Rain again last nite & morn; pap is fixing pig shed. Mr. & Mrs. Al. Cleveland stopped brought saw here, went picking cherries. Uncle Fred & A. Mary went to Belleville this morn. There is School pinic [sic] there, foundry men aren’t working. but it is posponed [sic] on account of the weather. Lucinda E. was here, selling chances for quilt to be raffled on 15, when they have open air lawn & card party at School grounds. We got card from Rev. Moorman of Dupo, stating who won, Mr. Harold Bunch, 1112 N. Ninth St. E. St. Louis Ill. check for $700.00 & Miss Joy Levin Dupo Ill, check for $300.00, pretty nice for the ones that received them.
Monday, June 10, 1935
Cloudy & raining, Papa went out to Henry’s. We sent the whip [Whippet] Ins. off. $5.75 & book of chances on $100 & $30 quilt, & $15 & $10 at Sacred Heart church at Dupo. Fr. Moorman pastor. to be raffled on June 13; pinic [sic] & chicken supper. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary came up; told us that Ivo Buehler was taken to Belleville Hospital this morning to be operated for appendix, started yesterday evening, & it got so bad, terrible pains.
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