This morning & this afternoon while it was cool we finished digging our potatoes. This eve- we went down & cleaned at the cemetery, the hogs has been in there & got everything messed up for Armbruster’s lot & Monike’s lot. From there we drove over to Aunt Mary’s, but they where at Oscar Birkner’s threshing oats, so we went back home again.
Monday, July 27, 1931
We was all at Henry’s today for lunch, dinner, lunch, but all where feeling bad, sick, vomiting all the time. He threshed 1163 bus. wheat. We brought beef & dressing, potatoes & saurkraut [sic], along home for supper. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came for supper. They told us that we have another cousin & that is Christ Buehler’s have a little baby girl born this morning at 3 o clock. Oscar Birkner & wife will be the sponsors Sun. morning. Uncle Fred took the eggs too town got 14¢ doz.
Friday, July 3, 1931
There sure was a pretty rainbow in the west this morning. Wilma Birkner was here & brought a pattern. We had a nice shower rain this afternoon. I seen in the paper Red Finnerty died, he was the mail carrier at Burksville. It was a pretty lucky day last Sun, for the Hecker Baseball Teams, Athen’s & the fist [sic] team played 3 to 4 in favor or Hecker, the second team played Round Prarie [sic], 3 to 1 in favor of Hecker. There where 2 young chickens killed on the hard road today.
Tuesday, June 30, 1931
Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary was here for lunch, dinner, lunch, & supper. Aunt Mary started cutting Rosalia’s dress, so she can sew it yet today. Oliver Birkner was here & got the pattern again, we cut it off.
Monday, June 29, 1931
Today is washing, ironing patching day. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for dinner & supper. Henry & Leona went to Belleville & left the kids here, they & Bertille ate lunch at Aunt Mary’s this afternoon. Aunt Mary & Rosalia drove up to Wm. Birkner’s & got a dress pattern, which she got from Munier’s from St. Louis. We finished digging our potatoes along the road this evening.
Friday, June 19, 1931
Today is baking day. Papa, Rosalia went dewberrying this morn, they got 3 gals. We got 4 qts from them & rest in jelly. Papa is helping shock wheat again, Emil is also helping today. Papa was there for lunch dinner & lunch. Rosalia came home to put the Berry’s away. This evening she has to drive out & get him again. We all went out to Uncle Fred’s this evening to pick berries, we got 1/2 gal, Lonia was picking this afternoon & she got 1 gal, Aunt Mary gave us a 1/2 gal of cherries. We all & Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary drove down to Oscars Birkner’s to pay him for the cow, but we didn’t get [out] of the car.
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.
Sunday, May 24, 1931
Leona was up for 1st mass & Henry at late, today Henry is 27 yrs. old & also there wedding anniversary. We went out right after church. Papa went to Belleville to church this morning. Those that where at Henry’s for chicken dinner where Gus Geodell’s family us, & Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary, after dinner Henry & Frank Birkner’s family came, & Bill Freund, we made ice cream & then cake for lunch. Oh! Boy, they had 2 gallons ice cream. Bill was here for supper, afterwords, we went to Breezy Hill too dance, the Melody club furnished the music. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came she went to church. Henry & Leona went to Breezy Hill too. They got a reo light from Gus Geodell’s.
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