Yearly Archives: 1972

Diary Entry for 2/20/1972

Everything plugged in AM. Got dug out at noon,. Vern’s car wouldn’t start. Used Howard’s heater. Kids left at 2 PM. Called at 4:15. Roads rough. Oswego got more snow than here. Marie here to sew.

Diary Entry for 2/21/1972

Winter vacation, no school. 4-H Dress Evaluation at Philadelphia Fire Hall. I took five of girls. Sharon was judge. 10 below in morning. No mail. Marie, Jamie, Nora and Linda got blue. Judy, Jackie, Debbie, Vicki, Lorraine, red. Jim, Pat and Jolie here for supper and evening.

Diary Entry for 2/24/1972

No school. I have headache. I got Bible, The Living Bible Paraphrased from Christianity Today. Got magazine for one year, $7.50. Merrill cleaned out driveways with blade. I went to Bible Study at Wheeler’s with Ruth Eg in evening.

Diary Entry for 2/25/1972

No school. I went to Philadelphia to bank and grocery store. Cleaned house. Washed clothes. Got letter from Uncle Berl. Sent income tax, $522.60. Sent Life insurance, $54. -10° at 7 AM, 22° during day.

Diary Entry for 2/28/1972

Pres. Nixon and staff land back in Alaska from China. Back in Washington in evening. Merrill cleaned out dishwasher strainers. He went to Theresa for washer seal. Wesley Grahams have trailer by cemetery. Wasn’t there yesterday.

Diary Entry for 2/29/1972

Leap Year. Warmer. I went to Bible Study. Margaret G had lesson on prayer. Nice lesson. Minister’s study is so nice. Wrote Uncle Berl and Ruth Schell. We went to Vic Delles’ wake. They took Eva to Bay hospital. Bob called in evening. Doors are here. Chief Tousette retires.

Diary Entry for 3/1/1972

City Police Chief Loftus 45, Dep. Police Chief Kellar 55, Sgt. Watson 33, names at 8 AM. I taught Esther’s release Time Class. Merrill helped at parsonage putting on door. Raining and freezing on. Wrote Glen F, Fran S, and Pastor’s.

Diary Entry for 3/5/1972

Snowy and blowing. We went to church. Rev. Blankenship back. Ruth and I started for Singspiration at Mills, but was too stormy. New Jersey neighbor arrived. Pipes froze. Merrill went over to help Carl Kellenbeck start his furnace. Called Aunt Maude.

Diary Entry for 3/8/1972

Rebekah’s. I went. Not too many out. Snowing hard when I came home. Very icy in places. Called kids about dress review and flowers. Barbara Brotherton called. Storming terrible at Boonville and Pulaski.

Diary Entry for 3/9/1972

4-H Dress Review at IRCS. 155 kids modeled. Good crowd. I took load. Donna took some. Norma Gee and kids here selling cards. Made cookies. Beautiful day but very icy. Pat was over. His name is Brancatella

Diary Entry for 3/10/1972

Uncle Berl’s birthday. 4-H flower orders to be in. Sent it today. I went to Philadelphia for groceries and to bank. Cleaned house. Merrill went to Philadelphia in PM. Got hair cut. Took Lodge check to Carl K. Jim Hardy here. George, age 82 died yesterday. Sent Insurance, $281.53.

Diary Entry for 3/11/1972

I took Ruth, Pearl, Vi, and Leah to Full Gospel Meeting. Cota Deir speaker. We went to funeral home for George Hardy. We went to Centennial Dance and program in evening. Very nice. Pat B went back to New Jersey. Came over before he left.

Diary Entry for 3/12/1972

George Hardy’s funeral, 82.. Merrill was a bearer. We went to Sunday School and church. Beautiful day. Brenda and Bill here in PM. Were looking at farm at Evans Mills. First time Bill has been here.

Diary Entry for 3/15/1972

Wrote June and Vern. Washed clothes. Baked pumpkin pies and spice cupcakes and cake. warm. Thawing today. Did my hair. Put rinse on it. Merrill has lame knee. Cow freshened. Martha B called.

Diary Entry for 3/16/1972

Vern flies to Maryland. Sent Roberta card, letter, and $5. Sent for Billy Graham’s gift. Sent $10 for crusade. We went to Philadelphia for jars in AM. Went to Bible Study at Payne’s with Ruth in evening. About everyone that went to Full Gospel had the bug.

Diary Entry for 3/17/1972

Foggy. Roberta’s 20th birthday. There are 1000 4-H members in Jefferson County, 4 million in US. Fried donuts. Still foggy in evening. Cactus plant has blossom. Vern and June called in evening. He had good trip to Maryland. Gets his degree [Ph.D.] June 3rd.

Diary Entry for 3/19/1972

Beautiful day. Cold wind. We went to Sunday School and church. Went out to Mom’s. Stopped at Fays store on way for eye drops. Don was sick with bug. Kids also. Jim called to say they would be out tomorrow. Wrote Dot.

Diary Entry for 3/20/1972

PNG’s at Zelda’s. 16 out. Nice time. Jim, Pat and Jolie here for dinner. Jolie so big. she has outgrowed all her shoes and clothes. Jim said lots were sick after retiring chief Tousette’s Hotel Woodruff party. Sent letters to Beulah H and Dot M.

Diary Entry for 3/21/1972

Bible Study. 26 out. Kitty White, Mrs. Comps and Linda Matt came for first time. Sent birthday cards to Eva D. Merrill got lots of cards and letters. He got one from Gladys yesterday. Eva is 78 years old today.

Diary Entry for 3/22/1972

Merrill’s 63rd birthday. I got him frozen short cake and box of candy at Philadelphia. He got more cards. Rained all day and evening. Released time for Margaret Matt. There was water in church basement. Snowing in evening. I went to Lodge in evening.

Diary Entry for 3/24/1972

Got letter from Roberta at school. 4-H here. Meals 10-Day, The Easy Way Lesson I. 14 here. 2 guests, Lori G and Barbara Wilcox. Debby Hall not here. Sent for wallpaper for our bedroom. Send cards to Eleanor, Juanita, and D Wayne. Still snowing. Called Aunt Maude. We went to Philadelphia to store.

Diary Entry for 3/26/1972

Jim’s gave Merrill bedroom slippers. Jolie gave him nuts. Juanita’s 43rd birthday. David Wayne, 2nd. Palm Sunday. We didn’t go to church. We went to Jim and Pat’s for dinner. Patty’s father there also. Stopped at Fays and got Jolie blue outfit. Called Dorothy H. Cut out yellow dress. Cactus has second blossom.

Diary Entry for 3/28/1972

Apt with Dr. Scanlon, 2:30 PM. Changed drops to 2%. Cost $3.35 for twice as large bottle at Fays. We took high chair to Jim’s. Patty’s father got a job at Howlands Store. Security guard.

Diary Entry for 3/30/1972

Bob Flaherty’s 70th birthday. Communion Sunday at Church. We went. Just Philadelphia people there. I went to Philadelphia for groceries. Picked up raffle tickets at Lois. Left Mary some. We stopped at Bill and Vi’s in evening.

Diary Entry for 3/31/1972

Bought Lily from MYF, $4. Sent Dave card. Got bedroom wallpaper. Good Friday, no school. Cleaned church at 1 PM. Cleaned basement and set tables. Joyce, Margaret, Judy S and I. Marva helped set tables. Merrill put new leathers in pump. Got letter from Beulah H. Rebekah’s made $118.85 on raffle ham.

Diary Entry for 4/2/1972

Easter Sunday. Dave’s 18th birthday. I went to Sunrise Service but not breakfast. Church full. Many from Mills there. We went to Roma’s in Gouverneur for dinner. Took Lily plant to church. Called Jim’s. Ethel Tousley got home from Syracuse hospital.

Diary Entry for 4/3/1972

Council of Ministry at Parsonage. 11 present. Matt’s first meeting as chairman. Kevin Lawler killed in bulldozer accident this morning. Jim, Pat, and Jolie here for dinner and PM. They got Jolie a new walker. She broke it so they had to take it back. Glen Shurtliff died. [He is] Also Ivan Hales brother.

Diary Entry for 4/5/1972

Snowing off and on. Glenn Shurtliff’s funeral. Dawn here while Evelyn went to funeral. We started bedroom. The ceiling half of it fell off. Some mess. I went to Bible Study with Ruth in PM at parsonage.

Diary Entry for 4/7/1972

Rebekah’s District Meeting at Theresa. Leah Simonds new DDP, 6:30, cold cuts and salad, Jell-o and cup cakes supper. 48 Past Grands there, 16 from Philadelphia. Merrill put new float in water tank. Got it at Theresa.

Diary Entry for 4/9/1972

We went to Sunday School and church. Terry Orton preached, John Wheeler’s nephew. Church full. Baptized 3 babies. We went up to Uncle Len’s in PM. They are well. Everett not working from back injury.