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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1933
Page
4
Adverse weather for small grain combining dominated Monday to Thursday with heavy rain south of Potter and northeast sections overnight. Temperatures cooled from near 100 to 62 by Thursday morning while farmer activities shift to normal field work other than harvesting.
The Children and Grandchildren express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance during illness and death of John H. Sanders. Gratitude is extended to those who sent sympathy and floral tributes, and to the minister and choir for their support.
The Potter Community Boosters club gathered August 2 at 6 30 PM at Cords cafe with a large crowd. Dr Johnson led the session reading minutes, a Governor Bryan letter favored Lincoln highway, and six new road signs were shown for dangerous corners. A Potter Day committee was appointed, and local speaker Mr Martin Leafdale entertained with guitar and songs. Hagemeister shared travel and Chicago fair notes, and members set new weekday and Saturday hours for the business groups. Peter Hansen is slated to lead the next meeting at Wells cafe on September 6.
Stores will open 8 30 a m and close 5 30 p m weekdays and 8 30 a m to 9 30 p m Saturdays to comply with RNA fair trade regulations. Sidney and Kimball stores follow similar hours. Potter merchants adopt the new rule next Monday August Th. The measure is temporary until September 1 when a permanent code is expected, and it aims to level competition while not boosting employment.
Mr and Mrs M S Altmeah of New York escaped injury when their $4000 Cadillac custom built car rolled at a gravel stretch west of Potter to avoid cattle and righted itself. The driver said he was going over 80 mph. the car was brought to Potter Garage for repairs and they continued home the next day.
Mrs Charley Herboldsheimer and parents Mr and Mrs Mads Larson received calls Saturday morning. Dinner guests Sunday included BE M Nelson family Allan Nelson C A Glassburn and Carry Peterson and children. Deloris Nelson visited Janice Whitney. Nelsons and Herboldsheimers plus the Jacobs visited Elsie Nebraska. Mildred and Alice Carrol stayed longer. Mrs Guy Terman and daughters also noted.
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Thursday through Sunday social rounds include EE Hadleys in Sidney Roscoe Madden and family at J H Madden Delbert Nelson helper at harvest Carl Larson hosts Chris Terman and others at dinner Jens Olsen Svend Olsen and daughter visit Harvey Hiett Mrs Hoge from Laramie Nebraska visitors and many Nelsons Bertramson home attendance at Sunday gatherings and Hadley visits with extended family members noted
County notices landowners to clear weeds from fence lines to center of road by September 1 1933. If not done, patrolmen will perform the task and add the cost as taxes against real estate per Section 39 1311 of Nebraska statutes.
Mrs L M Brownson was the honoree at a Saturday surprise birthday party with about thirty guests. A social evening ended with a light lunch. Also noted: Winifred Malone, born July 28, weight nine pounds, to Mr and Mrs Fred Malone. Families and local acquaintances are mentioned in passing.
Mr Bond left Tuesday for a visit with relatives and friends at Hay Center Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Palmer Thurston and children attended the opening day of Frontier at Cheyenne Wyoming last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Thomas Iverson and family visited at the Thurston home on Sunday afternoon.
Last week in Sextorp residents visited neighbors including Ed Morrow Pete Nelson Alec Spencer and Fred Prince homes. Harvesting began with fair progress and many attended a ball game between Sextorp and Lloyd Juells at Potter diamond. Sympathy extended to the families of John Sanders of California.
Dix LeDora Ringstrom visited the James home for a few days while the Wm. Goding family from Potter called on Dix Tuesday. Edna Killham works north of Bushnell and Mrs. L. L. Pugh is on the sick list. Funeral services were held Saturday in Dix for Ella Parker who died at her daughter’s home. Relatives and community extend sympathy. Wim. Scheele spent the week end in
In Dix on Tuesday about nineteen Royal Neighbors met at Mrs James home with a luncheon served by Mesdames James Scheele and Peterson. Also in Alliance visiting Mrs Goding, Kensington ladies met at church basement where Rebekah lodge officers were installed by Maud Hickman and staff from Bushnell.
A Sunday birthday gathering honored Mrs. White with a picnic dinner at her home attended by Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Kinkade and family Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morfeld and family Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Hud din and daughters Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Miller and daughter Frank Morfeld Corrine Jackson Laurabell Morfeld and Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Chitty with Mr. Chitty a cousin of Mrs. White visiting in the evening.
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