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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1940
Page
4
Potter pitchers Lit tledyke and Brandt shut out Kimball, Potter scoring 18 runs while Kimball managed only one hit.
People may enroll in the winter piano class by seeing Mrs Slocumb to arrange times. Stewart Nelson of Boulder spent several days visiting relatives here. Maynard Stines a CCC clerk spent Potter days here with home folks.
Jim Findley of Iowa visited friends in Potter on Tuesday and attended a large local celebration.
Clifford Witt of Cheyenne had a sinus operation on Monday. Mrs. Wim Goding went to Alliance on Tuesday to be with her son Ray who underwent a major operation there. Edward Wickhorst is recovering from a broken toe suffered at a family picnic in Sidney.
Mrs John Seyfang is visiting her daughter Mrs Edward Walters at Cripple Creek Colorado observing the mountain town’s landmarks and enjoying a family reunion during a brief vacation.
The R. N. A. will convene in regular session on Thursday evening, September 5, 1940, to conduct its standard agenda and any pending business.
Mrs Roy L MacAdam advertises fresh produce for sale including cucumbers beets and carrots with contact phone 39 sh.
The Potter Bearcats schedule games at the Kimball County Fair this Thursday and Friday, bringing local baseball action to the fairgrounds. The events feature the Bearcats facing regional opponents under fair standings and weather permitting.
Lost item described as a Scheaffer lifetime fountain pen. Reward offered for return to the Review office.
Advert seeks to purchase scrap lumber or a building to be torn down. Enquiries should be directed to the Review office.
Donna Fiegenschuh four year old patient at Sidney hospital is reported improving this week after treatment for double pneumonia.
Mrs A F Haack advertises a Walnut dining room suit in Queen Anne style by the piece. Also noted a baby girl born August 27 at Kimball hospital to Mr and Mrs Bob Bickel. Mrs Bickel is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Archie McMullin.
Mr and Mrs L C Myers of Brok en Bow Nebraska and Mr and Mrs L C Cannon of Washington D C arrived last Saturday to visit at the home of their son and brother Loren V Myers and his family. They departed Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Walter Schubarth welcomed a baby girl named Joyce Blaine born Saturday August 24 in a Sidney hospital.
Mildred Robertson departed Sunday for Long Beach California to spend the winter with the Stanley Davis family and attend Long Beach Junior College.
Mr and Mrs A M Ross Mrs Hm ma Runkel and Mr and Mrs Guy Hite visited Sunday at Scottsbluff and enjoyed a trip to the top of the big hill.
Mr and Mrs Sam Wickstrom attended a family reunion five weeks ago at Alliance Park with about 25 members of the Carpenter family present.
The 1936 graduates gathered at Nielsen grove Friday evening August 23 for a reunion picnic. All but three members attended, sharing old memories and fellowship in a community gathering.
Mr and Mrs Jens Sorensen and their son Norval of Mason City were guests this week at the C H Arp and August Nelson homes while en route to Eugene Oregon Mrs Sorensen is the sister of C H Arp.
Cc H Arp and Harry and Mr and Mrs Jens Sorensensen and son Norval were callers at the Jim Bertramson home Monday. Mrs Sorensen and Mrs Bertramson are former college chums at Dana College.
Cabbage 75c per cwt potatoes by the hundred or truck load. Carrots turnips onions cantaloupe tomatoes cauliflower beans and other vegetables for sale. Half mile east and half mile north of Kimball or half mile north of east section houses. Henry Stahla phone 12F21 8h.
J J Fiegenschuh learned Tuesday of his Omaha brother's death from asthma. The brother had visited recently and his mother in Winston Salem North Carolina was reported. Mr Fiegenschuh left Tuesday to attend the funeral.
Miss Iola Erlewine and Lloyd Nordstrom were married August 10 with Rev Meyers of the Logan Lutheran Church officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs George Erlewine, former Potter residents.
Mr and Mrs Louie Seemann and Mr and Mrs Arthur Schuessler returned yesterday from a two week trip to the west coast, describing it as pleasant with many sights. They learned of last week’s accident in Cheyenne where Miss Schuessler’s car overturned on August 21 injuring the Mueller boys and her companions, as they were en route to Potter for a free show.
In Cheyenne County Nebraska the County Court schedules final settlement and proof of heirship for Jens C Olsen estate filed August 15 1940. Elizabeth Olsen Pease petitions for distribution of property under the will with notice by publication in Potter Review three consecutive weeks prior to September 3 1940 hearing at 11 a.m. Robert A Barlow County Judge Torgeson Halcomb attorneys Kimball Nebraska.
The Lincoln Nebraska State Journal offers a special election promotion through November 16 offering daily for one dollar and Sunday edition for one dollar seventy five cents mailed outside Lincoln to Nebraska and Kansas. A weekly 25 cent rate totals 13 dollars yearly. The State Journal has served the Omaha to Denver territory for 72 years. Order direct or through our office.
Mr and Mrs Harley Bonham of San Diego California spent yesterday afternoon visiting old friends in the area.
The piece notes that during the nifty nineties many United States senators wore Prince Alberts as a symbol of statesmanship with frock coats and beards signaling maturity and substance. It ends with a playful nudge to subscribe.
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