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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Mex Logan hosted a party honoring their daughter Debbies fricede Pehoeang on her fourth birthday. The afternoon featured games and opening presents with refreshments served.
Mr and Mrs William Glathar and BeverlyUtica. Vernon Behrens. Ina Hill and Charles Diller. Max Hill and families drove to Washington Kansas Sunday for dinner with Luther Marsteller and to visit Mr and Mrs George Hill of Ontario California who were visiting the Marstellers.
A group gathered Friday evening at Karl Bunting’s home to celebrate Irene’s fourteenth birthday. Attendees included the Weichels, Hackers, and Arnold Weichel’s family from Fairbury, plus relatives from Plymouth, Alma, Ontario, and Washington Kansas. Visitors at The Hill and Beatrice area locals were also noted. Minnesota’s Clayton Tonnemaker, All American lineman, faces Nebraska Saturday at Lincoln, a highlight for local fans.
Reading notes recount a Pawnee uprising in 1859 near the Platte and eastern Nebraska lands. A territorial militia led by Thayer, with volunteers from Omaha and Nebr City, pursued the raiders to Fontenelle and beyond, forcing a peace treaty and the relocation of Pawnees to a reserve in Nance County. Local residents, including Gebbard and Fasnacht families, hosted guests while Shirley Wester broke an ankle playing softball.
Pupils of the consolidated district enjoyed an hour of freedom from study Friday with a timber roasted wiener meal, potato chips, cookies, and drinks. Teacher Miss Mary Freitag reports twenty students enrolled across five districts with a brick, electric building. A Beatrice Lincoln football game trip was organized, with attendees from Diller and local families.
The Women’s Association of the Congregational church will meet with Mrs Fouts. Mrs Harold Faenacht and daughter Julie Anon have returned from the hospital and are staying with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Wolters.
A daughter was born Sunday at a Beatrice hospital to Mr and Mrs Dan Garton. Elmer Malchow plowed between his business place and Weigels station, fenced the field, and will seed it to bluegrass.
Leonard Richardson suffered severe injuries when his unattended truck rolled back and crushed him between the bed and a post at the loading chute. He was taken to Odell hospital where his jaws were broken and later set. His hospitalization duration remains undetermined.
A New York Times dispatch notes Britain’s laboring classes face a small price reduction via a 1 percent cut in a line of government specified utility goods. The piece contrasts this with free enterprise where competition drives prices down. it cites declines in long-settled retail prices and stronger manufacturing competition, then mentions Mrs. H. Diller visiting Fairbury.
A fragmented column discusses postwar consumer abundance in America, noting wide store windows in New York and across towns, mass production and distribution fueling living standards, plus brief local society notes on residents and visitors and a carfully scattered array of personal events.
Holle becomes the town's first TV owner in Diller by placing a large cabinet set in his building. He can receive the Omaha station but reception is patchy due to distance. His wiring and aerials cover the roof and he is often seen climbing a ladder to adjust them.
District 70 voters rejected a 12500 bond issue in a special election to remodel the auditorium. The measure failed 93 to 69 with 163 votes cast, one ineligible. The election set a record for turnout in the district. Election board members were Ross Lane Earl Weigel Mrs E H Jordening and Mrs George Reginer.
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