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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
5
Potter golf club members chase prizes weekly as hot weather spurs play. Farmers Grain and Milling Co gave a 24 pound sack of flour last week, won by Alfred Arnell. This week the Barber Shop offers a haircut for first prize and a shave for second. The prizes are supplied by local Potter business owners.
Johnson-Cords Co offers four handkerchiefs first and two second. Stansen-Seyfang Mfg distributes golf balls first and second prizes. Jiges Filling Station promises a good meal for first prize. Home Lumber Co awards golf balls for first and second. Brady Pharmacy offers store items of equal value. Potter State Bank gives a good golf ball first and second prizes. Potter Review offers a year’s subscription. Several firms including MacAdam Motor Co Linn Implement Co Henry’s Store and others have not decided yet.
Miss Anna Nelson clerked this week at Nelson & Co. Hugh Isenoyer hauled ten loads of lumber for a new house. J N Knopp of Hershey visited Ed then went to Pine Bluffs. Erickson and sons received a Rumely 32 54 separator to be used this fall. Lightning burned the volt meter at the power house but caused no other damage. Dr Muchless of Sidney made his regular Potter call and was well patronized. Painters Nels Miller and John Humrich painted Ash Grove schoolhouse and cooked their meals there. Joe Schwartz, former city engineer, left yesterday in his American car for Sergeant Neb.
A notice notes Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Biggs returning home Wednesday from a brief visit elsewhere while preparations go forward for a local threshing outfit engagement. The report mentions a distance of about three hundred miles and a month or so in charge of the arrangement.
Johnnie Seyfang spent Sunday in Potter with home folks. Mrs. Clarence Hougen's noice is visiting this week at the Hougen home. Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Karnack of Dodge are here looking after their crop interests.
Miss Susan Waite returned to Denver after visiting friends in Potter. Mrs G L Rogers and son Clarence stayed in Alliance over the weekend with Mr Rogers’ niece. A baby boy named Julyith was born to Geo Jurg and wife of Potter, mother and child doing nicely. Two cars of hogs shipped from Potter last week yielded over 4000 dollars in cash. Mr and Mrs J R Jenkins of Denver were in Potter on Wednesday and Thursday for business and visiting friends.
Mrs. W Pontious suffered two bad scalp wounds and a strained back after a fall down cellar steps last week. Medical staff treated her and she is recovering as rapidly as expected.
Mr and Mrs R V Francis and their son, guests at the home of Mr and Mrs R L MacAdam in Potter, plan to visit relatives in Woodriver Nebraska and then travel to Florida where they may locate.
W E Kelso and family visited the G L Rogers home last week. W J, an uncle of G L Rogers, has been appointed assistant business manager of the Modern Woodmen sanitarium at Colorado Springs, and the family is moving there.
The schoolhouse is being altered this summer to prepare for a large enrollment when school opens August 31. Partitions in upper rooms are being removed to create space for thirty in the Freshmen class, and Potter anticipates a big high school enrollment next year.
Mr and Mrs Keith Rice and Mrs Merwin Rice left Friday morning by overland vehicle bound for Omaha for a week long visit.
Mr and Mrs A F Whitmire from Sunol Nebraska spent Sunday in Potter visiting the parental home of Mrs Whitmire, Mr and Mrs John Seyfang.
Anna Q Nilsson appears in Campen’s comedy drama Inno cence at Campen’s tonight. The production promises a lively, well worth watching recital of humor and pathos in a period theater setting.
Extreme heat dominated the week with highs near 108 to 110 degrees on Tuesday. Local thermometers show searing conditions despite cooler breezes, while officials note government readings might run lower. Rain is anticipated from current outlooks to provide relief.
W. C. Shriver and his Fre mont family stopped in Potter on Wednesday evening and plan to stay through the harvest period, enjoying the local stay during their time in town.
Mrs R L MacAdam entertained at a bridge party Friday evening honoring Mr and Mrs R V Francis. Three tables were spread. Earl Anderson, eldest son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Anderson, broke his arm last Monday afternoon in a fall while recovering from a nose injury. Mr and Mrs J F Callaway visited Potter late last week then Chadron to finish summer school.
Sidney won their game against Broadwater by nine to three with Johnson catching. The return game will be at Broadwater next Sunday. Mrs. Gertrude Gunderson visited Tekamah Nebraska with daughter Mrs Geo Earlewine returning home last Saturday. Clarence Johnson Joe Nelson Emil Nelson Ray Johnson took a Wyoming fishing trip, returning to Potter Tuesday. Mrs Paul Hendrickson underwent an appendectomy at Miller hospital Kimball and is recovering well. Mr C A Larsen and son Carl Junior returned from a tour of eastern Nebraska towns last week noting a pleasant trip.
Lawrence H Schwartz came home to Potter Wednesday noon from the U S Veterans Bureau hospital No 37 at Waukesha Wisconsin where he had been a patient for eight months. He plans to remain in Potter awhile if his health permits and to seek work. If not he may go to a western hospital for further treatment probably in Denver. Friends here are glad to see him back and hope for a speedy and permanent recovery.
Mrs Mark Dolan underwent an appendicitis operation at Miller hospital in Kimball on Wednesday morning. The reports say she went through the operation nicely and is now recovering as well as could be expected.
The W. F. M. S. will meet next Wednesday afternoon in the church basement. Mrs. C. W. Johnson hosts. The gathering features the usual mid summer Christmas tree and attendees are urged to bring gifts suitable for mission work.
Misses Lillian Brady and Dorothy MacAdam attended a Sidney gathering Saturday night for former Wesleyan students. Dorothy is a former Wesleyan student and Lillian plans to enroll soon. About twenty five people were present and the event was reported to be very enjoyable.
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