01. Thursday: After two hours of sleep I attend six oclock Mass at St. Johns,
then down to the store to open up for the day. The New Year is
ushered in with a heavy blizzard, in fact, so bad no taxis are running.
Most Amusement Places are closed. I took off a few hours this afternoon
for a little rest. In the evening had Bob Heideman take Naomi Mueller
home and go to the post office for me. Eddie and Rose Weisheipl are off
today.
02. Friday: [10½M RNXMOK] The snow plows have been
working all night, trying to clear the roads of snow, and they have done a fair
job. It is getting colder and by tonite
when I get home it is 10° below zero.
Took Mary Ann to visit with Joan and Billy Mauritz. Dropped in to C. Raymond and Jimmie
Ostertag’s Christmas Presents. Tonite’s
official temperature minimum is 2° below.
03. Saturday: [9M] It is
still very cold. Ma Potter entertains at a surprise shower tonite in
honor of Leona Drexler who is to be married January 10th to Roman
Czekalski. About 30 ladies are present. Bingo is the game. Harry
Kujawa family is here from Berlin. I take Harry to the All Star -
Indianapolis basket ball game. The All Stars win 56-44. After the game Harry’s game
04. Sunday: To 6:00 mass at St. Johns. It is 12° below at 5.45 after mass 14 and
after 8 Oclock 16° below. Opened up the
store, Art Mueller came down at 930. In
the afternoon Thres took Mary –Lena Baier to Otillia Drexler’s for a surprise
party in honor of Otillia and also farewell to Herb Mugerauer who goes back to
Fort Jackson South Carolina on Tuesday.
Thres car froze up and I had to push did all the way home from Harry
Street. I feel very much indisposed
today. Got through working at 11
P.M. Official low is 15° below zero.
05. Monday: [7M N RAXMOK] Stayed in bed until 9 Oclock
this morning. Hot milk with nutmeg fixed
me up pretty well. Joe Baier is back on
the job after being confined for eleven days.
Temperature this morning is 18° below.
Bobby Pollock 741 – 11th leaves for St. Louis.
06. Tuesday: [5M N J RAXMOK] 13° below zero
official reading.
07. Wednesday: [7M N RAXMOK] 22° below zero official this
morning. Took Thres up to Dr. Ray Wagner
for general checkup. She has not been
feeling well for some time. He finds she
has a blood pressure of 224 which is quite high. She is also overweight. The doctor recommends that she stay in bed
for a week, and go on a diet, she should lose at least 20 pounds.
08. Thursday: [7M RNXMOK] 90° below is official
today. Lena Baier, Anna Weisheipl are
here to help make cakes. Thres makes the
wedding cake. Eddie Weisheipl has to
spend an hour and a half with Dr. Pfeiffer, the dentist this morning. Anna Weisheipl loses her canary today. The cat got him while Marion happened to be
out of the house, visiting at Berndts.
09. Friday: [5M N RAXMOK] Had to practice at St.
Vincent’s church tonite for Leona Drexler’s wedding. It is quite cold out, official reading tonite
is 6° below zero. Dr. Wagner is over to
check up on Thres. He finds her blood
pressure is down quite a bit. Rest, no
excitement and a diet will soon make her well again. I took her to Gert Moeser’s this afternoon to
have her hair dressed. Harry and Agnes
Kujawa stop in late tonite to frost the wedding cake, but Thres had it all
decorated when they came. So we
celebrated Agnes birthday, she is 30.
Frances Stumvoll Wirtz is 40 today.
10. Saturday: [6M RDXMOK] Leona Drexler is married
to Roman Czekalski this morning. Grooms
men, Harry Kujawa and Donald Troxel, Maid of Honor Agnes Kujawa, Bridesmaids
Margaret Radomsky –Rose Gittings, all sisters of the bride. Flower girl Mary Kujawa. I gave the bride away. Father Michael Drexler performed the Marriage
Ceremony. Wedding dinner served at Mrs.
Anna Ostertag’s. It was 14° below zero
this morning. I think it was 22° below
when I gave Margaret away, about six years ago.
Reception at the house tonite.
Leona and Mr. Martin, The Starrs, John Bauer and girls, the Troxels,
Rose Weisheipl Joe and Anna, Leona Florek were present
11. Sunday: [2M] Got home at 230
A.M. up again at 515 to feed Tummy and shave.
Attend 6:00 Mass at St. Johns.
After a nap, when to work. Took a
rest until 4 Oclock this afternoon. Then
over to Anna Drexlers where the folks are celebrating after wedding. The Heips, Lena Baier, Jane Troxell and Frank
are there. Karl Radomsky blew in from
Milwaukee. I dropped in again after work
tonite, and everyone is ready to go home.
Father Michael Drexler’s car stalled yesterday, so I let him take my
Plymouth to go back to Kaukauna. He left
about 2 P.M. He had to be back for
Saturday confessions.
12. Monday: [3M N RHXMOK] The cold spell is broken,
it is quite mild out today. Annual
meeting of Mueller – Potter Drug Co., stockholders and directors.
13. Tuesday: [9M N RNXMOK] Bade rumors going
around about Dr. Loyd Helmes.
14. [7M RHXMOK]
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18. Sunday: To 6 Oclock Mass at St. Johns. Open the store at 8 Oclock Art is down at 9.40
A.M. Had company at night, altho I
worked until 10.15 P.M. The Heips and
the Fretchels are here. The party breaks
up at 130 A.M. Monday. Com.
Rev. Joseph Durch
19. Monday: [8½M] Ed Weisheipl is back after two
days of fun. Thres is out today for the
first time to a ladies auxiliary card party at Jessie Smiths, since her illness.
20. Tuesday: [7M RHXHK] Helen Reimer is taken to
Mercy Hospital this afternoon.
21. Wednesday: [7M RHXMOK] Dolores Kinateder is
home from school, she has a sore throat.
Having some very nice weather these days, temperatures are usually about
40° at noon.
22. [7M N RHXMOK]
23. Friday: 9M RHXMOK] We are still having lovely
weather temperature today 46° above. Joe
and Annie Weisheipl visit the Norbert Muellers on Fifth Ave. for the first time
tonight. Their visit ended at 1 A.M.
24. Saturday: [3M RHXMOK] This is Edward
Weisheipls birthday. He is 24. He takes the afternoon off to be examined by
Dr. H. J. Lee. He will have to report in
Milwaukee sometime in February. We visit
with Matt and Amanda Drexler tonite. The
Heips – Joe and Celia Drexler and Caroline Drexler are there. We played poker rummy I lose 10 cents, what a
game. Party breaks up at 1 A.M.
25. Sunday: To 6:00 mass at St. John s. Haven’t been to St. Vincents were some time. Thres takes Rose Gittings and Teddy to the
depot this morning. They take the Flyer
back to Chicago. Paul Jungen is in to
see me at the store. He needs 10 dollars
to pay damage done to a friends bicycle.
This is 20 dollars he borrowed from me the last few days.
26. Monday: [3M
RHXMOK] Eddie Weisheipl's day off. Art -
Norbert Mueller - Fred Baumgartner and myself meet at the South Side
Store tonight to determine the policies of the company for the ensuing
year. Meeting lasts until midnight, but I do not get to bed until 330
A.M. Tuesday. The first contingent of American troops, several thousand
men, arrive in Northern Ireland. This is quite a surprise, as their
departure was kept a secret.
27. Tuesday: [5M
RNXMOK] Out collecting for Red Cross
today. Art Mueller takes the morning off to go to Wautoma to buy a supply
of canned goods from Karl Hanson. Donald serves for Father Bastian at
Sunny View this morning, which means getting up at 4.30 A.M.
Finished collecting for Red Cross this afternoon. Collected $3500
today.
28. Wednesday: [7M RAXMOK] Caroline (Lena) Baier
is 65 today. Thres and myself attend the
“Apostolate Banquet.” Mayor Oaks, Chief Police Golz, Judges Henry Hughes and
Sam Luchsinger are special guests.
29. Thursday: [9M RDXMOK] Mrs. Martin Koeck is to
be operated on this morning. The search
and immediately closes her up again, stating her case is beyond an operation.
30. Friday: [5M N RNXMOK] President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt is at 60 years old today.
About 12 000 birthday balls all over the country help to celebrate his
birthday and give proceeds to Infantile Paralysis Fund.
31. Saturday: [7M RAXMOK] Carl Fretchel telephones
his folks from Washington that he is promoted to Sargent, I mean Sergeant. It is also mentioned in this afternoons “Oshkosh
Northwestern.”
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