Today is Josie Gregson’s birthday. She will be 50 years old. Rosalia & Bertille washed today. There was an inquest at Smithton yesterday afternoon for George Heyl. They pronounced it accident. There was a dance at Gregson’s this evening. Some people from their corner were there. Blackburn and the other bunch were at Sensel’s, there was a dance and birthday there too. We didn’t have no invitation for either one, so we stayed at home. Eggs are only .19¢. Wheat $1.00.
Tuesday, May 6, 1930
Today is Uncle Adam’s birthday. He is going to be 81 years old. It is raining again a little this morning. Rosalia went out to Uncle Fred’s this morning and brought Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary along back with her. They were here for dinner & two lunches. Henry & family were all here too for dinner and two lunches. Papa, Uncle Fred, Henry, dug up the sewer this morning. It was blocked up but it didn’t come through yet, so they will have to work another day if they didn’t get finished today. Mr. Hill was over a little while. Rosalia took 4 doz. eggs to the store & got .19¢ a dozen.
Mr. George Heyl got killed this afternoon. The way we heard Mr. George Heyl had been to the stockyards and when he was coming home he got killed between Smithton and Hecker in that creek bottom by Grohman’s. He ran out of gas and went to the neighbor’s house to get some, when coming back a machine struck him and killed him. There is so many tales out, that you don’t know which was the right. Henry Gambach found him laying on the road when he came back from St. Louis.
Monday, May 5, 1930
It is raining this morning. Today is Dorothy Napier’s birthday. She is going to be 12 years old. Papa went to New Athens this morning and got some tilining. This afternoon he went to Waterloo to get the Whippet repaired. He got the chive greased last Saturday. Joe Meuth was here this morning on business. Yesterday the Hecker and Smithton ball players played together. Hecker won. Calvin Mcarthy got hurt. Papa, Rosalia, Bertille went out to Aunt Mary’s this evening a little while.
Wednesday, March 19, 1930
Papa, Rosalia, Bertille, Aunt Mary went to church this morning. Emma Birkner has quilting this afternoon. Mr. Winters was here this morning from St. Louis trying to sell medicine, Bon a tone and chick tonic for little chicks to cure sickness. We found 23 eggs. Mr. Meng asked Papa to take him to Smithton this afternoon. So he did. Mr. Meng gave him a dollar for taking him up there. He wanted to look at some horses. Leona, Bobby, Floyd were here this afternoon. Bertille took 2 dozen eggs and got .21¢ a dozen.
Sunday, February 23, 1930
Papa went to first mass. Rosalia and Bertille went to late mass. In the afternoon we drove up to Eichenseer’s and got gas and air and took Mamie along, we went to Smithton, Douglas, Belleville, Millstadt, Darmstadt, Columbia, Waterloo, Red Bud & then back to Hecker. Oh! Wasn’t that some drive. I say it was. It took 2 hours. We found 20 eggs today.
Friday, February 7, 1930
Rosalia was at church this morning. After dinner Rosalia & Mamie Eichenseer went up to the quilting in the priest’s house. We found 6 eggs today. There is going to be a dance at Charles Hepps. Mildred invited us to come down this evening. But we didn’t go. Roads are too bad. Elmer Lother was in County Jail for having 3 gallons of whiskey in his machine and also some empty jars. He had a accident at Smithton with a sheriff from Champaign County driving the car. Lother had to pay $200 and costs. His friends got him out this afternoon. Lother was intoxicated.
Sunday, February 2, 1930
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Today the groundhog saw his shadow that means six more weeks bad weather. Aunt Mary & Uncle Fred were here this morning. Henry came up with Levi Ganley to church and took our Whippet home. After dinner Henry’s family came up because there was Benediction and throat blessing. We all got our throats blessed. We found 5 eggs. John Kammler’s and Mehremans were also there. Mrs. Laut is on the sick list at present. Adam Eckert’s baby Irvin is also sick with bronchitis and pneumonia. Tonight there is a play at Smithton. Players from the St. Mary’s Parish at Belleville (to preform). Today Bill Grohman had their little baby girl baptized. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Matzenbacher were sponsons. They named it Orlin Ida. Henry had company last night. Uncle Pete and Jake’s kid and Betty Jane and rest of family were there.
Wednesday, January 29, 1930
Arthur Frien from Smithton was here this afternoon. We have a sick hen. The Catholics are going to have a Euchre to-nite. Papa, Rosalia, Bertille went to the Euchre. Papa and Rosalia each got a prize. Papa got a dish and Rosalia got a box of handkerchiefs. Aunt Mary & Uncle Fred were here till it was time to go to the euchre. Aunt Mary got a centerpiece for a prize. John Kammler’s butchered at George Wagner’s today. We found 2 eggs.
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