Went to party in evening for Bill & Vi’s 14th anniversary which was Tuesday. Baked. Party at Esther & Ernie Buker’s.
Monthly Archives: April 1950
Diary Entry for 4/2/1950
Boys & I went to church & Sunday School. Cleaned cupboards.
Diary Entry for 4/3/1950
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to Lodge. They played dart baseball at Theresa.
Diary Entry for 4/4/1950
W.S.C.S. meeting here. 25 present. Very muddy.
Diary Entry for 4/5/1950
Merrill & Vernon went out home with Claude. Martha came home from school with Jim. Bill & Vi came over in evening after her. I didn’t go to Bible study.
Diary Entry for 4/6/1950
Merrill, Jim, & I went to city. Got Vernon new shirt. Jim shoes. Worked on suit in evening.We didn’t go to communion at church [Maundy Thursday] Merrill went to Lodge at Evans Mills.
Diary Entry for 4/7/1950
Went to Good Friday Service in PM. Stopped at Vi’s. Worked on suit.
Diary Entry for 4/8/1950
Finished suit. Fixed Vernon’s suit. Pressed Merrill’s, Jimmy’s, & Vernon’s suits. Did baking.
Diary Entry for 4/9/1950
Easter Sunday. Boys & I went to Easter breakfast.We all went to Sunday School & church. Large attendance. Grand day.
Diary Entry for 4/10/1950
Dad’s birthday. Washed & did ironing. Merrill went to Lodge. Grand day. Carl was over & he & Merrill took down some of old electric light line.
Diary Entry for 4/11/1950
All day Grange meeting at YMCA. Lula & I went. Rebekah practice in evening. Raining.
Diary Entry for 4/12/1950
Initiation at Rebekah’s. 89 there. Was very nice. 7 candidates. Baked bread & cake
Diary Entry for 4/13/1950
Bible study #7. I went. Kind of tired today. Betty, Abby, & Uncle Len were here for supper.
Diary Entry for 4/14/1950
Went out home for dinner. Vernon took Dad a lamp he made him for his birthday. Stopped at post office to see Uncle Berle.
Diary Entry for 4/15/1950
Uncle Berle came about 6:30 to spend the weekend. Cleaned & baked.
Diary Entry for 4/16/1950
Uncle Berle, boys & I went to church. Quite a few there. Uncle Berle went home about 9:00 PM.
Diary Entry for 4/17/1950
All tired out today. Have a horrid cold. Boys went back to school. Rode bicycle. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 4/18/1950
Washed clothes. A gunman held up a truck (William Slate) on Antwerp road. Escaped into woods. Grand spring day.
Diary Entry for 4/19/1950
Not feeling too good. Have sore throat. We all went to Grange. Used new Juvenile Collars for first time. Thunder storm 6:00 PM.
Diary Entry for 4/20/1950
Bible Study #8. I went. Have terrible headache. Merrill built fence.
Diary Entry for 4/21/1950
Merrill & I went to city. Got groceries & flowers etc. for Lodge Past Grands party. Feeling a little better today. Throat not so sore.
Diary Entry for 4/22/1950
Cleaned & baked. Feel pretty good today. Merrill had tooth pulled. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 4/23/1950
Boys & I went to Sunday School & church. Rainy & cloudy.
Diary Entry for 4/24/1950
Washed clothes. Was sick in evening with cold. Had terrible fever. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 4/25/1950
Did ironing. No Bible study as Aunt Lou is sick with pneumonia. Virginia Dallas had operation.
Diary Entry for 4/26/1950
Baked pies, cakes. Went to Lodge in evening. Lodge entertained Past Noble Grand. I had charge of dining room. 46 present. Went over town in PM.
Diary Entry for 4/27/1950
Had Home Bureau meeting here in evening. 12 present. Elected officers. Have terrible cold. Merrill went to Antwerp to see about yearling bull.
Diary Entry for 4/28/1950
Have felt horrid all day. Cough a lot. Vernon started making picket fence for back yard.
Diary Entry for 4/29/1950
Nice day. Vernon rode his bicycle over to John & Charles’. Baked pies & cake. Nice day but wind kind of cold.Virginia D had another operation. Gall stones.
Diary Entry for 4/30/1950
We didn’t go to church. We all worked cleaning yards etc. Merrill took off storm windows.