Cloudy, rainy day. Sent $5.00 toTimes. Went to Lorraine & Marg’s in evening. Sent $11.35 for battery. Sent box to Loren. Fruit cake, sugar cookies.

Snowed in PM. finished tearing off paper in dining room. Washed clothes. Got Easter card from Loren.

Raining. Vernon went back to school today. Sent for battery & [sent] letter to Ration Board. Evelyn & Hettie R. were here. Painted dining room.

Sent letter to Marg. Dot helped paper part of dining room. Was here for supper.

Got letter from Loren, also Ration Board. Did Jimmy’s wash. Finished papering dining room. Run out of paper. Bill White is home on furlough.

Not feeling too good. Have a cold & sore throat. Rainy. Arlene & Dorothy were down.

Went down to Ellisburg in PM. Stopped over home for supper & evening. Dorothy H. has had operation for appendicitis. Sent letter to her with Mom.

Washed clothes today. Got radio “A” battery $2.89 C.O.D. Nice day. Throat still sore.

Mother & Don were up in PM. Evelyn was here. Nice day.

Tore paper off of small living room. Sent letter to Loren & Ration Board.

Grand day. Painted radio room. Dorothy, Edith, & Mary Stinson were here. Merrill went with shirt off for first time this year. Watkins man [was here]

Raining. Got “B” gas coupons (5) Dot was down & helped me paper small living room. Was here for supper.

Dot & I finished papering radio room. Evelyn, Arlene, Oren & Dick were here. Merrill & Vernon went to Lorraine in evening. GotTrue Story & letter from Marg.

We went over to Dad’s in afternoon. Merrill & Dad looked at the Phillip’s farm.

Raining. Sent for dining room rug.

Still raining. Got letter from Angie. Got 15 peck of potatoes at store. 49 ¢.

Got letter from Loren & Florence. Dot, Dick, & Evelyn were here. Started cleaning living room.

Received card from Beulah C. Mom, Marg & Roy was up in evening. Mom took my wash home.

Went to Lacona for groceries in evening. Wrote to Florence.

Arlene was down in morning. Went to Lorraine in evening. Got Merrill a new work shirt.

Went up to Yerdon’s & had wax on snow. Stopped at Barkers. Merrill moved hen house. Dot was down. She gave Jimmy anklets.

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.