Arlene was down. Sent payment of $12.00 on car. Merrill went to Adams with Oren to take the hay loader down for repairs in evening.
Monthly Archives: July 1943
Diary Entry for 07/02/1943
Received license plate & strip 758317. Warmer today. Mother & Dad was up. Glen & Hazel Backus have a baby boy. Also Harry & Evelyn Waters.
Diary Entry for 07/03/1943
Arlene was down. We went to Lorraine & Sandy Creek in evening. Merrill & Vernon got their hair cut. Washed my hair.
Diary Entry for 07/04/1943
Hen comes off. Had 5 chicks. Went over home for dinner. Went over to Grandma’s. Uncle Len’s, Marg & Uncle Lloyd was there.
Diary Entry for 07/05/1943
Dot, Evelyn & Arlene was down. Florence, Loraine & Harlow Yerdon was over.
Diary Entry for 07/06/1943
Went down to see Dr. Reed at Sandy Creek. Received letter & pictures from Aunt Mildred & Angie. Also got a large picture of Vernon. Vernon got a swan picture.
Diary Entry for 07/07/1943
Wrote letters to Mom & Aunt Mildred. Merrill sent for gas A book for car. Ruth Bostwich Piper was buried (age 27) Edith & Dot was down & fixed my window boxes. Got cards from Gloria & Marilyn.
Diary Entry for 07/08/1943
Dot & Arlene was down. Dot got a permanent today at Sandy Creek. Received letter from the hospital. Nice day. Made a chocolate cake & 3 pies.
Diary Entry for 07/09/1943
Sent Journal to Mom. cleaned oil stove. Arlene was down. Dot & Dick was here in evening.
Diary Entry for 07/10/1943
Sent $59.00 to hospital. Merrill cleaned stove pipes. Evelyn was down. Real hot today.
Diary Entry for 07/11/1943
We washed clothes. Viola Presley, Mom, Mack & Lucas Carey was up. Got in the ditch & Merrill pulled them out with tractor. Don was up & milked for Lonny. Rained today.
Diary Entry for 07/12/1943
Real hot. Received card from Aunt Mildred & letter from Viola. Evelyn & Arlene were down. Went to Lorraine in evening & got a quart of ice cream.
Diary Entry for 07/13/1943
Received Gas A Book for car. Sent order to Wards. Evelyn & Arlene was down.
Diary Entry for 07/14/1943
Vernon painted his wagon & tricycle. Ironed clothes today. Real hot all day. Cloudy tonight. Sent card to Aunt Mildred.
Diary Entry for 07/15/1943
Washed my hair. Arlene was down. Wrote cards to Marilyn, Gloria & Richard. Real windy
Diary Entry for 07/16/1943
Dot, Evelyn & Arlene was down. Aunt Mildred called Barkers & said she & Aunt Myrtle would come up tomorrow night. Got True Story.
Diary Entry for 07/17/1943
Went to Adams & got Aunt Mildred & Aunt Myrtle. Merrill got $5.00 use car stamp at Lorraine. Arlene was down.
Diary Entry for 07/18/1943
Arlene was down. We all went on picnic on C.C.C. [Civilian Conservation Corps] Road. Went over to Grandma Haggerty’s in PM. Took Aunt Mildred & Aunt Myrtle over to Dad’s in evening. Mom came up for supper.
Diary Entry for 07/19/1943
Sent for more pills from Dr. Reed. Sent for work shoes for Vernon with ration stamp 18. Arlene was down. Oren brought us a pint of ice cream.
Diary Entry for 07/20/1943
Watkins man was here. Sent cards to Grandpa H & Aunt Mildred & Myrtle. [Mildred & Myrtle are twins.] Got new Chicago Mail Order catalog for fall & winter. Dot went to Lorraine with us. We stopped at Marg’s on way home.
Diary Entry for 07/21/1943
Received pills from Dr. Reed. Arlene & Evelyn was down.
Diary Entry for 07/22/1943
Vernon got a Cincinnati Ohio folder from Uncle Berle. Sent order to Chicago Mail Order. Sent card to Kenneth Weal who is in the hospital from burns. Rained about all day. First rain in sometime. Not feeling very good today.
Diary Entry for 07/23/1943
Received card from Aunt Mildred & Myrtle. Vernon got new shoes. Edith, Dot, & Arlene was down. Oren brought us home some ice cream.
Diary Entry for 07/24/1943
Arlene was down. Have been feeling horrid all day.
Diary Entry for 07/25/1943
Went over home today for dinner. Had chicken dinner. Uncle Roy’s was there. Stopped at Dex Pitkin’s on way home. Don came up to milk for Lonny. Here for supper. Italy’s Mussolini has resigned.
Diary Entry for 07/26/1943
Don’s birthday (20 years ). Canned 5 pints of peas. Wrote to Angie. Edith, Dot, Evelyn & Arlene was down. Evelyn got a setting of eggs.
Diary Entry for 07/27/1943
Had thunder storm. Rained hard. Went to Lorraine in evening. Saw Clifton, Clyde, Ken & Gilbert.
Diary Entry for 07/28/1943
Mary Stinson [neighbor] came over with mailman & spent the day. Brought me a nice baby sweater, plant & flowers. Edith, Dot, Evelyn & Arlene was down in PM.
Diary Entry for 07/29/1943
The men made hay stack. Edith & Arlene was down in PM. Wrote letter to Mom & sent for socks for Merrill. Dot went to Ilion today.
Diary Entry for 07/30/1943
Arlene was down. Went down to see Dr. Reed in evening. Got our groceries. Merrill received classification card. 3-C. Got writing paper for Aunt Mildred.
Diary Entry for 07/31/1943
Got new winter catalog from Spiegel. Edith, Evelyn, & Arlene was down. Baked cake, pie & cookies. Merrill mopped the kitchen floor for me.