Flood relief total surpasses three hundred dollars in community drive
The Red Cross flood relief drive raises 327.87 by Wednesday noon, with 320.87 previous, plus new gifts from Alfred and Mrs. Johnson of 2.00 and J. B. Conover of 5.00. Officials praise local generosity and efficient use of funds to aid flood victims along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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Red Cross
Alfred Johnson
J. B. Conover
Ark
Ohio
Mississippi
Potter to Welcome New Meat Market by J T Eager
J T Eager of Chappell Nebraska plans a new meat market in Potter located in the north section of a Wells Cafe building recently partitioned into two rooms. The Eager family intends to move to Potter soon. The exact opening date has not been announced.
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J. T. Eager
Chappell
Nebraska
Potter
Wells Cafe
Mr. Eager
Ened
Harry Wells
Maret
Methodist Church Notes Invites All to Services
Pastor C R Tanner extends cordial invitation to all services with morning and evening worship next Sunday. A church and Sunday school board meeting Tuesday March 2 begins with a 7 p.m. covered dish supper followed by business. Officers and teachers urged to attend.
Church Service and Congregational Meeting Notice
The Sunday schedule lists Bible school at 2:00 p.m. worship and sermon at 2:45 p.m. Pastor Kahse will speak on Jesus Christ My Redeemer. A congregational meeting follows for installation of two newly elected officers.
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Jesus Christ My Redeemer
Harry Courtright Rejoins Forest Service Alliance Work
Harry Courtright leaves his current post to resume duties with the Forest Service based at Alliance Nebraska. He will supervise locating shelterbelt plantings in Box Butte county totaling seventy five miles this spring and arrange land access with farmers before the W P A supervised planting begins under Forest Service oversight.
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Harry Courtright
Forest Service
Alliance
Nebr
Box Butte
Courtright
Ww. P. A
Miss Grothe Undergoes Emergency Appendectomy
Miss Frances Grothe, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Grothe, was rushed to a Sidney hospital last Wednesday for an emergency appendectomy and is reported convalescing satisfactorily.
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Frances Grothe
Ites
Henry Grothe
Sidney Hospital
Resident undergones Sidney tumor removal operation
M BE Myers, a resident on the south divide, underwent an external tumor removal operation in Sidney last week. The procedure was reportedly very successful, and Myers has returned home to recover well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Myers
South Divide
Sidney
Mr. Myers
Potter Wins Championship to Put Sunol in Lead
A large crowd from Broadwater and Sunol attended the Tuesday championship game. Potter’s performance secured Sunol the league leadership with a decisive win.
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Broadwater
Sunol
Potter’s
Mrs. Homan Honored by St. Pauls Aid in Cheyenne
Mrs. Carl Homan of Cheyenne was guest of honor at a Ladies Aid gathering hosted by Mrs. Hugo Harmsen and Mrs. Henry Moench at the Harmsen home. About 20 ladies attended as they quilted a gift for the bride and enjoyed refreshments in the afternoon event.
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Carl Homan
Cheyenne
Hugo Harmsen
Henry Moench
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Harmsen
Homan
Health as a Criterion for College Admission
The piece notes health joining scholarship as a college admission criterion highlighted by Dean Herbert B. Hawkes of Columbia. It cites President Roosevelt's fitness, warns about quick cures as quack remedies, and discusses longevity puzzles, cancer knowledge growth, and hoarseness as a potential serious sign requiring medical attention.
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Herbert B. Hawkes
Columbia University
Why Do Children Brag in Unstable Homes
The passage argues that many children brag due to home instability creating insecurity. Boasting acts as compensation, a form of self hypnosis or street-style reassurance, helping them feel superior to peers despite internal doubt.
Eat More Fish For Health And Value
A brief urging increased fish consumption highlighting price advantage and nutritional benefits. Saltwater varieties provide iodine, essential for health, making fish a profitable dietary addition.
Understanding Jaundice Causes and Obstruction in Digestion
Jaundice is the yellow skin color from excess colored material in bile. Toxic jaundice means excessive red blood cell breakdown causing poisoning. Obstructive jaundice results from blocked bile flow between liver and intestines often signaling gall stones.
Machinery Sale At Sidney Pavilion Auction
The Sidney Sales Pavilion announces a machinery sale on Tuesday March 2. Bring your equipment to sell or plan to buy as a wide range of machinery is expected to be available.
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Sidney
Annual Meeting of Farmers Shipping Association
The annual meeting of the Farmers Shipping Association will be held March 3 1937 at 1 30 p m in the former Potter State Bank building. E R Hadley president.
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The
Farmers Shipping Association
Potter State Bank
E. R. Hadley
Rabbit Hunters Feed Set For February Twenty Seventh
All hunters in the recent rabbit hunt are invited to a big feed on Saturday evening at 6 30. The meal will be served at Leafdale and Wells cafes. Remember the date and be there.
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Leafdale
Wells
Prospects for 1937 seed supply ad note
A compact seed ad from Fred V. Reetz offers to supply replanted corn or wheat seed for 1937. The note asks potential customers to share needs and primes seed requests. It emphasizes availability and service for farmers seeking specific grain seed varieties.
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Fred V. Reetz
Potter Six Year High School Honor Roll 1936 37
Potter High School lists honors for the fourth six weeks of the 1936 37 term. Students must maintain a B average or better, avoid D F or incomplete grades, and have a S citizenship grade. Full credit courses only count toward the honor roll.
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Longfellow
Marjorie Johnson
Donald Schwartz
School Honors Washington Birthday With Afternoon Holiday
Local schools declared a Monday afternoon holiday to honor George Washington birthday. Before noon dismissal, a fine Washington program was presented with Miss Brady in charge, featuring 7th and 8th grade students.
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George Washington
Brady
Lodge Pole Valley Music Contest Friday March 12
Lodge Pole hosts a music contest to foster interest in music among smaller high schools. The event starts at 1 p m and may extend into the evening if needed. Potter plans entries including boys glee club girls glee club mixed chorus girls sextette boys quintet and bass vo.
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Lodge Pole
Potter
Nebraska Legislature Bemoans 500+ Bills Introduced
Dear Editors laments Nebraska’s 1937 legislative session, noting over 500 bills with 75 departmental and special measures. He criticizes pressure bills and high speed unnecessary legislation, urging lawmakers to strike many measures to avoid futile or harmful laws.
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Nebraska
Washington Returns play at Lodge Pole assembly
A school event featured solos by Cal Solo and a baritone, trumpet and piano piece, with orchestral support. Students from seventh and eighth grade English, hygiene, history, and geography classes participated as the cast and backstage crew. The program included opening and closing songs by Cynthia Reetz with Marilyn Miller, and reporter Carol Cords and editor Carl Griswold among the roles, while Mrs. George Reetz visited the room Friday afternoon.
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Martha Washington
Marilyn Miller
Cynthia Reetz
George Reetz
Sixth Grade News And Policy Debates
A school bulletin notes Jimmie Fisher withdrawn with best wishes, lists February honor roll and honor students in third and fourth grades, mentions health readers and Washington program, and discusses Nebraska government reforms, delinquent tax law concerns, and gasoline tax bill hearings with anticipated legislative dates.
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Jimmie Fisher
Animal Poster Project Prompt
The class will produce animal posters this week after studying flags and the flag salute last week. Students will choose creatures, design simple slogans, and present posters to share knowledge and creativity.
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API
First graders attend play and celebrate Chapman birthday
First grade students attended a play on Washington's Birthday. On Tuesday February 16 Ramon a Chapman celebrated her sixth birthday with the class, sharing birthday song and treats.
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Antube “Assembly
Washington
Ramona Chapman
Ramona
Wedding Bells At Potter As Miss Helen Tank Weds Melvin Meester
A home wedding honored Helen Tank and Melvin Meester on February 21 1937 at the Tank home north of Potter Rev L V Slocumb officiated using a double ring ceremony Miss Tank is a Dodge County native educated in Potter and Hastings Business College The groom son of Harm Meester Glenvil attended Pauline school and worked on a Hastings dairy farm The ceremony featured singing by Miss Loretta Tank and elaborate floral and arch decor joined by family members including bridesmaid Dorothy Tank and Best Man Loyal Tank The couple opened gifts after the ceremony with silver and blue decorations marking the milestone anniversary of the Tank parents
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Emiel W. Tank
Potter
Helen ‘Tank
Melvin Meester
Glenvil
L. V. Slocumb
Kimball
Dodge County
Potter School
Hastings Business ‘College
Queen City Confectionary
Hastings
Harm Meester
Pauline School
Loretta Tank
Lulu Slocum
Leona Jane Tank
Betty Lou Harris
Harvey Tank
California
Cople
Potter and Goodview Clash in Open Class C Tourney
Potter meets Goodview in the opening round Friday at 2:00 pm in Lodge Pole for the Open Class C tournament. A 3:00 pm follow up features Bush well against Lisco with the winner advancing to face Potter. Ten more games fill the two day schedule with finals Saturday night. Admission ranges from 15 to 40 cents. Melvin Samek referees. Potter beat Broadwater 44 to 35 in their last home game as captain Johnson opened scoring and Dill sparked early lead.
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Lodge Pole
Gurley
Melvin Samek
Potter
Broadwater
Potter Coyotes
Coyotes
Johnson
Dill
Broad Water
Péttéer
Sime
Coyotes Aloe
Bankeyogre
Tootbball
Elaborate six o'clock wedding dinner hosted in Potter
The wedding dinner for the couple featured a large three tier cake baked by the bride’s mother and a silver wedding cake. Guests included Harm Meester Glenvil, Koruth Pauline, Meester Hastings, Thedens North Bend, Berry Dalton, Tank Loretta, Harms and Tennant families, Slocumb Kimball, and others. The couple will reside on a farm four miles north of Potter.
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Evan Stines
Marjorie Harms
Doris Schreinert
Harm Meester
Glenvil
John Koruth
Pauline
Louis Meester
Hastings
Celia Thedens
North Bend
Ray Berry
Potter
L. V. Slocumb
Kimball
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Methodist Church
C. R. Tanner
Kahse
the Bible School
Cheyenne Kimball-Deuel Medical Society
President Roosevelt
New York
George Ade
Joe Pritchard
Genevieve Schwantz
Jimmie Thayer
Ralph Anderson
Dolores Coulter
Charlotte Enevoldsen
Charlyn Hageméister
Gertie Iverson
Kenneth Kaderli
Eleanor Nelson Bertha Mae Reetz
Patricia Sleeth
Janice Whitney Clifton
Thurston
Kenneth Schwartz
Douglas Reetz
Roy ‘Pritchard
Lois Mathewson
Dorothy ‘Anderson
Elizabeth ‘Fisher
Katherine Hagemeister
Eugene Morfeldt
Berniece Seyfang
Grace London
Phyllis Pritchard
Keith Schwartz
Gayland Reetz
Jeanne Nelson
Byron Johnson
Donald Biggs
Helen Carlson
Vivian ‘Anderson ‘Charles ‘Sleeth
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Mickie
Cal
South America
Carol Cords
Carl Griswold
Ralph Ander
Eldon Tanner
Donald Enevoldsen
Lois Hagemeister
Edwin Kaderli
Phyllis Mathewson
Betty Lou Harmis
Wessie Mae Hughes
Stanley Juells Thelma Mathewson Shirley June Miller
Shirley Lou Seyfang
Ellen Hoover
Jeane Hagemeister
Eugene Stormberg
Warren Wickhorst
Wie
Service For
Wedding Bells” Tank
Meester
Wwil Pet
Lodge Polo
Bushnell
J Goodview
St. Patricks
Dalton
Iwodge
Pote
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