the first harvest and has enjoyed a week of roasting ears. The Bantam variety corn is described as very sweet and nice.
Dr and Mrs B Charles Pease left last Saturday for the west part of the state. They visited relatives in Kearney Brady and Gothenburg and toured Kingsley Dam. Crops in the west are reported terrible with much dust.
Mrs. Addie B Koepsel of 906 Santa Barbara Road Berkley California arrived Wednesday after learning of her brother Noah Handleys illness and death in Fairbury. She traveled to Diller and on to the Handley home near Steele City where she was welcomed by Chas Waggoner. Koepsel once taught in Diller schools about fifty years ago.
The Wymore Garden Club held its annual Flower Show in the Jones building on September 13 14 15. Floral entries far surpassed prior shows despite a heavy frost. Judges were Mrs Floyd Patton Blue Springs Mrs Frank Benda Odell and Mrs Theodore Henrichs Ditler. Local merchants supplied prizes.
Wallace Berry stars in Wyomin g with Ann Rutherford Leo Carrillo Lee Bowman and Marjorie Main. The Bonham Theatre plans a major remodel by the 22nd and will debut new decor. Also screening Gold Rush Masse and The House Across the Bay with Ann Sothern Geo Raft Joan Bennett Nol an.
Pastor L J Woltz will lead 10 39 English service as the Corner Stone of the church is laid anew with the 1889 and 1940 dates. The stone will house a Bible flag constitution church history member lists and a sermon. John Weers chairs the building committee. Regional youth meeting in Lanham led by Dr Lesher and Albert Kisling will be attended. Conferences of Lutherans in Falls City and Creston and Omaha meetings follow in late September and October.
Congregational Church invites worshipers with Pastor Howard H. Pyche and Mrs Earle Weigel. Sunday School meets at 10 A M, worship with sermon at 11, theme The Man of the Hour. Choir praised for fine effort and leadership.
The Methodist church led by Pastor W. H. Clark and Mrs. Ray Lamb holds Sunday School at 9:30 with Young people at 7:30 led by Miss Weigel and Keith Hays. All state preachers attend the annual conference in Omaha next Sunday. A preaching service follows at 11 a.m. each subsequent Sunday.
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