Got some more of paper on kitchen. Vernon worked on cupboards. We went up to Bill & Vi’s in evening. Vern went to show. Windy in evening. Got phone working again.
Yearly Archives: 1954
Diary Entry for 2/21/1954
Rainy. Windy day. Boys & I went to Sunday School.
Diary Entry for 2/22/1954
Ceil Allen’s birthday. No school.
Diary Entry for 2/23/1954
Washed clothes. Finished papering. Basketball game over WATN. [A Watertown radio station.] Philadelphia won over Cape Vincent.
Diary Entry for 2/24/1954
Rainy. Merrill, Vern, & I went to city. Ordered Vernon’s pictures. I went to lodge in evening.
Diary Entry for 2/25/1954
Roy K. & Carl Hall were here with ice cream truck. Merrill & I went to adult education. Ironed.
Diary Entry for 2/26/1954
Very stormy & slippery. Vernon didn’t feel too good when he got home from school. Stomach hurt.
Diary Entry for 2/27/1954
Bennett’s were here today. Merrill got straw home from Cooks. 40 bales @.50. Baked pies, cakes, & cookies. 2 new milkers.
Diary Entry for 2/28/1954
Boys & I went to Sunday School & church. Grand day. We went for ride to Oxbow & Antwerp in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/1/1954
Washed & ironed. Jim played in basketball game. Merrill went to lodge. Windy. Vern took state scholarship test.
Diary Entry for 3/2/1954
Stormy & windy & snowy by spells. I went to boudoir chair lesson in evening at the Fire Hall. Vern finished state scholarship test in AM.
Diary Entry for 3/3/1954
Jim was sick with sore throat. Merrill & I went to Grange but not enough Juveniles came for Grange meeting.
Diary Entry for 3/4/1954
Cold & windy. Very stormy out Adams way. Jim went to school. Merrill & I went to adult education. Last meeting in typing & shop.
Diary Entry for 3/5/1954
Windy. World day of Prayer but I didn’t go. Merrill & I went to Clayton lodge with Les & Beulah. Jim played basketball.
Diary Entry for 3/6/1954
Windy. We went to city after Vern’s pictures. Started out home but was so stormy turned around at Adams Center. Was nice here.
Diary Entry for 3/7/1954
Car wouldn’t start in time so boys didn’t get to Sunday School. We went out home for dinner. Windy.
Diary Entry for 3/8/1954
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 3/9/1954
I went to chair lesson at Fire Hall. Snowed in PM. Merrill cut brush.
Diary Entry for 3/10/1954
Shellacked kitchen cupboards. I went to lodge. Merrill went to milk meeting at the high school.
Diary Entry for 3/11/1954
Grand day. Kind of cool. Washed windows inside & outside. Vernon’s picture was in Times today as class Valedictorian.
Diary Entry for 3/12/1954
Got letter from Mom wanting us to take farm. Nice day. I went to P.N.Grands at Elsie Bacon’s. Got home at 1:00 AM. Merrill finished cutting brush across road.
Diary Entry for 3/13/1954
Aunt Edna Cobb died today. Aunt Cora called. Party for George & Margaret Waters but we didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 3/14/1954
Boys went to Sunday School & church. Wet, snowy day.
Diary Entry for 3/15/1954
Washed & ironed. Grand day but cold wind.
Diary Entry for 3/16/1954
Merrill & I went to Aunt Edna’s funeral. Large funeral. Got letter from Mom, Mrs. Zimmer, & Mrs. Bennett. Merrill & I went up to Aunt Cora’s after funeral.
Diary Entry for 3/17/1954
I was sick all day with cold & sick stomach. Jim stayed all night with Billy Mattingly.
Diary Entry for 3/18/1954
Vernon sent $25.00 to Oswego College. I went to Bentley Corners Home Bureau at Belva Fikes for first time. Art Hall was here. Howard & Evelyn were over in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/19/1954
Merrill & I went to Ken’s in PM. Merrill & Ken went to auction at Pulaski.
Diary Entry for 3/20/1954
Baked pies & cookies. Cloudy, rainy day. Vern put up bird house. We all went to 4-H at Gordon Allen’s.
Diary Entry for 3/21/1954
Snowy. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to church.
Diary Entry for 3/22/1954
Merrill’s 45th birthday. Bookkeeping adult education starts. I went. I made Merrill cake. We gave him shirt, candy, & cigars. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 3/23/1954
Merrill & I went to Gouverneur. I have headache. Nice day. Merrill got card from Mother Tryon.
Diary Entry for 3/24/1954
Grand day. Did my ironing. I went to lodge. Past Noble Grands night. Merrill & boys went to minstrel show. Very good. Got letter from Juanita.
Diary Entry for 3/25/1954
Eleanor’s birthday. Raining. wrote Eleanor & Juanita. I went to P.T.A. Received charter. Vern showed film for Coteriea [?]
Diary Entry for 3/26/1954
Cancer meeting at Philadelphia High School but I didn’t go. Was too tired.
Diary Entry for 3/27/1954
Baked & cleaned. Merrill & I went to party at Leah’s for Blanche Fikes. Boys went to show. Flood kids were over.
Diary Entry for 3/28/1954
Boys & I went to Sunday School. Sleepy today.
Diary Entry for 3/29/1954
Snowy. Merrill & I went to city. Got new dining room light. Got paint. I went to adult education & Merrill went to lodge in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/30/1954
Home Bureau but I didn’t go. Mr. & Mrs. Pilbeam came to see film, Temple Hills in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/31/1954
Painted kitchen cupboards. Merrill put up new dining room light. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Grange but was too cold to have Grange.
Diary Entry for 4/1/1954
Was too tired to go to bookkeeping class. Wrote Mom. Vern showed film at theater for adult education classes.
Diary Entry for 4/2/1954
Merrill & I took calf to sale to Gouverneur. Called several about getting T seat for parsonage. Feel punk. Jim went to Hall’s to see TV. Don & Juanita have baby boy. 8 pounds 7 ounces. David Don.
Diary Entry for 4/3/1954
Very cold last night. Vern painted cupboards. 2nd coat of paint. Cold & snowy. Baked cake.
Diary Entry for 4/4/1954
Grand day. Boys went to Sunday School. We went out home in PM. Was in accident on top of Gulf Hill. No one hurt. Cars damaged.
Diary Entry for 4/5/1954
Washed. Beautiful day. Went up to school to see movie for P.T.A. I went to bookkeeping in evening. Elliott’s were here. Merrill took car to Gouverneur.
Diary Entry for 4/6/1954
Did ironing. Raining. I went to Home Bureau at Flora L. Gave sewing lesson.
Diary Entry for 4/7/1954
Grand day. Merrill went to auction at Depauville. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Grange. Official visitors were present. Frogs are hollering.
Diary Entry for 4/8/1954
I went to P.T.A. & bookkeeping in evening.
Diary Entry for 4/9/1954
I went with Past Noble Grands to Natural Bridge to receive my P.N. Grands degree. I went with Vi. Grand day. Wrote Elliott’s.
Diary Entry for 4/10/1954
We went to Burrville & city. Merrill bought new drag at Farrell’s. Got Jim sneakers size 3 1/2. Merrill got rubber boots.