Boys went to Sunday School. Got some settling done. Boys got I.A.H. rings in Sunday school.
Monthly Archives: November 1953
Diary Entry for 11/2/1953
Took boys to school. They put in phone. Light man was here to read meter. Vernon went to play practice.
Diary Entry for 11/3/1953
Election. Merrill voted. I didn’t go. Got dishes in china cabinet. Vernon went to play practice.
Diary Entry for 11/4/1953
Merrill got manure spreader at Clayton. Merrill, Jim, & I went to Grange.
Diary Entry for 11/5/1953
Ethel & Karen Tousley sail for England. School play. The Campbell’s Are Coming. We all went to play. Grand.They made $120.00. Mom came on train for play. Very cold in evening. Paul K. brought our young stock.
Diary Entry for 11/6/1953
Nice day but cold. Mom cooked pumpkin to freeze. Did Mom’s hair. Gave her Prom permanent. Merrill worked on Vernon’s hen house. Mom ironed slip covers.
Diary Entry for 11/7/1953
Very cold. Windy, & sleet. Set up kitchen oil burner. Baked pies, cakes, & cookies.
Diary Entry for 11/8/1953
Boys went to Sunday School. Moved Vernon’s chickens. Merrill & I took Mom home in evening. Raining.
Diary Entry for 11/9/1953
Washed & did part of ironing. Merrill got rest of stuff from other place with tractor & wagon.
Diary Entry for 11/10/1953
Grand day. Merrill & I took calf to Gouverneur. Went to city. Got linoleum for hall. $20.80. Jim went home with Martin Rudes for night.
Diary Entry for 11/11/1953
Rebekah’s. I went. No school. Merrill & Vernon cleaned yards. Cut brush. Got last of stuff from other place.
Diary Entry for 11/12/1953
P.T.A. in evening. I went. Jim came home from Rudes. Put up our mailbox. Cleaned living room. Painted mailbox & front door.
Diary Entry for 11/13/1953
Friday the 13th. Jim came home from school with sore throat. Cleaned stair steps & shellacked them. Went with Vernon up to Webb’s after eggs.
Diary Entry for 11/14/1953
Bennett’s were here. Roy & Marg came for dinner & supper. Louie Rappole was here about farm bureau dues.
Diary Entry for 11/15/1953
Boys went to Sunday school. We all went to church. Grand day. Bill, Vi, & Martha, were here in evening. Vi helped me with my gloves.
Diary Entry for 11/16/1953
Helen Ramos 14th birthday. Washed & ironed. Vernon was sick & didn’t go to school. Merrill went to lodge.
Diary Entry for 11/17/1953
Worked at my gloves. Merrill did some more plowing.
Diary Entry for 11/18/1953
Marguerite Beach went to hospital. Finished ironing. Merrill & I went to Gouverneur Christmas shopping. Vernon had college physical from Dr. Penhallow. Jim, Merrill, & I, went to Grange.
Diary Entry for 11/19/1953
Uncle Earle’s birthday. Worked at my bedroom. Grand day.Went to Home Bureau at Thibault’s. Cake lesson. Enrolled in adult education classes.
Diary Entry for 11/20/1953
Ethel H. Shultz’s birthday. Real warm. 70° Just like summer. Merrill started cutting cellar door. Mrs. Kiechle called. Vern went to Times radio station with class.
Diary Entry for 11/21/1953
My birthday. 36 years. Cloudy. Merrill finished cutting cellar door. Got birthday card & letters from Mom, Marg, & Uncle Berle. We all went to 4-H at Neville’s.
Diary Entry for 11/22/1953
Grand day. Like summer. Boys went to Sunday School. We all went to Church. Washed car. Lula R. & Emma were here in PM.
Diary Entry for 11/23/1953
Washed & ironed. Rained hard all night. Merrill went to lodge. Wrote Mom, Angie, & Marguerite Beach. I got birthday card from Mom & Dad Tryon.
Diary Entry for 11/24/1953
I was sick all day with sick headache. Merrill put sheet rock on cellar way.
Diary Entry for 11/25/1953
Baked cakes & cookies & jelly roll. Went to lodge. Was on supper committee with Bertha G. & Arlene Reynolds. Had cake & tea.
Diary Entry for 11/26/1953
Thanksgiving. We went out home for dinner. Don’s, Dad’s, & us there. Went up to Barker’s awhile. Saw Dorothy, Buster, & Evelyn. Nice day.
Diary Entry for 11/27/1953
Ground covered with snow. Plow was by. We all went to Olympic [theater] to see first cinemascope movie, “The Robe”. Wonderful picture.
Diary Entry for 11/28/1953
Baked pies & cake. Flood children were here. Jim practiced basketball at school.
Diary Entry for 11/29/1953
Boys went to Sunday School. Merrill has sore eye. I was sick in PM & evening. with sore throat. Jim was kicked in head by cow.
Diary Entry for 11/30/1953
Washed & ironed. Vern got hair cut. (90¢ now) Merrill went to lodge. Mopped & waxed kitchen floor.