August 1

1937: "Six o'clock mass as usual. St. Vincent's Picnic this afternoon and evening. Thres wins a broom and a smoking stand. Joe and Anna Heip are over to the house after the picnic. " [from A. E. Potter's diaries]

1943: "We have company at the cottage Joe - Emma - Joe - Faye Baier, William - Rose - Joann - Billy - Barbara Mauritz, Ray - Ann - Raymond - Jimmy Ostertag, also Aunt Lena Baier spent the day with us. Joe, Bill, Ray, and myself did some fishing toward evening, caught 18 good sized perch and 16 smaller ones. My first experience fishing with grubs; they sure make good bait. " [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1945: "Took Rose and Teddy Gittings to Berlin tonite. They also stay at the Kujawas. The Baum & Catlin Department Store changes hands. Dave Collin sells the business to Harry Hirschberg who had been operating a department store at Whitewater. " [from A. E. Potter's diaries]