Ed Parker has poster’s, up for his big new barn dance tonight. We went out & the crowd that was there, some said 300, & others said 500 people upstairs, it sure was crowded. People from all over, Evansville, Smithton, Waterloo, St. Louis, from everywhere. There was a man here today selling fruit again, we send him off. Papa went out to Henry’s to get a load of posts. Eggs are still 12¢ yet.
Tuesday, June 9, 1931
Papa is going to take the truck to Bill Fristche’s & get the bor fixed on it. We are washing today. Papa & Rosalia went out to Henry’s & got the last load of corn. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for lunch. Papa, Rosalia, Bertille, Aunt Mary went down & cleaned the cemetery this evening. There where 2 weddings last Sat. from Hecker, Harold Dueker married a girl from St. Louis, & Edwin Reheis married Florence Voges.
Sunday, June 7, 1931
Papa & Rosalia went to Red Bud church this morning. Bertille went to Hecker, there where 8 children, 4 boy’s & 4 girls made there Solemn Holy Com. this morn. – & also some made there first Holy Com. This afternoon the 8th graders received there diploma. We all had dinner, beef soup by Uncle Freds, across the street today. This afternoon Uncle Adam & Emil came & Bill Freund for lunch, Frank Dudenhoeffer & Mr. Woodruft, Gusta’s nephew. They where at the pinic [sic], the Evangelicals had cold supper & pinic [sic] today, we where there a while. Fr. Grooten or congregation gave a quilt for them to raffle in Bluey, Elmer Kammler’s wife won it. The Wedding quilt was won by Oliver Birkner. It was to cold for pinci [sic- picnic] today. Papa took care of the kids, when Henry & Leona came up, they went to the pinci [sic] awhile too. Rheinhardt furnished the musci [sic] till 7 o’clock.
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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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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