Merchants Sponsor Free Outdoor Talkies In Potter
Potter merchants and local businessmen have funded a series of free outdoor film showings. The first event is next Wednesday at 8 15 pm likely on the vacant lot between the print shop and a garage. D and McDonald provide equipment and will book other towns. shows include a feature film, a comedy, and short subjects with no gate or hat collection.
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Busiberg
Eloch
D. &. Mcvonald
Ford Wiskhorst
McDonald
Sunday School Picnic Planned by Methodist Church
The annual Methodist Sunday school picnic will be held this Sunday after the morning services. The plan invites all to attend Sunday school and church, then assemble at Johnson Grove east of Potter. Attendees should bring well filled baskets. food will be served cafeteria style. The Sunday school will provide orange lemonade.
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Methodist Sunday School
Sunay
Johnson Grove
Potter
Bearcats Post Impressive Scoring Run In League Play
Bearcats average above twelve points per game after posting 78 to 11 scoring margin across five league opponents. In pre league action they totaled 48 points while holding opponents to 1.
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Bearcats
Potter Team Blanks Morrill in Night Game
Potter team trips Morrill in a 30 victory as Su bry of Potter outpitches Abernathy of Morrill. Five hits for Potter, three by scratch method, and excellent defense by both sides. Potter players returned after a long drive at 2:30 to 4:00 a.m., tired yet proud of a well-played game and gracious reception in Morrill.
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Potter
Morrill
Groding
Bearcats
Plu
Subry
Abernathy
Two Old Timers From Potter Remember a Life of Work
The Sidney Telegraph editorial recalls Anton Benish and Martin Leafdale, two 92 year olds who have lived in Potter for over fifty years. They endured hardship and helped build a frontier into a thriving farming region and cities. Their courage offers guidance to a modern era filled with imagined problems.
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Sidney Telegraph
Anton Benish
Martin Leafdale
Benish
Leafdale
Potter
Beltless Panic and Tightening No Pants
A humorous take on recession mood, noting belt tightness and pants failing to stay up. It compares economic strain to personal embarrassment and ends with a playful admonition about borrowing and doubt. The piece mixes metaphor and light whimsy without specific names or events.
Bandit Ulrich’s suicide ends Nebraska manhunt
John Ullrich 29 shot himself in a Sidney apartment as officers closed in after a dramatic chase that began when he escaped Logan County jail and kidnapped two men. He died two hours later in a Sidney hospital. Police, aided by officers from Colorado and Wyoming, sealed roads and searched the city. Two women from Omaha linked to Ullrich were arrested in Sterling for harboring a fugitive.
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John Ullrich
Stardy
Sidney
Nebraska
Ft. Morgan
Ulrich
Omaha
Vox Theatre
Sterling
Logan County
Colorado
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hardy
Ile
Ullrich
Mattres
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Iia Mae Ulrich
John Ulrich
Cordelia Puckett
Fugive
Gehrig
Better’s
Colo
The Tragic Barnett Family of Nebraska
A Nebraska tragedy from 1891 near Chadron, recounted by the Nebraska Writers Project. Eight family members died in two weeks from diphtheria, accidents, and a runaway wagon fatality. The remaining father and child perished later, leaving the farm to the state and a lasting national memory of the Barnett calamity.
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Nebraka
Charles Barnett
Chadron
Nebraska Writers Project
Barnett
Saunders County
New Ira
Nebraska
Haxtun Marshal James Price Drowns in Reservoir
James Price 38 Haxtun day marshal drowned when the fishing boat for him and two companions capsized in North Sterling reservoir Sunday afternoon. He sank after about fifteen strokes while the other two men were rescued. Price was considered a good swimmer. Peetz Gazette reports.
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James Price
Haxtun
Colo
Price
North Sterling Reservoir
Peetz Gazette
Mr and Mrs Wyckoff Visit Gundersons in Kirk
Mr and Mrs Wray Wyckoff of Kirk spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Leroy Gunderson.
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Mrs. Wray Wyckoff
Kirk
Leroy Gunderson
Potter Village Firework Sales Five Day Window
Fire crackers and pyrotechnics may be sold and discharged in Potter from July 1 to July 5 each year under ordinance. It is illegal to use outside these dates. A peaceful Fourth of July celebration is urged with emphasis on safe, nationwide enjoyment and traffic safety.
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Potter
United States
No Rain In Community Weather Update This Week
No rain of any amount reported locally this week aside from a shower over the northeast last Friday. The region remains quite dry nationwide with spring crops thriving from last week’s moisture and winter small grains ripening for the coming harvest. Wheat yields look fair as some spring grains have been cut, pastures would benefit from rain, and temperatures fluctuated with a cool wave then heat later in the week.
Cheyenne County Death Trap for Criminals Spurs Local Pride
Cheyenne County around Sidney earns a reputation as a death trap for dangerous criminals after three slain suspects in thirteen months and only lawmen wounded none. May 1939 saw James Sulcer shootout with officers near Gurley using a child as a shield, then Sulcer killed himself. Ft Morgan robbers’ chase led to a gun battle. one bandit killed, other slain near Garden City after hijacking a car. Sunday’s Ulrich confrontation marked the third gunfire incident in thirteen months with officers prevailing.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
James Sulcer
Gurley
Ft. Morgan
Garden City
Kansas
John Ulrich
Helen Seifert Back In State Returns To Nebraska Vacation
Helen Seifert a 13 year old blind and deaf girl formerly of Bridgeport arrived in Omaha for a Nebraska vacation after finishing a year at the New York Institute for the Education of the Blind. Accompanied by her teacher Miss Margaret Hosher who has aided her since six years of schooling Nebraska City superintendent N C Abbott welcomed them noting her improved composure and coordination. Hosher said her vocabulary has grown to about 340 words though she forms phrases and sentences with existing words.
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Helen Seifert
Bridgeport
Omaha
Nebraska
New York Institute For the Education of the Blind
Margaret Hosher
Iter
N. C. Abbott
Nebraska School For the Blind
Laska City
Helen
Miss Hosher
Bridgeport News-Blade
Telephone Manager to Be Transferred
Mrs. Hazel Sleeth local manager for Northwestern Bell Telephone Company will be transferred to Kimball mid August. She leaves July 31 for vacation and starts in Kimball August 13. Miss Joyce Schmidt will assume managerial duties here. We regret losing Mrs. Sleeth and family but trust Miss Schmidt will manage well.
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Hazel Sleeth
Northwestern Tell Telephone Company
Kimball
Joyce Schmidt
Water line near Union Pacific near finished
The two inch water line from city mains behind the telephone office to the Union Pacific right of way near their water tank is near completion. Workmen faced a delay for two inch pipe, two lengths were needed and were due Thursday. Union Pacific will connect after July first and use city water for their storage tank and other properties, installing an altitude valve to maintain tank capacity.
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Union Pacific
Donkey Ball Game Set For Saturday July 6 At Potten Diamond
The Potter ball club hosts a novelty donkey ball game with Peterson Donkey Ball Club of Orleans Nebraska providing the trained donkeys. Admission is 10 and 20 cents with a public address system to announce events. This marks the second such show here and begins at 8 PM under the lights.
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Potter Ball Club
Peterson Donkey Ball Club
Orleans
Nebr
Potten
Will Publish Day Early Next Week
The Review will print Wednesday evening next week instead of Thursday due to Independence Day. Contributors should submit a day earlier than usual. Most businesses may close for the holiday, except seven day service locations.
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Kruger’s Lake
Kimball
Wyoming
Colorado—mountaine
Father of Mrs McKinney Passes Away
Word reached the Cecil McKinney home that Mr McKinney's father had died in Ravenna. It was later corrected to Mrs McKinney's father. The family went to Ravenna for the funeral. Mr McKinney returned home while Mrs McKinney remains visiting her mother.
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Cecil McKinney
Mr. McKinney
Ravenna
Mrs McKinney
Mr McKinney
Mrs. McKinney
Wetomachick Campfire Girls Plan July Popcorn Sale
The Wetomachick campfire girls held a Wednesday meeting at Shinley Seyfangs home and decided on a popcorn sale for July 6. A tasty lunch was served. The next gathering is July 17 at Barbara Kaderlis home with reminders of a big uptown popcorn sale next Saturday.
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Shinley Seyfangs
Barbara Kaderlis
Huge Cottonwood Uprooted By Local Storm Near Redington
A century old cottonwood in Cottonwood Canyon near Redington was uprooted by a violent wind, hail and rain storm last week. The giant tree measured about 20 feet in circumference and 75 feet tall, breaking into three pieces as it fell. It stood long in the south hills, north of the Dale Waitman ranch about three miles east of the cottonwood.
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Redington
South Hills
Dale Waitman
Cottonwood Canyon
Exchange
Fire safety improving in Potter says state marshal
Deputy state fire marshal M. H. Mochenhaupt inspected Potter buildings Tuesday. He visits annually and reports fire hazards have diminished since his last trip. He notes better safety conditions not only in Potter but in most towns, with overall losses lower than a year ago.
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M. H. Mochenhaupt
Potter
Mr. Mochenhaupt
Art Brandenburg and Marie Matthes Visit Cheyenne
Art Brandenburg traveled to Cheyenne on Monday afternoon accompanied by Marie Matthes who works in Cheyenne.
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Art Brandenburg
Cheyenne
Marie Matthes
Mrs Fred Vaughan Motor to Sidney on Business
Mrs Fred Vaughan traveled to Sidney on Monday afternoon for business purposes.
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Fred Vaughan
Sidney
Potter Bearcats Triumph in 4-0 Home Victory Over Bunkerhill
Sunday field day as Potter Bearcats overpower Bunkerhill 4 to 0 on their home lot. Ralph Anderson, Hart Anderson, and Subry combined for a no-hit effort until the eighth. Potter heads to Peets next Sunday for a league clash with implications for the standings among Peetz, Potter, and Kimball.
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Potter Bearcats
Bunkerhill
Potter Boys
Themmselves
Ralph Anderson
Potter
Hart
I'm. Subry
Peets
Peetz
Kimball
Colorado Boys
Pine Bluffs
Pawnee Buttes
Brady expands at Sinclair station lease
Walter Brady proprietor of the Corner Garage now in charge of the Sinclair station across the tracks after leasing it. Wilmer Holliday who has been leaving the station will stay in the country and be employed in harvest work.
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Walter Brady
Sinclair
Wilmer Holliday
Potter Community Boosters Meet Next Wednesday Evening
The July meeting of the Potter Community Boosters club is set for next Wednesday at 6 45 p m at the Tebrinke cafe. A good program is planned and a large turnout is requested. The meeting precedes the free holiday shows and will be quickly conducted to allow attendance at the 8 14 p m free show.
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Potter Community Boosters Club
Tebrinke
Opening Barber Shop in Chappell Neb
Raymond Deac Slocumb who has barbered here a number of years is opening his own shop in Chappell. Good luck Deac.
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Raymond
Deac) Slocumb
Chappell
Deac
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Merchants
Dale Chambers
Tebrinke’s Cafe
MR. and
Mrs
E. C. Tebrinke
Imrs. McKinney
Millard Music
Benish Hall
Community Club
Chappell, Nebr
Eubecibe
Potter Bowling Alley
Wm. Slama High
Hap Sparks
Mrs. Ray Wills
Stines
Art Schuessler
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