Loren’s birthday. Vernon got me dish. Real warm. Painted dining room floor. Went to Lorraine & over home in evening. Wrote to Loren.

Sent last payment on car. Sent $1.50 toTrue Story. Card to Mom. Jimmy is 8 months old. Evelyn & Dot were here. Merrill got 1 bushel potatoes.

Mailman started going by. Painted living room & rug. Vernon didn’t go to school. Was sick. Evelyn & Arlene were here.

Edith, Evelyn, Dot & Buster were here. Started papering large living room. Got letter from Gloria.

Edith, Dot, Evelyn & Arlene were here. Finished papering living room. Merrill got Reclassification from Draft Board. 2-C.

Painted living room floor. Evelyn was down. Harwood [Yerdon] came over to stay all night with Vernon. First time Vernon has had any one stay with him. Went to Lacona in evening.

Jimmy’s cold is better. Raining. Harwood went home. Edith & Dot were down. Went over home in afternoon.

Washed clothes. Dot, Evelyn, & Buster were here.Got letter from Loren.

Raining again. Papered my hall. Don was up in evening.

Dot, Evelyn, & Arlene were here. Foggy & rainy in forenoon. Nice in afternoon.

Painted stair steps. Evelyn was here. Nice day.

Evelyn, & Arlene were here. Also Oren Jr. shampooed my hair. Went to Lacona in evening. Vernon got hair cut. Turned young stock out.

Thunder storms all PM. Sent order to Wards.Went to Lacona & Ellisburg in evening. Loren got home on 10 day furlough.

Mother’s Day. Merrill gave me box of candy. Went over home. Merrill plowed garden. Marg & Roy here for supper.

Dorothy, Arlene & Margaret Wise were here. Vernon & I mowed & cleaned yards. Planted flowers. Sent for slip covers.

Evelyn was down. Made lemon pie & did some ironing.Cloudy today.

Jimmy got new shoes size 2. Aunt Keitha, Dot, Audrey & Paul were here in PM. Evelyn was down. Vernon got report card.

They sowed oats for first time this year. Dot was down. Oren was here. Awful cold.

Had bad frost last night. Dot, Jimmy & I went to Adams. Jimmy was inoculated for diphtheria at Lorraine.Got new gold dress. Stopped at Barkers. Dot & Arlene were here.

Made Loren birthday cake. Arlene & Evelyn were here. Went to show at Adams. Is first show we’ve seen to in 2 years. Had a frost last night.

Grand day. Edith, Buster, Dot , Evelyn & Ethel Wells were here. Went down to Ellisburg for dinner. The kids were all home except Beulah. Stopped over home. Went to Lorraine.

Jimmy is quite sick. His teeth. Dot, Evelyn, & Arlene were here. Turned cows out for first time at night. Mowed yards.

Arlene was down. Wrote to Marg. She had vaccination & inoculation today. Merrill went to Lorraine in evening. George Moreton has been sent across. He entered Army same time Loren did.

Arlene, & Evelyn were down. A grand day. Jimmy is feeling lots better. Vernon sent letter to Louis. Shampooed my hair. Watkins man here. Went to Ellisburg in evening.

Loren goes back to Camp Meade, Maryland today. Dot, Evelyn & Arlene were down.

Arlene, & Evelyn were here. Got letter from Angie. Went to Lacona in evening. Got garden seeds. Real warm.

Edith, Dot, Evelyn & Arlene were here. Sowed corn for first. Merrill & Vernon went after Mother & Dad Tryon & Ronnie. Don Moore is home.

Went over home in PM. Took Mother & Dad Tryon & Ronnie home in evening. Stopped at Dad’s. Dot was down. Brought me a plant.

Washed clothes. Went up & helped Edith paper in afternoon. Dot & Arlene were here.

Planted garden & potatoes. Merrill didn’t have to work today. Went up to Edith’s in PM. Merrill went over to Gardner’s for seed potatoes.

Sent for canning sugar ration. Got letter from Loren. [He] Sent new address. Dot & Evelyn were here in PM. Rained in evening.