01. Sunday: To 730 Hi Mass Saint
Vincents then to work until 1230 also work tonite, put in 6 ½ hours. Rose Weisheipl worked today.
1 Ros. Catherine Holzbauer
Com. Aunt Anna Weisheipl
1 Ros. Stanislaus Jarosch
02. Monday: This is Anna Weisheipl’s
birthday. She is 64. I called her on the phone at 715
this morning and congratulated her, so did Thres – Mary Ann and Donald. Rose Weisheipl has a day off today, to do
some Christmas shopping. Thres is at
Christian Mothers society meeting tonite.
It is guest night with about 200 ladies present.
03. Tuesday:
Almost forgot to go to Kiwanis luncheon, will I was late as usual. Ed Olsen –Lawrence Buck – Frank Uder –Norton
Williams of Neenah Club and myself make up a table. Fire Chief Leo Girens speaks to us how his
department operates. Visited Father
Bastian this evening. Attended to Bazaar
collection.
M.O. Stanislaus Jarosch – Catherine Holzbauer –
Pancratius, Mary – Frank – Joseph – Theodore – John Drexler – Matt – Josepha
Baier –Clara Gutowski –Reginold Schultz
–St. Anthony –Mother Perpetual Help, Rev. Jns Nuernberg
04. Out to the Weisheipls tonite Annie celebrates
her birthday. Thres – Ed Fretchel –Aunt
Lena are there also. Cards was the
diversion.
05. Thursday: To Milwaukee this morning with
Norbert and Esther Mueller. Norbert
drives his new car. Stopped at Mutual –
Yahr Lange – McKesson –Milwaukee Drug Company.
Matt Lauer – Jerry Savage outdid themselves for us, also had good luck
at Mutual. Back home by 7 Oclock – Thres
goes to Foresters Christmas party with Mary Ann.
06. Friday: Our local tax rate has been set by the
council, it will be 3.76. Fire destroyed
three business places in Capitol square Madison, early this morning, after 3 Oclock. It started in the Heidelberg Hofbrau café and
also destroyed the Hub Clothing Store Anna Rennebohm Drug Store.
07. Saturday: [T] Well many folks are feeling a
load off their minds and it looks like we are going to have a nice Christmas and
why? Because John L. Lewis called off
the coal strike and 400 000 miners will be back to work Monday. Took the Weisheipl’s to the Oshkosh to see
“Holiday in Mexico” in technicolor.
Walter Pidgeon – Jose Iturbi – Roddy McDowall –Jane Powell –Ilona Massey
– Xavier Cugat. “The Truth about Murder”
stars Bonita Granville – Morgan Conway.
08. Sunday: To 730 Mass with
Holy Name Society St. Vincents, then to work.
Temperatures up to 62° today.
09.
10. Tuesday: Thres gets a new kind of hair do, it's a cold permanent wave
and its only 12 dollars, “poor papa.” Merchandise is coming in galore.
11. Wednesday: More and more merchandise comes in,
keeps me on edge, to disburse it. Tonite
we have company. Thres and Annie Heip were
shopping this afternoon and cooked up a card party with the usual. Aunt Lena – Thres Fretchel Joe and Annie
Heip. They leave at 145
A.M.
12.
13. Friday: Several big loads of merchandise come
in today and I’m kept busy checking.
14. Saturday: I’m still working in the basement,
disbursing merchandise to the stores.
Geo. Suess passed away tonight at 9.45 at his home 1133 -10th
Street. Born in Oshkosh April 23 –
1865. George has been sick for a long
time.
15. Sunday: To 730 Hi Mass, then
to work took Mary Ann and Donald along.
We are very busy. Parcels are
beginning to pile up at our Postal Station.
Worked 7 ½ hours today. Thres
attends Christian Mothers Christmas party, and leads some Communities singing
with Aunt Lena Baier and Thres Fretchel.
Had company about 11 PM. “Fuzzy”
Kinateder comes in for a meal, and milk.
Stays a half hour. What, you
don’t know “Fuzzy” Well he’s been neighbors tomcat.
16.
17.
18. Wednesday: Harry and Mrs. Lyman are taken to
Winnebago State Hospital tonite. Geo.
Suess is laid to rest this morning.
Father Hubert Nillis officiates at the Poklasny funeral home.
19.
20. [T]
21. Saturday: Another very busy day, but I’m
keeping up well, put in 72 hours this week from Monday until tonite.
22. Sunday: To 730 Mass then to work put in 8 ½
hours today. Worked this afternoon
wrapping packages for the Doctors.
23.
24. Tuesday: Well this is the windup. Took Donald along to deliver packages to the
doctors and calendars to the Dentists, also the Sisters and Fathers, all in all
its in exceptionally busy day. The help
at the store also gets presents.
25. Wednesday: To 730 Mass St.
Vincents. This is the first time we
missed midnight Mass in years. Three
Masses offered while we were there.
Worked until 12 Noon. Closed our
stores for the day. Called to the store
about 2 P.M. to fill Rx’s for Hyde’s 1423-7th. Harry Kujawa family wrap on the door well we
are there. They brought a present for
John Bauer Sr. and then spend the rest of the day with us. Mary Ann and myself stop at Ostertags and
Mauritz’s. Joan Mauritz gets a new piano
for Christmas. We have a very enjoyable
time of the Kujawas. Mary Ann takes Mary
and Joan Mauritz to the Strand.
Com. Thanksgiving and Happy Hour of Death.
26. Thursday: [T] Aunt Lena and Annie Weisheipl
spend the afternoon and evening with us.
Thres is lucky at sheephead, winner with 65 cents to the good. I completed the drug orders at the store tonite
into the folks, Aunt Lena and Annie home at 12.30 AM. Four sisters have a fine visit. Elsie Meisner left yesterday to spend time
with her relatives at Stratford.
27. Friday: Aunt Mary to Church this morning and
reports to drizzle of rain when she comes home, which turns into real rain
during the day, making the walks and streets very slippery. Received “thank yous” from Monsignor Bastian,
Sisters Saint Vincents, Father Scanlon.
This afternoon we have rain and thunder, the downpour of rain at times a
very heavy. I got stuck in our driveway,
but finally managed to get my Plymouth back into the garage, and I stayed home
the rest of the day.
28. Saturday:
M.O. to Saint Boniface Society
Stanislaus Jarosch
Katherine Holzbauer
Theodore Drexler
Matt Baier
Josepha Baier
29. Sunday: [J.B.
T] To 730 Hi Mass Saint Vincents, then to work. The roads and walks are very slippery. Aunt Mary stays home today, from church. Dr. Romberg tells me it took him 2 hours to
drive from New London to Oshkosh. Uncle
Joe and Annie Heip are entertained at the Haverty’s today. Worked 7 hours today. Naomi Mueller is on duty today, and so is Joe
Baier.
Com. Geo. Suess
30. Monday: Temperatures are at 7° below zero this
morning. Father Nillis tells me, that
Monsignor Schmitz is not doing very well, may live only a few weeks
longer. Naomi Mueller is on the job
today. I thought she was to be out
today.
31. Tuesday: The last date is a busy one. We entertain the usual folks. Joe and Annie Heip –John and Thres Fretchel,
Aunt Lena Baier. Harry – Agnes Kujawa
and the Baldwins from Berlin drop in.
They are headed for Club 41 to see the old year out. Joe Heip had to leave at 11 Oclock to go to
work. I took the folks home at 215
A.M. and it is getting warmer, only 6° below zero. Had a letter from Sister Melora – one from
Sister Marina – Elm Grove. Almost forgot
I took Thres to Kiwanis this noon. New
officers are installed, Mrs. Jim Stube sings for us. Finis
No comments:
Post a Comment