Church Programs to Feature Boys Choir and School Orchestra
The Glen club will sing at the morning service of the {. E. church next Sunday and the school orchestra will perform at evening services. Program highlights include hymns, anthems, solos, and a sermon, with pieces such as Onward Christian Soldiers, Bells of the Sea, and American Liberty, performed by the Glee Club, orchestra, and soloists.
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Boys Glen Club
Jesus
Jessie Juelfs
Crusaders
Sortor
Stewart Nelson
Helen
Harold Thayer
Fred Carlson
Poppy Day Volunteers Rally For Legion Auxiliary Sale
Women and girls of Potter mobilize for Poppy Day to distribute pop pies May 27. Mrs D C Shea, poppy chairman, reports strong enrollment and expects quick sales, honoring veterans and their families while rekindling wartime patriotism. Volunteers pledge hard work and public support on street day.
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Potter
American Legion Auxiliary
D. C. Shea
the Auxiliary
Potter Nebraska Ordinance Revision on Public Dance Halls
Revision of Section 4 of Ordinance No 90 passed May 1 1933 by the Village Board of Potter Nebraska. It states no license fee for operating public dance halls but imposes a 25 dollar occupation tax after license issuance credited to the General fund.
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Potter
Nebraska
Bbe
General Fund
Joe P. Schwartz
Village Board of Trustees
H. Stevens
Ladies Aid Meeting At M B Church Parlor
The Ladies Aid society will meet next Wednesday afternoon May 10 at 2 30 o clock in the M B church parlors. Hostesses are Mrs Wm Hagemeister Mrs Nick Jacob son Mrs Ray Fisher and Mrs Geo Reetz. Everybody welcome.
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Ladies Aid Society
M. B
Wm. Hagemeister
Nick Jacobson
Ray Fisher
Geo. Reetz
Potter Seed Mill Adds New Enterprise in Potter
A new feed mill by Wm Hagemeister opens north of the elevator and east of the light plant on Front street. The 22 by 40 foot structure rises 34 feet with two 2,000 bushel storage bins, eleven bins total, and a roller mill rated at about 2 tons per hour. powered by a 25 horsepower motor, it will offer a complete feed line without competing with local businesses.
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Potter Seed
Wm. Hagemeister
Front Straek
Hagemeister
Knowledge Factory of Free Enlightened Citizens
A concise quotation attributed to James Monroe asserts that a free virtuous and enlightened people must understand the great principles and causes on which their happiness depends. This civic maxim emphasizes informed governance and public virtue as foundations of national well being.
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Ames Monroe
Methodist Church Notes H. E. Sorter, Pastor
Sunday school meets at ten o'clock and welcomes all. Morning worship at eleven with music by the high school boys glee club. Epworth League gathers at six thirty. Evening worship features school orchestra. Wednesday women’s meeting in church parlors and choir rehearsal at seven thirty in the school music room.
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Boys Glee Club
Epworth League
Ladies Aid Society
Potter high school honors at Cheyenne county meet and seniors plan
The Potter grade boys and girls swept the Cheyenne county meet with many trophies on display at the drug store. Seniors led convocation last Friday with confessions on senior sneak day and a fine time reported. The senior class of eighteen may be the largest in Potter high school history, with a roll listing many names. Juniors and seniors organized events for the last week of school while interclass track and side excursions occurred. Sterling and Sidney were chosen as next steps for class plans, with chaperones Miss Moon and Mmes Juelfs, Mian, and Wyal ker attending the show in Sidney.
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Potter
Cheyenne County
Sterling
Sidney
Moon
Geo. Juelfs
Archie \{c
Junior Class News Brief From The School
Juniors Margaret Harrison Helen Jensen Vaughan Jacobson and Max Miaione were absent during the week. English class finished a Poe short story collection and is studying Sidney Lavier. Typing lessons include border work and filling tax charts. A junior senior banquet is planned within the next two weeks.
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Margaret Harrison
Helen Jensen
Vaughan Jacobson
Max Miaione
Poe
Sidney Lavier
Song of Heigh Glass intrigues readers at school page
Our new English book titled The Song of Heigh Glass draws interest. Absent last week were Bernice Babcock Kenneth Wickstrom LaVerne Wickstrom Blanche Kubes and Duane Lowden. A trip to Alliance on May 5 for a play day excites several girls. Sophomores lead class day events by two points. Tennis remains to be played with strong opponents ahead. Sophomore girls sang in the glee club which served as a church choir last Sunday.
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Heigh Glass
Bernice Babcock
Kenneth
LaVerne Wickstrom
Blanche Kubes
Duane Lowden
Alliance
Purple Heart Award Honored for WOUMUS Tecelvuai at Jprniel Drive
Rosluweler finders oL oiuley announces WOUMUS Tecelvuai has received the Purple Heart. The ceremony took place at the jprniel drive with unit officials presenting the decoration.
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Rosluweler Finders
Chappell Lays Off City Engineer Amid Widescale Cuts
The town of Chappell laid off one city engineer as part of broad staffing reductions totaling about 33 1 3 percent across all city employees. Remaining staff face changes as the measure trims payroll and reorganizes city operations.
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Chappell
Hinshaw of Gering Dies at Home After 14 Years
John I. Hinshaw head of Hinshaw Lumber Company at Gering died at his home there after a 14 year stay in the city, having moved from Bradshaw. Shagereer, Hoover, and Geo. Cruickshank, who have panned gravel in the South Platte at Big Springs, found enough pay grav el to file placer claims.
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John I. Hinshaw Ead
Hinshaw Lunayber Company
Gering
Ben
Conling
Bradshaw
Shagereer
Ben Hoover
Geo. Cruickshank
South Platte
Big Springs
Revered Rev Largent Dies After Paralytic Stroke
Former Methodist minister Rev Largent of Gurley died at Lryon from a paralytic stroke. He had been transferred to touryon at the last conference, leaving a noted career in ministry.
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Largent
Gurley
Lryon
Touryon
Chappell Register Marks 46th Birthday Milestone
The Chappell Register celebrated its 46th birthday last week, noting it was established in 1880s era and reflecting changes in the town since then.
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Chappell Hkegister
Chappell
Bear Cats Win From Bushnell In Close Game
The Bear Cats edged Bushnell 7 to 6 at Bushnell last Sunday in a tight matchup. Potter has beaten Bushnell by one score in all four recent games, including 8-7 and 7-6 last summer. Thomason pitched all four games. Reichstein Rehmers Slack homered once each, with Shea and Slack adding three-base hits. Next Sunday they open the league at Sidney against Potter and other opening games.
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Bear Cats
Bushnell
Potter
Kimball
Thomason
Reichstein
Rehmers
Slack
Shea
Sidney
Lodge Pole
Peetz
Lorenzo
Chappell
Dalton
Bunkerhill
Gurley
Masons Hold Well Attended Meeting Friday
Potter Lodge No. 313 A F M held a well attended meeting with sixty five to seventy members present. J L Fowler received the cerer's degree while twenty visitors joined from Kimball Dix and Sidney. A post meeting lunch of cake sandwiches pickles and coffee was served by a committee.
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Potter Lodge No
J. L. Fowler
Kimball
Dix
Sidney
Potter
Woman Found After Night on Cliff Near Lisco
Mrs Edgar Allen living on a ranch near Lisco is hospitalized with a broken hip and exposure after a car stalled a mile from home. She attempted to walk home in dark rain, fell over a cliff, and endured a night in the open before her 12 year old son found her as searchers spotted her at dawn.
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Edgar ‘Allen
Lisco
Scottspluff
History of Five Seniors Excerpts and Sneak Day Tale
The piece recounts seniors Vivian Herboldsheimer Josse and Jessie Juelfs Marguerite Jacobson and Gordon Johnson detailing school years in Potter and country districts. It notes absent classmates, geography and sociology lessons, and senior reports. Sneak Day 1933 describes a pre-dawn trip to Sterling with breakfast then Woolworth buys and a Ft. Morgan picnic.
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Vivian Herboldsheimer
Potter
Josse Juelfs
Josie
Jessie Juelfs
Jessie
Marguerite Jacobson
Gordon Johnson
Gordon
Bud
Sara McMillan
Everett Nelson
Barbara Whitney
Junior Walker
Beryl Dykeman
Alaska
Brownson
Sterling Dam
Woolworth
Sterling
LeRoy Gunderton
Ft. Morgan
Absences and pacing noted in class this week
Clayton Spencer Paul Andersen Jack Nelson and jarvin foench were absent last week. Harold Nelson was late to school Tuesday because Everett his regular chauffeur was on the senior sneak day. We finished studying Scott s Lady of the Lake this week and found it very interesting. Several good con tracts were given in class.
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Clayton Spencer
Paul Andersen
Jack Nelson
Jarvin Foench
Harold Nelson
Everett
Scott
Seventh and Eighth Grade Events At Grade School Meet
Mrs J P Schwartz visited English classes Monday. Fifth and eighth grades won 174 points and sixth and seventh 60. Keith Schwartz won boys prize and Edna Van Pelt won girls prize. Sixth and seventh grades plan a hike for fifth and eighth. Students traveled to Sidney for the track meet with many named participants. Prizes included two silver cups for relays and several ribbons. awards displayed in the drug store window.
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J. P. Schwartz
Keith Schwartz
Edna van Pelt
Sidney
DeVaul Warner
John Fiegenschuh
Leo Fisher
Donald Biggs
Richard Shea
Earl Nielsen
Raymond Stormberg
Sam Slack
Kline Johnson
Fifth and Sixth Grades Field Meet Report
The fifth and eighth grades won a two day field meet with the sixth and seventh graders. Sam Slack Kline Johnson and Nathan Mudge attended the Sidney meet Saturday. Weather was poor but the outing with seventh and eighth graders was enjoyable. 100 percent spellers: Vernon Snocker Lynna Stines Ruben Ailler Katheryn Hagemeister Irma Haddin Mildred Robertson Eugene Morfe'd Virginia Van Pelt. Helen Harrison sprained her ankle Thursday and is on crutches.
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Sam Slack
Kline Johnson
Nathan Mudge
Sidney
Vernon Snocker
Lynna Stines
Ruben Ailler
Katheryn
Third and Fourth Grades Gertie Iverson and Verl Jessop
Gertie Iverson and Verl Jessop are noted for their roles in the third and fourth grade activities. Local school reports highlight their participation and leadership in class projects and school events.
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Gertie Iverson
Verl Jessop
Peetz School District to Cut Staff as Taxes Bring Funds
The Peetz school district expects $5,000 from back taxes and $3,100 in outstanding warrants. It plans an eight month school year next year and would reduce instructors from six to four to balance the budget.
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Peetz
Gering Courier Marks 46 Years Under Founding Leader
The Gering Courier, oldest in the North Platte valley, celebrated its 46th anniversary last week. Founded by A. B. Wood in 1887, the paper has remained under his ownership and publication through the years.
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Gering Courier
North Platte Valley
A. B.wood
Fire damages Duchess beauty shop in Ogauala
A blaze caused considerable damage at the Duchess beauty shop in Ogauala. It started in the rest room and investigators suspect two young women tourists may have started it by discarding lighted cigarettes in a box of women’s hats wrapped in tissue paper.
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Ogauala
Remarkable Exhibits Include Two-Body Lamb and Eight Foot Winged Pelican
A pelican with an eight foot wing spread was brought to Oshkosh to be mounted. Also shown is a freak lamb with two complete bodies, a single head but four legs? the two bodies are differently marked, one white with dark markings.
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Oshkosh
Tornadoes Damage Farms North of Lisco and Oshkosh
A small twister destroyed farm buildings on the O. D. Smith and Ira Carlson farms north of Lisco. The same evening a storm or similar caused significant damage to buildings and windmills at the Melius farm northeast of Oshkosh.
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Lisco
O. D. Smith
Ira Carlson
Melius
Oshkosh
Osborn Moitors Co repairs in Peetz on beer business impact
M W Osborn of the Osborn Motor Co of Sidney spent days in Peetz assessing property repairs and reports local merchants say Peetz’s beer business yields little direct benefit while restaurant operators grow weary of it.
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M.wi. Osborn
Osborn Moitor Co
Sidney
Peetz
Reinsnuths Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs J W Reinsnuth longtime residents west of Dalton marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their son Clarence’s home near Broadwater. They settled in Dalton country in 1900 and enjoy many friends across Cheyenne county.
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J.W. Reinsnuth
Dalton
Clarence
Broadwater
Cheyenne County
Chappell Grade School Arbor Day Planting
Chappell grade school observed Arbor Day with a kindergarten program and a tree planting. Students wrote a class history and roll, placed in a bottle beside the tree, to be unearthed at their graduation in 1945.
Absences and birthdays noted in class last week
Last week many pupils were absent including Marilyn Miller and others listed. Those with perfect spelling marks daily were Donald Snocker Eric Winn Deloris Coulter Charlotte Enevoldsen Kenneth Kaderli Roland Jusil Eleanor Nelson Bertha Mae Reetz Dolores Stormberg Dorothy Tobler. A surprise party Friday honored Iss Morrow and Eleanor Nelson with singing, gym games, and treats prepared by mothers and served by Mrs Coulter and Mrs Nelson.
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Marilyn Miller
Fable Haddin
Billy Shea
Donald Stormberg
Howard Sheets
Beulah Hicks
Robert Johnson
Pearle Matherson
Donald Snocker
Eric Winn
Deloris Coulter
Charlotte Enevoldsen
Kenneth Kaderli
Roland Jusil
Eleanor Nelson
Bertha Mae Reetz
Dolores Stormberg
Dorothy Tobler
Iss Morrow
Village Board Reorganized Sets Course for Town
The village reorganized Monday with old board finishing unfinished business and new members Schwantz Johnson and Witt sworn in. Johnson and Schwantz were reelected. Witt replaces defeated Goding. The board reduced the dance hall occupation tax from 150 to 25 dollars and plans no-pay marshal staffing starting June 1.
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Joe P. Schwantz
Clarence Johnson
John Witt
Schwartz
Johnson
Witt
Potter
Potter Leads at Cheyenne County Track Meet in Sidney
Potter students dominate events at the Sidney hosted Cheyenne County meet. Potter claims multiple relay wins and high point totals led by D Warner and J Fiegenschuh with top performances in sprints shot put and hurdles. Sidney and St Pauls follow with strong showings as girls and boys teams set records and earned high placements.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Potter
Gurley-Salem
St. Pauls
Sunol
Hdna van Pelt
Young Fiegenschuh
L. Fisher
D. Warner
D. Biggs
J. Fiegenschuh
L. Ayle
D.vamner
J. Fiegienschuh
A. Jacobs
Sidney St. Pauls
Mrs Iverson Back From Sidney After Major Operation
Mrs Thomas Iverson returned last Sunday from Sidney where she underwent a major operation during the week. She is steadily improving and her friends are glad to hear it. Mrs Iverson thanks many friends for acts of kindness and cheer and especially the Auxiliary for letters of remembrance and good wishes.
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Thomas Iverson
Sidney
Wy. F. M. S. Holds Good Meeting at Mrs Helsing Home
The Wy. F. M. S. enjoyed a very good meeting Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Helsing.
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The
Wanted to Rent Quarter Section for Wheat Fallow
Eugene Schmidt of Potter Nebraska seeks to rent a quarter section for summer fallow to plant wheat. Owner to provide arable land for one season with reasonable terms and location in or near Potter. Respond to Eugene Schmidt, Potter, Nebraska.
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Eugene Schmidt
Potter
Nebr
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