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Newspaper

The Potter Review

Location

Potter, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1935

Page

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Nebraska Stockgrowers Back Federal Tubercular Testing Plan

The Nebraska Stockgrowers Association reverses last year’s stance to back a federal tuberculosis testing program for range cattle. Iowa warns of an embargo on cattle from unaccredited areas starting Sept 1 unless testing moves forward, with possible extensions to Jan 1, 1936. Western Nebraska counties push petitions for testing. Cheyenne county reports 4300 cattle signed.

Nebraska Stockgrowers Association Nebraska Iowa Box Butte Dawes Sheridan Sioux Cherry Morrill and Gardens Cheyenne

Improving Floors At School House

Oil on schoolhouse floors is being removed with a special compound and machine while a new filler is applied for a high gloss, mirrorlike finish. Work is by GL Rogers, janitor, aided by Ray Arnell. finished rooms contrast with unfinished ones.

GL. Rogers Ray Arnell

Melson Team Loses Well Played Game

The Nelson Implement Company baseball team lost a short but well played game to Bunkerhill on the local diamond last Sunday 4 2. The game halted in the sixth inning when a rain storm moved in. Both squads played sharp ball and stayed alert throughout. Next Sunday they travel to Pine Bluffs to meet the Pine Bluffs town team.

Nelson Implement Company Bunkerhill Pine Bluffs

Outdoor and indoor services at Methodist Church

Pastor B H Murten announces Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m The first outdoor service will be held at the C W Johnson grove at 5 p m If weather prevents it the service moves to the church at 7 30 p m Lumber is on hand for the CCC camp at the Wild Cat Game preserve with worthwhile work planned there this summer

C W. Johnson Grove CCC Wild Cat Game Preserve

Potter Loses Ito Ft Warren Team 5 4

The Bearcats fell 5 to 4 to a Fort Warren 76th Field Artillery squad in Cheyenne on Sunday. Potter had an open date and had played the same team recently. Jack Koenneker pitched for Potter, limiting Cheyenne to seven hits while rain hampered the game.

Bearcats Cheyenne 76Th Field Artillery Fort Warren Potter Jack Koenneker

Sunshine 4-H club plans sewing projects and judging lessons

The Wetomachick group met to discuss the 1935 birthday honor My Place in the World and set tasks for the Sunshine 4-H club. Members listed include Jeanne Nelson and Marjorie Harms with Mrs Ernest Anderson as leader.

Janice Phyllis Babcock Ernest Anderson Jeanne Nelson Marjorie Harms Lavienna Sparks Leota Goding Mildred Robertson Willemine Johnson Dorothy Lovall Bertha Mae Reetz Dorothy An Sunshine 4-H Club Dorothy Anderson

Burro Ball Exhibition Sat Night At Local Softball Park

Burro ball show featuring trained burros led by J P Wilkinson of Oxford Nebraska comes to the softball field Saturday at 8 PM. Potter Softball Association sponsors with 25c and 10c admission. Players mount to field and bat while mounted. some may dismount to retrieve balls. Forty percent of receipts go to the local softball club treasury. Potter Concert Band will provide music.

J. P. Wilkinson Oxford Nebr Potter Soft Ball Association Potter

First Lutheran Church Invites to Sidney Services

No services at First Lutheran Church this Sunday. Congregation invited to join Sidney congregation for special services next Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Noon fellowship dinner at city park. Bring a basket. Dorcas Ladies serve coffee. Plan to spend the day in Sidney.

Sidney Dorcag

Albert Jacobson Improves at Cheyenne Veterans Hospital

Albert Jacobson, a patient at the Cheyenne veterans hospital, is reported coming along in good shape. It is not yet known whether an operation will be required.

Albert Jacobson Veterans Hospital Cheyenne

Benefit Dance Aids Local Girls Softball Team

The girls softball team plans a benefit dance this Saturday night, June 29, to raise funds for equipment. Tickets are fifty cents, helping the team cover essential gear and supplies.

Double Wedding at St Pauls Lutheran Sidney

Durward Winn and Leora Bockstel ter and Noreen Winn and Art Bartlett were the principals in a double wedding at St Pauls Lutheran church in Sidney. Rev H T Krohn officiated. All four are well known locally and receive best wishes for happiness.

Durward Winn Leora Bockstelter Noreen Winn Art Bartlett St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Sidney H. T. Krohn

Sunday Socials and Local Visits Around Dix

DIX residents enjoyed picnics and visits with relatives across Scottsbluff and Sidney. Families including the French and Graham clans joined Sunday gatherings, while ladies groups met at church and at Mrs Ed Mulligan’s home. Distinct trips included Kansas City and Julesburg visits, plus a postmasters convention in Sidney.

Jack French Scottsbluff Henry Hates Dix Frank Baur Gus Graham Hans Gunderson Rex Graham Ladies Missionary Society Ed. Mulligan Oscar Sutherland Sons Kimball Fred Mattock Julesburg Reuben Gunderson Kansas City Ed. Buettner Sidney Walt Baur

Tobler and Sanders Families Trade East Town Properties

Mr and Mrs Lawrence Tobler and Mr and Mrs John Sanders trade properties in the east part of town with moves scheduled on Monday. Tobler buys the Harry Wells property.

Lawrence Tobler John Sanders Mr. Tobler Harry Wells

Bearcats to Play at Home Three Sundays in Succession

Bearcats schedule three consecutive Sunday games at home. Chappell, Sidney, and Oshkosh visit in order, with July 7 as the Oshkosh date. All games begin at 2 30 pm, admission 25 cents for adults, 15 and under free. Fans expect a real battle as evenly matched teams may hinge on breaks.

Bearcats Potter Ball Club Chappell Sidney Oshkosh

Strayed Bull Calf From Point of Rocks Pasture

A red brindle bull calf about 8 months old is missing from a pasture near Point of Rocks. It has a brand on the right hip. A suitable reward is offered for information leading to its whereabouts. Contact John G. Meyers.

Point of Rocks John G. Meyers

Busy Neighbors and Sextorp Union Meet at Johnsons Grove

A joint meeting of the Busy Neighbors club and the Sextorp Farmers Union set for Thursday June 27 at Johnsons grove invites members and friends to attend and bring lunch.

Busy Neighbors Club Sextorp Farmers Union Johnson’s Grove

Locomotive Boiler Joke Echoes Old Time Banter

A playful exchange features a guide explaining a locomotive boiler to a curious listener. The punchline rests on a pun about making the engine tender, highlighting humorous wordplay about steam tech and rail lore.

Man Tests Neck With Water During Shave

A barber asks what is the matter as a man requests a glass of water. The man explains he wants to see if his neck leaks, a humorous exchange likely from a cartoon or humor column.

Big pig challenged by litter in country pen

A city boy recalls a country scene where a large pig, afraid of small pigs, is chased around a pen. After the big pig collapses, the little pigs pounce, tearing off the buttons from its vest as spectators watch.

Mrs Slocumb Teaches Twenty Three Piano Pupils This Summer

Mrs R E Slocumb reports twenty three piano pupils enrolled for the summer session. Mrs Chas Stanton hosted the WCTU members at her home Wednesday afternoon.

R. E. Slocumb

Energetic Youth Seeks Farm Work Experience

Energetic young man seeks employment with farm machinery experience. Melvin Brown listed as caregiver for E. H. Sanders. County Attorney P. J. Heaton of Sidney attended a business call in Potter Saturday.

Melvin Brown E. H. Sanders P. J. Heaton Sidney

Town couples attend apron and overall dance event

Several couples from town attended the apron and overall dance at Pennish Hall Saturday night. Rev. George Flora of Gurley conducted the morning service at the Lutheran church last Sunday.

Penish Hall George Flora of Gurley Lutheran Church

DeLashmutt Visits Downtown After Illness

C. B. E. DeLashmutt was seen downtown on Tuesday marking his first outing in several days due to illness from the flu.

C. BE. DeLashmutt

Stevens Family Spends Sunday Near Bushnell and Kimball

Mr. and Mrs. H. Stevens and their children enjoyed a Sunday outing near Bushnell and Kimball, taking in a relaxed family excursion and time together in the countryside.

Hagemeister Family Visit Brings Nebraska Ties Here

Mr and Mrs Bruce Hagemeister and their daughter from Angora Nebraska spent Sunday with relatives, stopping for a family visit in town and sharing time with kin.

Bruce Hagemeister Angora, Nebr

Hanson Family Visited Emil Nelson Home

Mr and Mrs Frank Hanson and family of Sidney were Sunday guests at the Emil Nelson home.

Frank Hanson Sidney Emil Nelson

Arvin Nielsen Visits Relatives in Howard County

Arvin Nielsen son of Mr and Mrs Albert Nielsen is spending this week with relatives in Howard County indicating a brief family visit and local travel activity.

Arvin Nielsen Mrs Albert Nielsen Howard County

Whitmire Family Visits John Sey Fang Home

Mr and Mrs A F Whitmire and their son from Sunol visited the John Sey Fang residence on Sunday, sharing a cordial call and exchanged greetings.

A. F Whitmire Sunol John Seyfang

Douglas woman to spend summer with relatives

Miss Patricia Johnson of Douglas Wyoming arrived Saturday to spend the summer with her father Ray Johnson. She is staying with her uncle Herbert Johnson and his family.

Patricia Johnson Douglas Wyo Ray Johnson Herbert Johnson

Rambling Through the Exchanges Internships in Washington

HEC Lewis Shull of Broadwater travels to Washington D C to begin an internship in the National Institute of Public Affairs. Beryl Attebury aged 11 son of Mr and Mrs Jim Atterbury of Paxton drowns while wading in a gravel pit south of Paxton.

Lewis Shull Broadwater Washington, D. C National Institute of Public Affairs Beryl Attebury Jim Atterbury Paxton

Bridgeport Committees Plan Camp Clark Celebration

Bridgeport committees are hard at work on their Camp Clark celebration. Dates have not yet been announced.

Bridgeport

Pine Bluffs trainer moves seven horses to Kimball fair grounds

Bert Land a Pine Bluffs race horse man relocates his stable to Kimball with seven horses under watch at the Kimball fair grounds.

Bert Land Pine Bluffs Kimball Kimball Fair Grounds

Callisons Visit Friends as Doctor Receives Army Commission

Dr and Mrs Robert Callison visit Peetz friends as the doctor gains a lieutenant commission in the army and will be stationed at Fort Francis E Warren near Cheyenne.

Robert Callison Peetz Army Ft. Francis E. Warren Cheyenne

Oregon Trail Days set for July in Gering crowd aim

The Oregon Trail Days pageant in Gering is scheduled for July 18 and 19. Organizers expect to surpass last year’s attendance of 40,000 with over 800 old settlers present. Indications point to a possible sun dance by Indigenous participants.

Gering

Blair son recovering after trailer incident near Peetz

Floyd Blair 21 son of Walt Blair of near Peetz is said to be recovering satisfactorily from a fractured and bursted spleen after a trailer ran over him. He is employed by a trucking company at Santa Paula California.

Floyd Blair Walt Blair Peetz Young Blair Santa Paula Calif

Gift of God pageant rainout draws 4000 by Wednesday

The religious pageant Gift of God was rained out on Tuesday near Chimney Rocksouth of Bayard but 4000 attended Wednesday night and larger crowds were expected on Thursday and Friday nights despite bad roads in all directions.

Chimney Rock Bayard

Don Donnelly Recovers Speech After Horse Accident

Don Donnelly a 13 year old Oshkosh lad regained speech after being unconscious three hours when his horse fell with him on May 8. He improved to write, feed himself and leave Alliance hospital by day 16. The skull fracture is knitting and full recovery is expected. A severe rain and hail storm from Grover, Colorado to Pine Bluffs caused crop damage, window breaks, roof damage, and livestock losses.

Don Donnelly Oshkosh Alliance Hospital

Life of Thomas W. Lally News Editor and Drucker

Thomas W. Lally 56 died in a Goodland Kansas hospital from facial erysipelas after a career spanning newspapers from Dalton and Gurley Nebraska to Melo Mentor Kansas and earlier teaching. Survived by wife ten children his mother and sister. services were held at St. Martins church Sequin.

Thomas W. Lally Goodland Kansas Lewiston Ill Furnas County Nebr Times-Tribune Beaver City Dalton Bertrand Gurley Nebraska St. Martin’s Catholic Church Sequin

Gurley and East Gurley Games Go 13 Innings

East Gurley edged Gurley 3 2 in a 13 inning contest on June 9 as Tom Miller pitched.

Gurley and Julesburg baseball game and Brule win

East Gurley faced Frank Gabriel for Gurley while Brule beat Julesburg 6 to 4 in 14 innings with Mason Frates pitching the full game and S Hengley for Julesburg. The Kimball fire department added a new American LaFrance engine at a cost of 3200 dollars. Sidney's band debuted in the new bandstand at the courthouse lawn, with weekly concerts planned Sundays at 5 PM. A strong wind and hailstorm at Pine Bluffs toppled a large brick chimney at the Standard hotel, injuring Mrs. C. M. Enloe and Mrs. Mary Cunningham.

East Gurley Frank Gabriel Gurley Brule Jvesburg Mason Frates S. Hengley Julesburg Pine Bluffs Standard Hotel C. M. Enloe Mary Cunningham

Broadwater Storm Floods Town and Destroys Crops

A hard rain and hail storm hit Broadwater on June 11 causing extensive damage northwest of town. Brown creek ditch overflowed and broke, flooding streets and filling basements. South of town a hail strip over half a mile wide ruined crops and flood water ruined corn.

Broadwater Brown Creek

Sidney Town Board Passes Liquor License Ordinance

At the last meeting Sidney town board approved a liquor license ordinance forbidding orchestras and singing and requiring unobstructed windows for external viewing. Package sales of hard liquor will be allowed to all applicants who pass state law. Seven applications were filed and five or more are reported eligible.

Sidney

Flood Devastation Hits Morrill County and Surrounding Area

Severe rains ravaged Morrill County and Pine Bluffs with widespread damage. Roads and bridges failed across Broadwater to Wisconsin, floodwaters overturned boxcars near Bayard, and creeks such as Indian Dugout and Red Willow broke banks. Hailstorm near Alliance damaged crops, trees, and buildings. Mitchell suffered losses including a schoolhouse and sugar factory.

Morrill County Pine Bluffs Broadwater Bayard Alliance Wyoming Wheatland Chugwater Little Horse Creek Hawk Springs Bay

Tragic Republi can tragedy details near McCook and roadbed loss

Surveyors report one river following an old roadbed near McCook Burlington. About 100 miles of roadbed must be rebuilt at an estimated cost of nearly two million dollars. Mrs. Jess Rice of McCook describes escape by horse and boots lost, a house ruined, barn left only its frame, car buried in mud, and Red Cross groceries aiding in survival as Jesse searches for cattle and the Millers are washed away.

McCook Burlington Jess Rice Abe Keithley Ogallala Jesse Verlyn Red Cross Amy’s

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Stock Growers Association T. B Melson Ito FT. Warren Stecher Strausheim Riss Reichstein Shea Daeoner Teeeepeed Ewe McCauley Aeewee Koennecker Jorstad Biggs Hen Seeee Ieee Lanny Derson Berthe Mae Reetz Edgar Anderson Lutheran Elmo Scott Watson Ficton Edna Killham Lizzie Gunderson Kensington Augusta Pierom HEC Grover Colo Bushnell Young Stock Leonard Beckstrom Ray Lang District 23 West Kimball Kimball Fire Department Sidney’s Btand
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