Very cold. Rainy. Couldn’t thresh. Dad [Bea’s dad] hurt his eye. Broke his glasses & got glass in his eye.
Monthly Archives: September 1951
Diary Entry for 9/2/1951
Jimmy’s birthday. John & Charles were here for dinner. Uncle Len, Betty, & Abbey, were here in evening.
Diary Entry for 9/3/1951
Raining again. Baked, canned cherries, & froze corn.
Diary Entry for 9/4/1951
Washed. Wringer broke. Had 3 threshers for dinner. Finished threshing. 1753 bushel. Boys started in school. Jim, third grade. Vernon tenth grade.
Diary Entry for 9/5/1951
Washed windows & cleaned. Helen took me to Mills for meat for Home Bureau wiener roast. Merrill threshed at Hardy’s & Bacon’s. Called Mom.
Diary Entry for 9/6/1951
Rained so Merrill came home from threshing at Bacon’s. Home Bureau party here. 14 present. Grand time even if it did rain.
Diary Entry for 9/7/1951
Merrill & I went to city. Dad, Mom, Ken & Eleanor were out to doctors to see about Dad’s eye. Is OK. Still rainy. Got bushel of pears & tomatoes.
Diary Entry for 9/8/1951
Too wet to thresh. Merrill helped fill silo at Webb’s in PM. Canned tomatoes. Baked.
Diary Entry for 9/9/1951
We went to Uncle Len’s to a Haggerty Reunion. 55 present. Elected officers. President Aunt Keitha,Vice President Marg Pitkin, & Secretary/Treasurer Len Haggerty. Took truck to garage to have tire fixed.
Diary Entry for 9/10/1951
Washed & ironed. Canned tomatoes & pears. Merrill helped thresh at Rappole’s. We saw the “Bee Liner” train go by on it’s first trip on the track on our place.
Diary Entry for 9/11/1951
Ice cream social at church. Good crowd. Grand evening for it. Had another flat tire on truck. Merrill threshed at Rappole’s. Canned tomatoes. Got retread tire.
Diary Entry for 9/12/1951
Lodge. 1st meeting this fall. I went. Real warm. Canned tomatoes & pears. Merrill threshed at Rappole’s.
Diary Entry for 9/13/1951
Shower at Leah’s for Doris Aynes. I went. Doris got a lot of nice things. Vi & I went to Antwerp in morning. Merrill threshed at Steele’s & Rappole’s.
Diary Entry for 9/14/1951
Rained. Merrill started plowing for first. Fireman’s convention starts. Vernon played in band at night. Sent pictures.
Diary Entry for 9/15/1951
Merrill filled silo at Bechards. Fireman’s parade etc. We went over in evening. Orv, Angie, & kids were here & stayed all night.
Diary Entry for 9/16/1951
Merrill helped thresh at Watt’s. Orv’s left at 2:30. Went to Lowville after Kathryn.
Diary Entry for 9/17/1951
Washed & ironed. Merrill threshed at Steele’s.
Diary Entry for 9/18/1951
Took 1st sewing lesson at city. (Bethany Church) for wool dress. Went out with M. Coon. Merrill threshed at Steele’s.
Diary Entry for 9/19/1951
Merrill threshed at Steele’s & Hardy’s (Jim). I went to Grange. Glenda Sharkey had appendix operation. Sent for wool samples. Order to Spiegel.
Diary Entry for 9/20/1951
Merrill threshed at Hardy’s. I was sick in PM & evening. Gave 1st sewing lesson on wool dress at Vi’s.
Diary Entry for 9/21/1951
Vernon’s birthday. Made him a cake. Helen & I went to Home Bureau Officer’s Training School at city.
Diary Entry for 9/22/1951
Canned pears, tomatoes, mince meat, & spiced pears. Helen & I went over to Doris Webb’s to see wedding cake she made Janet Miller.
Diary Entry for 9/23/1951
Janet Miller & Bob Rosbrook married today.
Diary Entry for 9/24/1951
Washed. Canned tomatoes, plums. Ironed. Merrill helped fill silo at Carl K.
Diary Entry for 9/25/1951
Rained. Set up kitchen stove. Got new pipes & stove board. Made mince meat.
Diary Entry for 9/26/1951
Got 2 new truck tires. Merrill filled silo at Rappole’s. Rebekah election of officers. I was elected Vice Grand. First frost last night.
Diary Entry for 9/27/1951
No school. Conferences. Took boys out home. Got Teddy collar & leash. Merrill got shoes. $7.45. Rained so Merrill went out home too.
Diary Entry for 9/28/1951
No school. Conferences. Canned plums. Merrill filled silo at Rappole’s.
Diary Entry for 9/29/1951
Merrill & I went to show. Got package from Spiegel. Gave myself Toni. Merrill filled silo at Watts & Bacon’s. Buel Dunn dropped dead today. Got wool samples.
Diary Entry for 9/30/1951
We went out home after boys. We all went to Ken & Eleanor’s for dinner. Took Teddy out for first time. Doris Webb was here in evening.