1942: "Took Joe and Anna Weisheipl to the Strand Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Dick Foran and Anne Gwynn star in Ride 'em Cowboy. A chicken dinner at Airport Tavern topped off the evening. Donald is out delivering Vanilla Compound and other items for the benefit of V.F.W. He earns $1.15. [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1943: "Today there was a debate in which it was on authors. 3rd class was for Washington Irving. The 4th class was for Edgar Allen Poe. They wanted to see who was the most capable one. The fourth class won. Poe was the best." [from Donald. Potter Sr.'s seminary diary]
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