Today is Catholic Church Picnic, nice day. Rosalia & Bertille went up a little while in the evening. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here. Henry & family came – they left the kids with Papa & they went to the pinic [sic] too. It turned out to be a big crowd, someone said they sold 300 supper thickets [sic]. He had the victrola & radio agoing that’s all the musci [sic] they had. There where mostly all strange people there, from St. Louis, Belleville, & all over. The auction the pies & cakes out, some brought 10-15-20-55¢ & Aunt Mary bought one before that & paid 30 for Whiter & a piece or two Sunshine. Papa went along out to Schulz’s with Eichenseer’s to help set up a binder. Odillo said he was going to St. Louis tonight, to a party.
Thursday, Sept. 11, 1930
Rosalia & Bertille had house cleaning upstairs today. Washed curtains. There was a man here this morning wanted to know if we had any wells or cisterns to clean. We sent him off. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary were here this morning. He wanted to get some jack to raise the house a little. Aunt Mary said there was just such an awful crowd down at Wiegands, they took up collection .25¢ a piece. They took in $9.00 and some cents. Bill Herzog, Lawrence Schultz and another fellow, furnished music. Ted Eichenseer’s were cooking apple butter today. Rosalia took 5 doz. eggs to the store & got .25¢ a doz. I noticed in the paper in Hecker news that, Adam Eisenhaver and H.M. Hill were called into probate court at Belleville Sat. to testify as witnesses to the last will of Benhardt Buss. George Gambach dug a new well on his premises. There is about 5 or 6 ft. of water in it. A St. Louis baseball team arrived here Sunday & showed Hecker boys how to play ball by defeating them with a score of 7 to 2. Hurrah! for St. Louis. Charles Boll is the oldest man in Hecker. He celebrated his 82 birthday last Sunday. Mr. & Mrs. Roy Kunz are the happy parents of a baby boy born to them last Tuesday, Sept. 9. She was formerly before marriage, Miss Marie Rausch of Hecker, Ill. They now live at Smithton. Clifford Sthaleber [Stahlebher] was over a little while this evening.
Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1930
Aunt Mary called up this morning and said we should come out they had company from St. Louis. So this afternoon we went out there. Mr. & Mrs. Val Adams & children Ellen & Eugene & Mrs. Frank Dudenhoeffer from St. Louis were there, but they couldn’t stay very long on account of Val had to start work at 5:30. We had lunch out there. Uncle Fred & Papa sawed our barrel in two after the company left. Tonight is a dance down at Wiegand’s place, Herzog & Schultz is giving it. Herzog wants to advertise his music, we have an invitation but we ain’t going. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary went.
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