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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1932
Page
1
St Pauls Ey Lutheran near Diller announces Sunday School at 9 30 oclock led by W H Plager Superintendent and church items for the day.
Mrs Ki M Cavett directs a Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday School session with Mrs Cavett as superintendent and services set for 10 A M.
The Congregational Church led by Rev. Robert A Helms lists Sunday services at 11 am and 8 pm with a Harvest Home program on Sunday Oct 9. It includes Sunday school promotions and appointed committees for avitation vesper and other church duties with members named.
A brief item notes a five day week proposal should include wives. It mentions a famed thief praised as a base stealing baseball player. An ad lists a 12 ton Ford truck for sale by Cornbelt Lumber Co. of Diller Nebraska with phone 153.02. Mr and Mrs Will Frisbie and family visit Fairbury for the Fall Festival. Mrs Sophia Mathias, Mrs Grace Fasnacht and Mrs Schroeder attend the county fair.
Mr and Mrs Claude ri Tillie Wolters are listed as the parents of an eight girl born Tuesday September.
Dr. Cecil Ellis of Chester spent Sunday with relatives and returned home with his wife and Mrs. Bosleman who had been with Diller relatives and friends all week.
In October a notice invites attendance at Sunday school and church services on Sundays at 9:00. The fragmentary text confirms a regular weekly church gathering and is directed to the community.
Alvin Hirsch brings wife Veda Mae Hirsch and children Freddie and Robert Dean to Fairbury for the Fall Festival. They plan a few days visiting Veda Mae's parents Mr. Pearce and Leg Cree as her grandfather.
The county fair at Fairbury was continued over Saturday due to rain on Wednesday. Omaha visitors Mr and Mrs Carl Schouelle spent the weekend with relatives near Diller. The agriculture department is expected to set October 1 as the free fly date for sowing wheat in this Nebraska region.
A ladies purse found on the dirt road to Fairbury south of the PWF highway is offered for return. The owner may claim it at this office by proving property and paying the required notice fee.
In a brief note the paper expresses gratitude to friends who paid their subscriptions over the past week and promises to thank others when they remit. The tone is cordial and community oriented.
An advertisement claims carbolene kills mites in chicken houses with one year miteproofing if sprayed. It lists contact Ph 153.02 Diller Neb. Invitations have been sent by the Diller Womans Club to teachers for an evening at City Hall Friday at 8. Mr and Mrs Ralph Herndon and two liters from Grand Island visited relatives in Lincoln and Omaha before returning home via Harbine Sandman residence.
The J N C met at Mrs Newt Hays home on September 22 with all members and guests present. They visited and enjoyed music before a late afternoon lunch. Guests included Mrs A Q Richardson Mrs Aarris and Mrs Jine of Odell. Next meeting set for October 5 at Mrs Hays home.
Board of Education calls a patrons meeting to discuss arranging a suitable building for basketball girls athletics and community meetings. The meeting is Monday evening Oct 3 at 7 30 in the high school assembly room. An opportunity to secure the hotel building at low cost is discussed as a possible activity building for the district.
Diller’s first Fall Festival on main street drew a large crowd sponsored by the Commercial Club and village groups. Vendors decorated shops, a band performed, games and dances entertained, and a watermelon table attracted many. Peters’ store won first in the street parade awards with 199 points, Farmers Store second, Waggoner Bros third, Green’s Café honorable mention.
The Pleasant precinct Democrats nominated G. C. Blauser for Assessor and Alvin Stahl Dist. 9 Henry Oltman Dist. 43 Clarence Larkin Dist. 44 Ott Fox Dist. 45 for road overseers. No justice of the peace nomination was made.
State Journal reports Seward county farmers will pay 1 cent per bushel for husking corn if market price is 10 cents, 2 cents at 20 cents, and 3 cents at 30 cents. Past years saw 5 and 6 cents. A worker must husk about 100 bushels daily to earn $1.
Simpson unveils pure virgin wool suits with linen canvas fronts priced at $17.50 and odd trousers at $5.00. Claimed to resist shrinking in water, the line markets under $23.50 as the first time in 40 years. Local endorsement by L. M. Hurst of Diller urges stock up now.
Mr and Mrs F L Chase of Cook Nebraska spent the weekend as guests of Supt and Mrs W A Indler. The couples were college roommates and classmates and enjoyed a joyful reunion recalling school days. Mr Chase is now superintendent of Cook schools.
Charlies H. Gabriel composer of more than 8 000 religious hymns died in Los Angeles California last week at age 76. He popularized songs like Brighten the Corner Where You Are and was a longtime figure in sacred music circles.
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