Monthly Archives: December 1985

Diary Entry for 12/1/1985

Our 50th anniversary party at Philadelphia Fire Hall. Everything just lovely and great. Almost 100 folks there. Vern and Jim’s left about 7 PM. Ken and Eleanor about 11 PM. June R and Arland Hall here in evening. Gave us red apple cookie jar. Whole family went to church with us to start the day.

Diary Entry for 12/2/1985

Charge conference at Mills. Postponed because of stormy weather. Bad all day. We are both tired today. Linda and Joey over in evening with cards and money gifts. Gary took George to Syracuse today. He goes back Sunday to enter hospital.

Diary Entry for 12/3/1985

Corrine Simonds here to get contract signed again. Merrill and Bill Mowers set up Nativity Crèche on church lawn. Wrote Vern’s. Got more cards and money. Got letter from Mary Hall. Lynn really bad. Marty here to use phone.

Diary Entry for 12/5/1985

UMW Christmas meeting, covered dish supper in church basement after 12 years. 10 present plus Rev. Collin. Collected $27 for missions. Went for groceries. Lynn Hall weak. Back to Ogdensburg hospital. Merrill called Evelyn.

Diary Entry for 12/8/1985

We went to church, 67 out. Cloudy day. Called Audrey. She fractured her shoulder Friday in a fall. Howard and Evelyn here to spend evening. Had a great visit. Evelyn’s brought cookies. Gave us gold tray.

Diary Entry for 12/11/1985

Our 50th anniversary. We were married on a Wednesday also. Snowing again. Wrote Jim’s and sent first Christmas cards. Got more anniversary cards and Christmas cards. Got note from Vern’s. The college student that drowned was a college friend of Steve’s. Evelyn called.

Diary Entry for 12/14/1985

Sunny but cold. Got Jim’s kids pictures. Very good. Merrill cleaned driveways. Washed clothes. Sent 43 more thank you cards. Got Christmas cards. Got back check for Merrill’s coat. Item not available. Patty called. Storming in Oswego. Postponed going out to dinner until later.

Diary Entry for 12/20/1985

Charge Conference at Evans Mills. PPR meeting at 5:30. Supper at 6:30 and meeting at 7:30. About 14 there. We got groceries in AM. Merrill worked on church snow blower. Nice today. Audrey in hospital. Fell.

Diary Entry for 12/21/1985

Merrill collected for minister’s gift in morning. Snowing again. Open House at Antwerp parsonage. We went. Nice. Went to Gouverneur shopping after. Lynn Hall died this PM at House of Good Samaritan Hospital Cancer Center. Washed clothes. Carol Ponzi called in evening.

Diary Entry for 12/23/1985

Merrill helped at church all day. Got walks shoveled for Lynn’s funeral. We went to funeral home at Theresa in evening. It was full all evening. Patty called. Her mother in hospital again with cancer.

Diary Entry for 12/24/1985

Jim called in evening. We called Patty and kids. Lynn’s funeral. church packed. Rev Collin had a great service. Donna at Legion afterwards. We went to Christmas Eve service at Mills Church. Alice F went with us. A beautiful candlelight service. Darcy here. Jennifer Drake brought over cookies.