Went out to Henry’s threshing oats this afternoon. Had them for lunch, got 676 bus. pap hauled some of our share home; Uncle Fred helped him unload. Mrs. Geodelle & Bert [Bertille] & Leona, that was all she had. Isd. Helfrich is pretty sick, had doctor, priest yesterday afternoon; high fever. Uncle Fred & A. [Aunt] Mary came this eve. we went along to Smithton HomeComing. what a crowd; they said 20,000 people; attendance prize every hr; Henry Rittmeyer was one of the winners, to receive $1. prize.
Saturday, July 31, 1937
Filed Under: 1937, July, Tillie's News Diaries from the 1930s Tagged With: Anton, attendance_prize, Birkner, Brand, Geodelle, Goeddel, Helfrich, Henry, illness, Leona, Rittmeyer, Smithton, Smithton_Homecoming, Smithton_Homecoming_prizes, threshing, threshing_oats, threshing_season, Uncle Fred
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