Monthly Archives: April 1972

Diary Entry for 4/2/1972

Easter Sunday. Dave’s 18th birthday. I went to Sunrise Service but not breakfast. Church full. Many from Mills there. We went to Roma’s in Gouverneur for dinner. Took Lily plant to church. Called Jim’s. Ethel Tousley got home from Syracuse hospital.

Diary Entry for 4/3/1972

Council of Ministry at Parsonage. 11 present. Matt’s first meeting as chairman. Kevin Lawler killed in bulldozer accident this morning. Jim, Pat, and Jolie here for dinner and PM. They got Jolie a new walker. She broke it so they had to take it back. Glen Shurtliff died. [He is] Also Ivan Hales brother.

Diary Entry for 4/5/1972

Snowing off and on. Glenn Shurtliff’s funeral. Dawn here while Evelyn went to funeral. We started bedroom. The ceiling half of it fell off. Some mess. I went to Bible Study with Ruth in PM at parsonage.

Diary Entry for 4/7/1972

Rebekah’s District Meeting at Theresa. Leah Simonds new DDP, 6:30, cold cuts and salad, Jell-o and cup cakes supper. 48 Past Grands there, 16 from Philadelphia. Merrill put new float in water tank. Got it at Theresa.

Diary Entry for 4/9/1972

We went to Sunday School and church. Terry Orton preached, John Wheeler’s nephew. Church full. Baptized 3 babies. We went up to Uncle Len’s in PM. They are well. Everett not working from back injury.

Diary Entry for 4/11/1972

4-H Demonstrations at IRCS, 6 PM. No one demonstrated this year. Sent Bowman’s anniversary card. Also sent card to Edith Seeley. We went to city. Stopped at Lanphere to see about ceiling for bedroom. I went to Bible Study with Ruth, Jane, and Vicky. Merrill went to Past Grands meeting at Theresa.

Diary Entry for 4/12/1972

Dad’s been gone 12 years today. Jim and Olive Bowman’s 50th anniversary. Rebekah’s. Lois I. Marguerite and I on committee. Sandwiches, pickles and fruit cocktail cake,. Nancy Rose here most of day. She made cent skirt. Merrill went to Philadelphia. Larry will put fender on Monday, 24th.

Diary Entry for 4/14/1972

Merrill got 59 bales of straw from Dean Webb @.35. Lynn H got it for him, $5. 4-H here after school, 2nd food lesson. 9 here. Sent State Income tax, $32. I went to bank and got groceries. Got letter from June.

Diary Entry for 4/15/1972

Sent $4.79 to Readers Digest Club. Canceled membership. Centennial Sadie Hawkins Dance. Boys 4-H club preparing trash barrels at Wilmert’s. Girls club to help. We went to Centennial program. Mowers went with us. Huge crowd. Stopped at Mowers afterward. Very foggy in evening. Merrill got Hair cut.

Diary Entry for 4/16/1972

Foggy. Apollo 16 moon shot with Young, Duke and Mattingly. All going well. We got home in time to see it. We went to Sunday School and church. Slept all PM. Mom called in evening. Ken’s went to Bowman’s last weekend for 50th anniversary of Bowman’s.

Diary Entry for 4/17/1972

PNG’s at Leah’s. Nice time, 16 out. Washed bedroom woodwork. Merrill filled holes. Had porch opened for first this spring. Merrill went to Theresa to hardware store. Merrill washed car.

Diary Entry for 4/18/1972

A beautiful day, 67°. I went to Bible Study. About 30 women and 20 kids out to it. I painted bedroom woodwork in PM. Merrill worked outdoors all day. Took stuff to dump. Put bird out on porch for first.

Diary Entry for 4/19/1972

Wrote Vern’s. We papered at closet and bedroom. Didn’t get it quite finished. Nice in AM but cloudy and rainy in PM. I didn’t go to Bible Study at Payne’s in evening. Ruth called.

Diary Entry for 4/20/1972

Merrill had to go to Antwerp for jury interview. Sent light bill, $75.53 two months. We went to North Country Supply and got ceiling for bedroom, $40. Got groceries. Astronauts landed on moon after much trouble in space. Young and Duke, and Mattingly.

Diary Entry for 4/22/1972

Conference of WSCS at Gouverneur Methodist Church, 9:30-3. I went with Vi. Esther, Lula, Elsie, Leah, Marguerite, Willabelle, Ruth, and Margaret went. Very nice. Rained in PM and evening.

Diary Entry for 4/23/1972

We went to Sunday School and church. Lots out to both. Lynn got Sharon and Lorraine 4-H calves yesterday, 7 month heifers. Lazy PM. Astronauts left moon at 9:25 Docked with ship, Cooper OK.

Diary Entry for 4/25/1972

No school. No Bible Study. Several limbs fell off Hall’s burning tree. Merrill finished bedroom ceiling. Looks nice. I’ve had trouble breathing all day. Got letter from Dorothy Hogaboom. Smoke bothers me, also dust. Down to 20°

Diary Entry for 4/26/1972

No school. We cleaned two of yards. Snow flurries in AM. Hall boys helped about half hour. Nice in PM. Judy Hill here on bike. Her horse and colt died. Merrill went to Trustee Meeting at church. I went to Rebekah’s.

Diary Entry for 4/27/1972

No school. Lost tank of milk. The switch was off. Big mystery. We went to city. Got folding door, $16, for bedroom. Got rug border also, $6.50. Got groceries at Philadelphia. Wrote Vern. Astronauts got home OK in Pacific.

Diary Entry for 4/29/1972

Another nice day. Merrill went to Mills in AM. Washed my hair. Put color rinse on it. Washed clothes. Put sheets outside. Got clothes back in closet. Cleaned upstairs. Merrill has sore throat and chills.

Diary Entry for 4/30/1972

Fast time begins. We went to Sunday School and church. Went to Lorraine. Mom, Eleanor and Holly are in Canada at Pearl Pitt’s. A beautiful summer day, 65-70°. Lots of convertibles out. Merrill feeling good today. Took Mom my Barbara record.