Renault - Waterloo Times, Friday Feb 5, 1915

The Baptists are talking of having a box supper soon.

Harry Franklin was a Prairie du Rocher visitor last Friday.

Howard Carr and Harry Franklin were Red Bud visitors last Thursday.

Lissa and Ella Heller, Minnie and Gusta Mueller all called on Miss Rook Friday afternoon.

Ben Heller and sister Ella of the Grant were here to the Schiefer funeral Sunday afternoon.

The box supper was very well attended considering the bad weather. The receipts were 
$11, which was sent to the preacher, Rev. McPherson.

Misses Lena Noelken, Sophia Hagemeier, Henry Noelken and John Neumann of the 
Grant attended the Methodist box supper last Thursday night.

Mrs. Walter Franklin and son Gilbert, Miss Lydia Bickelhaupt and Wm. Weihe have 
all returned from their visits to St. Louis relatives and friends.

Misses Nellie Dashner, Pearl Isom, George Dashner, Mark Fults and Simon Sale attended 
the graduating exercises of Waldo Isom in E. St. Louis last Thursday. They did not return 
until Sunday.

There are a great many sick people with a number of deaths the past week. 

Thomas Allen, a boy of 10 or 11 years was buried last Thursday, his father died that night 
and was buried Monday. The mother and two or three others of the same family are sick 
and being cared for by one married daughter and the neighbors.

Saturday, an infant of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Berry was buried in the Town cemetery.

Sunday, the little baby girl of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schliefer was buried in the Lutheran 
Cemetery after services by Rev. Frey of the Lutheran Church. The little one was nearly a 
year and a half old and their only child which made it very hard for the parents and relatives.

Monday morning a child of Mr. and Mr. Louis Boyer was buried in the Catholic cemetery 
from the Catholic Church.

Monday afternoon, John Allen was buried in the old Hendrix cemetery.