Yearly Archives: 1985

Diary Entry for 1/1/1985

Sleeting in morning. Slippery. Warmer in PM. Marty was over. Brought suet for birds. Watched parades. I have blood in my urine this morning again. I wasn’t dressed all day. Flooding real bad. Roads closed.

Diary Entry for 1/4/1985

I have a back ache. We cleaned stove. Rev. Salisbury here in evening with copy of her report to conference. Excellent report. Vi and Aunt Maude called. Also, Helen Dimon. Sent Ken card and letter.

Diary Entry for 1/9/1985

PPR meeting, Philadelphia, 6:30 PM. Talked about Rev. Salisbury getting ordained in June. A very nice meeting. I attended. Aunt Maude goes to Dr. Ebbels today. I have diarrhea again. Very cold all day. Below zero.

Diary Entry for 1/19/1985

Snowing hard and colder. First time to take garbage to town barn, 9-12. Viola Drake’s funeral. Terrible stormy all day. Washed clothes. Very stormy in evening. Bad other places too. Very cold and windy.

Diary Entry for 1/24/1985

Snowing hard all day. No school. Merrill plowed out driveway with Belile’s blower. Paro’s got us milk at store. Merrill went for groceries at supper time. Got 2 papers, Mail. Darcy was over.

Diary Entry for 1/25/1985

Snowing again today. No school. Cathy brought over two loads of wash. Her machine not working. Horton’s took our snow blower to Sixberry. Merrill went with them. Vern and June called in evening. Good to hear from them. Dan has been accepted at Oswego College.

Diary Entry for 1/26/1985

Much colder, 12°, but sunny. Merrill cleaned floors. I washed clothes. Leslie called. Storming hard in Wolcott. Hal Mark Hall and Kimberly Ann Yeardon married at Gouverneur United Methodist Church.

Diary Entry for 1/27/1985

Snowing again. We went to Sunday School and church, 60 out. Snowed all day. Audrey called to say Jim’s wouldn’t be out. Jeep is broke down. Left car out in driveway. I had diarrhea bad in evening.

Diary Entry for 1/28/1985

Sunny day. Administrative Council. Harry’s first meeting at 7:30. Good meeting and good Trustee Meeting at 8:30 at parsonage. Dr. Siegel at 1 PM. Infection is cleared. I’m to have X-rays Wednesday. Aunt Maude went to House of Good Samaritan Hospital in evening.

Diary Entry for 1/30/1985

X-rays at 8:45. They found kidney stone from pyelogram. We visited Aunt Maude at hospital. She is coming good. June R here in evening. Also Marty. I feel horrid. I didn’t get any rest last night. Lots of cramps in my legs.

Diary Entry for 1/31/1985

Paid taxed, $476.75. Wrote Vern’s. 2 years ago the Eagle Hotel burned. There is a new fire barn there this year. Snowed off and on all day. Darcy, Joey here selling scout cookies. I called Barb Delles. Her mother died this week. I wasn’t dressed all day.

Diary Entry for 2/1/1985

Another snowy day. Got notice Hal Hall is married. I helped with membership map for church in PM. Vera and Sina helped too. Merrill cleaned church. Put in light bulbs. I called Dr. Siegel. He said I had passed a kidney stone. May still have one. Got groceries. Talked with Aunt Maude.

Diary Entry for 2/2/1985

Ground Hog Day. He saw his shadow. June R. here. Brought us gallon of milk. Wrote Don’s. Merrill took garbage to town barn for first time. Randy Horton went to Mills for our snow blower, $14.00. My left lower side hurting bad in evening. Aunt Maude got home from hospital.

Diary Entry for 2/3/1985

-14° today. We went to Sunday School and church, 58 there. Went to Lay Visitation Meeting at Evans Mills Church in PM. Went into Fays after to get eye drops and coffee filters. Cold all day, but sunny.

Diary Entry for 2/6/1985

Clinic. Merrill’s blood pressure 110/68 and mine is 152/90 with blood count at 14. A beautiful sunny day but cold. Merrill went to Theresa for hair cut, $3.50. Barber is moving to Philadelphia in March. I think I passed kidney stone before I went to bed. Kidneys working good and pain left suddenly.

Diary Entry for 2/7/1985

Belile’s got self contained camper. -14° today. Sunny but cold all day. I think I’ve passed all the stones. I feel normal this morning. UMW at Manor. Marion Smith hostess. I didn’t go. Jeff and Marty over. I talked with Dr. Siegel. I’ve felt so different today. Is great. Got letter from Vern’s.

Diary Entry for 2/8/1985

Cold all day. Blowing snow. Wrote Vern’s. Howard and Evelyn Hall left for Florida this morning. Very stormy Syracuse way. We went for groceries after lunch. Got letter from Don’s. Karen is getting married June 8th. It’s great to feel comfortable again. No pain.

Diary Entry for 2/9/1985

A little warmer today. I washed clothes. Made a cherry layer cake and apple and blueberry pie. Juanita, Doreen and baby Darcia here for supper. Baby is a doll. Juanita brought rolls and pie.

Diary Entry for 2/10/1985

Furnace off at CEC. Pipes froze. Merrill called Brown’s about fuel. They filled it Friday. Robbins said air got in line. Second meeting on visitation at Philadelphia Church. Same ones out to it. Patty and Joel sick with colds. Ken and Eleanor here for supper and evening.

Diary Entry for 2/12/1985

Sent Joel birthday card and letter and check. In 40’s today. Merrill got 10 pounds of cheese and 2 pounds of butter at surplus give away at Legion. Much warmer today. Above freezing. Joey brought me pussy willows.

Diary Entry for 2/13/1985

Joel’s 9th birthday. 10th Mountain Infantry Regiment activated at Fort Drum today. Big celebration. History in the making. I went to Rebekah’s, 7 out. Ginny has a new car. Darcy brought us carnations and candy for Valentine’s day. Merrill helped at Horton’s.

Diary Entry for 2/15/1985

Snowing some off and on. We went for groceries in AM. Vern called. They got here about 7 PM. Very bad driving from Pulaski to here. Snowing hard. They brought fish. Steve didn’t come. Vern brought copies of 1864-1840 Gazetteer. June brought copies of family tree work. She is doing a fantastic job on it.

Diary Entry for 2/17/1985

Very stormy again. No Sunday School in Philadelphia. Both Sunday School and church canceled at Mills. We didn’t go to church, 30 out. Our phone not ringing in here. Can call out. Jim, Patty, and kids here for PM and supper. They all went skiing. Lots of accidents because of snow.

Diary Entry for 2/19/1985

Jill’s 10th birthday. Very stormy all day. Lots of accidents and many roads closed. No mail or papers because of storm. Called several about food for Rudes Thursday. Noreen Riley’s 81st birthday.