Washed & ironed. Baked. Snowing hard in evening.
Category Archives: Daily Diary Entry
Diary Entry for 12/5/1954
Cold. Merrill & Jim went up to garage & got new winter tires on. $50.00. & old tires. didn’t go to church. Evelyn & Terry came home from hospital.
Diary Entry for 12/6/1954
Virginia Marro started riding both ways. Nellie paid me. $4.25.
Diary Entry for 12/7/1954
Nellie rode in morning. Virginia didn’t go at all. Lucy didn’t ride. Got letter from Vernon. Jean Gleason got hurt bad in skiing accident. Broke shoulder.
Diary Entry for 12/8/1954
Very stormy. Jim got home at 1:30. Roads very icy. Lucy didn’t ride home in evening. I didn’t go to lodge. Got letter from Mom. Made bows today.
Diary Entry for 12/9/1954
Roads slippery. I worked making bows all day.
Diary Entry for 12/10/1954
Lucy rode for last today. Paid me $1.25. Very slippery. got package ready to sent to Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 12/11/1954
Our 19th anniversary. We went out home for tree. Got groceries in city. Roads about bare again.
Diary Entry for 12/12/1954
Worked all day. Gave myself Prom. Didn’t go to church.
Diary Entry for 12/13/1954
Very slippery. Got several cards. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 12/14/1954
Very slippery. Wrote Uncle Berle, Mom, & Juanita.
Diary Entry for 12/15/1954
Very stormy & cold. Everything covered with frost. Virginia didn’t ride today.
Diary Entry for 12/16/1954
Mailed Christmas cards. Very cold & frosty. Earl Mosher very sick in hospital.
Diary Entry for 12/17/1954
Jim was sick & didn’t go to school. I went to Past Grands Christmas party at Carrie’s on way home from work. Very windy in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/18/1954
Raining. We went to city after Vernon in PM. Did some shopping. Jim got package from Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 12/19/1954
Washed & ironed & baked. Didn’t get to church. Storming & cold.
Diary Entry for 12/20/1954
Cold. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 12/21/1954
Still cold. Work very slow at shop. Virginia didn’t ride at all today.
Diary Entry for 12/22/1954
Very cold. Didn’t go to lodge. We went to Theresa shopping in evening. Virginia didn’t ride in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/23/1954
Roads very slippery at night. Snowing. Made cake & candy.Washed my hair. TV broke. No picture.
Diary Entry for 12/24/1954
Got through work at 11:00. Got $5.00 bonus. No riders home. Very slippery & stormy. Had our tree in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/25/1954
Nice day but slippery roads. We went out home for Christmas. Grandpa Haggerty was there. Ken’s didn’t get up
Diary Entry for 12/26/1954
We all went to church.
Diary Entry for 12/27/1954
I didn’t have to work today. Washed clothes. Men took TV to city. Had to have new tube.
Diary Entry for 12/28/1954
Vern started work at Howard’s. TV very good tonight.
Diary Entry for 12/29/1954
Planned party for New Years. Roads slippery. Did ironing in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/30/1954
Roads very icy in morning. Vernon worked at Howard’s.
Diary Entry for 12/31/1954
Had New Years party here. Vi’s, Les & Beulah, & Uncle Ray’s, & girls here. Had nice time. Vern worked at Howard’s. Merrill waxed kitchen floor. Art Haggerty moved to new home today.
Diary Entry for 1/1/1955
Sleepy today. Vernon worked at Howard’s. Got to bed at 3:00 AM. Merrill & I went over to Art & Doris’. Jim went skating at Philadelphia.
Diary Entry for 1/2/1955
Took Vernon to city at 9:00 PM. Ed Bennett & Roy Farrell were here in PM.
Diary Entry for 1/3/1955
Nice day. Roads bare & dry. Virginia has moved downtown now. Paid me today.
Diary Entry for 1/4/1955
Arlene Buker started riding. Nice day. I started working on repairs today. Vern got army college mark of 75. [Selective Service Qualification Test]
Diary Entry for 1/5/1955
We went to grange but was so icy didn’t stay. Had to get pulled up Ore Bed hill by Wayne Huddleson. Virginia didn’t ride today. J. Carnival rode home. Got card & note from Beulah Congdon.
Diary Entry for 1/6/1955
Ken’s 35th birthday. I didn’t get to work today. Icy. No school because of ice. Vi & Aunt Maude called.
Diary Entry for 1/7/1955
Merrill has horrid cold. Roads good today. Cold.
Diary Entry for 1/8/1955
Washed & ironed. Merrill & Jim went up to Philadelphia in PM. Grand day. Called Leah. Her thumb is coming good. Freddie got out of hospital Thursday. Got letter from Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 1/9/1955
Didn’t go to church. Cleaned & baked spice cakes & doughnuts. Merrill’s cold still bad. Cloudy. Jim isn’t feeling good.
Diary Entry for 1/10/1955
IOOF installation. Martin Rudes N.G. Merrill went. Merrill installed as L.S.N.G. We slid in ditch on way to work. The girls all paid me. Arlene didn’t ride.
Diary Entry for 1/11/1955
Cold. Jim didn’t go to school. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 1/12/1955
Jim didn’t go to school. Is feeling some better. Arlene didn’t ride. I went to lodge. First time in ages.
Diary Entry for 1/13/1955
Jim didn’t go to school. Has been up today. Got letter from Vernon. Comes home January 25. Arlene didn’t ride.
Diary Entry for 1/14/1955
Jim didn’t go to school today. Missed one week. Cold. Virginia paid me. Nellie didn’t ride today. Drove her car. Arlene didn’t ride.
Diary Entry for 1/15/1955
Snowing some. We went to Gouverneur. Got new black sweater. Windy in evening. Blowing snow.
Diary Entry for 1/16/1955
Didn’t go to church. Addie Klock fell on church steps. No bones broken. Is in hospital.
Diary Entry for 1/17/1955
Nice but cold. Car works better but is skipping. Wrote Vernon.
Diary Entry for 1/18/1955
Wrote Mom, Uncle Berle, Carl & Gloria. Julie Coco started riding to & from work.
Diary Entry for 1/19/1955
Didn’t go to grange. Merrill & Jimmy took car to garage to get new spark plug. Had a lot of repairs today.
Diary Entry for 1/20/1955
Nice day but cold. Nellie paid me. Work on my income tax return. Sure a busy day. Home bureau at Florence’s but I didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 1/21/1955
Roads bare all week long. Snowing in evening. We went up to Mowers in evening. Jim & Martha went to show. Julie paid.
Diary Entry for 1/22/1955
Washed & ironed. Baked pies, cakes, cookies.