Monthly Archives: October 1967

Diary Entry for 10/2/1967

Sent letters I wrote yesterday. Rebekah installation at Antwerp. Our first one. 56 present. I drove. Merrill went to Mills to order feed. I was given pin and earrings set at Antwerp. Nancy and Stewart Raymond have baby boy.

Diary Entry for 10/4/1967

Beautiful day. Merrill finished plowing. He plowed garden. Art and Doris Haggerty have boy, Steven John. I baked cookies and pie in evening. Toby here in evening. World Series started today. Cardinals won over Red Socks, 2-1

Diary Entry for 10/5/1967

Bea Gehm’s birthday. Also Marg’s. I sent them both cards yesterday. Rainy. Merrill put in cement block for Schells. Merrill and I went to Church Board meeting. Auction date set for October 21st.

Diary Entry for 10/11/1967

Our installation at lodge. Installed our own. 75 people present. DDP Blanche O’Brien and Margaret Switzer there. Marge Shepherd, NG and Alice LeClair, VG. Merrill went to lodge. Toby here in evening. Lodge gave Vi and I wall plaque.

Diary Entry for 10/13/1967

Friday the 13th. Mom and Eleanor left for Canada about 10;00 am. Martha, Minnie, Diane, Leah, and I went to installation at Lafargeville. Margaret Switzie installed. Merrill and I called at Ronas. Went to city in pm.

Diary Entry for 10/16/1967

Wrote Uncle Berl. Jim sent 3rd lesson to Lincoln. Jim’s first scuba lesson postponed. $30.00 for course. Merrill worked at Lafave’s. Mrs. Hutchinson had breast operation. I went to Westons. Got furnace filters. Sharon Sinclair called about Home Makers club.

Diary Entry for 10/17/1967

Evans Mills Installation. I drove. Vi and Willabelle went with me. 47 present. I was sick in bed all day with headache. Jim put muffler on his car at Westons. Merrill worked at Lafave’s. Donna here.

Diary Entry for 10/18/1967

Carthage Installation. Gave Vi and I swan. Terrible rains with thunder storm. Roads flooded. Carthage lodge meets in Grange Hall on Budd Street. Merrill worked at Bob’s all day. Merrill got copy of birth certificate from Albany. His name is Vernon Merrill Tryon on it.

Diary Entry for 10/19/1967

Snowed in some places today. Esther Taylor’s anniversary, 32 years. Theresa’s Installation. Just Theresa and Philadelphia there. I went alone. Rainy all day but cleared in evening. Merrill worked at Lafave’s. Vi and I got dish rack from Theresa Lodge.

Diary Entry for 10/20/1967

I went to city for groceries. Jim got out of work at 2:30. Merrill worked at Lafave’s. I stopped at Charlottes. Their new home is real nice. Donna, Mary, Lorraine, and Roger were here in evening. Ordered turkeys at P&C.

Diary Entry for 10/22/1967

We didn’t go to church. Toby here for dinner. Jim and Toby washed cars at Matts station. Mary Hall here in evening. Toby here in evening. Leonard and Zelda McKeever have bought store back by the church.

Diary Entry for 10/24/1967

Went to Natural Bridge Installation. They only had 7 members there. 29 people present. Merrill worked at Bob’s. Vi and I rode with Jim and Lois. Staff gave me milk basket. Sent Steve birthday card.

Diary Entry for 10/25/1967

Steve’s third birthday. Merrill worked at Lafave’s. Vi, Esther, Leah and I attended Installation at Black River. Rained terrible. We went to Howard’s after. Donna Hall here in pm. Got letter from Uncle Berl.

Diary Entry for 10/31/1967

Moved here 14 years ago today. Merrill took car to Gouverneur to be inspected in morning. He worked at Bobs in pm. Toby here in evening. 2 Hall family kids and Brotherton’s came trick or treating.