Monthly Archives: January 1984

Diary Entry for 1/1/1984

Sunny. No Sunday School. We went to church, 34 out. Called Vern’s. They got home on Schedule. Everything fine. Very cold in Florida. They said Florence Hogaboom died last Tuesday. Talked with Jim from Audrey’s. Made pizza.

Diary Entry for 1/2/1984

We watched parades on TV. Lazy day. Snowed some. Clear in PM. Ponzi’s called. Her mother in hospital with pneumonia. Gladys Lamon called. Rev. Bea Clark told them Sunday she was to be moved to Philadelphia.

Diary Entry for 1/3/1984

Warmer. Cloudy. Merrill called Agway for chimney cleaner. Social Security up 3.5%. Medicare $14.60 now. Got kids letter from Florida. Mailed on December 28th. Clark’s brought chimney cleaner from Agway, $10.65

Diary Entry for 1/4/1984

Merrill and Bill M. Took down Nativity at church. Merrill worked at June’s in PM. Hot water heater element and plugs and points on tractor. Sent Ken birthday card and letter. Got tax notice $477.76 up $23.37.

Diary Entry for 1/5/1984

Got letter from Vern’s. Sent clipping about Florence Hogaboom. We went for groceries. UMW at parsonage. Mrs. Zeller and mother, Mrs. Mitchell came for first, 14 there. Church apportionments are all paid but Folts Home. Fuel bills paid. June R. here.

Diary Entry for 1/7/1984

Snowing some in morning but sunny in PM. Merrill cleaned church in PM. He cleaned floors here. I washed. Harvey Weeks 2 grandsons, age 2 and 6, sledded into river by old mill Thursday. Their mother and Pam jumped in after them. Lance Martin, 2, died on way to hospital in Syracuse.

Diary Entry for 1/10/1984

Below zero over night. Steve called in evening. Went back on bus today. He’s coming to Philadelphia next weekend. Patty called in evening. Jim having back trouble. Audrey has to go into hospital for impacted tooth.

Diary Entry for 1/12/1984

-20° here last night. Cold all day. Sunny. Jim and Patty here for lunch. Merrill filed his saw. Jim took home his Air Force uniform. Fits him perfect. Washed. We went for groceries in PM. Florence Meeks, 90 died yesterday.

Diary Entry for 1/13/1984

Much warmer. Took food to Meeks from Methodist women. Washed. Merrill cleaned. Steve and Gail came from Potsdam on late bus. Got here for supper and stayed all night. Stuart and Lori Haggerty have baby girl, Blossom Ann.

Diary Entry for 1/15/1984

Trustee’s voted to insulate rest of parsonage. Steve and Gail left for Potsdam at 9 AM. We went to Sunday School and church, 52 out. Cold. Jim’s didn’t get out. We slept in PM. Charge conference at Mills. Rev. Allison Wood presided. We went for meeting. Trustee’s meeting at 7:30. Regular meeting at 8. Merrill named chairman of Trustees. 25 out to meeting.

Diary Entry for 1/19/1984

Sent cards to Ruth Eggleston and Mary Hall. Wrote Vern’s. Sun out in PM. First time since Monday. Went to city. Snowing there. Got 2 chair throws, lids for stove, and eye drops. Got groceries. Got Blue Cross check for $20. Got thank you note from Gail.

Diary Entry for 1/21/1984

Cold but nice. -25° during night. Jim, Patty and kids here for lunch. They bought a TV at Sears just like the one we got there. They got us a TV stand. Looks nice. Took our snow blower home to use. Girls stayed

Diary Entry for 1/25/1984

Windy and snowy. Randy Horton’s 24th birthday. Horton’s helped Merrill clean out our wood chimney. Put ladder in tractor bucket. Amanda here with them. Also Mike and Blaine Roland. I went to Rebekah’s in evening, 7 there. Lodge gave $25 for new dialysis machine at Mercy Hospital.

Diary Entry for 1/26/1984

June Ridsdale here on way to city. We went for groceries in PM. Merrill got multi tool set I sent for before Christmas. It was on TV, $7.98. Paid $1.49 a dozen for large eggs. Poultry disease in other states.