Painted all day on kitchen. Helen & kids were over. Helped over at church until 1:45 AM. Serving lunch for fireman’s dance.
Yearly Archives: 1949
Diary Entry for 10/29/1949
Cleaned & baked. Uncle Berle came in evening to stay all night. Grand day.
Diary Entry for 10/30/1949
Mom, Dad, Ken, Eleanor & Uncle Berle were here for dinner. Uncle Berle went home in evening. Got air view picture of farm. $5.00.
Diary Entry for 10/31/1949
Rainy. I went to Halloween program at school. Jim had part in it. First time. Merrill went to Lodge in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/1/1949
Washed clothes. Got letter from Juanita. I went over to Mabel Chapin’s in evening. Mrs. Wicks was there to organize new Home Bureau unit. Didn’t go to W.S.C.S..
Diary Entry for 11/2/1949
I went to Grange in evening. Got 20-25 names for Juvenile Grange. Quite cold.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1949
We put on storm windows. Juanita’s annulment case to be tried this month. Is in today’s paper.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1949
Raining. Wrote Mom & Dad. Few snow flurries today. First this fall. Vernon went to 4-H. I went with him.Vernon elected cheer leader. Got package from Spiegels.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1949
Dress pattern came. Stated making dress. Black 2 piece. Put young stock in barn. Merrill helped saw logs at Kiechle’s.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1949
Quite cold. We didn’t go to church. Worked on dress. Talked with Aunt Maude.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1949
Rainy. I went to city with Aunt Maude. Got new bow on my glasses. Merrill went to Lodge. He took Noble Grand place. Merrill helped saw logs.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1949
Washed. Election. We voted in AM. Merrill helped saw logs. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1949
Juanita, Donna, Olita S. , & Sylvia came about 9:30. Kept Donna all day. Girls stayed all night. I went to Lodge in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1949
Girls had to be in court at 10 AM. Took all day but she got annulment. They left for home about 7 PM. I gave first Home Bureau sewing lesson to group in PM. and to our new unit at Vi Mowers in evening. We named our new unit “Busy Home Makers”. 9 people in each group taking the lessons.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1949
No school or mail. New Juvenile Grange installation. Installed 23 honorary members & 22 Juvenile members. I’m Juvenile Matron. Vernon Master. Merrill got home rest of lumber from Kiechle’s. Wrote Mom.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1949
Cleaned & baked. Kind of sleepy. Talked with Aunt Maude & Lou Whitford & Emma about putting in paper about new Grange.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1949
Awfully windy. Power off in PM & evening. Aunt Edna & Uncle Ed couldn’t come.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1949
Raining. Made house dress. Merrill went to Lodge in evening. They played dart baseball with Theresa Lodge.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1949
Merrill & I went out home. Got apples & potatoes. Vernon went to 4-H at Thibault’s.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1949
Our first Juvenile Grange meeting. 20 members present. A few snow flurries tonight.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1949
Gave second dress lesson at Carrie Dunn’s to afternoon group. Merrill went to Lodge at Evans Mills to play dart baseball. Rebekah card party.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1949
Nice today. Cleaned furnace register. Claude Bechard was over. Mrs. Hagan got new cow clippers.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1949
Snowed hard this morning. Ground covered.First time this fall. Did baking. Mr. Ralph Bishop is dead of a heart attack.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1949
Rainy. We all went to church. Grangers Sunday.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1949
Did two weeks washing. Snowy. Merrill went to Lodge at Theresa Lodge to play dart baseball. Leah’s mother hung herself last night.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1949
Vi & I went down to Leah’s & helped in forenoon. Funeral at her house tomorrow. Got letter from Mom asking us out for Thanksgiving.
Diary Entry for 11/23/1949
Vi, Esther, & I went down to Leah’s in forenoon. Very stormy. Terrible day for funeral. Went to Lodge in evening.
Diary Entry for 11/24/1949
Thanksgiving. Went out home for dinner. Grandpa, Uncle Berle, Uncle Lloyd’s, & Marg, Bev & Beulah were there. Orv came in PM. Roads quite slippery.
Diary Entry for 11/25/1949
Snow plow was in here for first time this fall.
Diary Entry for 11/26/1949
We all went to city. Did some Xmas shopping. Got plastic covering for dining room chairs. Got set of bubble lights.
Diary Entry for 11/27/1949
Very cold & snowy. We didn’t go to church. Jim has a bad cold.
Diary Entry for 11/28/1949
No school today as the heating broke down. Boys were both sick with colds.Washed, ironed & shampooed my hair. Merrill went to Lodge. Washed slip covers.
Diary Entry for 11/29/1949
Plow was over for second time.Wind blew snow in the road last night. School today. Raining.
Diary Entry for 11/30/1949
Made pie for Grange card party. They made $23.00 for Juvenile Grange on card party & cake raffle.
Diary Entry for 12/1/1949
Merrill practiced dart baseball in evening. Killed our beef. George Henderson, Uncle Ray helped.
Diary Entry for 12/2/1949
Merrill & I went to city. I went to style show for Home Bureau. Cotton dresses. Was 45 there. Very nice.Merrill helped Uncle Ray take pork over town in evening.
Diary Entry for 12/3/1949
Merrill has terrible head cold. Boy’s decorated windows for Xmas & made wall decorations.
Diary Entry for 12/4/1949
Boys & I went to Sunday School & church. Stormy in afternoon & evening.
Diary Entry for 12/5/1949
Washed clothes & did ironing. Merrill has been in bed all PM. Mr. McKeever died last night.
Diary Entry for 12/6/1949
Vernon stayed home from school in morning to help with chores. Finished ironing slip covers. W.S.C.S. meeting at church but I didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 12/7/1949
Grange. Juveniles made Santa Claus & trees & decorated windows. Boys & I went to Grange. Merrill not feeling very good. Vernon didn’t go to school in forenoon.
Diary Entry for 12/8/1949
Had second sewing lesson here. Nine ladies present. Merrill not feeling much better. His ear is very sore.
Diary Entry for 12/9/1949
Vernon stayed out this forenoon & helped with chores. Merrill went down to Doctor Draper’s. Gave him medicine & penicillin shot. Got first Xmas card. Uncle Earle & Aunt Kietha’s anniversary.
Diary Entry for 12/10/1949
Alice called & said they were having a surprise anniversary party for Uncle Earle’s tomorrow. Quite cold.
Diary Entry for 12/11/1949
Boys & I went to Sunday School & church. Had chicken dinner. Merrill slept all PM. Rainy & warm. Our 14th anniversary party at Uncle Earle’s today. [Did that turn out to be a surprise party for Bea & Merrill?]
Diary Entry for 12/12/1949
Mom called. Washed clothes. Took beef over to Mills. 391 pounds. Went to Watertown. Merrill went to Lodge in evening. Got new secretary minute book for Rebekah. Did up Xmas packages.
Diary Entry for 12/13/1949
We went out home in PM. Got Xmas tree. Got 500 pounds of potatoes for Carl’s & ourselves. Decorated tree. Elmer called from Pylmar [?] asking for money $140.
Diary Entry for 12/14/1949
Went to Adams to bank. Did some shopping at Sears. Went to Lodge in evening. Alex Duff came home from hospital today.
Diary Entry for 12/15/1949
Snowing tonight. Went over to Antwerp today shopping. Addressed Xmas cards. Sent for supplies for Rebekah’s.
Diary Entry for 12/16/1949
Merrill & I went to city shopping in AM. Did ironing & pressed boy’s suits. Merrill took sunshine basket to Alex Duff from IOOF. Snowing.