Diary of Alfred E. Potter May, 1937

01.  Saturday: Mary and Aloys Mauritz celebrate their 25^th wedding anniversary.  We attend church and also their celebration at home in the evening.  Had a real nice time got home at 1 A.M.

02.  Sunday: St. Vincent's Congregation celebrates Father Bastian's 25 year stay in Oshkosh by tendering him a banquet. All of his former assistants are here except Louis Schorn. It was a great event for Father Bastian. A pageant depicting his life during his 25 years pastoral here was given by the school children. Attended 6 o'clock Mass this morning then worked all day until 6 P.M.

03.  Monday: Children get a day vacation today, so we took a drive to the cottage this afternoon.  Took off the storm windows and did a little cleaning.

04.  Tuesday: More men go on strike today. Banderob Chase, Buckstaff Company, Badger Lumber and Freeman Furniture. This brings the total to 1800 men striking.

05.  Wednesday: Ed is putting screens on the house today.  Margaret Nuernberg has your appendix removed by Dr. Lynch.

06.  Thursday: Attended 7 Oclock Mass with Thres and Mary Ann.  Joe Hemmer and Mother are there to attend.  Joe’s mother is still having much trouble with her feet.  F.W. Mueller takes a fall on the rocks while out fishing, this evening.

07.  Friday: First Friday, to church at 7 Oclock this morning.

08.  Saturday: Rose Gittings has a tonsils removed by Dr. H.W. Kleinschmidt.  I visited her this afternoon.  Dropped in to see Margaret Nuernberg, she is doing very well.

09.  Sunday: Early mass this morning, then to work.  Joe and Anna Weisheipl are here in the evening.

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12.  Wednesday: Art Mueller is laid up with a cold.

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19.  Wednesday: Drove to the cottage this afternoon.  Cut the grass and put on the screens.  The Heips are over tonite after work for a game of cards.  We haven’t played for a time.

20.  Thursday: Art Mueller is still laid up.  Today is the ninth day he’s been sick.  Carl Bechler is in town.

21.  Friday: Talked to a class at Hi School today, interested in pharmacy. I spoke about ¾ hour and gave them 15 minutes to ask questions and answer them. About 25 are in the class.

22.  Saturday: Art Mueller helps out this afternoon and evening.

23.  Sunday: Six oclock mass this morning. Took Ed Fretchel to the cottage to do a few odd jobs. The first thing he did was fall off our small ladder and hurt his shoulder. Took Thres and Mary Fretchel along in the afternoon. Pete Geffers (our neighbor) is celebrating. He is now weed commissioner.

24.  Monday: Ed Fretchel is transplanting trees at the house.  Art Mueller is back on the job this morning.  He looks good.

25.  Tuesday: Took Ed and Karl Fretchel Joe and Matt Weisheipl to scrape the cottage.  Getting ready for a paint job.  Matt Baier’s birthday, he would be 61.  R.I.P.

26.  Wednesday: Mrs. Ann Metzen is laid to rest.

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30.  Sunday: Out to the cottage this afternoon.  The Fretchel’s and the Weisheipl’s are there also.  Its a very hot day.  Anna Drexler takes a trip to Milwaukee to visit Margaret.  Harry and Agnes takes her and Leona there.  Bob and Rose Gittings go back to Chicago.

31.  Monday: Another warm day, we spent the night at the cottage, the first one this year. The children have lots of fun fishing and the grown ups play cards. I work from 10:30 to 6 P.M. I almost forgot to mention Anna Heip's making an eight point hand in sheephead and still lost the game. The nearest competition had two points when she had eleven.