Merrill milked 23 cows in morning. Buster didn’t get home. Rained all night.
Yearly Archives: 1945
Diary Entry for 01/02/1945
Another blizzard. No mail or school. Awful cold.Vernon & Jimmy feeling better. Oren didn’t take milk.
Diary Entry for 01/03/1945
Hardly any roads open. Got mail today. No school. Got letter from Mr. Hungerford.
Diary Entry for 01/04/1945
Plowed our road with big plow. Some banks.Got letter from Angie. Snowing hard.
Diary Entry for 01/05/1945
Some snow storm. Everything buried (car, pig pen). Merrill got here for breakfast at 11:30. Snow even with windows.
Diary Entry for 01/06/1945
Clear day but cold. Went to Adams in evening to see Mr. Hungerford. I met them for first time. We can have place.
Diary Entry for 01/07/1945
Merrill asked Oren if he’d let him go March 1st. Under new law have to have draft board consent to change jobs. Oren doesn’t like idea of Merrill leaving.
Diary Entry for 01/08/1945
Sent letter to Mom, Aunt Mildred & Angie. Warmer. Vernon went to school for first since Xmas. Dorothy & Evelyn were down.Arlene has mumps. Merrill cleaned stovepipes.
Diary Entry for 01/09/1945
Letters didn’t go yesterday. Mailman didn’t come down. Did today. Oren found Arlene place to stay at Oswego.
Diary Entry for 01/10/1945
Awful cold last night 40°-50° below zero. Wrote Marg & Arlene. Merrill got pay. Train wreck at Richland. Mail went at 3:00 PM. Got letter from Marg & Mother T.
Diary Entry for 01/11/1945
Marion Stillman Moreton has baby girl. Got letter from Mom. Merrill went to see Draft Board. Told him he couldn’t change jobs. Sent $27.79 to Spiegel for coat. Washed clothes.
Diary Entry for 01/12/1945
Storming again. No school, mail. or milk truck. Moved to bed downstairs.
Diary Entry for 01/13/1945
Jimmy went outdoors & played with Vernon today. Mom, Dad, Dorland came up. Killed pigs. Was here for supper. Sold Oren one 105 pound @ 21 ¢.Got card from Annie.
Diary Entry for 01/14/1945
Went over home in PM. Merrill went down to see Mr. Hungerford. Said we could have farm in November if possible. Mrs. H. gave us magazines.
Diary Entry for 01/15/1945
Washed clothes. Dot was down. Moved bed back upstairs.
Diary Entry for 01/16/1945
Quite windy. Vernon got out of school early because of storm. Watkins man was here. Made ice cream. Eggs (52 ¢ dozen)
Diary Entry for 01/17/1945
Vernon didn’t go to school. No roads open. Quite cold. Plowed roads in AM. Got mail. Fried out lard & baked pies.
Diary Entry for 01/18/1945
Sent letter to Mother T. & Card to Marg. Got letter from Marg. Got True Story. Jimmy & I went up to Barkers in afternoon. I weigh 153 lb.,Jimmy 28, Vernon 58, Merrill 155.
Diary Entry for 01/19/1945
Baked cookies. Wrote to Arlene & Marg Stinson.A grand day.
Diary Entry for 01/20/1945
Canned 11 pints of pork. Got letter from Elmer. Is S 2/C [Merchant Marines]. Ken & Buster took physical exam at Syracuse. Jimmy is sick.
Diary Entry for 01/21/1945
Made ice cream (chocolate). Stayed home & read funnies. Jimmy isn’t feeling too good yet.
Diary Entry for 01/22/1945
Got new radio “A” & 2 “B” batteries. Got letter from Angie & card from Arlene.Washed clothes. Sent letter to Ration Board.
Diary Entry for 01/23/1945
Sent for canner at Dyes. Sent card to Mother T. Made sausage. Vernon didn’t go to school as roads weren’t plowed in time. Got coal.
Diary Entry for 01/24/1945
Arlene got home from Oswego. Got letter from Mother T. She got Loren’s Purple Heart on December 11. Marg is sick again. Awful windy.
Diary Entry for 01/25/1945
Sent orders to Wards, Spiegels, & Sears. Card to Marg. Awful cold last night. 30° below.Vernon didn’t get to school. Got letter from Marg. Below zero all day.
Diary Entry for 01/26/1945
Arlene was down in PM. Vernon went to school half day. Marie called up in evening. Elmer gets home on leave tomorrow.
Diary Entry for 01/27/1945
Shampooed my hair. Canned sausage. Baked pies. Elmer came home on 14 day leave. Is S 1 C now.
Diary Entry for 01/28/1945
Went down to Ellisburg for dinner. Stopped over home for supper. Dad & Mom were out to Uncle Earle’s. Got car battery. $11.25.
Diary Entry for 01/29/1945
Washed clothes. Warmer today. Allen Ramsey helped milk in Merrill’s place last night.
Diary Entry for 01/30/1945
Wrote letter to Marg. Snowing in afternoonMade rolled cookies.
Diary Entry for 01/31/1945
Another blizzard. No mail, school bus, or milk truck. Merrill got pay $40.00. Vernon & Jimmy have slight colds.
Diary Entry for 02/01/1945
Opened our road about 4 PM. Buster brought mail & groceries. Got card from Marg. Quite cold.
Diary Entry for 02/02/1945
Vernon didn’t go to school because there was no place for bus to turn around. Wrote Florence Y. Got canner & package from Sears. Vernon got underwear.
Diary Entry for 02/03/1945
Grand day. Baked bread. Merrill has cold. Sent order to Chicago Mail Order.
Diary Entry for 02/04/1945
Made chocolate ice cream. Stormy again. I have a cold.
Diary Entry for 02/05/1945
Got stove grates. $2.97 C.O.D. Washed clothes. Vernon didn’t go to school as roads weren’t plowed in time.
Diary Entry for 02/06/1945
Dot & Evelyn was down. Got letter from Marg. Sent for grate cogs to Wards. Made cookies.
Diary Entry for 02/07/1945
Got letter from Mom. Baked bread. Warren Ridgeway missing in action.
Diary Entry for 02/08/1945
Our road is plugged. Vernon walked out to the corner. Got bed springs for Vernon’s bed $8.45. Express $2.05. Vernon & Jimmy got first Valentines from Hanson kids.
Diary Entry for 02/09/1945
Got letter from Mary Stinson. Vernon walked out to corner again today. Made ice cream.
Diary Entry for 02/10/1945
Went to city with Barkers. Left Vernon & Jimmy with Mom. First Jimmy has stayed away all night alone. Got dress, bag, scarf.
Diary Entry for 02/11/1945
Terrible stormy. Went over home for dinner. Got Vernon & Jimmy. Plow opened our road today. I went up to Barkers this forenoon.
Diary Entry for 02/12/1945
No school. Washed. Got coal. Merrill is ill. Stomach & bowel upset. Got letter from Aunt Mildred. Got back last letter we mailed Loren. Sent Sept. 11.
Diary Entry for 02/13/1945
Mailed Valentines. Sent $2.50 for Journal & Country Gentleman. Got letter from Florence, Beulah & Valentine from Mary S.
Diary Entry for 02/14/1945
Vernon’s Valentine party at school. Ironed clothes. Cut Jimmy’s hair.
Diary Entry for 02/15/1945
Sent letters to Francis, Angie, & Grandma. Jimmy was sick in the night. I’m sick tonight. Had 2 flashes of lightning & thunder in evening. Real sharp.
Diary Entry for 02/16/1945
Awfully windy. Got dress from Chicago Mail Order. Terrible icy. Feeling better today. Finished ironing.
Diary Entry for 02/17/1945
Sent letters to Marg & Mother T. Baked pies & cakes. Dot was down in PM. Merrill & Vernon went to Lorraine in evening & got hair cuts.
Diary Entry for 02/18/1945
Went over home in PM. Don is home. Quite cold today. Wrote a letter to Beulah in evening.
Diary Entry for 02/19/1945
Got letter from Mother T. Elmer has received medical discharge. Washed clothes. Vernon brought home garden seeds.