Diary of Alfred E. Potter August, 1937

01.  Sunday: Six oclock 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. 

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03.  Tuesday: Had a nice shower of rain today.  Took Robert Fretchel along to the cottage.

04.  Wednesday: It is quite hot.  Spent a nice afternoon at the cottage with the children.  Had a nice swim in the afternoon.  Cork Weisheipl and Joe came out around 5 oclock .  Took them fishing, had good luck about 25 nice perch – about 1 Dozen sheephead which were promptly returned to the lake.  Thres brought Joe and Anna Heip along at night.  Then the fun started, it lasted until 3.30 A.M. and its getting light out.  Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Regnery celebrate their “Golden Wedding Anniversary” today.

05.  Thursday: Temperature up to 96° today.  I’m not as tired as I expected to be.

06.  Friday: More heat.  97° today.  Brought Thres down early this morning for First Friday Services.  Back to the cottage for breakfast.  Cork is still resting when I left for work.

07.  Saturday: John Kloeckner 744 So. Park Ave. died this evening at 7³⁵.  Born in Nekimi Dec. 28 – 1879.  Son of the late Anton Kloeckner.  Brother to Frank Kloeckner, Mrs. John Schneider, Mrs. Frank Thomas – Mrs. Matt Freuen – Mrs. Harley Robinson – California.

08.  Sunday: Staid at cottage overnite.  Too hot to come to town.  Up at 5 oclock took the children along to 6 A.M. Mass.  Thres takes Ed Fretchel, Donald and Robert to the cottage.  Joe and Anna Heip are out in the evening.  Thres Fretchel and Marion are also visitors.  It is our 26^th wedding anniversary.

09.  Monday: Cork Weisheipl is heard an auto accident across the lake early this morning.  His injuries are slight, two teeth for chipped and his pants to torn.  Car in which he was is a wreck.

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11.  Wednesday: Took Ed Fretchel out to trim trees at the cottage grounds.  Bill, Em Siewert –Maxine – little Billy and Bobby come out for the afternoon and evening.  Raymond Siewert and Mrs. T.  Fretchel in the evening.  Thres Fretchel is lucky at sheephead, 5 ½ games at 25¢ Each.  I win 4½ games.  Ringling Brothers –Barnum Bailey in Oshkosh today.

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14.  Saturday: Temperature is at 95° today.  Visited George Thoma’s Airport Tavern after work, with Joe and Anna Heip.

15. Sunday: Six Oclock Mass as usual, then to work.  Back to the cottage in the afternoon.  Joe – Cecelia – Matt – Amanda – Marianne – Joan – Corinne Drexler went to Sacred Heart Picnic.  They find their [sic] was no picnic so they come to the cottage to have their picnic.  Its a hot day and a nice moonlight night.  They all enjoyed it and left for home at 1 A.M.

16.  Monday: Mercury hits a new high today 102°. Had more company at the cottage. Cork Weisheipl is 28 today and he celebrates his birthday with a poker party at the cottage. Besides his dad and mother, Joe Jr., Joe Baier, Joe Hemmer, Clarence Brusius were there. Ma Weisheipl also brought the birthday cake along. Party broke up at 1 A.M.

17.  Tuesday: Cooler today.

18.  Wednesday: Did some fishing today but did not last long.  The lake is too rough, we couldn’t keep or boat anchored.  Mr. Frank Bresuchan is our visitor this evening – plus the Heips, Mrs. Fretchel – Joe and Cork.

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20.  Friday: Dr. Milton Zentner is married to Eugenia Bittner this afternoon 4 o'clock at Martin Luther Church on Jackson Drive. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J.E. Bittner, the bride's brother. Dr. Zentner has dental offices above our north side store.

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22.  Sunday: Joe Weisheipl Jr. is 30 today. We help him celebrate in the evening by taking some of his money away from him. The temperature is 72°today.

23.  Monday: When I get home tonite I find we have company Ann Drexler, Cel Drexler, Ann Heip, Corrine, Joan, Marion Drexler. They like Bingo for their game. Temperature is 80° today.

24.  Tuesday: Mrs. Potter’s Sheephead Club spend the day at the cottage.  Clara Domann – Margaret Klemmer –Meta Schubert –Lavina Hauert – Ida Procknow – Olga Cater and Meta Brusius.  Walter Wetterau was their a taxi driver.  Fred Baumgartner manager of our North Side Store spends two days at the F W Mueller Cottage “Farney’s Point.” Temperature is 85° today.

25.  Wednesday: Thres takes Lena Baier, Annie Heip, Thres Fretschl to the Oshkosh Theatre. I stay at the cottage with Donald. Mary Ann visits at Baiers. Temperature is 87° today.

26.  Thursday: Art Mueller and family leave for Milwaukee tonight, from there to Chicago and Detroit tomorrow.  Andrew W. Mellon passed away tonite at the age of 82.  Temperature is 90° today.

27.  Friday: Took Sisters Ambrosia – Romana - Viatore two Pearl Lake to Father Victor Kandy’s cottage.  During the afternoon they had quite a hail storm there.  Temperature is 94° today.

28.  Saturday: No afternoon or evening off today. Thres came in with the family in the evening. She put her car in the garage for the first time and did a good job.

29.  Sunday: Attended six oclock mass then to work.  Afternoon St. Vincent’s Young Peoples Picnic at South Park.  Worked a short time in the evening then back to the picnic.  Norbert Mueller takes a vacation.  He’ll most probably visit Esther’s relatives at Youngstown Ohio.

30.  Monday: Our neighbors The Ray Tulledge family moved and our old neighbor Gust Geikowsky is coming back.

31.  Sunday: Sheriff Neubauer calls me for Coroner's Jury Service this morning in the Peter Hartman case. Mr. Hartman died last night of injuries sustained when hit by an automobile driven by Ralph Hess of Lohrville. Mr. Hartman was walking back of the Threshing Outfit owned by a Mr. Lanning on West Irving St.. The accident occurred on the Omro Road adjacent to the N.C. Rasmussen Farm. The family and Lena Baier go to the fair today. I went during the afternoon. Thres drove back to the cottage at night.