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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1931
Page
1
Potter golfers were defeated by fifteen points in a Sunday match at Dix course. It was Dix’s first home contest, and locals praised the course and Dix players for entertaining and beating them. Afterward, the Dix club hosted a fine meal at the Joliett restaurant. Individual scoring followed.
Notice invites members and friends of First Lutheran and neighboring churches to an outdoor service at Fuller's ranch two miles east of Brownson. Rev. W. T. Kahse presiding with several addresses and a sermon at 11 a.m. next Sunday. Attendees should bring a well filled basket for a picnic dinner in the grove.
Bunkerhill travels to Potter next Sunday for a league clash. Despite Potter leading and Bunkerhill near the bottom, observers expect an interesting game as the teams are closely matched. Admission is 35 cents for men, with free entry for school children and ladies.
Anton Benish from north of Potter marked his 8th birthday with family from Sidney California and Potter. A Sunday picnic at the Colorado breaks featured Bill Davis Robert Morris Allan Killham Ben Schekler Frank Mick Margaret Van Pelt Mary Jensen Mable Mielke Jessie Juelfs Elizabeth Carlson with supper at Johnson's grove.
At a Sidney gathering last Saturday those interested in compiling Cheyenne county history named officers E McLernon as president A B Persinger as vice president and A M Uncapher as secretary Directors include J C Wolfe C W Johnson Frank Rowan J Osborne Wim F Moore W P Miles Mrs J J Parks R S Oberfelder H V Williams Mac Radcliffe and P Chambers. The group aims to begin recording early county history with cooperation from older citizens.
The Sidney Telegraph installs a new duplex flat bed news press printing from a roll at 100 papers per minute, 6000 per hour. The press saves production time and produced the last issue in an eight column form, praised as top quality for a town of 3000 in the United States.
Mr and Mrs H Stevens and their son visited Sunday in Pine Bluffs at the home of Mr and Mrs Chas Stevens and family.
Sunday school meets at ten with a cordial welcome for all. The men's Bible class gathers at ten in the Masonic hall. Morning worship is at eleven with sermon Raw Material and special music. Evening services move to Johnson's grove at five during summer. Choir practice Wednesday at seven thirty. all young people urged to help. regular choir members invited.
Mr and Mrs Ben Stevens of Rockford Washington visited Potter over the weekend then depart Monday for New York state. They were early Potter residents who left forty years ago and toured old friends including Mrs Jennie McAdam and L K Nelson. Stevens praises national prosperity while noting slower growth elsewhere.
Cheyenne county women show strong interest in the mothers vacation camp at Krueger's lake. June 29 to July 2, with a $4.25 charge covering four days. County agent Willey seeks final headcount by June 20 and asks attendees to bring bedding personal items dishes six eggs and six potatoes. Miss Mary Ellen Brown advises bringing extra bedding papers for warmth, comfortable clothing shoes rubbers and an umbrella plus notebooks pencils and kodaks.
Mr and Mrs Geo Juelfs and Mrs Jes sie Juelfs attended the funeral of Wm Schimpf at Gering last Thursday. Schimpf a former resident of the community was killed Monday June 8 in Casper Wyoming when a porch he was repairing fell on him. His widow and seven grown children survive.
County agent cautions Cheyenne county farmers to watch for a grasshopper outbreak as pests appear in several areas. Early nymphs are small about a quarter inch, found along roads and abandoned fields. Poisoning early reduces amounts required. delay spreads the infestation and increases damage across farms.
Chadron hosts a June 26 pageant and parade directed by the State Normal college celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The parade starts at 3 pm, pageant at 8 15 pm, with police supervise parking and main streets kept clear. Admission is fifty cents for the pageant. Several bands, including the Fourth Regimental band from Ft Robinson, will perform.
The outdoor pageant The Gift of God, presented by the federated churches of Bayard and directed by Rev. L. H. Kauhl, runs three evenings June 23 24 and 25 near Chimney Rock south of Bayard. Citizens are urged to attend if possible.
Potter ties Lodge Pole and Sidney for first after a 22 3 win over Gurley while Sidney falls 7 1 to Lodge Pole. All three teams sit 5 1 with the league race narrowing to a three team battle as Potter loses star catcher Fred Johnson to a broken ankle.
Mrs Wm McGowan and her daughter and Mrs H Stevens and her son were business callers in Kimball Wednesday forenoon.
J Earl Thayer new proprietor invites the public to Potter Drug Company opening day next Tuesday with one free ice cream pack for every person, a Denby cigar for every man, and a fresh carnation for every woman. The plan aims to draw a large crowd and is detailed in an advertisement on another page.
Incomplete scorecard shows Closman and Reichstein with three base hits and two base hits respectively. Pitchers Closman Rehm and Gabriel handled some outs as miscoded entries fill the line. Weekend results include Lodge Pole 7 Sidney 1 and Sunol 2 in 11 innings. next week’s schedule lists Bunkerhill at Potter, Sidney at Lorenzo, Lodge Pole at Dalton and Gurley at Sunol.
The Full-O-Pepzcalf club met last Friday at South Herdon schoolhouse for a calf roll call. Few members attended, planning another gathering June 26 at the schoolhouse. The Auxiliary meets Wednesday afternoon June 24 at Mrs Stanley Davis home with Miss Mildred Jacobson assisting.
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