Did a big washing & some of ironing. We finished springs work. 41 acres. I rode drill in PM for barley. 5 acres.

Vernon started bird bath. We painted windows & screens. Rained in evening.

Raining this morning. Clearing in PM. The men set up cement bird bath. Very nice. Vernon went to Dexter with band in evening. Baked & cleaned. Vern put 103 chicks in hen house.

Mom, Dad, Uncle Berle, Ken & Eleanor, were here for dinner. We went back to the woods.

Cloudy in forenoon. I washed in afternoon. Did ironing in evening. Cut out dress. Wrote poem.

I went to Lodge at the Mills with Beulah H. I wrote poem for Vi. She installed Evans Mills Lodge & deputy staff.

Geneva & Beulah Hall was over. Fixed skirt for Beulah. Went to Grange in evening.

Sleepy today. Baked cakes & pies.

Merrill & I went to city. Got boys new beds. $59.00 each. Got my self white shoes. I was on the “Meet Harriet” Show. Got hot pad mitt.

Merrill & Vernon got out logs for barn. Baked cake & cookies. Vernon painted windows. Got letter from Pauline.

Martha Mower’s birthday. (7 years) Raining. Aunt Edna, Uncle Ed, & Aunt Cora were here for dinner & supper.

Raining. Washed. Merrill & I went out to Dad’s to Adams. Merrill bought rake. Merrill went to Lodge.

Dairyland Festival parade. Finished my dress. We didn’t go to parade. Rainy.

Made white pique bag. Went to Lodge. Finished ironing.

Raining again. Got new rake $285.00. Doris Webb was here.

Merrill & Vernon went to show. Home Bureau meeting here. Had lesson on cake decorating & party sandwiches. Boys got new Hollywood beds.

Feel lazy today. Made cake & decorated it. Very pretty.

Mom’s birthday. (59 years) Father’s Day. We went out home for dinner. Ken’s & Don’s were there. Also Uncle Berle. Vernon stayed out. Stopped at Mother Tryon’s.

Washed. Had terrible head ache in PM & evening. Shorty Hill started work on barn.

Did some of ironing. I went to city in PM. Got crate of strawberries. $5.99. Froze them in evening. Ironed.

Grange. Jim & I went. Quite hot.

Jim & I went out home after Vernon. Took Mother Tryon to Rodman cemetery. She went up home with me. Melba came home with us.

Raining again. Went to Antwerp after cement. Was over town in PM. School got out today. Jim’s room went on picnic to the park.

Merrill, Melba, & I went to city & Carthage. Got Vernon new pants. $5.90. Rained so men couldn’t work on barn. Vernon went to band banquet. We all went over town to band concert.

We all went to church. Went up to city park for picnic dinner. Was over to P. Kiechle’s in evening.

Jim went to party at John’s. Melba went home on 10:10 bus. Washed. Vernon, Jim, & I went to graduation exercises. Vernon got $5.00. 94.6 average.

Nice today. Sent for Matron’s sash. Jim & I went over town in PM. Mrs. Hagan & Earl White were here. Ivan hurt in accident. [Ivan Carr. Clifford Carr’s son] Got letter from CPL Carl Tryon.

Lodge. Last meeting until September. I went. Ivan Carr, 15, was hurt in motor cycle accident last night. They finished work on barn.

Started haying today. Merrill mowed pieces by garden. Baked pies, cakes, cookies, & doughnuts. Did kitchen floor. Worked in back yard & garden.

Rained last night & this morning. We went out home after pigs but no one was home. Froze & made jam. 10 quarts strawberries.

Cloudy & cool. Merrill started hay rack. Called Alice. Ivan coming OK. Baked cake. Also cleaned.

Had a furnace fire. Pauline’s didn’t come. Drove up to Cocaign’s in PM to see boys about Grange. Sunday School picnic at Grasse Point.

We all went out to Ken & Eleanor’s for dinner. Took him mowing machine. Got 2 pigs. 2 @ $15.00. Were at Dad’s

Don Lawler had bad accident in front of McLoad’s. 150 stitches in face. Merrill started baling. Was to green. Jim & I went to Grange.

We stayed home today. Had fried chicken for first of Vernon’s chickens. Picnic dinner in back yard. Rained hard in PM & evening. Very quiet enjoyable day.

Everything flooded. Did ironing. Worked in garden.

Betty Haggerty is in hospital. Had operation today. Aunt Maude saw Marg & Aunt Esther at city. Uncle Ray & Aunt Maude were here. Gave myself Lilt permanent.

Aunt Maude & I went to city. I went to hospital to see Ivan. Couldn’t see Betty. Merrill & I went to party at Leah’s for Art & Beulah.

IOOF & Rebekah picnic at Cedar Point. We all went. Had a nice time. About 35 there. We all went to church.

Got letter from Carl. He is on his way home from Korea. I went to Juvenile Grange practice. Washed & ironed. Helped draw hay in PM until it started raining. Drawed first hay this year.

Mrs. Miller called. Aren’t having Grange doings at Oxbow until August. Jim & I went to Juvenile Grange.

Dressed 5 chickens to freeze. One to eat & one for Mrs. Hagan. Raining again in evening.

Orangeman’s walk at city. Rained all day. We went up to hospital to see Betty H. & Ivan.

We all went to city. Had boys pictures taken at Rogers. Merrill went to Adams to see Kessel. Didn’t see him. Froze peas in PM.

Baked cakes & cookies. Drawed hay in PM.

Mother & Dad Tryon, Melba & Elmer were here for supper. Elmer is home on furlough. Beulah C. has another baby boy. She is very sick.

Washed & ironed. Drawed hay in PM. Raining again in evening. Mended sheets.

Got letter from Mom. Was over to Beulah’s. Feel lazy today. Sent order to Spiegels & sent pictures. Beulah called to say Helen Ramos wasn’t coming. Carl Hall enters Army. Beulah Hall’s birthday.

Fresh Air’s arrive. Seems funny not to have one this year. Raked, baled, & drawed hay. Raining hard in evening.

Terrible thunder showers this morning. We went out home. Merrill took Dad to Adams. We mowed yards. They haven’t found any trace of Jack Shelmedine yet.