Monthly Archives: May 1996

Diary Entry for 5/1/1996

Cooler. Nice sunny day until PM. Had a few showers. Debby and Jerico came over and spent day. We went through Mom’s pictures. I made potato salad. RECD, Carol, called. She will leave Chip’s check.

Diary Entry for 5/2/1996

Dr. Sherman, cystoscopy 10:30 AM. I have a large kidney stone, Have to go back in 2 months. Helen and Allan’s 60th anniversary. Carol from RECD here after we got home. Chip’s bill all paid. Debby called in evening.

Diary Entry for 5/3/1996

A great day. Warm, 63°. Rained in evening. I washed clothes. Merrill hung them outside. Sent Kristen card, letter, and $10.00. Sent Beulah card and letter at hospital. Talked with Lyla. She saw Beulah yesterday. She’s about the same. Lyla has great grandchild, born today. Merrill went for groceries in PM.

Diary Entry for 5/4/1996

Party for Allan and Helen Rockwood at Dexter Legion, 1 PM. 60 years married. We went. A delicious dinner. Good to see all our relatives. Their grandson sang the song “The Wind Beneath My Wings” for them. Just beautiful. Debby called in evening. She spent day at Theresa Library. There are 30 Hansons buried in Theresa cemetery.

Diary Entry for 5/5/1996

Kristen’s 5th birthday. We went to church, 48 out. Sunny today. Lori Cook in bad accident last night. She has a broken neck. (It wasn’t broken) Jill and Jim stopped in.

Diary Entry for 5/6/1996

A nice sunny day. I dyed the kitchen curtains, tangerine color. I made chocolate cake. Jim, Sue, and Ashley here at suppertime. They had eaten at Longway’s. Jill came over. Ate her supper here. Jim in field until Wednesday.

Diary Entry for 5/7/1996

A beautiful day. Sunny and warm. We went to license bureau. Merrill got new license as they left his middle name off other one. We ate lunch at Woolworth’s. We went to hospital to see Beulah. Also visited Nancy Willix. They want Beulah to leave hospital.

Diary Entry for 5/8/1996

B-12 10:00 AM. Take B-12 serum. Rebekah’s, 8 out. Ginny brought me home. Merrill mowed first lawn this year. Side lawn by garden. Debby called in PM. I talked with Lyla.

Diary Entry for 5/9/1996

Cloudy day. UMW at Margaret’s, 9 out. We went for groceries in AM. Vern called in evening. They want us to go to Ramada Sunday for buffet dinner at 1:30 PM after church.

Diary Entry for 5/10/1996

Cloudy. I washed clothes. Esther called. She and Ken are coming out tomorrow also. Cheryl Horton stopped in. I called Jim. He called back. I talked with Joel. Jim and Pat were married 27 years ago today. They have been separated 8 years.

Diary Entry for 5/11/1996

Raining all day. Elgin and Carmi here for dinner. Also Ken and Esther. Esther brought 2 casseroles and Jell-O. A great day together. They all left about 4 PM. Elgin and Carmi got home at 6:20, 85 miles.

Diary Entry for 5/12/1996

Mother’s Day. Ground covered with snow this morning. Cold. Raining and snowing all day. Water everywhere. We went to church, 51 out. We met Vern and June and Bea at Ramada for dinner at 1:30. A nice dinner and nice visit despite weather. Jolie and Jim called. Jill and Jim over in evening. Brought me pretty card.

Diary Entry for 5/13/1996

Sunny but colder. Talked with Lyla twice. I called Beulah. Bev and Ken were to see her yesterday. She’s eating better. I sent Ashley card and $10.00. Sent Patty card. Renewed Times for 26 weeks. $83.20. I got card and Brent’s picture from Darcy, John, and Brent for Mother’s Day. Darcy and Brent coming last of June.

Diary Entry for 5/15/1996

Ashley’s’ 5th birthday. Patty’s birthday, 49. A just great day. Sunny, 68°. Jill and I sat in the sun. Jill did washing here. Roberta, Bill, and Luke here. Had been up to Bob Ebberly’s place to look at machinery. Esther left Ken because of Holly’s not paying insurance. We gave Jill $50.00 for her JCC graduation.

Diary Entry for 5/16/1996

Cloudy day. Few sprinkles. We went to hospital to see Beulah. She was in better spirits today. We went to see Aunt Maude. She looks good. She was out in hall. Jill called. Some kids at Drake’s were shooting Drake’s dog with BB gun. Jennifer and kids there alone.

Diary Entry for 5/17/1996

Sunny. Temperature 89°. Sent June and Vern thank you card for Sunday. Merrill mowed lawn. I washed dark clothes. Robbie Knievel jumped 25 cars at Adams on bike. Went Okay. Bob Ebberly’s auction today.

Diary Entry for 5/18/1996

Thunderstorm in morning and evening. 68°. Merrill took trash. He mowed lawn by garden. Armed Forces day. I washed white clothes. Village wide garage sales. Not a good day for it in AM. Better in PM. Bill and Roberta came after machinery. Merrill talked with them. Lyla was over. Pauline is in Lowville hospital.

Diary Entry for 5/19/1996

Foggy in morning. Great day. In the 80’s. We went to church, 63 out. Last day of Sunday School. Musical service. Rev. Elaine sang a beautiful song. She played guitar. Jill and Jim here in PM. They got a pretty 1994 Ford car yesterday at Capranas. Lyla called to say Pauline R is in hospital at city with kidney stone. Lyla talked with her.

Diary Entry for 5/20/1996

Very warm in the 80’s. Raining in evening. Vern called in evening. He is having his eye operated on in Ottawa, Canada Wednesday morning. We got down our fan for first this year. I made appointment with Donna to get permanent Friday.

Diary Entry for 5/21/1996

It rained all night. Cleared in PM. Windy. Jill was over and borrowed four potatoes for a stew. Merrill took off storm windows and put on screens. It is hard work for him this year. He gets so mixed up on things.

Diary Entry for 5/22/1996

Vern’s eye appointment at Ottawa Canada. Rebekah’s. I didn’t go. My knees too sore. Lyla was here. She went to see Beulah. She wasn’t even talking today. Merrill mowed lawns. Sunny day but windy. I called Vern’s in evening. Vern’s eye uncomfortable because of a contact lens. They got home at 3;30 PM.

Diary Entry for 5/23/1996

Another sunny day, 73°. Cloudy at suppertime. Merrill finished mowing lawns. Merrill went for groceries in AM. I washed dark clothes. Beulah has been in my thoughts and prayers all morning.

Diary Entry for 5/24/1996

Sunny but colder. North wind. Donna, 10:30 for permanent. Canceled as Tom’s 43 year old sister died last night of a heart attack. We went to see Beulah. She’s very weak but now what is going on. It tires her to talk. She wanted to go home. I wish she could. I called Lyla. We got medicine at Pharmhouse. Got $16 worth of flowers and vegetables and plants at Sunny’s.

Diary Entry for 5/25/1996

Sunny. Cold wind. Washed clothes. Merrill took trash and cleaned floors. I cooked some rhubarb for first this year. Tasted good. I called Pauline in evening. She’s not too good but no severe pain. She goes June 11 to have stone removed. Robert Congdon called in evening. They are coming Monday.

Diary Entry for 5/26/1996

Cloudy but nice day. Cool wind. We went to church, only 25 out. The Maklstedt’s (Rick and Denise) last Sunday with us (shoulders). Pauline called. Beverly had called her. Beulah real bad. Not eating. Merrill went to store for potatoes. Him here on his bike. Jolie called. She worked today.

Diary Entry for 5/27/1996

Memorial Day. Sunny. A just beautiful day. Robert Cheryl, and Breanne here for dinner and day. Also Jill and Jim. Jim, Sue, and Ashley here for while in PM. Jim and Explorers police car racers at Can Am t tonight. Vern called. His eye sight improving. Jolie called. She is coming out tomorrow.

Diary Entry for 5/28/1996

Nice again today. Cool wind, 68°. Merrill planted petunias by flagpole, and mowed lawn by garden. Talked with Lyla. No news from Beulah. Jolie didn’t get out. She called. Her car quit on her. Sue here for church money. Sent $58 order to Star Crest of California.

Diary Entry for 5/30/1996

Pauline called this morning. Bev called her this morning to say Beulah died this morning. I called Doris and Don’s. Also Helen Rockwood. Also Lyla. Left message. Juanita called. She’s getting flowers for us. Jill here doing wash. Had lunch with us Lyla called. She didn’t go to see Beulah yesterday. Jim called. Got license transferred.

Diary Entry for 5/31/1996

Nice sunny day. On cool side. We wet for groceries in AM. Cancer Walk at Indian River School. Jim and Explorers there. Walk lasts 24 hours. Beulah’s name on one of the luminary lights. Lyla was here. Debby called in evening. I made meatballs. Alice Flaherty’s birthday. 86 years old.