Monthly Archives: November 1980

Diary Entry for 11/6/1980

Charge Conference here at Philadelphia. 17 to the covered dish supper and 24 to the meeting. Rev. Owen showed slides. Nice meeting. Got groceries. Stopped at Kathy’s to pick out pictures. Paid her $15.10 for negatives. Washed clothes. Snow flurries.

Diary Entry for 11/12/1980

I went to Bible Study. Merrill went to Theresa to bank and to get spring for car. Barber shop closed. Rebekah’s. I didn’t go. Sent back 6 stuffed toys with girls that I couldn’t sell. Leslie’s birthday, 66.

Diary Entry for 11/13/1980

Got letter from Dr. Roberts and prescriptions. Garage appointment at 10 AM at Healy’s. Had new joints put in car, $10. Washed. Wrote Vern’s. I went for groceries. UMW at Vi’s. 19 there. Nice meeting. Cliff Hamilton brought load of wood. 4 cords of 4 foot long. $175.

Diary Entry for 11/15/1980

Sent Ken’s card and letter. Merrill cut up wood most of day. My arms very lame. Merrill cleaned church. Gave myself B-12 shot. Got rest of pictures from kathy, $10. Went over to CEC to give dishes to Legion.

Diary Entry for 11/16/1980

Ken and Eleanor’s 34th anniversary. We went to church, 84 out. Aunt Maude sick with cold and couldn’t go. She gave me beautiful beret and scarf set. Jim, Patty, and kids here in PM and for supper. Had chili. Helped with wood. Joel put most of it in cellar window.

Diary Entry for 11/18/1980

Agway ham dinner. Fed 460 people @ $5. Cleared $763 for each church. Very good. We went. I won first number drawing. Got a $4.99 broom. Looks like winter this morning. 3-4 inches of snow. Bad all over. I made rolls and 2 lemon pies for supper. Washed. Got note from June.

Diary Entry for 11/22/1980

Early Thanksgiving dinner together at Jim’s. Vern’s stopped at Sears to get winter tires put on. Had lovely day together. They had birthday cake for me. Gave me 4 Corelle plates and large Corelle bowl. boys gave me paper dishes in morning. Got B-12 shot.

Diary Entry for 11/23/1980

We went to church, 112 out. Took in new members. Gary and Bob Fikes, Betsy Laclair, Oberton’s, Kay Taylor, Mike and Cindy Marosco, Esther Taylor associate member. Merrill put wood down cellar. Gary Belile split rest of our wood with splitter on tractor. I wrote Dot M.

Diary Entry for 11/24/1980

Administrative Council. Only Claude, Minister, Merrill and I there. Open house at school so several went there. i washed upstairs bedding. Rained about all day. Ella Brown, 88 died this morning at Samaritan Keep.

Diary Entry for 11/25/1980

Washed clothes. Cheryl H here. Paid Merrill, $112. Snow flurries. I called in Christmas order to Wards. Called Blue Cross office. Changed Blue Cross policy to cover $200 lab tests. Will cost $12.72 more quarterly. Bad fires in California. 500 homes burned.

Diary Entry for 11/26/1980

No Lodge. Beautiful day but cold. Called in order to Sears for Dan and Steve. Washed Merrill’s work clothes. Thanksgiving Eve service at Mills. We went. Patty called and wanted us to come down tomorrow.

Diary Entry for 11/27/1980

Thanksgiving. We stayed home. Lazy and relaxing day. Watched parade on TV. Merrill cut up rest of wood. All done now. Glenda gave me iron shot. Got first morning Times in 120 years. Didn’t publish yesterday as water main broke.

Diary Entry for 11/28/1980

Rained and froze on during night. Everything covered with sleet. Wrote Vern’s. Sent Blue Cross. We went for groceries in PM. I got card and cross necklace from June Ridsdale. 10,000 died in Italy because of quakes.