We didn’t go to Grange. No Juvenile Grange because of 4-H meeting at city.
Yearly Archives: 1952
Diary Entry for 2/21/1952
Lodge drill practice. Boys went to basket ball game. Mr. Smith & Merrill put beams on ceiling. Got letter from Mom. They have new furnace in. Uncle Berle is back in hospital.
Diary Entry for 2/22/1952
No school. Mr. Smith started painting ceiling. Merrill & Vernon went to Gouverneur to get gear fixed.
Diary Entry for 2/23/1952
Mr. Smith put last (2nd) coat of paint on ceiling. Looks nice. Baked cookies & cake.
Diary Entry for 2/24/1952
Nice day. Helen, Carl, & kids were over in PM.
Diary Entry for 2/25/1952
Washed & ironed. Tore off paper. Merrill took car to garage. Drove home a ‘36 Chevrolet. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 2/26/1952
Nice day. Washed wood work. I feel terrible today. Awful dizzy.
Diary Entry for 2/27/1952
Vi, Helen, & I, went to program planning meeting at Antwerp for Home Bureau. I went to Lodge in evening. Got our car home. New reverse gear.
Diary Entry for 2/28/1952
Merrill & I went to city & out home. Got wall paper. Dad’s have furnace in & water works & bathroom about done.
Diary Entry for 2/29/1952
I don’t feel so good today. Went to doctors in PM. Said it was from cold. Orv’s birthday. (48 years).
Diary Entry for 3/1/1952
Vernon & I papered dining room. Looks nice. Aunt Esther had operation today. Uncle Rumsey’s Straders funeral in Canada.
Diary Entry for 3/2/1952
Aunt Maude called. They & Uncle Len’s, & Uncle Earle’s went to Uncle Rumsey funeral. I feel pretty good today. Vernon stated archway book cases.
Diary Entry for 3/3/1952
I still have awful cold. Jim was sick & didn’t go to school. Washed & ironed. I’m not feeling so good.
Diary Entry for 3/4/1952
Finished papering living room. Jim didn’t go to school. Raining. Snowed in evening.
Diary Entry for 3/5/1952
Jim went back to school today. Cloudy. I feel better today. Merrill & I went to Grange. Took Vernon’s ship clock for contest at Hotel Woodruff Friday & Saturday.
Diary Entry for 3/6/1952
Home Bureau at Doris Webb’s. 3rd lesson on mending. Washed living room drapes. Quarterly conference at church. We didn’t go.
Diary Entry for 3/7/1952
Put living room rugs down. Will paint floors later.
Diary Entry for 3/8/1952
We all went to city. Nice art exhibit at Hotel Woodruff. Vernon painted archway book cases. Sent Uncle Berle birthday card. Sent in $30.22 to heart fund.
Diary Entry for 3/9/1952
We went out home for dinner. Uncle Berle & Aunt Myrtle came to Dad’s just as we were leaving for home.
Diary Entry for 3/10/1952
Washed & ironed. I went to Juvenile Grange practice. Rosie Hardy played her accordion. Very nice. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 3/11/1952
Mrs. Gertrude Rosbrook (46) shot herself early this morning. Town is is shocked. Rebekah drill practice.
Diary Entry for 3/12/1952
I went to Lodge. Was on refreshment committee. Called at Rosbrook’s. We moved kitchen stove because creosote run. Blacked stove & pipes.
Diary Entry for 3/13/1952
Appointment for Vernon with Dr. Kelsey. He had 9 teeth filled. $18.00. I went to Mrs. Rosbrook’s funeral. Church was full. Some standing. So many flowers.
Diary Entry for 3/14/1952
Grand day. Merrill & I took 2 calves to sale at Gouverneur.
Diary Entry for 3/15/1952
We went out home in PM. Stopped in city & got boys vitamin pills.
Diary Entry for 3/16/1952
Cold & snowy. Mr. Wendell brought hinges for sewing machine. Vernon put them on. We planned to go to Don’s but didn’t because of the weather.
Diary Entry for 3/17/1952
Esther & Jim Hardy have baby girl. 9 1/2 pounds. Colleen. Washed & ironed. Merrill went to Lodge. Sold 4-H heifer to Leslie Hall. Snowy in morning. Ken & Eleanor have baby girl. Roberta Lynn 8 pounds, 4 ounces.
Diary Entry for 3/18/1952
They called from hospital to say Ken’s have baby girl. Ken called. Merrill & I went out to hospital to see Eleanor.
Diary Entry for 3/19/1952
Got things ready for Grange. Juvenile Deputy attended our meeting. Put on degree. Good turn out. Mrs. Leo Lawler dropped dead at work.
Diary Entry for 3/20/1952
Merrill, Aunt Maude, & I went to Mercy Hospital to see Eleanor & Roberta for the first time. Merrill got rubber boots. Vernon went over to school to show movies. Got Roberta blanket and duck.
Diary Entry for 3/21/1952
Lodge practice. I went. Jim went to birthday party at John Hagler’s. Merrill went to show. Vernon to basketball game. Merrill & I took calf to sale. Shopped at Gouverneur. Vi Mowers has pneumonia.
Diary Entry for 3/22/1952
Merrill’s birthday (43 years). I have charge of dining room for cafeteria supper at church. Made $40.00 or so. Vernon went to basketball game at Lafargeville. I was in to see Mrs. McKeever. Had birthday dinner at noon. Cake & chicken.
Diary Entry for 3/23/1952
Raining & freezing on. Very slippery. Lazy day. Wrote Carl.
Diary Entry for 3/24/1952
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to Lodge. Vernon went to basketball game at Mills. Philadelphia lost to Chaumont. Last game of the season. Baked cookies & cakes.
Diary Entry for 3/25/1952
Eleanor’s birthday. (24 years) Got letter from Edith Barker. Merrill & I took calf to sale. Vernon put up round bird house he made of Spry can. Wrote Mother Tryon.
Diary Entry for 3/26/1952
Lodge. I went. Went to Library for first time to order film for Home Bureau. Juanita’s birthday.
Diary Entry for 3/27/1952
Appointment with Dr. Kelsey for Vernon. He got rest of teeth filled. Claude Simonds went to hospital.
Diary Entry for 3/28/1952
Helen & I went to Home Bureau chairman’s council meeting at city.
Diary Entry for 3/29/1952
Jim & I went to library. Jim’s first trip to get books. Grand day.
Diary Entry for 3/30/1952
We went out home for dinner. Took Mom & Dad down to see Roberta Lynn for first time.
Diary Entry for 3/31/1952
Washed & ironed. Cleaned 2 bedrooms upstairs. Got new 10 burner gas stove at church. Merrill went to Lodge.
Diary Entry for 4/1/1952
W.S.C.S. meeting. I went. Rainy. Have terrible cold. Tom Coolidge died today.
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.