Monthly Archives: December 1992

Diary Entry for 12/4/1992

UMW and set up for bazaar tomorrow. Merrill and I helped. Snowing in evening. Beautiful out. We took food for Davenport’s. Vi helped. We went to city in PM. Got dry cleaning at Frederick’s. Merrill got hair cut, $4.00 now. Fort Drum 10th Army going to Somalia soon.

Diary Entry for 12/5/1992

Church Bazaar. Made $800.00. Joyce and Nancy made donuts on the spot for it, $2.50 a dozen. We went over for lunch. Finished decorating house and set up tree. Washed clothes. Finally got my black dress I ordered from Blairs, September 14.

Diary Entry for 12/10/1992

Bea Gehm’s hip operation. Roy’s 90th birthday. Vern and June called in evening. Bea came through operation fine. I called Jolie. Her operation changed to December 29th. Snowing in PM. We went for groceries in PM. Saw Pat Brancatella. His father died in April.

Diary Entry for 12/13/1992

Sunny, 20°. We went to church, 100 there. Children’s Sunday School program during church. Very good. Ecumenical church service at our church at 7 PM. Over 200 there. Very nice. Jim, Joel, Jolie, Shawn and Melvin “Chip” here for supper.

Diary Entry for 12/18/1992

Sent Baby Shawn card, and $5.00. Supper at Baptist church, 5 PM. Bill and Vi went with us. Delicious supper and musical program. Sent more Christmas cards. Got some. Kathy sent pictures. Merrill took car to George’s. Fan okay. Chipmunk had built nest in it so fan couldn’t run, Cost $36.38.

Diary Entry for 12/19/1992

Pact shut-in baskets, about 30. I gave oranges. Harry Kent, 63 died. Rev. Carol called. We helped pack and deliver baskets. Planned for memorial at church for Kent’s. Stephanie and Sammy here in evening. Brought us fruit basket.

Diary Entry for 12/21/1992

Harry Kent’s funeral at Philadelphia church. Church full. Rev. Carol and Rev. Collin had real nice service. Fed about 60 in the dining room afterwards. Merrill and I helped. Robbins man cleaned furnace.

Diary Entry for 12/22/1992

Cloudy. We went for groceries in AM. Laura Lancaster brought us red poinsettia plant. Margaret brought basket from church. We decorated cookies. Took box to Cha’s. Gave paper man peanuts for Christmas.

Diary Entry for 12/25/1992

Jim, Jill, Joel, Jolie, Shawn I, and Shawn II, here for dinner. Jim had to go to work at 2 PM. Got nice gifts. Merrill coat, gloves, socks and cap and corn popper. I got homemade quilt, sweater, jam, and flat iron, and pictures of Jill and Shawn.

Diary Entry for 12/27/1992

Merrill went to church, 31 out. My knee too sore. Tom Spicer trailer over by the high school burned this forenoon. Had 3 fire companies. Started from furnace. They lost everything but the garage. Very cold but sunny.