April 8

1942: "Dr. Norman Kleinschmit fills some of my teeth and pulls a root which should have been out before this. Its' from a left lower molar and boy does it pain! Donald gets his permit to carry Milwaukee Journals. Fannie Heisinger issues the permit. Mrs. F.W. (Minnie) Mueller is operated at Mercy Hospital this morning. She is doing fairly well tonite. Worked writing up orders tonite until 10:30 then to the post office. Dropped in to the South Side Business Men's meeting after that. It's Rudy Hafemann's birthday party. [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1945: "To 7:30 St. Vincent's with Holy Name Society, then to work. This afternoon back to Merit Badge Show and also to attend Forester meeting at St. Vincent's to make plans for the coming golden jubilee.  At the Boy Scouts Show we awarded 15 Blue, 12 Red, and 3 Yellow Merit Badges, Back to work this evening and after work to Bill Siewert's Emm is there with a friendly greeting. I was lucky at cards. Mame Siewert is with us. Aunt Lena Baier gets a sick spell while there. We also have a surprise black-out. Carl Hanson is 30 today." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]