Monthly Archives: May 1981

Diary Entry for 5/2/1981

Nice day but cool wind. Patty, Jill and Joel came out for day. Jim and Jolie at Portaferry for day. Merrill put Jill’s hot wheels together. My arms bad all day and evening. Got letter from Uncle Berl.

Diary Entry for 5/3/1981

Nice day, 60’s. Merrill went to church. I didn’t go. Too sore and lame. Rev. Quick fell and hurt his ankle so Nancy had service, 74 out. Linda over in PM for coffee. Washed her car over here.

Diary Entry for 5/7/1981

Mother Daughter Banquet at Legion. Patty and kids came out to it. About 90 there plus men who helped. Slides on Holy Land. Carl Scee here for lunch. Went for groceries. Called Dr. Roberts. Glenda gave me iron shot. Larry and Joanne Neville’s 15th anniversary. Got invited to Marie Gleason’s wedding.

Diary Entry for 5/9/1981

Merrill put new window in upstairs attic. He made it. Lumber cost $18. Dick Matzell [?] run over Eastham’s dog. He buried it on Fort Drum for them. One of B. Drakes white poodles died today.

Diary Entry for 5/10/1981

Mother’s day. We went to church, 77 out. Then went to Jim’s for turkey dinner. Jim and Pat’s 12th anniversary. Mrs. Puffer there also. We gave them lace table cloth. They gave me card, gold chain, and earrings. Mrs. Puffer rode back to city with us. Stopped to see Marg. Vern called in evening.

Diary Entry for 5/11/1981

Gehm’s fly to Rochester. Merrill took car to garage for new starter and water pump. Got letter from Melba. Cleaned dining room woodwork and curtains. Barbara Delles’ father, Ray Hilagan, 85, died today.

Diary Entry for 5/12/1981

Got car home. Cost $139.51 for starter and water pump, oil change, labor and tax. Rainy all day. Glenda gave me iron shot. She has new car. They also have a new filly. Glenda said Jim went to emergency room with sinus problems.

Diary Entry for 5/13/1981

Colder. Gave myself B-12 shot. Eastham’s have new black puppy. Rebekah’s, I didn’t go. Too lame and sore. Pope John Paul II shot and injured in the Vatican. 61 years old. Also a lady from Buffalo New york.

Diary Entry for 5/14/1981

Nice day. Went for groceries. Got 2 red geraniums @ 99¢ for cemetery. Also cabbage plants. Sent card, note and $5 to Patty. Washed clothes. We cleaned living room. Merrill washed woodwork. I did curtains. Changed furniture around.

Diary Entry for 5/18/1981

Still cold. John Hockey, 55, drowned yesterday at Ogdensburg. Talked with Gladys twice. Gloria Verbridge, Canandagua, Sandy, Rhonda, and Pat Fagan here in evening. Merrill mowed lawns.

Diary Entry for 5/22/1981

Sent check to Times, $13.85 for 10 weeks. No school today or Monday. We went for groceries. Stopped at parsonage. A bird fell through their bedroom ceiling where plaster came off. Glenda gave me shot, $10.

Diary Entry for 5/27/1981

We went to city. Shopped. Saw Marg. She’s about the same. Roy there. We got ceiling tile for drop ceiling for parsonage bedroom, $65. I went to Rebekah’s. Rebekah’s are moving to Municipal building in September.

Diary Entry for 5/30/1981

Raining all day. Merrill and Bill finished bedroom ceiling at parsonage. Jim, Pat, Jill and Joel here for supper. Jolie stayed with Kathryn. Marg called me. A nice surprise that she is feeling so much better. Gloria Ward married at Dawn and Ben’s. Got water bill, $70.

Diary Entry for 5/31/1981

We went to church, 65 out. Only 49 last Sunday. Had short Board meeting about early church. Rebekah’s storing stuff in CEC attic and having Sunday night service. Had first one in evening. We went. Aunt Maude went also.