Raining. Cleaned upstairs. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Grange in evening. Vern started working on living room chair.
Monthly Archives: April 1953
Diary Entry for 4/2/1953
Finished cleaning upstairs. Painted hall & stair steps. cleaned boys room. Grand day.
Diary Entry for 4/3/1953
Cleaned our bedroom. Made cookies. Men built fence. Grand day.
Diary Entry for 4/4/1953
Baked cake & pies. Vernon started framework on chair.
Diary Entry for 4/5/1953
Easter Sunday. I had charge of Easter breakfast. Fed 100. Boys & I went. Vern had part in program. We all went to church. Grand sermon & music. Church full.
Diary Entry for 4/6/1953
Washed & ironed. Cleaned den. Vern worked on chair. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 4/7/1953
I went to W.S.C.S. at Mabel Wagner Allen’s. Good turn out. Raining. Got letter from Carl from Germany.
Diary Entry for 4/8/1953
Mother & Dad Tryon’s 47th anniversary. Cleaned sun porch & started living room. Grand day. Went to Rebekah’s. D.D.P. Edna Backus made official visit.
Diary Entry for 4/9/1953
Carl Hall goes back from 30 day furlough. Is home from Korea. Cheryl & Vickie were here all day. Finished cleaning dining room.We all went to 4-H meeting at Shirley Cooper’s in evening.
Diary Entry for 4/10/1953
Dad’s birthday. Raining. We all went to city in PM. Met Eleanor & Roberta coming out here to stay over night.
Diary Entry for 4/11/1953
Party here for Juvenile Grange. 17 present. Good time. Gave Eleanor perm. She & Roberta left about 3:30.
Diary Entry for 4/12/1953
Sleepy today. Boys went to Sunday School. Boys & I went to church. Clara & Glen were over in evening.
Diary Entry for 4/13/1953
Washed & ironed. Cleaned & waxed livingroom & dining room floors.Boys went back to school. Sent for upholstery for chair.
Diary Entry for 4/14/1953
Cold & cloudy. Few snow flurries. Merrill & I took eggs to Manor. Went up home. Brenda is so cute.
Diary Entry for 4/15/1953
Washed kitchen woodwork & waxed floor. I went to Grange. Sent kids home because they acted up so.
Diary Entry for 4/16/1953
Painted sun porch & bathroom floors. Went to Home Bureau at Vi’s. Election of officers. Chairman, Helen K. Vice Chairman, Lucy N.Secretary/Treasurer, Dot Allen. Vernon went to 4-H council meeting
Diary Entry for 4/17/1953
Snow flurries. Murray auction. We didn’t go over to it. Made cakes.
Diary Entry for 4/18/1953
Quite cool but nice. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Murray Auction in PM. Eva Delles bought house.
Diary Entry for 4/19/1953
Nice day. Boys went to Sunday School. Boys & I went to church. Merrill, Jim, & I went for ride in PM. Antwerp, Carthage, & Mills.
Diary Entry for 4/20/1953
Feel punk. Jim didn’t go to school. Sore throat. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 4/21/1953
Jim didn’t go to school. Bill & Vi got a 1950 Chevrolet. Baked. I went to school in evening. They organized a P.T.A. I am temporary chairman. Mrs. Riley temporary secretary. Vernon was sick when he come home from school.
Diary Entry for 4/22/1953
Merrill, Vi, & I went to Gouverneur. Had brake lining put on front wheels. Vi & I got dishes for church. I went to lodge. Thundered & lightening during night. Jim went back to school.
Diary Entry for 4/23/1953
I went to Home Bureau on wills at Grace D’s in PM. Windy & cloudy. Vern went to Junior Class party at Pat Thibault’s in evening.
Diary Entry for 4/24/1953
Lawrence & Jean H. have baby girl. Laurie Mae. Washed & ironed. Baked bread. We all went to city after school. Merrill got shoes. Vernon got chicken wire. $7.50.
Diary Entry for 4/25/1953
Baked cake & pie. Vernon started upholstering (wine) living room chair.
Diary Entry for 4/26/1953
Boys went to Sunday School. Rained all day. Vernon finished upholstering chair. Looks nice.
Diary Entry for 4/27/1953
Washed & ironed. Merrill went to lodge. Cloudy day. Rained hard in evening. Merrill got hair cut.
Diary Entry for 4/28/1953
Merrill & I took eggs. Went up home. Don has partition in. Quite a lot done on milk house. Merrill & I went over to Beebe’s in evening. Taught sewing lesson.
Diary Entry for 4/29/1953
No rain today. First in long time. I went out on Cancer Drive. Stopped at Beulah Hall’s. Vern is fixing chair for her.
Diary Entry for 4/30/1953
Vern was sick & couldn’t go to school. Headache & temperature. Beulah, Geneva, Myrtle, Lula, Vi, & I went to lodge at Adams. 1851 degree put on by Garland lodge.