1935: "Attended St. Vincent's Holy Name Party tonite. Had a very enjoyable time. Got home at 12:30 A.M. Dancing was in order thru most of the party. Mary Ann (daughter) gets two days of vacation. Teachers convention at Milwaukee." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1946: "Kummerows deliver a Gainsborough chair and a combination telephone desk and seat to our house this morning. These are Mother's and my birthday presents. Just learned this last present is a "chatter bench." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
Sunday, November 7, 2010
November 6
1952: "Took a drive to Mt. Calvary this noon to see Father Gerald Walker and learn on arriving that he is confined in St. Agnes Hospital Fond du Lac with a bleeding ulcer. Had a nice visit with the Vice Rector Father Gratian. Drove to St. Agnes Hospital and had a short visit with Father Gerald, then with Charlie Pable who is now pharmacist at the hospital, tells me he's been there since March, has two boys in the Capuchin Novitiate at Detroit and then came the real surprise, a visit with Father Adolph Wittman whom I have not seen since our days at Mt. Calvary in 1907. He's been paralyzed for 25 years. He is now able to say Mass and gets around with two canes. We sure did a lot of reminiscing." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1955: " Bishop Stanislaus Bona dedicates the new St. Peter's Church. I serve as honor guard. Had about 30 Sir Knights there. Rev. M. J. McKeough, Dean of St. Norbert's College and brother to Father Francis McKeough assisted at the Bishop's throne. Open house this afternoon." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1955: " Bishop Stanislaus Bona dedicates the new St. Peter's Church. I serve as honor guard. Had about 30 Sir Knights there. Rev. M. J. McKeough, Dean of St. Norbert's College and brother to Father Francis McKeough assisted at the Bishop's throne. Open house this afternoon." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
Friday, November 5, 2010
November 5
1937: "First Friday to seven o'clock church services at St. Vincent's. Ed Fretschel gets a wonderful parcel post package. A present for him turned out to be a badly shot to pieces pheasant and a dead cat. And he sure gets the razz-berries from the store crew." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1940: "The country sets a precedent by electing Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President of the United States for a third term. Julius Heil is re-elected Governor of Wisconsin." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1940: "The country sets a precedent by electing Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President of the United States for a third term. Julius Heil is re-elected Governor of Wisconsin." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
Thursday, November 4, 2010
November 4
1890: Alfred Edward Potter is born in New York City. (He will arrive in Oshkosh in 1894 on an orphan train from the New York Foundling Asylum.)
1953: "Well this is a big day, our formal opening of the North Store and my birthday. It is a grand success. George Davis, Sales Manager Central Division Rexall, flew up from St. Louis. He and I had our pictures taken; he was also interviewed by John Minors of the Northwestern. A steady flow of people all day. Had dinner at the Athearn. Norm and Sybelle Brown, Paul Martin, Bob Fisher, Kenny Sepersky, George Davis, Fred and Loretta Baumgartner, Thres, Mary Ann , myself. Ed and Fred Worm come in for dessert. Took in $2293. After closing party for the clerks. We are home at 11 P.M. I'm rather tired." [from A.E. Potter's diaries]
1953: "Well this is a big day, our formal opening of the North Store and my birthday. It is a grand success. George Davis, Sales Manager Central Division Rexall, flew up from St. Louis. He and I had our pictures taken; he was also interviewed by John Minors of the Northwestern. A steady flow of people all day. Had dinner at the Athearn. Norm and Sybelle Brown, Paul Martin, Bob Fisher, Kenny Sepersky, George Davis, Fred and Loretta Baumgartner, Thres, Mary Ann , myself. Ed and Fred Worm come in for dessert. Took in $2293. After closing party for the clerks. We are home at 11 P.M. I'm rather tired." [from A.E. Potter's diaries]
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
November 3
1950: "To 7 o'clock Mass Monsignor Bastian. We are at St. Vincent's Hall tonite to see the movie Christ the King. Movie of our trip to Eurpoe is shown also. Dr. Ray Wagner was narrator. The hall was well filled with an appreciative audience." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1955: "Oshkosh March of Progress celebration in honor of the opening of the new improved Main Street begins this morning. Made visits to Mercy this afternoon. Father Louis Schorn in 126 is doing well. Joe Drexler in 148 has lung cancer, expects to be home in 3 or 4 days, most probably does not know his condition. His son Danny came home last Monday. Has been in the Saar region in Germany. Bill Shaefer is shaving himself for the first time since confined to the hospital 8 weeks ago. Mrs. Ed Kleinschmidt broke a leg and is back in bed for a long time. Mike Eichman is very low; Extreme Unction yesterday. Mrs. Eichman is bearing up under the strain." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1955: "Oshkosh March of Progress celebration in honor of the opening of the new improved Main Street begins this morning. Made visits to Mercy this afternoon. Father Louis Schorn in 126 is doing well. Joe Drexler in 148 has lung cancer, expects to be home in 3 or 4 days, most probably does not know his condition. His son Danny came home last Monday. Has been in the Saar region in Germany. Bill Shaefer is shaving himself for the first time since confined to the hospital 8 weeks ago. Mrs. Ed Kleinschmidt broke a leg and is back in bed for a long time. Mike Eichman is very low; Extreme Unction yesterday. Mrs. Eichman is bearing up under the strain." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
November 2
1935: "Santa Claus comes to our house again. Today he brought an "Iron Fireman Stoker." Tony Paulick installed it for the Wilson Company. This will mean a steady fire and an even temperature in our home for the winter." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1945: "Two Masses this morning 6:30 and 7:00. Donald (son) is busy with the annual Homecoming football game at the high school. Big parade at 5 o'clock. He gets in about 1 A.M. Our Indians are beaten by West Green Bay 24-14." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
1945: "Two Masses this morning 6:30 and 7:00. Donald (son) is busy with the annual Homecoming football game at the high school. Big parade at 5 o'clock. He gets in about 1 A.M. Our Indians are beaten by West Green Bay 24-14." [from A. E. Potter's diaries]
Monday, November 1, 2010
November 1
1933: "All Saints Day and it's another nice day. Took Sisters Ambrosia, Maximillian, Serena, and Genrose to Berlin this afternoon. Visited Fred and Margaret (Blogger's note: Kujawa, cousins) for a while. Bought quite an assortment of holiday goods from Mr. Grace today. Oshkosh City Lines Inc. a new bus concern begins business in Oshkosh today." [from A.E. Potter's diairies]
1947: "To 7 o'clock Mass St, Vincent's. The boys are getting work done at the store that counts. Worked 8 hours today. Tonite we surprise ourselves. We attend the opening official basketball game with the [Oshkosh] "All Stars" playing the Minneapolis Lakers and losing the game 49 to 47 in the last 5 to 10 seconds to play. The "Lakers" have a well organized team. Thres and Mary Ann (daughter) enjoy it very much." [from A.E. Potter's diairies]
1947: "To 7 o'clock Mass St, Vincent's. The boys are getting work done at the store that counts. Worked 8 hours today. Tonite we surprise ourselves. We attend the opening official basketball game with the [Oshkosh] "All Stars" playing the Minneapolis Lakers and losing the game 49 to 47 in the last 5 to 10 seconds to play. The "Lakers" have a well organized team. Thres and Mary Ann (daughter) enjoy it very much." [from A.E. Potter's diairies]