Monthly Archives: January 1980

Diary Entry for 1/2/1980

Got tax bill, $262.44 up $27.70. Merrill and Ray took down Nativity at church. Merrill cleaned church. Called Fays twice but drugs didn’t come in. Slippery in morning. Light rain and freezing.

Diary Entry for 1/7/1980

Mrs. Cameron, Alice F, Callie C, Thelma S, left for Florida at 6 AM. Started snowing here at 7:30. Very windy. Called Dr. Roberts about taking 5 cc of iron. Carl and Evelyn Scee called. Their new phone number is 782-4675.

Diary Entry for 1/9/1980

Oren Barker Jr’s birthday, 59. Don Moores also, 62. I got a $3 check from Blue Cross. Snowing hard. I called drug store. Ordered 5 cc of Imferon. B-12 shot. Rebekah’s. Ginny didn’t come so we didn’t go.

Diary Entry for 1/10/1980

Wrote Beulah H. We went for groceries in morning. Beautiful day. Talked with Marg. She got cast on foot yesterday. Bert Pitkin in Mercy Hospital. Evelyn Scee has infection in her toe. May have it off. Got letter from Uncle Berl and Vern’s.

Diary Entry for 1/13/1980

Called Marg. She is in room 330 now. Rev Miles Hutchinson’s 92nd birthday this week. We went to church. Aunt Maude took dish of macaroni and cheese to Rev. Cameron. Ladies got to Florida at 10 PM last night. Jim’s here in PM and supper. Jim has cracked rib from basketball last night.

Diary Entry for 1/16/1980

B-12. We went to Don’s. Beautiful weather. Stopped at hospital to see Marg. Her foot is bad again. Got eye drops at Fays. Imferon not in yet. Carl called to say they took Evelyn to hospital last night with asthma attack.

Diary Entry for 1/17/1980

Beautiful day again, 50-60°. Marg has been in hospital 3 weeks today. Merrill went for groceries. We went to city in PM for Imferon at Fays, $14.95. Aunt Maude went with us. We went to see Marg. She was having several X-rays.

Diary Entry for 1/18/1980

Father Rev Paul Hagan was killed tonight in accident. Iron shot. Last one of 21 cc series. Glenda also took my blood pressure 172/96. Cloudy, warm day. Merrill went to Canada with Howard and Art for fence posts. I called Marg. She has to have her leg off beneath the knee, right one. Evelyn Scee got home from hospital.

Diary Entry for 1/19/1980

Wrote Dr. Roberts and Vern’s. We went to hospital to see Marg. Todd Ashley’s 5th birthday (Gary). Called Jim’s from city. Jim may have ulcer. Preston’s left for Florida for 3 months. Doreen’s birthday.

Diary Entry for 1/22/1980

Jim’s 12th year on police force. My hip not so sore today. Got letter from Angie. They have new Chevy Monte Carlo. Talked with Marg. Her operation is Thursday if they can get enough blood for it. Snowing off and on most of day. First in weeks. Father Paul Hagan’s funeral at city.

Diary Entry for 1/23/1980

Rebekah’s. I didn’t go. Terry and Pat H here in evening. Gave myself B-12 shot. Got letter from June. Talked with Marg. She has her operation at noon tomorrow. Spinal. Dr. Peckham. Ground white with snow off and on. Washed. Baked cookies.

Diary Entry for 1/24/1980

Cold last night, 0°. Marg’s operation. We spent most of the day at hospital. Got home at 8 PM. She came through OK but her blood pressure dropped before operation. Took her leg below knee. I had blood tests at lab, $30.95. Got Pro. and Credit. check, $37.45.

Diary Entry for 1/25/1980

Card party at L & C Hall’s. 20 people there. Nice time. We went for groceries. Cold in morning. Below zero. Warmer during day. Talked with Beulah and Marg. She is feeling fine today. Wrote Vern’s.

Diary Entry for 1/27/1980

Went to church, 110 out. Patty, Jill, and Joel here in PM and supper. Jim had practice. Jolie at Jean’s. Bill, Vi, Edna F, and John left for Florida on tour bus. Patty said Betty Haggerty’s cousin Edith Graves is in room with Marg. Her son is Scee’s neighbor.

Diary Entry for 1/28/1980

Wrote Uncle Berl. Sent Sarah get will card. Also Ruth Schell and Mary Hall. Their brother died. We went to hospital to see Marg. Aunt Maude went with us. Marg had bad day yesterday but better today.