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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
1
Town residents and others are urged to register on Monday to avoid delays in the big free drawing on Tuesday.Registration is simple: write your name and receive a number. you must be present at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday to win $75 worth of new merchandise. Last year more than 1200 registered. organizers expect about 2000.
If committees can finish in time we will publish the premium list winners in the next issue. They must work late and have lists ready by noon Wednesday after the big celebration. Late submissions will block publication and cash disbursement.
Children spent a weekend exploring Colorado mountains with family and guides. The excursion provided fresh air scenic views and outdoor activities, reflecting a wholesome family outing and local tourism vitality.
A visitors day is planned Sunday at the West Plains 0.1 well south of Kimball. Ralph Robertson is organizing a busload of locals and Stines Cafe will offer lunch. Hundreds are expected. drilling operates 24 hours with three shifts, water shut off, 10% inch casing at 1736 feet, hole depth 1900 to 2000 feet, shale oil showings noted by company officials.
The review last week misidentified committee leaders. Art Brandenburg heads the Agricultural committee despite a livestock heading, Elmer Buhrdorf leads the livestock committee, and Dewey Larson was added to the chuck wagon feed committee list.
At 11:00 A M the Kimball band performs in concert followed by a Chuck Wagon Feed for registered old timers at 11:30 A M A sports program with prizes totaling $20 begins at 1:00 P M.
About 800 Potter Days bills were distributed this week to Kimball Dix Sidney Gurley Dalton and other towns. Paid ads also ran in five newspapers outside Potter as the advertising committee sent bills and mailings while locals handled printing and distribution.
Two Nebraska powerhouses Morrill with Abernethy pitching visits Potter to duel the Bearcats for the third time. Potter won 3-0 and 1-0, Morrill aims to finally score. Gate opens at 2:30 with 25 cent adults and free for children amid armament fund taxes.
Blue neckties bearing the word POTTER in silver are on sale at 5c each at the print shop. Only 24 remain and six dozen were sold last year. Proceeds go to the Potter Days fund. buy now while supplies last.
To eat at the wagon a resident of old Cheyenne county adjoining Colorado or Wyoming by 1908 or earlier must register with the Potter Review secretary to receive a numbered badge. No badge means no dinner. A free will offering funds the meal prepared by donated cooks and helpers. Dinner at noon on August 27 is served at camp west of the park. Bring own plate cup knife and fork. no tools or dishwashing provided.
As we close this week’s paper, many of our people attend the annual Farmers Union picnic at Krueger’s lake east of Sidney. A good program is being provided.
Potter Village Board and officials convened August 5 1940 at 7 30 p m in the Review office. Read minutes approved. Claims detailed for labor supplies rent fuel and salaries totaled and approved after roll call with six trustees voting aye. Adjourned with clerk treasurer H Stevens attesting.
Review subscriptions offered in Potter by mail and in person for Potter Days. Pay $1.50 per year to receive a trade ticket worth 75 cents usable in two weeks at any local business, with mail-in option postmarked by August 27 at half price. One offer per year.
MacDonald unveils a new Bell-Howell projector in preliminary tests this week, hailed as the last word in projection and sound. The machine was purchased through local agents R. S. Proud, fit Co.
Leonard Wheeler son of Mr and Mrs L J Wheeler of Potter and Mae Haneline of Brock Nebr were united in marriage by county judge at Kimball on August 17 1940 A wedding dinner followed at the Wheeler home and the couple left for a honeymoon through Lincoln Auburn and other points The groom Spike is well known locally and the bride has gained many friends It is expected they will establish their home here.
Donna Fiegenschuh four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J J Fiegenschuh remains very ill at a Sidney hospital with double pneumonia. She has been under an oxygen tent for several days as her condition shows some improvement.
The three day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Jacobson died Saturday at a Sidney hospital and was buried Sunday at the Sidney cemetery after a service at Rice Funeral home conducted by Rev. Kroehn. The infant was named Jan. The bereaved parents receive community sympathy.
Mrs Thomas McGowan and daughter of Ansley are visiting at the Eddie McGowan home. Grace McGowan has been there for several weeks.
A 1:00 pm Tuesday sports program offers a boys shoe shuffle for ages 15 and under with 50c 25c 25c prizes, a girls shoe shuffle, egg throwing contests for ladies, balloon blowing for ladies, a weiner eating contest for boys with hands bound, and a treasure hunt with 800 pennies buried in sand for tots seven and under and older children.
The first night features Jackie Cooper in a free talkie titled Boy in the Street for Potter Days Monday. On Wednesday September 4 the final free show presents Abraham Lincoln with The Pied Piper of Hamelin in a comedy sequence.
A community sports program invites participants at 1:00 p m Tuesday with cash prizes in all events and a $20 spending fund. Join the fun for a chance to win money for personal use and enjoy light competition.
The two day old son of Mr and Mrs Roy Jacobson died at Sidney on Saturday. Short religious services were held Sunday and the little body was laid to rest in the Sidney cemetery. The family receives sympathy as Mrs Jacobson is reported convalescing.
Mrs Keith Rice of Klamath Falls Oregon visited here last Thursday while en route from Omaha resuming her western trip Friday. She was accompanied from here by Mrs Blanche Booth and son Merle who are returning to their home.
Joe Schad and his company appear as the free act during Potter Days marking his third engagement. Previous performances drew praise. this year he features his son LeRoy and offers free acts at 7:30 p.m. Monday and 1:30 and 8:00 p.m. Tuesday.
The free show moves to Monday night as the first Potter Days event. The final show remains on Wednesday evening, September 4, with details adjusted accordingly.
Miss Geneviev Schwartz is visiting relatives in Chappell. She is staying with family members and plans to tour local sites while in town.
John Heimer caught a turtle last week at the west Kimball dam bearing the carving A K 1925 on its shell. The note suggests that if A K appears in the reader audience, the turtle likely belongs to him and notes the creature has vanished after 15 years, mirroring forefathers’ fate.
R. V. Francis to supervise the model airplane contest during the first week of September at the Cheyenne County Fair. Judging focuses on performance with prizes in two classes for gas model planes and rubber powered models. Entrants should contact Mr. Francis at once.
Local call urges residents to prep parade entries for next Tuesday's celebration. Encourages participation with a $25 cash prize and notes the parade as a major feature of the event.
Potter Bearcats kept another clean sheet last Sunday as Peetz fell to a shutout. The Goding Stecher gang dominated play, tallying 15 times, signaling growing local rivalry. Officials expect Morrill to bring strong competition next Tuesday, possibly too much for the Bearcats.
Win Helsing and Harry Courtright visited Harrisburg Monday as witnesses for Carl O. Johnson who obtained his final citizenship papers.
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