First snow flurries this season. Snowing hard. Cleaned living room floors. Went to Civilian Defense lesson in PM. Home Bureau food lesson & party at Dot’s. Grand time.

Put 2nd coat of tung seal on rugs. Still very snowy & blowing. Plow was out.

Was so stormy I didn’t take Vernon to city after glasses. Cleaned dining room & kitchen. Baked cake. Changed dining rooms.

I was sick in bed with intestinal grippe. Men brought my new Necchi sewing machine.

I’m up today but very weak & shaky.

Election day. I helped in dining room for W.S.C.S. supper. Good turn out. Sim Austin got Road Commissioner. Plow was in 2 times for first this winter.

No Grange because it is so icy. Telephone out of order. Was sleet storm during night.

Carl is stationed at Indian Gap. Carl, Mother, & Melba was here for dinner. Made Carl cake. Merrill & Carl took Vernon to city for new eye glass.

I went to freezer demonstration at Mary Beebe’s in PM. Had dance at Lodge in evening. We all went. Grand time.

Washed clothes. Dressed 4 roosters. Froze carrots & beets. Vernon started sewing machine desk.

Put on storm windows. Didn’t go to church as we had planned to go out home but didn’t get there.

No school. We all went to city. Washed clothes. Grand day. Merrill went to Lodge. I gave 5th dress lesson at Vi’s.

Did ironing. Went to 2nd Civilian Defense lesson in PM.

Froze carrots & beets. Went to W.S.C.S. dinner & meeting at church. Aunt Walt’s was there. Men came & got old sewing machine. I went to Lodge in evening.

Worked all day on wool dress. Went to 2nd decorative stitching lesson at Helen’s in evening.

Took 5th & final dress lesson. Roy Kiechle cut off his fingers & thumb of his right hand in the plainer. He is in Mercy Hospital. Rained all day.

Merrill & I went to city. Got Vernon pants & Jim shirt. Got gifts for Lodge. We all went to Home Bureau party at Lucy Neville’s. Grand time.

Lazy day. Mom called & asked us out for Thanksgiving.

Washed. Finished cotton dress. Baked cookies & cake. Did some of ironing.

Ironed. I went to Civilian Defense lesson at Legion in evening.

Roy came home from hospital. Got basket ready for Roy Kiechle. Edna Fikes was over to get help on dress. I went to Grange. Good turn out. Nothing special for my birthday. (34 years old)

Thanksgiving. We went out home for dinner. Grandpa is out there. He was out there to vote in election. Has never missed a year [voting] yet. Boys took Roy Kiechle basket.

Vernon worked on sewing machine desk. Merrill & I went to party at Lodge. Merrill helped Lester Webb put in cement floor.

Snowed during night. Roads quite slippery so we didn’t go to city.

Made Jim pajamas. We all went to church.

Merrill & I went to city. Very wet stormy day. I wrote several letters. Merrill went to Lodge.

Men went to Lodge meeting at Carthage. I washed clothes.

Henry Pollock is in the hospital with brain tumor. Minnie Henderson is in hospital. I went to Lodge.

Henry Pollock is just alive. Nice day. I went to a Chairman Council meeting at city. Merrill went shopping. Helen was over in evening. I got dress hung.

Vernon’s first basketball game as time keeper. Henry Pollock died today. age 44. Ida Pollock, Mrs. Crook & Lena Klock, had accident on way to hospital. Merrill & Jim went to show. I went to Stanley Party at Mary B.