Took boys to bus. (9:30). Made pie for Grange supper. Went to GLF show at Town Hall. Got Jim clothes & dinner pail. [lunch box]
Monthly Archives: September 1949
Diary Entry for 9/2/1949
Jim’s birthday. Got him dinner pail & overalls & shirt. Made him cake. Went to Drake’s party at Town hall.
Diary Entry for 9/3/1949
Made me green & white blouse. Merrill painted on barn roofs.
Diary Entry for 9/4/1949
We all went to church. First church since vacation. Talked with Mom in evening.
Diary Entry for 9/5/1949
Ancil’s birthday. Labor Day. We went out home for dinner. Stopped to see Uncle Berle. He gave me picture he got in California. Merrill went to Lodge. First meeting.
Diary Entry for 9/6/1949
It is in paper that Baxter Macklin has his divorce from Beulah. First day of school. Jim started school today. I went to W.S.C.S. at Leah’s. Was on committee. Got Jim $6.63 of books.
Diary Entry for 9/7/1949
Canned plums & pears. Merrill helped fill silo at Bechards. Not feeling too peppy. Colder. Grange election of officers. We didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 9/8/1949
Raining all day. Merrill took calf to sale at city. Answered ad for boarder. In today’s paper L. Laperre died September 7. 88 years old. Canned plums, pears, & tomatoes.
Diary Entry for 9/9/1949
Still raining. Canned pickles & crab apple conserve. Talked with Myrtle D. & Helen.
Diary Entry for 9/10/1949
Merrill filled silo at Bechard’s. Got letter from Vernon Congdon. Got hospitalization policy.Baked pies & cakes. Ironed. Talked with Elsie & Aunt Maude & Esther B.
Diary Entry for 9/11/1949
Vernon sick with cold. We didn’t go to church. Cleaned desk.
Diary Entry for 9/12/1949
Washed & ironed. Vernon didn’t go to school. Merrill went to Lodge in evening. Bill Smith died today. Nettie Smith’s husband.
Diary Entry for 9/13/1949
Took Vernon down to Dr. Draper. Said he almost had pneumonia. Merrill filled silo at Bechard’s. I went to Glamor party at Vi’s.
Diary Entry for 9/14/1949
Rebekah’s District Meeting at Watertown. Leah & Myrtle went with me. Had nice time. Hazel Backus was installed as Deputy for District. Clover Donovan as ours.
Diary Entry for 9/15/1949
Got letter from Mom. Jim came home sick from school. Temperature 102°. Talked with Vi, Myrtle, Aunt Maude & Beulah. Vi’s cold is much looser today.
Diary Entry for 9/16/1949
Jim didn’t go to school. Helen & kids were over. I have a cold now. Cloudy. Merrill painted on barn roof. Vernon has been out of school all week.
Diary Entry for 9/17/1949
Merrill finished painting barn roofs today. Talked with Helen & Aunt Maude. Said Orv & Angie were coming out there tomorrow. Did mending.
Diary Entry for 9/18/1949
Raining. Merrill slept all day. Orv & Angie & kids were here for supper.
Diary Entry for 9/19/1949
Washed clothes. Not feeling very peppy. Merrill went to Lodge. Boys went back to school today. Vernon was out 1 week. Jim out 4 days. Brought 1 load of lime.
Diary Entry for 9/20/1949
Cloudy & cold. Went over town in PM. Merrill sowed lime today. Ironed. Wrote Mary S. Card to Tryon’s & Vernon C,
Diary Entry for 9/21/1949
Home Bureau sewing lesson at Watertown. Glady Mercer went to lesson with me. Got Vernon new sneakers. Raining. Brought another 2 loads of lime.
Diary Entry for 9/22/1949
Cloudy & cold. Washed kitchen ceiling. Went over to Helen’s in evening. Charles is sick. Merrill & I went over to Mrs. Hagan’s in evening & got books straightened out.
Diary Entry for 9/23/1949
Cloudy & cold. Merrill & I went to city. Got Round Oak stove. $6.00 [Round Oak is brand name] Went over to parsonage to Circle meeting.
Diary Entry for 9/24/1949
Blacked pipes & stove. Baked. Called Edith & said we would be out tomorrow.
Diary Entry for 9/25/1949
Went to Barkers for dinner. Stopped at Dad’s & Merrill’s folks.
Diary Entry for 9/26/1949
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 9/27/1949
Finished ironing. Canned pears. Made pickled pears. Jim came home from school sick. Temperature 103°.
Diary Entry for 9/28/1949
Lodge election of officers. I was elected Secretary again. Took second dress lesson. Was in YMCA. Rained hard all day long. Jim was in bed all day.
Diary Entry for 9/29/1949
No school. Went to Home Bureau food lesson in high school.Wet & cloudy.
Diary Entry for 9/30/1949
No school. Painted kitchen walls. Run out of paint. We all went to Booster night at Grange.