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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1941
Page
1
A storm delayed a free outdoor show but a rim of clear sky spurred the event. The program proceeded with hundreds watching from cars as wind rain and thunder abated. Next Wednesday Lou Geh rig stars in Rawhide with a comedy and an educational short at the new school grounds location near the Methodist church.
The Lambkins 4 H club met at Howard Fisher’s with Wallace Smith absent. Warren and Mark Wickhorst planned a lamb feeding trough demo, Bradley Jacobson to discuss lamb feeds. They planned Sidney demonstration day on June 14 and lunch was served. Next meeting at Albert Jacobson’s on June 26. Bradley Jacobson reporter. The Merry Makers 4 H club met June 18 at Cynthia Reetz’s home with Leona Yank assisting. They studied softer lessons and discussed soups and vegetables. On June 14 fifteen members went to Sidney for demonstration day, found very interesting. Janice Juelfs reporter.
Reverend Senniff of Kimball will occupy the Methodist pulpit for the next several Sundays in Rev. Quaife's absence. Regular services will be held each Sunday.
A marked improvement was reported in the condition of Rev Otto A Quaife after a serious operation at a Sidney hospital Monday evening. His Wednesday status was not encouraging but showed definite improvement on Thursday. The operation lasted over three hours. His father and mother Mr and Mrs S A Quaife of Cairo were summoned due to the seriousness. A sister Mrs KH Henderson of Boulder Colo accompanied by her husband visited Quaife Wednesday evening.
Kintey Herboldsheimer son of Mr and Mrs C P Herboldsheimer of Potter and Evelyn Borgen of Lincoln were married June 5 at Grace Methodist Church Lincoln Rev Lamont Geissinger officiated Witnesses were Mrs Geissinger and Mr Hayes They are University of Nebraska students He will earn an AB in August They plan to move to Boston where Kinley will enter the Boston School of Theology for the ministry They reside at 1380 J Street Lincoln and receive best wishes for their married life
The guild auxiliary and general group keep sewing at the Red Cross room to meet their quota. An even dozen more dresses must be completed by July 1, with volunteers urged to help.
W. T. Kahse pastor invites Sunday worship at 3 p.m. with Sunday school at 2 15 p.m. All are welcome to join in worship and sermon.
Mrs. E A Wickhorst of Santa Ana California is visiting friends and relatives in this area during a brief stay with family and acquaintances.
A compiled survey by a special correspondent gathers local happenings from twelve weekly papers. The summary notes recurring themes, community events, and notable short items across small town journals, highlighting shared regional concerns and voices.
Local obituaries note deaths in Gering Northport and Long Beach with survivors listed. Reports cover civic changes in Mitchell and Grand Island, a two fire-chief dispute, CCC camp orders, and a new Civilian Aircraft Warning Service in Nebraska. Also included are farm, hatchery, and river fishing notes, plus a Calif to Nebrasa transfer of an editor and a Paxton memory verse.
Miss Catherine Wiekhorst daughter of Ford Wiekhorst of Potter and Norman Fisher son of Chas Fisher of Potter wed at 5:00 p m June 14 1947 in Las Vegas Nevada The ceremony was by a Methodist minister witnessed by Mr and Mrs Breewn of Pomona California The bride wore white carried a corsage of white and red roses The groom wore a dark suit Both are well known here Mrs Fisher taught in Dix schools last five years Mr Fisher attended Bloomfield High School The couple will reside in Ventura California with best wishes for a long married life.
Dix Roy Keener visited his parents at Brugh Colp over the weekend. Donna Miller left Saturday for a few days visit with Lavernne La Grange at Big Springs. Gordon James came home Wednesday for a few days visit. He has attended school at Chillicothe, Mo., the past nine months. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Nelson and Hoy and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Smith and children visited Sunday at the Lloyd Shaw home. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Scheele and Herbert visited Sunday at the W. T. Mathewson home. Mrs. Jack Jackson and children and Mrs. Wright visited Sunday at the George Jackson home. Leland Goding spent Tuesday in Dix with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Henry James visited Sunday at Medicine Row, Wyo. Mrs. Vergil Stahly was a business caller in Dix Monday. Mrs. Verle Dortey and daughter and Mrs. Edna Killham were business callers in Kimball Monday.
The farm home of Edgar Leats, Dale and family was struck by lightning last Sunday, with a bolt hitting the corner and causing minor damage. All occupants were inside and uninjured.
American Legion posts in the state are noted and Gilbert Clark of Burnwell is named as Cheyenne County road commissioner replacing John Bileter who resigned. Alliance is chosen for a four city short wave radio network with Grand Island North Platte and Norfolk. A WPA Writers Project tale from 1891 recalls a Furnas county farmer crushed by a corn stalk but saved by the climate’s healing properties.
The Potter village board met June 2 1941 with Chairman Alfred Arnell and four trustees present. They approved an annual levy schedule totaling 6500 for general road parks library cemetery street light fire sinking and operating funds and reviewed numerous local claims totaling several thousand dollars.
Four inches of general rains have been recorded here from June 4 to 19 noon. It is thought every section received at least this much rain, and sections in the big rains of the Suh, the total fall ranged up to seven inches for June. The fall recorded at Potter for this period was as follows.
Ralph Robertson brings a fine new school bus built on a Chevrolet chassis from Lima Ohio.
The Antelope and Sextorp Farmers Union announce their annual joint picnic on Sunday June 22 at Johnson's Grove. A complete program is planned with sports. Families should bring card tables softball gear and four lemons with sugar for juice. Basket dinner begins at 12 30 p.m.
Mr and Mrs BE J Browning and Miss Ruth Myers of Sidney were Friday evening dinner guests at the R L MacAdem home.
A week of visits tied Antelope Divide residents to Blair Nebraska as families plus Larson Nelson and Herboldsheimer households hosted kin from Blair and nearby areas. Multiple dinners and Sunday gatherings linked Nelsons Whitneys Clausenens and Olsons with extended kin in Underwood Russell Kimball and Des Moines, while district 17 met for its annual school meeting at Jack Nelson home.
A satirical piece criticizes wartime gas rationing and Sunday closings. It argues against locking pumps for gasoline to aid Japan, urging a normal economy. The author questions Harold Ickes and proposes cutting silk imports to preserve fuel at home.
Mrs. Carl Miller of Denver sustained serious head injuries Sunday when the Miller car collided with a northbound North Platte vehicle about 13 miles north of Denver en route to Potter to visit Mrs Miller’s parents. Mrs Ray Arnell and Billy Neal of Dalton are in Denver with Mrs Miller at the hospital.
Mrs Mary Sheldon visits O Dell Nebraska with Georgia for a time. The brief note records their stay and travels in the area during the period.
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