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Newspaper
The Potter Review
Location
Potter, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1935
Page
5
Douglas Keetz is spending the week with relatives at Sidney. Mrs Evan Stines was an employee in the Cords cafe while Mrs Cords was away.
MargaretL Sorter of Chappell is spending the week with Marilyn Miller, enjoying a familial visit and local companionship during the stay.
A large Potter attendance joined the Tom Mix circus in Sidney on Wednesday afternoon and evening. The item also notes the Rice Funeral Home of Sidney Nebraska with the phone number 107 in a brief aggregation of local notices.
For sale two row go dig equipment offered at a reduced price. Enquire at the Review office for details and terms of sale.
Miss Hazel Jacobson visited as guest of Miss Floy Thayer during the week, staying at her home and sharing social visits and conversations.
Boyd Trench is on crutches this week after an infection in his foot caused swelling and tenderness. The illness sidelines the player from upcoming activities while he recovers.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vaughan of Denver are visiting at the home of Mr. Vaughan's brother, Fred, and family. Billy Dean Stewart, 10, of Blair, Nebraska, is visiting at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Joe Nelson, and family.
Thelma Coulter is assisting with tasks at the F Rose residence as Mrs Rose remains hospitalized. The arrangement shows local support as Mrs Rose receives medical care and recover plans are underway.
Francis Hruza lies in Kimball Hospital with blood poisoning but is reported recovering nicely and improving daily under care in the ward.
Marie Robertson returned Friday from Kimball where she had submitted to a tonsillectomy operation the day before.
The regular Royal Neighbors meeting will be a picnic at the park on Tuesday July 2 at 8 pm. Members are advised to bring their own picnic items and be prepared for a short business session after the meal.
Miss Barbana Whitney of Denver and Miss LaVonne Vesey of Chadron are expected home this weekend for a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Whitney.
Mr and Mrs Emil Carlson and Mr and Mrs Ted Carlson depart Sunday for Excellsior Springs Kansas where Emil seeks health benefits.
Ardith Bartlett Josie Juelfs and Elizabeth Goding joined Mrs J C Barillett to attend a miscellaneous shower at the Chas Fisher home Tuesday honoring Mrs Elwood Harms.
WwW. F. Ferguson, Mrs. C. M. Pitington and Mrs. Ross Dillon, all of Sterling, Colorado, visited in Potter at the Ora Courtright home Sunday of last week.
Ir ard Mrs Bruce Hagemeister and Mary Lee visited Poitier. Mary Lee stayed several days with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Rogers.
A large number from Potter and the surrounding community gathered in Sidney on Sunday for all day services at the Lutheran church with some attendees also participating in a Masonic meeting nearby.
Mrs Ray Arnell Mrs Rose Neal and Billy and Roy Jacobson drove to Cheyenne on Monday to visit Albert Jacobson a patient in the Veterans hospital.
Mrs Ned McWilliams and two daughters of Alva Oklahoma are noted in this brief item mentioning a family from that city. Further specifics are not provided in the readable fragment.
Mrs Ethel Smith of Wichita Kansas visited last week in Potter at the home of their uncle J C Bartlett and family for a family gathering.
Mrs Will Telfer and her daughter from Elroy Wisconsin, joined by Mr and Mrs Herman Brumbaugh of Sidney, called at the N S Miller home Sunday afternoon. Mrs Telfer and Mrs Miller were schoolmates.
Lila Mae Witt marked her fifth birthday last Thursday with a luncheon for guests including Ramona Himmel, Marjorie Himmel, Joan DeLashmutt, and Marjorie Smith. Mrs Witt hosted the gathering with a lovely meal.
Several carloads of Romani people arrived Saturday morning wearing traditional costumes and visiting local businesses. They departed town soon after, with Marshal Nelson wishing them godspeed.
Sheriff W. W. Schulz was a business caller in Potter on Monday afternoon. He traveled with his daughter Wilma and Miss Bernice Babcock and Miss Mary Alice Hughes who accompanied him during his local transactions.
Mrs Emil Cords and her grandson Carol Cords traveled to Beulah Wyoming last Saturday to visit R A Babcock at the Sand Creek Trout Farm. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Babcock of Sidney. Mrs Cords returned Tuesday while Carol remained for the summer.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Slocumb visited the Rev L V Slocumb home in Kimball Wednesday to join a family reunion. Rev Slocumb and his siblings gather every five years with their families, now totaling about thirty people.
Mrs Johnson and her daughter Louise of Glenda California were forced to seek medical help during a layover on Wednesday. They stayed with the Thayer and Rogers families, Louise improved by Thursday, and they continued their automobile trip to New York.
Mr and Mrs W E Clooney Miss Meredith Peters of Glendale California and Francis Rogers of Los Angeles California visited in Potter this week at the G L Rogers home. Francis spent a few days at Angola with his sister Mrs Bruce Hagemeister and is back to visit again with his parents and brother. The party plans to return to California in a few days after the Clooney Peters proceed from an eastern trip.
The 4 H club led by Marie Sanders met Wednesday afternoon June 19 at Miss Lillian Ded ic home. All members except Zella Mae Fisher attended. Members painted sewing boxes and planned dust cloths. Games followed with lunch. Next meeting set for June 26 at Miss Geneva Elmquist home.
Mary Wilson formerly of Heath vicinity in Banner county died at her home in Zion Illinois. She is survived by one son and three daughters.
Barbara, daughter of Mrs. Marence Case of Alliance, is reported as Nebraska’s first victim this year of encephalitis or sleeping sickness. She recently contracted the disease.
A cloudburst between Oshkosh and Broadwater Sunday night washed out about a thousand feet of U P track and several small bridges. Train service was stopped for a few days while repairs were made and motor traffic faced delays.
Dr J I Miller longtime Pine Bluffs mayor and 1922 23 district legislator died at his Gary Indiana suburb home where he had practiced for ten years. He served in state government and remained active in local affairs.
Cheyenne introduces a new tax for motor caravans at $1.00 per car to pass through the city and $2.00 per car for parking every 12 hours. The police chief may appoint highway officers to collect the levy, drawing comparison to past Frontier Days hotel rate schemes.
The Farmers National Warehouse corporation will ship 85 000 bushels of wheat from their elevators at Dix Kimball Bushnell and Oliver in Kimball county. Manager Ehlers estimates at least half the wheat remains in Kimball county and notes it will require 422 000 bushel cars or a half train load to haul it.
Mr and Mrs C Simpson have been named as caretakers of the Cheyenne County courthouse to succeed Dave Huff and wife. The Simpsons previously cared for the city auditorium when it was first built.
Wayne Madison eight year old son of Mr and Mrs E J Madison of Scottsbluff drowned while playing on a raft in a sand pit with Gordon Ruff his peer Older boys Warren Beavers and Donald Caldwell swam nearby and tried to save them but failed The body was recovered by Roy Petsch and artificial respiration attempted
Franklin Mathews, 21, son of Sam Mathews of Iliff Cole, died after the car he rode in with four companions struck a concrete couvert marker at the Raddatz corner six miles north of Peetz. He died at a Sidney hospital several hours later. Floods west of Peetz flooded basements at the Glenn Willeford home and drowned a calf, barn, and 300 young chicks. Several homes were reached by flood waters as crews faced rising conditions. Ted Lindt dislocated his elbow when his car overturned while racing the storm home.
Mrs M J Theis near Ogallala died in hospital from burns sustained while speeding fire by throwing tractor fuel, after moving to a Dear Creek claim near Lewellen in 1886 with her parents Edwin and Mrs Williams. She was educated in Chappell Ogallala and North Platte and Fremont Normal, taught eight years in Keith County, then married Michael Theis. Survived by one son and one daughter.
Habitues of the Barbecue Inn in Sidney faced a raid by county and city officers. Mary Pickford and John Ritchie received 30 days and a 250 dollar fine in Judge Barlow's court, with several others appearing. Ritchie, after being allowed to consult a lawyer, stole Harold Tobin's car, fled town, abandoned it near Brannon, paid a resident to return it, then rode boxcars toward Cheyenne where he was arrested and held for Sidney officers.
Nebraska stockmen at their 45th annual Alliance meeting endorsed testing of range herd tuberculosis, opposed processing taxes, urged tariff retention on cattle imports, and pledged self reliance. Good rains boosted confidence as Robert Graham was reelected president with Frank Brome secretary and Henry P. Hansen vice president. Platte Valley delegates John Berry of Le Moyne and P. H. Maddox of North Platte named. Next year’s meeting set for Chadron.
Mrs Maxine Gunther a 26 year old medical stenographer at Wheatland hospital received 15 months to two years in a Cheyenne district court for forging the name of a dead man on hospital checks She called at three businesses claiming hospital funds were short and arranged cashing of un signed checks The doctor Pfeifer head of the hospital had recently drowned near Glenda and she then traveled to Denver to cash two more forged checks.
The Republican river flooded for the fourth time since May. Mrs Harold Mosier of Benkleman drowned and her five year old daughter remains missing. McCook saw the river rise seven feet eight inches in an hour, two feet deep at the power plant, yet one generator kept lights. Burlington roadways damaged, sewage disposal problems emerge as McCook’s outlet becomes a lagoon. Trenton’s forty thousand dollar sewage plant wrecked. Paponee trains moved away from the district.
Will Broadbent and E B Wilds of Chappell are rescued after their truck stalls in a flood swept canyon near Oshkosh. A nearby truck and two occupants are swept against the larger vehicle. The four hike to the highway five miles away and return next day to dig out vehicles. road washed out with a six foot cave and a 12 foot deep hole nearby. The storm highlights flooding perils and field crews report several near misses.
The piece notes that thousands of organizations nationwide press for this employment measure while groups in Europe have long deported foreigners as nonessential labor. It cites England Germany Italy and France deporting millions to ease labor congestion and argues employers must prove American labor cannot fill jobs under the proposed law to retain alien workers.
Seed listing from Oshkosh Nebraska showing I Black Amber Cane Seed with state test 87. Listed price five dollars and fifty cents per cwt. Contact Roy Neary, Dalton Nebraska, for more details.
Classified notice advertises windmills and well drilling by W C Sheets of Potter Nebraska. Claims reliable service and fair treatment. Includes brief market line about general house moving and related services.
Advertises weekly hog sales at the Sidney Livestock Pavilion promising top prices for quality hogs and inviting sellers to try the service.
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