Washed clothes. Awfully windy. Buster was here. Made a chocolate cake. Gave $5.00 to War Fund. Paid Oren $10.00

Election Day. Sent for No. 4 Ration Book, gas book for washing machine, & letter to Marg. Raining. Went over & voted in afternoon.

Did Jimmy’s wash. Baked cake & cookies & pies. Got letter from Marg. Still raining.

Got kerosene. Dot, Evelyn & Hettie Rumsey was here. Aunt Edna & Uncle Ed’s house almost burned up.

Sent blank for gas to ration board.

Arlene was down. Vernon is ill. Merrill went to Lacona in evening. Got fan belt for car. $1.25

Went over home in PM. Stayed for supper. Merrill & Don came home & milked.

Received Jimmy’s ration book & bill from Dr. George $60.00. Merrill sold a skunk to W & C for $1.50. Washed clothes. Merrill got pay for 1 & 10th.

Sent $60.00 to Dr. George. Not feeling very well today.

2 inches of snow this morning. Went over home in evening. Merrill & Vernon & Dad went to Lorraine. Merrill & Vernon got hair cut.

No school or mail. Vernon, Jimmy & I spent the afternoon at Mary Stinson’s. Wrote letter to Aunt Edna.

Dot was down. Merrill, Vernon & I cleaned the back room upstairs. Jimmy had his first cereal (Cream of Wheat)

Received gas book for washing machine. Still snowing. Merrill & Lonny went over home & to Lorraine. Got 1/4 pork from Dad’s.

Merrill worked on Rudd barn. Ken was up for supper. Traded 4 roosters with mom.

Merrill put car in Barkers garage. Washed clothes. Machine quit. Arlene was here.

Evelyn was down. Took care of meat. Received card from Aunt Edna. They have moved. Vernon got new overshoes, mittens, pajamas, & shirt. Merrill underwear.

Sent order back to Wards. Pants & cap. Snow plow was over for first time. Angie’s birthday. Received letter from Marg. Snowed hard all day. Sent cards to Mom & Mary. Wrote Angie.

Mail man didn’t go by today. Merrill got drain working again.

Merrill cleaned stovepipes. Uncle Earle’s birthday. Vernon didn’t have to go to school because of conference. Made the first ice cream of the season. Shampooed hair.

Merrill got pay. Ethel’s birthday. Arlene & Dorothy was down. Received letter from Florence Yerdon & letter & card from Angie. Went over home at night.

My birthday (26 years) Mom gave me new dress & Vernon gave me mittens. Evelyn & Arlene were here.

Grandma Haggerty’s birthday. Snowed & blew in night. Merrill put on storm doors.

Evelyn, Arlene was down. Jimmy, Vernie, & I went up to Barkers in evening.

Vernon got out of school at noon. Merrill went over home in evening.

A grand day. Real warm. Mother, Dad, Ken & Don was up for dinner. Had roast chicken. Merrill & Dad fixed washing machine. Vernie went home with Dad’s. Dot was down.

Received letter & card from Marg. Vernon’s pants & cap came. Did Jimmy’s wash with machine. It worked good.

Rained & snowed today. Colder at night. Sent for cake to Wards. Merrill took a bath. Made fudge.

Went over home for dinner. Went down to Beulah & Glen’s [Congdon] in afternoon. Also stopped at Tryon’s. Vernon came home from Grandmas.

Dot was down. Washed clothes.

Received order from Spiegel. Got new shoes. Received cake from Wards. Wrote to Aunt Edna.