Today is Palm Sunday. Bertille went to get palms. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary & Henry & family were here for dinner today. This afternoon Papa went over by Steve Rheinecker for a little while. In the evening Papa, Rosalia, Bertille, Aunt Mary went to church. We found 26 eggs.
Friday, April 11, 1930
Papa, Rosalia went out to Henry’s this afternoon to get some setting eggs and some straw. When they came back they went down to the Okaw bottom to get some shade trees. We ate our first lettuce today. There was telephone meeting last nite at Rheinecker. Mrs. Rausch fell this morning and sprained her ankle and wrist the way we heard. Bertille sold 5 dozen eggs, got .22¢. Steve Rheinecker couldn’t get his machine started this morning to go to the Rock quarry so Vic Eichenseer had to take him down in the truck. Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary came up. Aunt Mary & Rosalia, Bertille went to church this evening. We found 25 eggs. We set 5 hens. The days are sure beautiful but we ought to have rain. There were 4 motorcycles went down and came back again tonight.
Wednesday, April 9, 1930
Today it is a year that Henry Birkner Jr. got married. John Weigand’s wife got buried today at the Village cemetery. It sure was largely attended. She died from blood poison and heart disease. This coming Sat. they would of been married 5 weeks. Rosalia, Bertille, Aunt Mary, Uncle Fred went to church and cemetery. She was the daughter of Valentine Jatho from Belleville. Bix from Belleville was the undertaker. Henry & family came up a little while this evening. They brought us some setting eggs along. We found 29 eggs today.
Sunday, April 6, 1930
Uncle Fred, Aunt Mary, Henry were all up for church this morning. Then after church they all went home. Henry Armstutz was here this afternoon. Mrs. Rheinecker came over a little while this evening. Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary came down here and then we went up to church in the evening. After church, Rosalia & Bertille went in Kammler’s hall to hear the three Peters Brothers play from Germany. Admission was .30¢. We found 39 eggs today.
Saturday, March 29, 1930
Papa, Rosalia, Bertille went to Waterloo this afternoon to Miss Frischs sale. We stopped at Henry’s when we came back. We found 30 eggs.
Wednesday, March 26, 1930
Mr. Jac. Erle was here this afternoon. We got 300 little chicks this morning but the weather is awful cold for the little chickens. Henry came up this evening to the store, he came down here a little while. We found 29 eggs.
Monday, March 24, 1930
Today is Robert’s birthday. Papa, Rosalia, Bertille went out to Henry’s this evening. Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary were also there. It rained heavy while we were out there. Leona, Bobby, Floyd were here this afternoon. Papa went to New Athens this morning. Henry, Rosalia, Bertille all got a letter from the County Clerk of Chester for the remains of Mrs. Bridget Dunn. Papa sent the papers which Dudenhoefers sent out here for him to fill up back again, but he didn’t fill in the blanks. We found 28 eggs today.
Sunday, March 23, 1930
Uncle Fred and Aunt Mary and Henry were up for church this morning. After dinner Papa, Rosalia, Bertille went out to Aunt Mary’s for supper. Christ Buehler and Mrs. Louise Birkner were also there for supper. It just started to rain heavy. There is to be a moving picture show tonight in Griffins Hall, the name is “King of Kings” given by the Catholic Church. But they rang over the (phone) lines to post pone it, then they rang back and said it was going to have it. So Papa, Rosalia, Bertille went up and stopped for Mamie Eichenseer and then went to the show. It was pretty good. They had a pretty fair crowd for the way the weather was. Admission was .40¢ We found 21 eggs today. There is going to be a play in Griffins Hall after Easter.
Thursday, March 20, 1930
Papa, Rosalia, Bertille and Aunt Mary went to Belleville this morning. We got new dresses and Rosalia and Bertille got new hats. In the afternoon Aunt Mary and Bertille went to the quilting. Mr. Tom Heap was here this evening to try to sell some shrubbery. After supper Mamie & Angela Eichenseer came down here to get Rosalia and Bertille to go up and make flowers by Lena. Uncle Fred went to Adolph Splat’s to a telephone meeting and Aunt Mary stayed here for dinner and supper all day. Henry came up in the evening. We found 26 eggs today.
Sunday, March 16, 1930
Aunt Mary and Uncle Fred had dinner with us. Henry was up for church, then went home because they wanted to go away. After dinner we went up to church. We had lenten service. After we came down from church, the St. Louis people were here. Mr. & Mrs. Sigmund Dudenhoefer, Ellen Adams (their niece) & Frank Singer and Ervin Lensinger (?). They all had lunch here. Then we all got our picture taken, one on the front and one on the South side by the well. The men Papa, Uncle Fred and Sigmund, got a picture taken by the chicken house. In the evening, Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came back again. They brought some potatoes up to Brauns store. Mr. Jake Koch died at New Athens today. Ed Parker’s little baby girl died suddenly. We found 31 eggs today.
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