Henry & family where here for lunch this morn. she brought him up so she could take the machine back home again, because Henry took the team home in the evening. Rosalia & Bertille went to church this morn. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came this morn. to help with the hay, they where here for dinner & lunch, & also Henry was here. Ed. L Parker has the announcement in the paper for a public barn dance on June 11 next Thurs., floor 34 x 60, Rheinhardt Orchestra.
Thursday, June 4, 1931
Today is Corpus Christi, & also Henry Birkner’s birthday & Marcella Ettling’s too. Rosalia & Bertille went to church this morning. Henry & Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for lunch. They made 2 stacks of hay so far, but still have some more to make. Today is a big day at Belleville, all the stores close at noon, there is School Picnic, a few schools together.
Tuesday, June 2, 1931
Papa cut hay all day. Frank Schwindle was here & brought our brooder stove back. Alfred Eckert & Oliver Birkner where here selling chances on a quilt for a dime, we took one. We had our first spring chicken dinner today. This afternoon Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came & put up there curtains in the rooms, they where here for lunch. Henry & family, & Dan Geodell’s family where here this evening. Henry & Dan & the boy’s where going to the milk meeting, but it was at Broad Hollow Grange so they didn’t go there, they thought it was at Hecker.
Monday, June 1, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s he has to help with the hay again, & she went along to get a load of corn. They where there for dinner. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up & from here they went to Mrs. Henry Keorber’s funeral, then they went to Belleville. This evening they came up & put there window shades on. We all drove out to there place & got there furniture, & stored it in there house here. Henry was here & cutting hay this afternoon, he was here for lunch. Eggs are 13¢. Today was wash & iron day. Rosalia & Bertille washed windows, scrubbed floors in Uncle Fred’s house this afternoon.
Sunday, May 31, 1931
Papa & Bertille went to Smithton to church this morning, it is nice there, we seen quite a few people that we knowed. Henry & family where here for dinner. This evening Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary & Henry’s family & Bill came, & we all went to the Brick House, the boy’s stayed here with papa. The Hecker All Stars gave the dance, music from Belleville, & also Uncle Fred. Adm. was gents 25 ladies 15¢. Hecker ball team played Evansville today & Hecker won. Gus Blackburn & Roy Stauenbiel played at a barn dance at Wagner’s, by Red Bud this evening. There was also a barn dance by Joe Haudrich’s, by Rheinhardt’s musci [sic].
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Saturday, May 30, 1931
Papa got crushing done. There is School Picnic in Waterloo today, parade of the children is at 9:30. Everything is closed today, stores, banks, barber shops, also because it is Memorial Day. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up at 10 o’clock, then we drove down to Fr. Chartres, from there we went to Polaceki sale at Fults, the May’s where there from there we came home, we hit the hard road at Parrot’s Corner, we came through a quite a few towns, & good roads, drove along the bluffs, we covered 58 miles, was back at 4 o’clock. Harry Kammler’s is giving a dance tonight, but it ain’t so nice, cool, it rained where we were today, but not much here at home. The Hecker ball teams played today. The Blue Capes against the Hecker All Stars, in favor or Blue Caps, the score was 13 to 14.
Friday, May 29, 1931
It rained a little this morn. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here this afternoon for lunch. Lucinda Eichenseer brought us some flowers from Mamie this morn. This afternoon there where some school kids here with cards, chances to win, bed spread, quilt, tea set, gas or coal range, & other articles, 10¢ a chance, we didn’t take any. Rosalia & Aunt Mary where by Mrs. Rennecker a while. Bertille & Rosalia went to church to-night & took that table scarf along & gave it to Mrs. Joe Braun. Mrs. Rennecker birthday is today, Klotz’s & G. Wagners where there, they had ice cream.
Thursday, May 28, 1931
This morning we finished our truck patch for this week, then Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came & then we went to Belleville all day. We ordered our Belleville Paper, that the lady took us through the printing shop. We all got weighed, Aunt Mary 168 lbs., Uncle Fred 152, Papa 165, Rosalia, 149, Bertille 112. Today is Frances Kern’s birthday. Joseph Huber Jr. has purchased a Chrysler. Last Thurs. night Edwin Wachtel gave a dance at the brick House. Rev. Fr. Odillo Eichenseer off Chicago spent a day last Sat. with Anton Eichenseer, & Sun. at Ruma he celebrated his 25th yr. priest, the relation where all present, & they had served dinner in the Hall for 200 people. Mrs. Charles Rausch of Belleville sold her farm where Ed. Schinder lives on, a lake will be made on the farm. Red Bud ball team played with Hecker on there grounds here, & defeated them by a score of 2 to 1. Smithton Jr. team played Hecker Jr. team here Sun. the score was 10 to 9 in favor of Smithton. Frances Schilling was home last Sun. visiting parents. George Neff is on the sick list, he is my Osie’s [? last word unclear]. Ed. Parker’s barn is nearly finished now, it costs between $3 & $4,000. John Roth sold some of his land to George Roth is son.
Wednesday, May 27, 1931
We all went to the truck patch this morning. This afternoon we went out to Henry’s, had lunch there, Papa & Emil helped with the hay. This evening, Henry & family, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary & all of us went to Roy Stauenbiel’s on a visit, Roy had to go to Hecker for a while, but he was back before we left, & that was 12:30. Leona cut our hair today.
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