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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1940
Page
1
Due to sickness no meeting was held Monday. The organizational meeting for the New Year rabbit hunt will be this Saturday at 7 30 p m at the Proudfit store. Members help choose captains set rules and plan the event with a $1 fee. Proceeds from rabbit sales go to the Red Cross.
A large afternoon crowd enjoyed a clear warm Christmas program last Saturday. Santa Claus rode a cab through town as carolers led the procession to the square where Legionnaires presided. Candy bags delighted children as illness caused two planned numbers to be postponed.
The community thanks all who participated and contributed to the Christmas program last Saturday. Special gratitude goes to Mrs Slocumb for help in arranging and staging. Christmas weather was mild with clear to partly cloudy skies and highs near 50 degrees, not a white Christmas, followed by a cooler day with a northwest wind.
Potter schools resume Monday December 30 after a one week Christmas recess. No classes on Wednesday January 1. Spring dismissal will end a week earlier than districts with two week holidays.
Local colleges and schools show many students and teachers at home for the holidays. The roster includes Roderick MacAdam and Maurice Henrikson at Chadron State Teachers College, Virginia Thurston at Chadron, Lincol n Leota Goding and Dorothy Anderson at Nebraska, Floy Christensen at Bingham, and others such as Jeannetta Sloan at Sidney, Kathryn Hagemeister at Kearney Normal, and Marjorie Ann Frei at Hastings Business College, with several teachers listed across Nebraska and Colorado.
C R Tanner recently moved to Tekamah to take the Methodist pastorate there. He fell ill soon after arrival and could not lead the first Sunday service but is now recovering and ready to resume duties. In a letter to Potter friends he sends season’s greetings and notes settling in Tekamah with fond wishes for happiness and prosperity.
Sunday school at 10 09 a m led by Dean Hagemeister and morning worship at 11 with a sermon The Spirit of Progress Epworth League meets at 7 p m with Bennie Herboldsheimer presiding The lesson urges timely kindness and deeds Otto A Quaifs is the minister
Mr and Mrs Thurman McMillan and their daughter Jeanne left for California to visit relatives over the holidays.
The editor of this paper was speechless and deeply honored last Saturday after noon when a coalition of twenty community organizations surprised him at Santa headquarters during a Christmas program. He received a fine upholstered chair and ottoman as a token of appreciation for over 28 years of publishing, with donors including American Legion Auxiliary American Legion Lutheran Guild Ladies Aid and many others.
Dalton delegates report the region's largest rabbit and coyote round-up in two years scheduled for next Sunday December 29. Hunters meet in Dalton at 1:00, move at 1:30, forming a seven mile hollow square with the southwest corner at Dalton. Coffee and doughnuts follow, paid from rabbit proceeds, with the remaining funds split between Morrill and Cheyenne Red Cross chapters.
Potter Coyotes host Goodview in the first home game of the season next Friday evening January 3. Invite the community to support the team as they begin their home schedule.
We wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and thoughtfulness bestowed on us during the illness in the family. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sterling and family.
The Woman's Club expresses gratitude to the public for patronage at last Saturday's lunches, calling the event a huge success and a notable community undertaking.
The Village of Potter Cheyenne county held a regular session at 7 30 p m with Chairman Arnell and Trustees Schwartz MacAdam Slama and Fiegenschuh along with R M Hendee and H Stevens. Bills were approved with no increase above November, ordinance records were discussed, and claims listed from Thayers Store to Potter Review were read and allowed.
Rural community illustrated busy holiday season with visitors and travel. Mr. and Mrs. Gunderson journeyed to Detroit for a car, stopping at Mayo Brothers Hospital en route. Families, calls, and Christmas visits fill Dix scene as residents return from trips to Scottsbluff Grand Island and Missouri for celebrations and funerals.
Arthur Barrett visits Lincoln while Miss Mc Laughlin goes to Hastings and Miss Rohlfing to Lewellen. Miss Gibbs visits Waterville Kansas, Miss Veal travels to Kearney, Miss Cruise and Miss Shaw to Sidney, and Misa Morrow to Ainaworth.
Mrs Frances Hruza attended a Christmas Day gathering hosted by the Hruga family at their home. The event included close family and friends in a festive holiday setting.
Emil Cards announces a public auction of restaurant and business equipment plus household items on Friday January 3 1941 at 1 00 p m Col Joe P Schwartz will cry the sale with Potter Street Bank as clerk Items listed include leather chairs cash register chairs stools office chair ranges stoves dishes kitchen utensils heating stove counter Majestic range cigar case bench ice box clock parlor heater oil stoves burners and more with many other useful articles advertised for cash sale
A wartime opinion piece mocks Nazi policies by imagining a society where dogs are hunted for meat. It contrasts German brutality with the fear felt at home, suggesting dogs will outlast the regime, remaining a cheerful constant despite the era's horrors.
The January meeting of the Community club was postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday January 8.
Mr and Mrs Arlo Fisher and family visited the J E Morrow home on Tuesday. Various local families shared dinners and suppers at several homes including the Schubarth, Jung, and Mueller households. The Hossack implement company delivered and serviced a Case tractor for L R Seemann. Walter Hilpert and family returned from a honeymoon trip last Friday.
Chadron residents accelerate Christmas time with relatives from Omaha and Chappell. Mrs. Lloyd Shaw left Thursday evening for Omaha. Wayne Shaw returned with her Saturday to spend the holidays with his parents. Miss Laura Sutherland, a Chappell teacher, arrived Friday to vacation with her grandmother. Mrs. Edna Gorman came back from the west coast Thursday and will work at the M. L. Peterson home.
Custom grinding and grain intake available daily. Tankage priced at 2.45, haled alfalfa hay at 14.50, Purina Calf meal claimed to yield better calves for less at 1.25 per 25-lb bag. Named provider Hagemeisters appears as the seller.
Potter merchants and professional men express sincere thanks for past patronage and friendship in this issue. The notice stresses that printed greetings via mail cannot replace personal contact but can convey real appreciation. It urges readers to recognize the community’s life hinges on friendship and cooperation.
Well improved farm three miles south of Bushnell for rent to responsible party. Land suitable for wheat corn potatoes and other crops. Possession March 1st. Write Roland V Rodman box 957 Denver Colorado.
Christmas programs at the school Friday afternoon and at the Lutherann church Sunday evening and the Methodist church Christmas eve were well attended and commendable. Treats to the children were in order.
Roy Neson called at the J E Morrow home on Friday. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Art Schubarths home last Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ben Worrellman and daughters, Mr and Mrs Art Schuessler and sons were Sunday dinner guests at the Wm Mangels home. B R Gibbing called at Warren Pontious home Thursday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Sam Bckert spent Sunday afternoon at the J B Morro. Mr and Mrs Wm Stein, Mr and Mrs Art Schubarth, Adolph, Hilda, Edna and Elmer called at the Art Schuessler home Monday evening.
Man, Hagemeisters report seven dollar seventy eight cents for oil. a note mentions a coal car and Rainbow Rock Springs in a dated sequence not this Saturday.
Rudy Dedic won the payoff last Sunday with a 500 high score. Next Thursday between 2 and 3 PM free one line for every lady visitor. Ladies invited to alleys anytime. Teams No 1 led by Rudy Dedic and No 2 led by Bill Slama clash Monday at 8 PM. Potter 7.
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