Merrill finally got rest of oats combined. I went to Gouverneur in morning. Had new points & plugs put in car. Also had winter tires put on. $29.00. Washed, ironed, & cleaned in PM.
Category Archives: Daily Diary Entry
Diary Entry for 10/5/1958
Rained all night. Marg’s birthday. We went to church. I was sick all day. Jim went roller skating. Jean Neville was here.
Diary Entry for 10/6/1958
Real hard frost last night. Nice day. Merrill got 3 ton coal today. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 10/7/1958
Little warmer. Sent letter to Uncle Berle. Wrote Vernon note in evening. Got letter from Vernon.
Diary Entry for 10/8/1958
Real warm. Seems good. Antwerp staff installed Rebekah officers. Thelma McKeever, Noble Grand, Evelyn Delles, Vice Grand.
Diary Entry for 10/9/1958
Yankee’s won series from Braves. Very warm. Wallace LeClair & Arthur Dewey were here. Tilo Co to side barn & paint house. $690.00.
Diary Entry for 10/10/1958
Terrible wind & rain in PM. Our TV antenna broke over in night. Margaret & Martha Haggerty’s 16th birthday.
Diary Entry for 10/11/1958
Colder & windy. Painted door casings. Dressed 2 roosters. Bill & Vi were down in evening. Took girls & Jim to Pat’s to dance.
Diary Entry for 10/12/1958
Nice day. I worked all day washing, ironing, & cleaning. Jim went roller skating.
Diary Entry for 10/13/1958
Ground covered with snow here when we got up. No school today.
Diary Entry for 10/14/1958
Mary O’Brien & I went to Kay’s Coffee Shop for lunch. Merrill worked at Charlie Hall’s making stations.
Diary Entry for 10/15/1958
They brought 12 inch blower from Sears. Merrill finished at Mary Hall’s.
Diary Entry for 10/16/1958
Warmer. Rained. Got groceries at noon.
Diary Entry for 10/17/1958
Tired tonight. Have headache. Work is slack at shop.
Diary Entry for 10/18/1958
4-H meeting here. All members present. Also Ronnie. We went to Gouverneur in AM. Saw 59 Chevrolet. Got my old watch. $4.00, main spring.
Diary Entry for 10/19/1958
Nice day. Jim went roller skating. Merrill painted windows in house.
Diary Entry for 10/20/1958
Nice day. Merrill worked at Thompson’s. Tilo Co brought barn shingles.
Diary Entry for 10/21/1958
Mom & Dad’s 43rd anniversary. Buster & Marie Barker’s 13th. Tilo started shingling barn.
Diary Entry for 10/22/1958
Very warm. I stayed home today & painted barn windows. Tilo Co finished barn shingles & painted house shingles. Carleton baled straw.
Diary Entry for 10/23/1958
Tired today. Raining again but warm. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 10/24/1958
Merrill worked at Millard Thompson’s. Jenny left for Cleveland this PM.
Diary Entry for 10/25/1958
Rained all day. Merrill & I went to city & out home. Took Mom fry pan. Art Hall’s cattle auction. Past Grands at Carrie Thompson’s. I went. Nice time. Kept cows in for first night.
Diary Entry for 10/26/1958
Daylight time ends at 2:00 AM. Raining again. Jim got home from Marty’s. Varnished end tables. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 10/27/1958
Raining. Merrill finished at Thompson’s.
Diary Entry for 10/28/1958
Kept cows in today for first days. Dot didn’t ride in morning.
Diary Entry for 10/29/1958
Not raining today. Rose rode home with us. Merrill put young stock in. George Norton went to hospital by Philadelphia ambulance.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1958
Nice but cool. Mary Hall was here to pay Merrill & sell candy for church.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1958
Dad Tryon’s 79th birthday. I gave blood today. Got my gallon pin. Jim stayed up to last football game & for evening.
Diary Entry for 11/1/1958
Merrill painted barn door. Washed & cleaned. Jim gathered onions & bulbs.
Diary Entry for 11/2/1958
Jim helped Howard today in Harry Miller’s place. Baked pies, cakes, & donuts. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1958
Jim is 5 feet 3 inches tall. weighs 127 pounds. Basketball practice started. Jim didn’t stay.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1958
Got Jim sneakers size 11. I went over & voted after work. Rose rode home with me. Merrill went to Gouverneur for lime. Ordered gravel.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1958
Jim got hair cut. I got tan coat & brown skirt at Pearl’s. Merrill painted on windows.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1958
Cooler. Merrill worked at Thompson’s.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1958
Rose didn’t ride home. Merrill painted windows.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1958
Merrill worked at Thompson’s. Jim helped Harry plow. I went to Gouverneur in PM for groceries & oil change. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1958
Cleaned. Merrill painted on windows. Jim went skating.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1958
Rainy & colder. Snow flurries in city.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1958
No school. Merrill worked on Landon’s house. Storm doors & windows.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1958
Vi & I went to parents night at school. Met Jim’s teachers. Vernon called from Oswego. Leslie’s birthday. Jim & Esther Hardy’s 13th anniversary.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1958
Nice day. Merrill worked at Howard’s. Mr. Fred Flood died today.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1958
Jim was sick & didn’t go to school. 4-H at Hulburts. Jim didn’t go. Merrill finished at Thompson’s.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1958
Rained all day. We went to city & out home. Marty & Jim went to show. Mr. flood’s funeral. Got letter from Mother Tryon.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1958
Jim went roller skating. Baked & washed clothes. Didn’t go to school.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1958
I fell on steps at shop. Hurt my shoulder & knee. Warm.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1958
Beautiful warm day. 74°. Very windy in evening. Jim got report card. Washed towels.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1958
Colder & windy. Sam was at shop today.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1958
Jim brought home Post lantern lamp he made in shop. Nice. Merrill gave me had electric mixer & Jim gave me Evening In Paris set for my birthday.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1958
My birthday. Josephine gave me 2 dozen red roses. Jim went to first basketball game. Colder.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1958
Nice day. We went to city. Got radio for Dad’s for Christmas. Don & us. $30.25. Used mixer for first time.