Monthly Archives: August 1976

Diary Entry for 8/1/1976

Watched end of Olympics at Montreal on TV. Very beautiful. Russia first, Germany second, US third place. We went to church, 47 out. Rev. Cameron will be gone next 3 Sundays. We took Boots for a ride.

Diary Entry for 8/3/1976

Sent $7.50 to Sheriff’s Circus Fund. 6 show tickets. Wrote Pauline Cornish. Wrote Vern’s. Washed. Made donuts. Merrill mowed hay by house. Nice today but cool. Furnace on. Patty called twice. Joel sick. They took him to the doctor and he has Reseal, measles.

Diary Entry for 8/4/1976

Sent Cindy card, $1, and letter. Sent Gladys Adams, Evans Mills sympathy card. Baled 3 load hay. Muddy in one end of field. Patty and kids came out. She picked beans to freeze. Lisa, Angie and Tina here in evening. Pat and kids left about 8:45.

Diary Entry for 8/5/1976

Rev. and Mrs. Cameron leave for vacation on 9:30 bus for [no entry made,?]. Vern’s called. Are bringing Dan the 11th. We baled hay by house. Got stuck in mud. Jeff helped us out. 1025 bales so far. Froze yellow beans. Got letter from Pauline Cornish.

Diary Entry for 8/6/1976

Cindy’s 15th birthday. Sent $2 to Town and Country paper. We went to city. Got supply of needles and B-12. Got eye drops at Fays. Nice today but cold. Merrill mowed hay in PM by barn. Got Mom’s radio at Sears. Real nice. Clarence Shelmidine’s barn burned today. Rural Hill. He milks 175 cows.

Diary Entry for 8/7/1976

Cloudy and rainy in PM and evening. We went to LaFargeville for rake parts. Stopped at Stone Mills Museum Craft Show. A huge crowd there. Froze green beans in evening. Washed my hair.

Diary Entry for 8/10/1976

Nice today. Hurricane Belle missed here. Hit Long Island during night. Jim, Pat and kids here in PM. They picked and froze beans. Had cabbage from garden for supper. Merrill cut wood. Got note from June.

Diary Entry for 8/13/1976

Friday the 13th. Thunder storm in morning. Sent car insurance, $154. Rained about all day. Sent vegetable and fruit frozen order to Agway. Islanders group sings at Philadelphia at 7 PM. Ice cream social also. Community Days.

Diary Entry for 8/14/1976

Philadelphia Community (Civic) Days. Rained in morning but cleared. Not many people out but a nice day and time. Church made and sold about 75 dozen donuts @1.25 and $1.50 raised. Merrill, Dan and I there from 9:30 to 4:30. Got letter from June. Washed my hair in evening. Peaches, Lapps, $7.25 bushel.

Diary Entry for 8/15/1976

We went to church. Cheryl Horton had service. Community Days Church Service in CEC. Merrill had part in it. Father Vatraw had sermon but he didn’t come. We went to Sackets in PM to their Fair. Place packed. Stopped at Jim’s. Jolie and Dan wrote on open hay wagon. Marg, Roy, Beulah there.

Diary Entry for 8/18/1976

A beautiful day finally. Merrill and Steve mowed lawns. Vern, June and Dan left about 1 PM. Telephone man here. Switched us on to new telephone line. They installed [line] on our road some time ago.

Diary Entry for 8/20/1976

Cloudy but nice in PM. Jim’s and us went to Canada by way of Ogdensburg and home by way of Clayton. Had picnic lunch. Visited Olive, Jim and Elgin Bowman. Took Elgin scripture soap from Mrs. Beardsley.

Diary Entry for 8/22/1976

Beautiful day. We went to church. Bill Heck had service. We ate picnic lunch at Washington Park. Steve loved it. Went up to Mom’s. Took her radio. Debby rode back to city. Fireman’s Parade at city. Merrill mowed hay in evening. Vern’s called.

Diary Entry for 8/27/1976

Vern and June’s 16th anniversary. Got letters from Vern’s and boys. Merrill fixed mower. Mowed some hay. I started to take Rev. Cameron to city for his car but water pump not working right. Esther went. Washed clothes. Went to Big M for groceries.

Diary Entry for 8/30/1976

Wrote Dot M. 42° when I got up. Hayed it with our coats on. Got one load. Merrill went to Lodge. Civic League people there also to look at Hall. Merrill mowed rest of lawns and worked in garden