01. Sunday: To 6:00
mass at St. Johns. Lots of work today,
put in 12 ½ of hours today, got thru at
12.30 A.M. Harry Kujawa and family are
here from Berlin.
02. Monday: [9M N RNXMOK] Ed Weisheipl and sell
stopped at Gust Jeschkes tonight after work.
We have home made head cheese and Rye Bread made by Aloys Berger and his
wife. Art Mueller – Margaret – Norbert
and Esther also stopped in. Elizabeth
Bohlson Samuels our pharmacist at the West Side Store is laid up today. This morning Joe Baier – Donald – myself and
Ed Fretchel are busy selling candles at St. Vincents.
03. Tuesday: [5M
N RNXMOK] Art Mueller is 40 years of age today.
04. Wednesday: [9M RHXMPK] Bill Nuernberg has a
birthday, he is 44.
05. Thursday: [4M
RJXMOK] Edward Weisheipl to Milwaukee with 69
other draftees to be examined for defense service. Donald and myself
attend Father and Son Boy Scout banquet at Peace Lutheran Hall. A pretty
fair turnout. Laurence Kinateder wins a case of Pepsi Cola.
06. [4M N RAXMOK]
07. [4M RNXMOK]
08. Sunday: [4M] To St.
Johns 6 Oclock Mass. Then to work. Eddie Weisheipl is back to work after being gone
3 days to Milwaukee. He is still on the deferred list of draftees. Sent a card
of congratulations to Sergeant Karl Fretchel, Navy Yard Barracks, Washington,
D.C. Worked eight hours today. Had company tonite. Joe and Annie Weisheipl Ed
and Thres Fretchel. We play 5 handed sheephead a different way than usual, and
it is fun. I took the folks home at 3 A.M.
09. Monday: [4M
N RMPXMOK] Eddie Weisheipl takes another day
off. Had to set our clocks ahead one hour early this morning, orders are for 2
A.M. but Donald set ours ahead long before this. We call it “Daylight Saving
Time” but I think the government designated it as “Standard War Time.” We in
Wisconsin call it “Central War Time.” Dr. Loyd Helmes starts all
over again in Oshkosh today.
10. [6M RMOXMOK]
11. Wednesday: [8M RAXMOK] The Heips, Annie and
Joe and Thres and self visit Ed Fretchels.
This is our belated Christmas visit.
The Party breaks up at 130 AM. It is very frosty out when we drive home.
12. Thursday: [10M RAXMOK] Mitchell Hepburn,
Ontarios provincial premier tells Canadians in Toronto that the American navy
is afraid to make contact, because they have not the supremacy they boasted of
over the alleged “tissue paper” navy of Japan.
Well as wait until opportunity presents itself. This Hepburn may be very much surprised.
13. Friday: [8M RMOXMOK] This is Friday the 13th,
a bad day for Great Britain. Three of
Germany’s mightiest warships, the 26000 ton Schornhorst and the Gneisenau and
the 10000 ton cruiser Prince Eugen raced to freedom thru the English channel
from their French Dry Dock Prison “Brest” and landed safely today at
Heligoland, despite the British navy and numerous air planes chasing them.
14. Saturday: [8M] Corky Weisheipl had bad luck
last night when driving home from Club 41.
He collided with a parked car near the Deltox Drug Company, damaging the
other car, and smashed the fender and stove in the radiator of his own
car. Took Thres and Mary Ann to the
Oshkosh Theatre tonite. “Blondie goes to
college” is one picture, the other is Confirm or Deny, a war picture of London,
showing air raid damage, starring Don Ameche and Joan Bennett.
15. Sunday: To 730 Mass at St.
Johns, then to work. Rested a bit this
afternoon, worked until 12.30 A.M. putting in 12 hours today. Thres takes Thres Fretchel to Sacred Heart
Bingo. Wins the 5 # of Sugar. “Singapore” is lost to the Japanese today,
the British surrendering sometime this morning
16. Monday: [8M RAXMOK] Led Joe Weisheipl Sr. use
my Plymouth today, his car is still out of commission.
17. Tuesday: [6M N RMOXMOK R5#C] The mercury drops to 42 degrees since
yesterday afternoon, from 36° to 6° below zero.
18. Wednesday: [10M N] Still cold, 4° below zero
this morning. Attended St. Vincents
Service this evening. Rev. Father Ott
has the stations and is also giving the Lenten Sermons. This is the first year as long as I can
remember back that Father Bastian is not giving the Lenten Sermons.
19. Thursday: [6M N11] Twelve degrees below zero
this morning, but it warms up somewhat during the day.
20. [8M]
21. Saturday: [8M] Took Thres and Mary Ann to the
Oshkosh tonite. “International Lady”
with Basil Rathbone –Ilona Massey and George Brent is the feature picture. “Jungl Man” with Buster Crabbe is another
good picture.
22. Sunday: To 6 Oclock
Mass at St. Johns. A Jesuit Father offers the Mass. He also makes a plea
for the Jesuit Missions, and a collection is taken for them. He tells us that
Phillipine and American soldiers were trained at the Jesuit Military Colleges
in the Philippines. Took Joe and Annie Weisheipl to the Strand Theatre to see
Olsen and Johnson in “Hellzapoppin.” They are supported by Martha
Raye, Mischa Auer, Hugh Herbert, and Robert Paige. It's about the craziest,
funniest picture we have seen.
23. [4M N]
24. Tuesday: [6M] Attended meeting of Red Cross
Nominating Committee. Rev. Oberleiter is
Chairman with Mrs. Eugene Williams and Mrs. Harvey Abraham and myself. Also finished inventory at West Side Store,
took the prescription department.
25. [8M]
26.
27.
28. Saturday: [8M] Took Joe and Annie Weisheipl to
the Strand to see “Louisiana Purchase” on a Technicolor comedy featuring Bob
Hope –Vera Zorina –Victor Moore. Other
actors Irene Bordoni – Dora Drake – Raymond Walburn. Took them to Harold Bouchelle’s for a chicken
dinner after the show.
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