Yearly Archives: 1980

Diary Entry for 1/2/1980

Got tax bill, $262.44 up $27.70. Merrill and Ray took down Nativity at church. Merrill cleaned church. Called Fays twice but drugs didn’t come in. Slippery in morning. Light rain and freezing.

Diary Entry for 1/7/1980

Mrs. Cameron, Alice F, Callie C, Thelma S, left for Florida at 6 AM. Started snowing here at 7:30. Very windy. Called Dr. Roberts about taking 5 cc of iron. Carl and Evelyn Scee called. Their new phone number is 782-4675.

Diary Entry for 1/9/1980

Oren Barker Jr’s birthday, 59. Don Moores also, 62. I got a $3 check from Blue Cross. Snowing hard. I called drug store. Ordered 5 cc of Imferon. B-12 shot. Rebekah’s. Ginny didn’t come so we didn’t go.

Diary Entry for 1/10/1980

Wrote Beulah H. We went for groceries in morning. Beautiful day. Talked with Marg. She got cast on foot yesterday. Bert Pitkin in Mercy Hospital. Evelyn Scee has infection in her toe. May have it off. Got letter from Uncle Berl and Vern’s.

Diary Entry for 1/13/1980

Called Marg. She is in room 330 now. Rev Miles Hutchinson’s 92nd birthday this week. We went to church. Aunt Maude took dish of macaroni and cheese to Rev. Cameron. Ladies got to Florida at 10 PM last night. Jim’s here in PM and supper. Jim has cracked rib from basketball last night.

Diary Entry for 1/16/1980

B-12. We went to Don’s. Beautiful weather. Stopped at hospital to see Marg. Her foot is bad again. Got eye drops at Fays. Imferon not in yet. Carl called to say they took Evelyn to hospital last night with asthma attack.

Diary Entry for 1/17/1980

Beautiful day again, 50-60°. Marg has been in hospital 3 weeks today. Merrill went for groceries. We went to city in PM for Imferon at Fays, $14.95. Aunt Maude went with us. We went to see Marg. She was having several X-rays.

Diary Entry for 1/18/1980

Father Rev Paul Hagan was killed tonight in accident. Iron shot. Last one of 21 cc series. Glenda also took my blood pressure 172/96. Cloudy, warm day. Merrill went to Canada with Howard and Art for fence posts. I called Marg. She has to have her leg off beneath the knee, right one. Evelyn Scee got home from hospital.

Diary Entry for 1/19/1980

Wrote Dr. Roberts and Vern’s. We went to hospital to see Marg. Todd Ashley’s 5th birthday (Gary). Called Jim’s from city. Jim may have ulcer. Preston’s left for Florida for 3 months. Doreen’s birthday.

Diary Entry for 1/22/1980

Jim’s 12th year on police force. My hip not so sore today. Got letter from Angie. They have new Chevy Monte Carlo. Talked with Marg. Her operation is Thursday if they can get enough blood for it. Snowing off and on most of day. First in weeks. Father Paul Hagan’s funeral at city.

Diary Entry for 1/23/1980

Rebekah’s. I didn’t go. Terry and Pat H here in evening. Gave myself B-12 shot. Got letter from June. Talked with Marg. She has her operation at noon tomorrow. Spinal. Dr. Peckham. Ground white with snow off and on. Washed. Baked cookies.

Diary Entry for 1/24/1980

Cold last night, 0°. Marg’s operation. We spent most of the day at hospital. Got home at 8 PM. She came through OK but her blood pressure dropped before operation. Took her leg below knee. I had blood tests at lab, $30.95. Got Pro. and Credit. check, $37.45.

Diary Entry for 1/25/1980

Card party at L & C Hall’s. 20 people there. Nice time. We went for groceries. Cold in morning. Below zero. Warmer during day. Talked with Beulah and Marg. She is feeling fine today. Wrote Vern’s.

Diary Entry for 1/27/1980

Went to church, 110 out. Patty, Jill, and Joel here in PM and supper. Jim had practice. Jolie at Jean’s. Bill, Vi, Edna F, and John left for Florida on tour bus. Patty said Betty Haggerty’s cousin Edith Graves is in room with Marg. Her son is Scee’s neighbor.

Diary Entry for 1/28/1980

Wrote Uncle Berl. Sent Sarah get will card. Also Ruth Schell and Mary Hall. Their brother died. We went to hospital to see Marg. Aunt Maude went with us. Marg had bad day yesterday but better today.

Diary Entry for 2/2/1980

Cold and sunny. Hall family arrived about 11:15. They all had lunch here. Geneva, Bob, Ken, Lois, Cathy, Carl, Marilyn and Rick. David, 17, didn’t come. Went to funeral home in PM and evening. Rebekah had service. Carl, Marilyn, and Rick stayed with us.

Diary Entry for 2/3/1980

Brennon Kavanaugh’s 1st birthday. Beulah Hall’s funeral. Quite a few out. Rebekah’s had dinner for family at Vivian Myers afterwards. We went. Joe, Lois and Carrie also. Carl left about 5 PM. Merrill went to church, 99 out. Had coffee hour after church.

Diary Entry for 2/4/1980

Talked with Marg. She is good. Still cold but nice day. I’ve felt lazy all day. Arms ache. Gave Boots a bath. Merrill went over town to bank and store. Ron’s Big M store had an armed robbery last night at 8:30. $345 taken.

Diary Entry for 2/6/1980

Clinic. Aunt Maude and I went. Blood count 12.25. Blood pressure 136/90. Went to see Marg. Got eye drops and medicine and needles. Got Blue Cross check for $15. Got letter from Vern’s. Jim was at hospital. Pauline Garmon Roggie left today to run a store at Lowville. She was at hospital to see Marg.

Diary Entry for 2/7/1980

Week of Prayer and Self Denial at church, 7:30 PM. Aunt Maude and I went. Carol rode home. Also Becky T. About 20 out to it. Wrote Vern’s. Beautiful day, Up to 27° but down to zero in PM.

Diary Entry for 2/9/1980

Zero this morning. Up to 25° during day. Sunny. Merrill cleaned floors. Got turkey ready to roast tomorrow. Got stuff ready for dressing. Got card from Bill and Vi from Florida, and thanks you’s from Hall family.

Diary Entry for 2/16/1980

Mother Tryon’s 90th birthday. Dennis Crowner got water pipes to thawed. Charged us $40. $50 in all. Good to have water again. Bathroom drain still frozen. Merrill went to parsonage. Faucet broke in cellar. Snowed some during night.

Diary Entry for 2/17/1980

Dick and Evelyn Scee’s marriage at Fowler today. Nice day. We went to church. Went down to Jim’s in PM. Merrill cut some wood for them. Stopped at hospital to see Marg on way home. Jim’s better.