Took car to Gouverneur. Didn’t have part. Got oil changed & brakes fixed. Rebekah’s had turkey supper.
Category Archives: Daily Diary Entry
Diary Entry for 9/20/1959
Beautiful day. Washed my hair. Jim went over to Marty’s. Waxed kitchen floor.
Diary Entry for 9/21/1959
Vern’s 23rd birthday. Warmer.
Diary Entry for 9/22/1959
Got dress from Spiegel. Warm. Men were here filling silo. Got letter from Vern.
Diary Entry for 9/23/1959
Rebekah’s election of officers. I went. 30 members present. Evelyn D is Noble Grand. Edna Cross is Vice Grand. Jim went to city & got driver permit.
Diary Entry for 9/24/1959
Very warm. Got my new coat today.
Diary Entry for 9/25/1959
Rosie, Alice, Virginia, Mary, Fran, & I, went to Dante’s for pizza at noon. Rosie’s last day of work.
Diary Entry for 9/26/1959
Swell day. Waxed bathroom floor. I went to Theresa for groceries. Jim & I went to 4-H at Kiechle’s.
Diary Entry for 9/27/1959
We went out home for dinner. Jim drove for first time both ways.
Diary Entry for 9/28/1959
Very warm. Washed clothes in evening.
Diary Entry for 9/29/1959
Hot & muggy. Rained in PM. Merrill started plowing. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 9/30/1959
Rained about all day. I got letter from Vernon. Judy Sivertson’s auction.
Diary Entry for 10/1/1959
World Series starts. Dodgers & White Socks.
Diary Entry for 10/2/1959
Carl, Gloria, Rosie, & Cindy, were here when I got home. Jim went to Record Hop at Philadelphia.
Diary Entry for 10/3/1959
Took car to Gouverneur to have carburetor fixed. Got shoes & purse. Les Hall’s auction.
Diary Entry for 10/4/1959
Carl, Gloria, & girls left at noon. Washed & cleaned. Jim went skating. We went up to Jim Hardy’s to see puppy.
Diary Entry for 10/5/1959
Raining. Jim brought home ping pong table he made in shop. Merrill got it for him with truck. Got maps, & letters from Vernon. Mrs. Caird died today.
Diary Entry for 10/6/1959
Raining. Got my hair done at Mills. Helen Dickson’s father died today. Rebekah’s went to Mrs. Caird’s.
Diary Entry for 10/7/1959
Jim & I went to Theresa for groceries. Nice day. Quite warm.
Diary Entry for 10/8/1959
Mom came home with me from work. Came on bus.
Diary Entry for 10/9/1959
June, Eleanor, Merrill, & I left for Maryland at 2:00 from Ken’s. Stopped at motel in Pennsylvania for night. $6.25.
Diary Entry for 10/10/1959
Got to Vern’s about 10:30. Rented motel for 2 days. Went to Washington, D.C. Hit little Negro girl crossing street. Not hurt bad.
Diary Entry for 10/11/1959
We went out to dinner. went to Annapolis & farm at Beltsville. Very hot today. 90°.
Diary Entry for 10/12/1959
We got home at 10:00 PM. Left College Park at 7:00 AM. Cost us $8.00 Thruway fees.
Diary Entry for 10/13/1959
Cold. Merrill took Mom home. Tired today. I went to bed at 9:35. June Rockwood McCartin has baby girl, Kimberly June, born today.
Diary Entry for 10/14/1959
Lodge but I didn’t go. Talked with Vi.
Diary Entry for 10/15/1959
Cold. I wrote Vernon. Got Teddy Bear for Helen Lawrence in Washington, D.C.
Diary Entry for 10/16/1959
Jim went to dance at Philadelphia. Music by Rosie Hardy. Wayne Carp, Claude Be., Freddie Pol., & Brenda Hewitt.
Diary Entry for 10/17/1959
4-H here. 9 present. Election of officers. Cleaned house.
Diary Entry for 10/18/1959
Washed & ironed. First snow flurries today. Jim went roller skating.
Diary Entry for 10/19/1959
Quite cold. Snow at Adams & Massena. Wrote Mom & Dad.
Diary Entry for 10/20/1959
Kept cows in tonight for first night this fall.
Diary Entry for 10/21/1959
Mom & Dad’s anniversary. Cold. Lawson Chapin hung himself this morning. Got letter from Vern.
Diary Entry for 10/22/1959
Boys came down to practice act for 4-H. Rebekah’s installation but I didn’t go. Blanche Eager married to Joe LaLonde.
Diary Entry for 10/23/1959
4-H achievement night at Evans Mills. Boys put on Rock & Roll number. Good. Lynn hit Teddy with truck. Not hurt bad.
Diary Entry for 10/24/1959
We went to city. Jim got coat. $11.90. Also pants & shirt. Carl Allen came home with us to spend night. Got winter tires put on at Mercer’s. Rainy.
Diary Entry for 10/25/1959
We went to church. Jim went roller skating. took Carl home. Made black corduroy skirt. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 10/26/1959
Farm Bureau fellow was here. Insurance fellow was here about accident.
Diary Entry for 10/27/1959
Rainy. Mary O’B, Alice C., Marg, Vi, Rose D., & I went to undertaking parlor to see Margaret Phillip’s husband. Kept cows in today for first.
Diary Entry for 10/28/1959
Got head light for car. $2.50. I went to lodge. Evelyn’s first meeting as Noble Grand.
Diary Entry for 10/29/1959
Got pictures today. Got invitation to Dad Tryon’s 80th birthday. Merrill worked on Gonyea’s barn.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1959
Jim went to dance at Theresa. Also Marty. Joyce Graham’s last day of work.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1959
Dad Tryon’s 80th birthday. Got tooth filled. $4.00. I was sick in bed all day. Jim went to Philadelphia in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/1/1959
Merrill, Jim, & I went to Beulah’s to help Dad Tryon celebrate his 80th birthday. Delles milked in evening. Drove on new state way to Adams for first. Road number 81.
Diary Entry for 11/2/1959
Got letter from Grandmother of little girl in Washington,D.C. Wrote Vernon. Waxed kitchen floor.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1959
Jim is 5 feet 10 inches tall. 135 pounds. I went to vote after work. Merrill voted in PM. Washed. Lilian Hale Shampine has baby boy.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1959
Rainy. Jim & I went to Theresa in evening for groceries. Merrill worked at Alton’s.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1959
Very warm. Got blue car coat at Pennys. $14.95. Wrote Vern. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1959
Rainy & colder in PM. Rose D. got through riding today. Merrill finished at Alton’s. Jim & Marty went to dance at Theresa.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1959
Jim & I went to last football game. cCleaned & washed. We went out home in evening. Took just 50 minutes on new 81 road. David Congdon called at 12:30 to say Dad Tryon is in hospital.
