Batchtown News – December 1, 2021
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By Marcy Klockenkemper
618-396-2468
This is Thanksgiving week. It was a warm weekend and deer hunting season in Calhoun County. There were a lot of people out and about enjoying the weather.
The Mary Ann Flanigan family enjoyed their pre-Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday at the St. Joseph’s Parish Hall. Mary Ann’s children were there and many of the grandchildren. Everyone enjoyed visiting together. Linda Russell entertained her children Sunday. Jeremy and Angie Russell, Zoe and Sadie, Bonnie Stepanek and Michael, and Steve and Cindy Mezarous and Hayden enjoyed a meal together, and did a final yard clean-up before winter.
Lindy and Martha Bick celebrated daughter Katie’s birthday with dinner Saturday night with her friend Mike. Happy birthday Katie, have a great year. Katie Bick and three of her friends enjoyed eating together at Josephine’s Saturday. The food was good and the friends enjoyed being with Katie on her birthday. Robin Hillen, sister Rosemarie Randazzo, and their mother Mary Ann Bailey ate lunch, and visited together Saturday at Josephine’s in Godfrey. The Batchtown Woman’s Club met Wednesday night for their monthly meeting at the Fill Inn Station. Members present were: Jean Tepen, Barb Sperlo, and Marcy Klockenkemper. We discussed the successful turn out of children at the Village Hall, and planned for our distribution of the fruit baskets to the homebound, sick, and for those who have lost a loved one. The members will meet on Saturday, Dec.11 at 9 a.m. to prepare the fruit baskets, enjoy a brunch together, and then deliver them. It will be our Christmas party together.
The Batchtown Park Christmas lights were lit on Thanksgiving night. They were beautiful and a sight you don’t want to miss. Tony and Jana Sievers, who live on Turner Hollow Road, will have their “Candy Cane Lane’’ shining bright, and Jerry and Bonnie Sievers on Rocky Hill near Hardin will too. Keep these and other Christmas sights in your Christmas plans of things to see and enjoy. The Christmas Concert performed by the Calhoun Entertainment Company is planned for Sunday, Dec. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church in Hardin. Refreshments and a good will offering will follow the show. The Christmas Party that is Batchtown will be held with Santa Claus there to hear the little ones’ Christmas requests Sunday evening, on Dec 19, at 7 p.m at the Town Hall Building.
The St. Vincent DePaul Food Bank is up and running. The Food Pantry is open from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wed. and Thurs. This week because of Thanksgiving it was closed on Thursday. The St. Vincent DePaul Society is available for those who need help with rent, utilities, mortgage, GED, and help with contacts with other agencies. Call the hotline number at 1 -618-310-1141.
Elaine Titus enjoyed having company over the weekend. Saturday Fred, Marcia, and Lisa Graham and Jordan and Linda Rode visited and on Sunday Verann Klockenkemper stopped by.
The Batchtown Altar Society will have their annual Christmas Dinner Sunday, Dec. 5, at 5 p.m. at the Fill Inn Station. The buffet dinner will be enjoyed by the members and their husbands. A cash donation to St. Vincent DePaul will be given in lieu of a gift exchange. Bingo and visiting will be enjoyed by all.
Gene and Barb Beisman enjoyed visiting with their children and family over the Thanksgiving Holiday. They visited with their children, Shelly and Keith, during Thanksgiving week.
A warm birthday wish to Mary Lou (Dean) Smith of Decatur. She celebrated her birthday Nov. 19 with her husband and family. Many of us know and remember Mary Lou from our school days.
Bernie and Robin Hillen visited Mark and Megan Hillen’s home to celebrate Elsie and Rory’s 8th birthday on Monday, Nov. 22. Their sister, Marlowe, helped them celebrate. Have a wonderful year!
Helen Sievers, representing her jewelry collection, “Tepen Hollow Designs”, attended a Craft Show at Holy Ghost Church over the weekend, and also a Christmas Show at Bethalto Park Saturday and Sunday. The event was very decorative with many Christmas events, crafts, and Santa Claus.
A surprise birthday party was held in Grafton, for Jerry Klockenkemper. It was on Saturday, Nov. 27 at the Winery at the Vineyards. The hostesses were: Becky Klockenkemper, Jerry’s daughter, and Adeline Klockenkemper, Jerry’s granddaughter. Jerry’s brothers, John and wife Ula Mae Klockenkemper, and Paul and Joan Klockenkemper, and sister-in-law Marilyn Klockenkemper were there along with nephews, nieces, friends and neighbors. A reception, buffet, and band were enjoyed by all in the spacious and scenic atmosphere of the Vineyard. Some of the folks attending from Batchtown were: Vera Klockenkemper, Marcy Klockenkemper, Delmar and Barbara Bick, Lindy and Martha Bick, Eldon and Christine Johnes, and Mike and Linda Funk. We wish Jerry a happy birthday, and a wonderful year.
Pat and Vera Droege were hostesses for their family Thanksgiving dinner. It was held at St. Joseph’s at the Meppen Hall on Sunday. Several family names celebrated together and they were: The Snyders, the Heffingtons, and the Funks The Wilma Krysl family was entertained by Bob and Michelle Krysl and family at their home for Thanksgiving Dinner. Irene Wallendorf entertained her family, for Thanksgiving dinner, on Thursday evening at her home. All enjoyed the time together.Tony and Jana Sievers entertained their family for Thanksgiving dinner. Delmar and Barb Bick celebrated Thanksgiving at home with their family. Eldon and Christine Johnes celebrated Thanksgiving at home with Trish and Lindy Pohlman, and Kathy and Tim Eason from Arkansas.
The Red Hatters will get together at the Fill Inn Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. Everyone is to bring a wrapped white elephant prize for bingo. Call Christine Johnes at 396-2239, or Irene Wallendorf, 396-2249 by Dec. 6 so they can notify the Fill Inn Station of how many are coming for lunch.
Irene Wallendorf entertained the card game at her home last Friday. Several friends got together to play pinochle. They had fun and plan to get together regularly.
Kenny and Bette Eilerman and Phil and Pam Eilerman went to Iowa.
Happy Birthday wishes to Sharon Friedel who celebrated on Dec. 2, Paula (Brodbeck Zimmerman, Dec., 3. and
The folks at St. Anselm’s in Kampsville welcome you to a game night on Dec. 4. Games begin at 6 p.m. with prizes of choice of turkey or ham. A lunch of chicken and dumplings, chicken salad, and dessert will be available. Proceeds will be used for St. Anselm’s Cemetery.
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Our Daily Bread
We plow the fields, and scatter
The good seeds on the land,
But it is fed and watered
By God’s almighty hand;
He sends the snow in winter
The warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes and the sunshine,
And soft refreshing rain.
He only is the maker
Of all things near and far,
He paints the wayside flowers,
He lights the evening star;
The winds and waves obey
Him,
By Him the birds are fed;
Much more to us, His children;
He gives our daily bread.
– Mathias Cluadius
