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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
1
Western Nebraska reports the 1941 wheat harvest near completion with 60 percent of the crop still in barns and bins. Potter area alone shipped 144 cars of new wheat for terminal storage as part of the nation’s largest small grain harvest in years.
A Townsend National Recovery plan visual education trailer unit visits Otter next Saturday evening August 16 at the outdoor motion picture ground between the schoolhouse and Methodist church. The program begins at 8:00 p m and lasts about an hour and a half featuring talking pictures about the Townsend plan and entertainment. Everyone is invited especially children. The event is free.
Sunday services include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 with a sermon on Believing and Doing. The church board scheduled a painting bee for next Tuesday and Friday. all men are invited to bring brushes and ladders, with a covered dish lunch.
Volunteers will apply the first coat to the Methodist church and parsonage next Tuesday with a second coat planned for Friday. Helpers should bring ladders and brushes, and a noon luncheon will be served by the ladies on both days after generous cash and paint contributions funded the project.
Notice previews a complete Potter Days program in the next issue and on upcoming bills. A Sunday picnic and supper at Legion park in Sidney gathered Mr and Mrs Pavlat and others including Stewart Nelson and the Hites for a group meal.
Last Thursday visitors included Mr and Mrs Ray Spath Burdyne and Marian Mrs H C Stroup of Scribner and Betty Jane Larson of Fremont Nebraska calling at the Freida Harms residence.
Daryl Dedic is spending a few days this week at the residence of Charles Slama, visiting and staying for a short period.
Lawrence H. Schwartz adjutant of the local Legion post and Bill Pittam of Alliance were elected district delegates to the national convention in Milwaukee this September. Schwartz was presented with a state vice commander's badge during the Hasings gathering last week on his return Wednesday.
Readable segments show exhibits and prices for crops, fruits, vegetables, 4 H entries, household goods, canned items, breads and cakes. Notable items include winter wheat oats corn beans potatoes cabbage tomatoes strawberries plums apples peppers and various canned goods with unit prices and entry rules for the 1941 Potter Days fair.
Insurance on wheat under loan offered by Farmers Union at 30c per $100 via local agent Wilfred Kreider and Edgar Leafdahlbe. Bouquet flowers and household linens items with prices. Entries for fair show accepted Wednesday to Thursday 9:30 am. parade, prizes, and dances announced. Chuck Wiggin feed and Wiggin family band featured in parade and concert.
The Potter Public Library announces new titles including One Foot in Heaven by Spence The Christmas Bride by Daphne Dean Sunrise by Hill The New Adventures by Queen Anne of Windy Poplars by Montgomery and June of Lantern Hill by Montgomery The library thanks the American Legion Auxiliary and the Womans Club for recent cash donations.
August Harmsen club president invites listeners to tune to KVOD Denver every Friday at 7 30 pm for the town send program with engaging talks and to attend a free show Saturday night in Potter highlighting community events and talks.
Mr and Mrs Willard Wills of Scottsbluff and Mr and Mrs Paul Coates of Dubois Wyoming were weekend guests at the Emil Nelson home. Mr Coates is a brother of Mrs Wills and Jack Nelson whom they had not seen for eighteen years.
The Ladies Guild of the Lutheran church meets next Thursday afternoon August 21 at the church parlors. Hostesses are Nellie Thurston Rebekah Nelson Marie Hougen and Joyce Schmidt. All are welcome.
Hundreds of merchandise items are available with wide eligibility. The Haywood rides include five attractions and local concessions along with eating stands. The event transforms the area into a town of tents with entertainment and vendors.
Three or four buildings filled with livestock and household displays. 4-H boys and girls exhibit projects with cash prizes and ribbons awarded for top entries and best in show.
Potter's friendly Potter Days is twelve days away with preparations complete for the largest local history celebration. A bumper wheat crop and strong feed crop set a festive mood as exhibits and entertainment aim to exceed last year. The community prides itself on hospitality and a free-spirited, gatefree celebration with outsiders treated as friends. Entry day is Monday with busy exhibit halls, band music, rides, wide concessions, a possible free act, and a large open air show in the evening.
Sergeant Wolff of the United States Navy Recruiting Service continues visiting Potter each Tuesday around noon for about an hour. He invites local young men considering naval enlistment and parents with sons in the navy to meet him and discuss opportunities. He is described as a pleasant and capable man.
Rev and Mrs Garland of Hildera Iowa visited old friends here over the weekend on their return from a western trip. Rev Garland formerly served as a Methodist minister here and was the guest preacher at the morning service last Sunday.
Mr and Mrs J A Woten of Clay Center Nebraska visited A M Leaftlake home Sunday and Monday. The Wotens, former Potter residents, left Tuesday for a Black Hills tour. Mr Woten is resident supervisor of the Federal Land Bank of Omaha at Clay Center.
Potter and vic vicinity residents plan a weekend in Denver and surrounding territory to attend the Denver Post base bell tournament. Guests include Mr and Mrs Lloyd Juelfs and family Mr and Mrs Iftugo Harrison and family Mr and Mrs Ed McGowan Mr and Mrs H Stevens and children Lester and Joe Stecher and Wm Goding.
The event begins with an initial dance and a second day full of activities as a spectacular parade kicks off in the morning. From dawn to night there will be continuous entertainment with ample time between acts to enjoy exhibits, rides, and social visits with longtime friends. Local sponsors emphasize the festival is not for profit, with community donations funding the celebration for everyone to enjoy.
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