From: Krasna, Bessarabia
8 February 1930

Dear Editor Brendel:

In my last report I wrote about frost and now spring has fully arrived. Farmers are preparing their fields and 1-2 Desjatines of barley has already been planted. I asked a farmer as he returned from his field, “Was plowing easy and did you plant anything?” His answer, “Yes, it was easy enough. I sowed barley, but the devil is with it. It doesn’t matter if it comes up or not, one doesn’t get anything for it anyway, but people have plenty of time on their hands right now.” I had to agree with the man.

Today we had a storm strong enough to take the roof off houses, but there was not too much damage. It began freezing again.

Joseph Hein, age 30, died. He leaves behind a wife and a child.

On February 4, Melchoir Dirk, son of the late Johannes and Dorothea, daughter of the late (war-dead) Georg Ternes were married. Best of luck to you!

On January 31, we had elections. Alexius Riehl became head mayor and Eustachius Wagner vice mayor. The following twelve were elected as village council member: Thomas Volk, Johannes Schaefer, Peter Mueller, Joseph Wingenbach, Joseph Soehn, Semfor Dirk, Albert Gulewitsch, Korbinian Leinz, Johannes Herrschaft, Valerian Furch, Joachim Boot and Peter Bachmeier.

We wish the gentlemen the very best in their distinguished offices to benefit our village. We can hope that the dogs won’t dance on the chancellery table. It took a full three days to count the ballots before the above-mentioned results were in.

Schigorgasse, west side.

• 267. Konrad Folk and wife nee Hein.
• 268. Georg Furch and wife nee Erker.
• 269. Widow of the late Romanus Dressler, Marie Eva, daughter of the late Martin Müller.
• 270. Nikolaus Dirk and wife nee Bruschinsky.
• 271. Lambert Riehl and wife nee Marthe.
• 272. Paulinus Fleckenstein and wife nee Bugolowsky, father-in-law Gottfried Bugolowsky and the crippled daughter of Gottfried.
• 273. Deonisius Herman and wife nee Wagner.
• 274. Reinhold Bachmeier and wife nee Wagner and his old mother nee Müller.
• 275. Mathias Gross and wife nee Paul and his old mother.
• 276. Widower Alexander Deichert.
• 277. Anton Speicher Jr. and wife nee Müller.
• 278. Felix Braun and wife nee Fenrich.
• 279. Erasmus Beser [Becker] and wife nee Kranich.
• 280. Valentin Ritz and wife from Emmental, his son Isidor (a Rundschau reader) and wife nee Hinz.
• 281. Stefanus Herman and wife nee Paul.
• 282. Orphanage of the children of the late Peter Herman. Rented by a Moldavian.
• 283. Zachäus G. Herman and wife nee Mandernacht, no children.
• 284. Mathias Drefs and wife nee Wingenbach.
• 285. Nikolaus Speicher and wife nee Rückert.
• 286. Widow of the late Adolf Wagner, Salomea nee Bruschinsky and her father-in-law Johmasius Wagner and her son-in-law Bernhard Dirk and wife nee Wagner.
• 287. Rochus Müller and wife nee Folk and his brother, Melchior and wife nee Drefs.
• 288. Maximilian Dirk, widower.

In closing, I send greetings to the editor, staff and all readers here and there.

Joseph Braun