Potter Local Weekend Gatherings Highlight Community News
A flurry of social visits and gatherings fills Potter as families and friends travel between Omaha Sidney Denver and local homes for weekends and holidays. The piece notes numerous home dinners suppers and church events plus a wide circle of relatives and neighbors from the area and beyond. It ends with a civic note on minority apprenticeship growth since 1969 rising from 11 000 to 20 500 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Enevoldsen
Omaha
Jodi
Amanda Sterett
Kenneth Messing
Meta Giehler
Kenneth Mueller
Art
Hugo Mueller
Ernest Gerler
Gordon Reed
Fred Enevoldsen
Carl Larson
Clark Fuller
Dewey Larson
Lions Club
Wilma Thomas
Lincoln
Estella Snyder
John Williams
Montana
Ill
Cindy Mueller
Denver
Ken Mueller
Tom Mueller
Elvin Thies
Bud McMillan
Pearl Petersen
Lusk
Wyo
Susie Mayer
Shirley Coulter
Morris Challburg
Marie Haack
Cole
Karl Hueftle
Karla
Neil
Nolan
Gil
Cozad
Lloyd Juells
Karl
Canada
Manchester
New Hampshire
Sterett
Randy Boehnke
Sidney
Leona Gemeinhardt
Chadron State Park
Sydow
Jim Nelson
Bruce Larson
Terry Juelfs
Debbie Johnson
Tami Marker
Hintermeyer
Sturgeson Bay
Wisc
Potter
First Lutheran
Hintermeyers
Jolly Neighbors Club
Norma Larson
Amy Larson
Mildred Terman
Zella Whitney
C.P. Herboldsheimer
Nancy Peetz
Wayne Larson
Kay and
Bruce
Carrie Hardman
Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training
Enrollment Hits 911 at Chadron State College
Chadron State College reports 911 summer school enrollments for the first five weeks, down from 932 last year. President Edwin C. Nelson says the figure pleases him and notes a potential record if the India trip had not been canceled. About 30 participants planned the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron State College
Edwin C. Nelson
Nelson
India
United States
Farm Machinery Counts Fall Despite Rising Tractor Power
A Department of Agriculture study shows farm machinery inventories shrink as farm numbers decline and large tractors grow. About 4,469,000 tractors were on farms in 1972, down from 4,787,000 in 1965, while total tractor horsepower reached a record 24 million, up from 17.6 million seven years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Bib
Early Settlers Formed Dutch Colony At Jansen
Nebraska history notes that Mennonite settlers led by Cornelius and Peter Jansen formed a 1874 75 colony near Club Creek precinct buying about 25 000 acres. The Jansen tape center prospered with strip farms 160 acre and 80 acre lots, village gooseherd and cowherd, mulberry silk attempts, but by early 1900s Jansen lost distinct colony traits and blended with nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jansen
Jefferson County Historical Society
State Department of Roads
The
State Historical Society
Nebraska
Russia
Holland
Prussia
America
United States
Cornelius
Peter Jansen
Club Creek
Water in atmosphere over land unit on mild day
An estimate places the water content above a square mile of land on a mild summer day at about 50,000 tons. The figure reflects atmospheric humidity levels and helps illustrate the scale of water vapor in a localized air column.
Hollyhock King of the United States seeds for charity
John K Morton of Rock Hill Missouri known as the Hollyhock King advertised free seed gifts, offering 500 000 seeds, with 1 500 requests filled and plans to double production by next spring. He aims to make the United States a hollyhock country and may supply the Missouri Highway Commission for roadside plantings. Morton notes seeds yield about 5 000 per stalk in two years.
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Rock Hill
Missouri
John K Morton
St. Louis
Morton
United States
Illinois
Tennessee
Holland
Missouri Highway Commission
The Wilderness Resource pamphlet on public land use
A pamphlet explains what wilderness means by law and who may use such land. It is available free from Western Wood Products Assn Dept R2 P Yeon Bldg Portland OR 97204. An electric eel can discharge over 600 volts in one shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Wood Products Assn
Dept. R2-P
Yeon Bldg
Portland
Job listings rise in first quarter 1972 report
In early 1972 the U S Employment Service logged 1 436 000 job listings in the first quarter versus 1 257 100 in the same period of 1971, indicating growth in openings. The figures reflect year to year changes in labor demand as the economy expanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Employment Service
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Louis Vogel
Chuck Shoemaker
Cheyenne
Morris Jessen
Rosie
Fry
Herb Pabst
Matt Hansen
Ivan Walker
Carlson
David Luscomb
Amy Bales Potter
Arlo Jones
Gene Smith
Jeanne Thies
Girl Scouts
Patty Smith
Helena Kuhns
Rapid City
Salvation Army
George ‘Roberts
Dallas
Chris Terman
Burnie Terman
Grand Island
Elizabeth Nichol
Donna
Terrell Wickhorst
Royal
Chadron
Theay Peppestle CO
Plains Drive-In
Hollyhock King
Sears
Kodak
Burgett
Betty Peetz
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