W.S.C.S. meeting. I went. Rainy. Have terrible cold. Tom Coolidge died today.
Monthly Archives: April 1952
Diary Entry for 4/2/1952
Merrill & I went to Grange. Didn’t have Juvenile Grange. Only 5 kids came. Went to library. I took Leah to city to see Claude. Myrtle went too.
Diary Entry for 4/3/1952
Appointment with dentist for myself. Got teeth fixed on one side. Home Bureau at Florence Beckard’s. Election of officers. Vi, chair. Dot Allan, vice Chair. Barbara Moshier, secretary/treasurer. Mrs. Brown came.
Diary Entry for 4/4/1952
Sleepy today. Vernon got infrared brooder. Past Grands. Went to Mill tonight for district meeting.
Diary Entry for 4/5/1952
Baked. Washed bedspread. Finished cleaning upstairs. Merrill & Vernon went to library in evening.
Diary Entry for 4/6/1952
We all went to church. Made cookies in PM to send to Carl. Rainy.
Diary Entry for 4/7/1952
Mom’s phone is changed to 2-1611. Washed & ironed. cleaned playroom. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 4/8/1952
Wrote poem for Carrie when she presents Bible to Lodge tomorrow night. Lodge practice. Washed bedroom curtains. Traded horses with Perin K.
Diary Entry for 4/9/1952
Easter vacation starts. Initiation at Lodge. 75 present. Carrie D. & Billie Pike Sheppard joined. Got home at 2:00 AM.
Diary Entry for 4/10/1952
Dad’s birthday. (60 years) Sent him letter & card. We all went to city. Got new hat. Vernon got electric cord for brooder.
Diary Entry for 4/11/1952
Cleaned our bedroom. Painted molding in den. Quite cold. Talked with several about menu for Mother & Daughter banquet.
Diary Entry for 4/12/1952
Grand day. Cleaned back year. Vernon planted sweet peas. They cleaned yards around building. Merrill & boys got hair cuts. Vernon went to library.
Diary Entry for 4/13/1952
Easter. Boys & I went to Easter breakfast. We all went to church. Church was packed. Raining real hard in evening. Called Mom & Dad. Dad had horse die last night.
Diary Entry for 4/14/1952
Washed & ironed. We went out home in PM. Took Dad box of candy for birthday. Merrill went to Lodge & to Past Grand meeting at Theresa.
Diary Entry for 4/15/1952
Vernon painted ceiling in den & bathroom. Started cleaning both rooms. Cheryl was over all day. Aunt Maude came over here in PM. Vernon & I went to Grange. Vernon joined.
Diary Entry for 4/16/1952
Juvenile Grange. We all went. Made nylon corsages after meeting. Men (Kiechle’s) finished putting on shingles. Painted bathroom.
Diary Entry for 4/17/1952
Merrill helped put siding on Grange Hall. I went to refin [?] lessons at Jean Parker’s in PM. Vernon, Jim, & I went over to Grange to help finish flowers.
Diary Entry for 4/18/1952
Cleaned sun porch. Painted porch floor. Baked pie, cake, & cookies. Men built fence for first. Colored sun porch curtains.
Diary Entry for 4/19/1952
Gave myself a Toni Wave. Windy. Put up curtains in sun porch. Men built fence. Got letter from Mom.
Diary Entry for 4/20/1952
We didn’t go out home. Vernon came down with mumps. We went for ride in PM. Merrill, Jim, & I walked back to woods.
Diary Entry for 4/21/1952
Vernon not feeling too good. I washed & ironed. Merrill started fitting ground for first. Painted bathroom floor.
Diary Entry for 4/22/1952
I feel punk today. Merrill went to Cox’s for 100 baby chicks. $17.00. Very warm today. Wrote Mom.
Diary Entry for 4/23/1952
Vernon & I both feeling better. I didn’t go to Lodge as I may have mumps too. Entertained the past grands. I washed kitchen ceiling. Got letter from Uncle Berle
Diary Entry for 4/24/1952
Grand day. Finished cleaning kitchen. Vernon planted flower seeds. Carl Killenbeck started painting lodge ceiling white. Wrote Uncle Berle. House cleaning done except for living room floor.
Diary Entry for 4/25/1952
Vern was awarded 50 chicks in 4-H. Men sowed 9 3/4 acres of grain. First sowed. I went over town in AM. Went over & helped Aunt Maude in PM. She has been in bed since Sunday with strep throat & queasy.
Diary Entry for 4/26/1952
Nice day. W.S.C.S. food sale. Grange cafeteria supper. Grange made over $60.00. Uncle Berle came at 3:30 for weekend. Vern is sick again.
Diary Entry for 4/27/1952
Vernon still quite sick. Temperature 103°. Uncle Berle went home about 5:00 PM. Mother, Dad, Melba, & Kessel here for supper. Nice day.
Diary Entry for 4/28/1952
Vern feeling better. I took Vi to city to get new glasses. Got Jim baseball mitt & bat.
Diary Entry for 4/29/1952
Washed & ironed. Awful tired today. Took calf to sale.
Diary Entry for 4/30/1952
I helped Merrill sow some oats. Started helping Merrill with chores.