Sent card to Marg (birthday card) & Juanita. Baked. Mrs. Hagan, Helen & boys were over in evening. Talked with Leah. Merrill got birthday cards.
Category Archives: Daily Diary Entry
Diary Entry for 3/21/1948
Talked with Lois. I went to church. Drove out home in PM to see Mom & Dad’s new refrigerator. Rained hard & was foggy. I was sick in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/22/1948
Merrill got card from Uncle Berle. Merrill’s birthday (39). Worked at living rooms. No school as water is in cellar at school. Easter vacation starts. Talked with Lois & Aunt Maude.
Diary Entry for 3/23/1948
Nice day. Merrill got birthday cards from Leah & Claude & Mother & Dad Tryon. Carl is home. Painted first living room. Talked with Leah & Emma.
Diary Entry for 3/24/1948
Sent cards to Eleanor, Ancil & Uncle Berle. Finished painting living room. Went to Lodge in evening. Leah called.
Diary Entry for 3/25/1948
Eleanor’s birthday (20). Aunt Maude & I went to city. Stopped at Lila’s. Aunt Maude & I papered first living room. Uncle Ray & Aunt Maude were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/26/1948
Vernon & I papered other living room. Talked with Aunt Maude & Helen. Juanita’s 19th birthday.
Diary Entry for 3/27/1948
Boys got hair cuts at barber shop. Washed & fixed Jim’s suit. Went to party at Aunt Maude’s for Vi & Bill. 24 there. Talked with Aunt Maude, Helen, Carrie & Mrs. Kiechle.
Diary Entry for 3/28/1948
Bill & Vi’s 12th anniversary. Boys & I went to Sunrise service. We went to church. Took boys out home. Stopped at Tryon’s. Carl is home. Lila, Jim & kids, Uncle Berle & Aunt Myrtle were there.
Diary Entry for 3/29/1948
W.S.C.S.. Talked with Helen & Mrs. Kiechle. Merrill cut legs off our bed. Frogs are hollering tonight.
Diary Entry for 3/30/1948
Painted living room floors. Helen Dickson was here for Red Cross. Mildred Brown was here to see about Stanley party. Having one April 20. Talked with Emma.
Diary Entry for 3/31/1948
Talked with Helen. Set tables at church. Went down to Leah’s after curtain stretchers. Merrill & I went to supper at church. Got card from Vernon.
Diary Entry for 4/1/1948
Went out home after boys. Vernon was making syrup so stayed out. Stopped at Tryon’s to see Carl before he leaves. Mother Tryon’s leg looks terrible. Talked with Aunt Maude.
Diary Entry for 4/2/1948
Went to Harrisville for fence. Got 41 posts. Was up where Don & Dorland are. Talked with Leah, Lila, Helen & Aunt Maude. Went to show in evening. Stopped to see Uncle Len & Betty. They brought Uncle Ray’s hay.
Diary Entry for 4/3/1948
Baked pies, doughnuts & cakes & bread. Talked with Helen. Carl went back to state of Washington.
Diary Entry for 4/4/1948
Went out to Adams for dinner. Got Vernon from Uncle Berle’s. He made 4 gallon syrup. Talked with Mrs. Hagan & Aunt Maude.
Diary Entry for 4/5/1948
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to Lodge. Talked with Helen, Lois, Addie
Diary Entry for 4/6/1948
Finished ironing. Went to W.S.C.S. at Alice Flaherty’s. Talked with Vi. Wrote Juanita.
Diary Entry for 4/7/1948
Started papering hall. Talked with Helen. Got letter from Juanita.
Diary Entry for 4/8/1948
Finished hall. Painted stair steps & cleaned floors.
Diary Entry for 4/9/1948
Went over town. Sent Dad card & letter. Talked with Elsie, Lula, Beulah, & Leah. Got letter from Ethel Wagner.
Diary Entry for 4/10/1948
Dad’s birthday (56). Talked with Mrs. Ronas, Aunt Maude, Lois, Lula, & Beulah. Baked cakes and doughnuts.
Diary Entry for 4/11/1948
Awfully windy. Talked with Mrs. Ronas, Helen & Emma. Power off from 9:00 to 11:30 AM. Was down to Leah’s awhile after church.
Diary Entry for 4/12/1948
Washed clothes. Cloudy. Emma, Beulah & Elsie were here in evening to make out slips. Milk tester came. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 4/13/1948
Colder. Talked with several about supper. Tester left. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 4/14/1948
Raining. Talked with several about supper. Went over & gave out slips. Got some more coal.
Diary Entry for 4/15/1948
Talked with Helen & several others about supper. Went to city after groceries for supper. Delivered meat & swept church. Nice day but cold.
Diary Entry for 4/16/1948
Father & Son Banquet. Worked over church all afternoon & evening. Sold 112 tickets. Made about $95-$100. Raining.
Diary Entry for 4/17/1948
Vernon & I went to city. Uncle Ray buzzed wood. Talked with Lula, Helen, Emma, Uncle Ray. Got lamp shades.
Diary Entry for 4/18/1948
Aunt Maude & I went to church. Took her to Evans Mills in PM. Stopped to see Mrs. Holmes. Stopped at Kiechle’s. Talked with Leah & Aunt Maude. Mosquitoes are here.
Diary Entry for 4/19/1948
Cloudy & colder. cleaned. Talked with Vi, Aunt Maude, Leah.
Diary Entry for 4/20/1948
Thunder showers. Had Stanley Party. Baked cookies.
Diary Entry for 4/21/1948
Wrote Mom & Aunt Myrtle. Colder.
Diary Entry for 4/22/1948
Went collecting for Cancer drive. Was over to Aunt Maude’s. Jim Matteson was here in evening.
Diary Entry for 4/23/1948
Painted dining room wood work. Got “True Romances”. Talked with Beulah & Lula.
Diary Entry for 4/24/1948
Baked & washed. Uncle Berle & Aunt Myrtle were here for supper & evening. Brought stuff in Tom Beenaman’s show.
Diary Entry for 4/25/1948
Went out home for dinner. Stopped at Margs & Tryon’s. Nice day. Quite warm. Got potatoes $1.00. Vernon mowed back yard for first.
Diary Entry for 4/26/1948
Washed clothes. Grand day. Talked with Helen, Aunt Maude & Leah. Men couldn’t get tractor going. Called hospital at Gouverneur to appeal for AB blood.
Diary Entry for 4/27/1948
Colder. Mrs. Bechard was here. Talked with Helen. Merrill went to city for part for tractor. Men started fitting for first.
Diary Entry for 4/28/1948
Went out collecting on Cancer drive. Men planted first oats of season. I went to Lodge. Got card from Mother.
Diary Entry for 4/29/1948
Sent Flossie White card. Finished Cancer Drive. I took in $16.00 Went to city with Merrill after tractor part. Talked with Helen, Aunt Maude & Lula. Was over to Mrs. Hagan’s.
Diary Entry for 4/30/1948
Raining & cold. Went up to Rappole’s. Mrs. Suits & Sharon were here. Sent Mom card. Talked with Lula, Vi & Addie.
Diary Entry for 5/1/1948
Nice but cold. Mr. & Mrs. Chapin were here. Talked with Helen, Addie, Lula & Cora.
Diary Entry for 5/2/1948
Grand day. Went to church. Went out home in PM. Stopped at Adams. Talked with Aunt Maude & Cora. Cleaned up yards.
Diary Entry for 5/3/1948
Washed & ironed. Aunt Maude & Pearl came over in evening on tractor. Mrs. Brown was here with products.
Diary Entry for 5/4/1948
Delivered Stanley products. Went to W.S.C.S. at Elsie Bacon’s. Talked with Beulah, Helen, Aunt Maude & Lila.
Diary Entry for 5/5/1948
Grange. Pearl B & I put on short play. Made tickets for Mother & Daughter banquet.
Diary Entry for 5/6/1948
Took tickets over to Vi, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Ronas, Edna & Beulah. Was over to Mrs. Hagans. Uncle Ray helped Merrill drill grain until 10:30. Aunt Maude was over.
Diary Entry for 5/7/1948
Rainy. Merrill, Aunt Maude & I went to city. Got dress & shoes. Merrill & I went to Calcium to Grange meeting in evening. Talked with Vi, Lula, Aunt Maude & Leah.
Diary Entry for 5/8/1948
Snow flurries. Rainy & cold. Talked with Lila [Miller], Addie, Vi, & Helen. Went to show in evening.