The Columbia Star
June 12, 1930

LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

The Weilbacher baseball team was defeated Sunday by a Belleville team in a good 
game of ball which was played on the local diamond.  The score was 13 to 11.

George Schneider, who makes his home with his son Gus. F. Schneider, is reported 
to be seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia.  His many friends hope that his illness will 
not be protracted and he will soon be well again.

On Wednesday evening, July 2, the Good Will Society of the Lutheran Church will give 
the play “The Freshman” at the church grounds.  The play will be given on a stage erected 
out of doors.  The play will be followed by an ice cream social.

Little Edith Voelker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Voelker is quite ill with bronchial 
pneumonia.  Albert the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Diehl is ill with scarlet fever.  We 
hope the little sufferers will both get along nicely and soon be up and about again.

C.F. Weilbacher and Clem Kuehner attended the sessions of the Egyptian Retailers 
Association which convened at Mt. Vernon three days this week.  Miss Jeanette Hills is 
home from Champaign for the summer vacation.  Maivern Mueller, also a student at the 
University is at home for a vacation.

In a road controversy between the heirs of Joseph R. Frierdich and Charles McMullen near 
Gilmore Lakes, the matter of dispute was submitted to a board of commissioners consisting 
of Herman Weilbacher, H.F. Bringel, and E.H. Brucker and their findings in the matter were 
accepted by the litigant Waterloo Republican.

The Kolumbia Kooking Klub met June 6.  The group consisted of twenty one members.  
The purpose of this club is to teach our young girls to be excellent cooks.  Each one has to 
complete a course of about ten lessons.  The members prepare food at home during the 
week for which they receive credit.  Each individual is carrying out a health chart.  We hope 
that the organization will be successful.

Tuesday evening June 17 is the date for the regular meeting of the Evangelical Brotherhood.  
Rev. Sieveking of Maeystown will be the speaker of the evening.  All members and friends 
are urged to attend.

The local Royal Neighbor camp enjoyed a very pleasant meeting Thursday evening when 
about twenty-five visitors from Monroe County camps met with the local lodge and heard 
propositions to perfect a county organization.  The visitors were delightfully entertained.  
They were served with a delicious luncheon.  A very pleasant social session followed the 
important business meeting.

St. Louis papers announced the marriage of Miss Cornelia Bersche of St. Louis and Keith 
H. Preston of Utica, NY.  The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bersche former 
residents of Columbia, but now of St. Louis where the bride graduated from Washington 
University after finishing the Columbia High School here.  Her many friends wish the happy 
couple much happiness – Waterloo Republican.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Huch, nee Riebling, wife of John Huch, which was held at 
the Evangelical Church here Saturday afternoon was very largely attended showing the esteem 
in which the deceased was held.  She died Thursday at the age of 56 years, 6 months and 20 
days.  Surviving her are her husband and children, Mrs. Oakley Mueller, Mrs. Alfred Axley, 
Elmer Huch, Adella, Minnie, John, Marie, Eve, Elaine and Oliver all of St. Louis and Mrs. Roy 
Ramsey of Alton.  The deceased was born here, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riebling.  
She was married in 1899 to John Huch and they were to housekeeping on a farm near here 
where they resided until last August when they moved to St. Louis.  The deceased was an 
excellent woman, loved by all for her many excellent qualities.  The family have the sincere 
sympathy of all in this their hour of bitter sorrow.